Originally Posted by
Henke Torphammar
I won't comment on if that resonable or not. How ever what I do know is that 5.5lb of thrust from the EDF equals a 2.75lb thrust turbine. Twice the speed needs 4 times the power, so the 10lb thrust K45 will propell the Avanti to roughly 240mph flat and level. A slippery airframe :-)
It's also
NOT a slippery airframe at all, the drag coefficient is quite high and it's designed for F3S aerobatics,
not speed. Seba himself doesn't like the idea of anything lager than the P20 installed without a proper warning about the airframe not being designed for more power, being given along with it...
Jack