ORIGINAL: cmircman
Well I just found out today that my wife has bought me a Gee Bee for christmas. I do have a few questions after reading this thread. Have any of you come up with a ideal engine and prop for this plane. Everyone keeps saying to keep the weight down but which engine works the best and what prop works the best. A lot of people are using the OS 120 but for the same money and weight you can get a saito 150. So the question is how much power does this plane really need? I know the plane has to be flown fast as that is the reason i wanted one. Thanks for any help.
Rich
One of my best friends has a Saito 150 in his and it flys great with it. He is very pleased with it. He has about 20 flights on it. It took him about 6-8 flights to get the landings down. Now I haven't seeen him nose it over in a long time. Just keeps up the speed to prevent tip stall and sets it down on the wheels.... Let's it rool out. Key is not to cut the throttle too fast... If you do the nose being so large acts like an air brake and it will nose over...