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Old 09-10-2005 | 05:35 AM
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From: Tokoroa, , NEW ZEALAND
Default RE: Small 4stroke?

ORIGINAL: Motorboy
The pic of HP with big cooling fin and difference carb than model engine for airplane, belive it is made for model car and maybe more heavy. true?
I've got an HP 21 and one thing you'll have to watch out for is the fact that they're *heavy* -- over 9 oz from memory.

They're also pretty weak.

Mine is presently in a small Piper cub that is desiged for .10 to .15 two-strokers. It turned out *very* nose-heavy with the HP in it so I had to put a 4-cell AA-sized battery pack as far towards the tail as I could get it (and the CG is still a little too far forward for comfort). It also flies *very* scale-like -- which means that it has only just got enough power to climb gently at full throttle.

These are *very* sweet motors but they are incredibly expensive, as heavy as a plain-bearing .40 2-stroker and put out less power than a good 0.10 2-stroker.

You'll love the noise (there's almost none) but you probably won't be impressed with the effect of the extra weight on your glider.