I totally agree about prop noise and electrics. The sometimes howl of the prop is part of the "deal" with gassers, but with electrics that is all you hear and it sounds weird. I once saw a video of a giant biplane, an Ultimate I believe, with four geared electric motors on it. The prop howled on that thing like a giant cat in heat!! Yuck!
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Originally Posted by
vertical grimmace
Yep, you opened yourself up with that one! lol
The prop has a profound effect on the sound an engine makes. I agree, that the sound that big electrics make to me are terrible. On a Warbird going by with a 24" prop, just making prop noise, I really do not like it.
I have a G38 in my Fokker DVII, with the stock pancake muffler. I run a 19" prop, and get compliments all the time by the sound it makes. It sounds very realistic to me. Of course, a 4-stroke would be great, but I do not have the coin for one that sized, in a gas version.
Back to that Mustang. The higher glow engine size recommended for it was 20cc. (1.50) A 30 to 35cc gasser would be ideal. Plenty of power, nicer, more scale sound than a screaming two stroke glow engine, and the weight should work out very well too.
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