Hello everyone,
I have an old Eaglet (50?) that has a stated engine range of .09-.21 or so. Unfortunately, the engine that used to run that plane (a Supertigre .29) is dead, so I had a thought... I have a Megatech .46 engine that runs well, and I was thinking about mounting it on the old trainer. Obviously, the center of gravity will move forward, but I wanted to know if anyone has had experience with such intentional engine/plane mismatch (assuming corrected balance, etc). I'll bet that the stall speed will increase, but hey, so will the speed- it might even be fun to try some crazy tricks with this combo. Does anyone think such a proposition is flyable? I would love to hear of past experience. Oh- one last thing: I REALLY don't want to buy a new engine (tryin' to save a bit of cash). Thanks in advance.