Originally Posted by
flyncajun
LOL, Jim I give up !
your not reading or understanding my post ,your trying to solve a problem for me I don`t have.
The airplane is not draggy to the point of being marginal on power, I know how to use the throttle, Dancing with the plane using the throttle is a total different demand, and what I`m looking for , I want to lead it ,command it , have perfect control over it. on or off the throttle. The best Prop / engine /design combo is the goal .The Allure is balanced to take advantage of the power curve of the Contra and the new YS Engines. you may not understand that , But I do work hard at these things. it`s why My airplanes are not copies of other designs
I wasn`t complaining about it being too draggy, I was bragging on the Contra and the new Blades complementing My design Theory perfectly. The point is, A prop combo can Make or break the design and the pattern flow. I don`t feel the large props work as well on the Allure as the smaller props do. I`m demanding two different qualities from the blades at the same time ,a perfect balance.
Anthony what the two strokes did not have is torque we are In a different world of design now, But I understand what you mean.
I could pylon race with the Allure no problem we have more than enough power today for any conditions , If you watched Brett fly it at the Nats we used the YS 175 with the 20.5-10 APC barley ever went full throttle. even in the wind.
Bryan
I should probably give up too. I did read, but I might not understand your post. I'm not trying to solve a problem you don't have, I'm trying to point out you don't have a problem if you have enough thrust and enough drag and/or braking that you can control. You can't control (change during flight) the drag of the plane but you can control the drag to some extent, and thrust created by the propeller(s). In the end it doesn't matter if the drag comes from the plane or the propellers but from the propellers is better because it is controllable. Like a race car, zero drag and great proportional brakes would be optimum. The end.
Jim O
To all readers:
Bryan and I are just having fun with this discussion because there isn't much else going on in this forum these days.