Originally Posted by
MajorTomski
Two years ago we were involved with a high school class science project using a Top Flight Dazzler thick winged 3D plane and a stock .46 two stroke. The plane was routinely clocked at 73 MPH using a 10x6 or 9x8 prop. And it appeared to be slow. As stated above I'd imagine most pattern planes are easily pushing 100 MPH.
I doubt that.
Todays pattern ships are designed to fly slow. With the huge amount of power we have available there is no need to fly fast level flight so the momentum can carry the plane jn the verticals. They are propped and tuned to be able to throttle up as the vertical is started and still maintain the same speed. That set up doesn't provide high speeds.