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Old 05-13-2015, 11:11 AM
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Slippery airframe? If its anything like its big brothers, its a draggy airframe. I can't recall the term used, but jets like the futura and Avanti are purposely draggy so the top speed is somewhat aerodynamically limited. Anyone help a brother out on this?

My big avanti has never remotely approached 200mph. It has near double thrust to weight ratio but thrust is for tricks… Not speed ;-) I want more thrust to take off from rough grass fields, thats it. As the gentleman from Italy above alluded to, the cost of the P20 is a deterrent for a lot of modelers. So, this is a nice option, even if it has … dare I say… too much thrust… LOL