Hi i have a hype that i am building at the minute and was wondering what engines you guys have used and with what success??? Cheers Lee.

west 50 is the ideal engine.

other than that, os 50sx, irvine 53, ys 63

west .50T1 thats what ive got..i did have a OS50 but it would struggle out of a hover[]

my friend has a irvine 53 in his hype but the west .50T1 out performs this easy

i am surprised at the performance of the os, but there you go, i guess the west is something special!

If im right in thinking, the hype is lighter than a flip, and my West just powers it around. Brilliant engine

Seems that everyone raves about the weston, before you guys posted i was definately considering a 4 stroke but i have now decided to get the weston what size prop are you guys using???

Cheers Lee.

12.25x3.75 is the perfect West 50/Hype combo

It has to be the west .50 it is the best 2-stroker in its class

that would be a shame!

just say NO to four strokes

dan, you couldnt say no to a YS! lol

if i were you id usea 13x4 sport prop on the hype.

carters. post up that page with reasons you shouldn't use 4 strokes.. i KNOW you will have it lol

Eddy, i could VERY easily say no to a YS £££££

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no, youre right, if i ever got into fishing i could use one as a sinker-nice

ive read that. YS= power, torque, reliability, lightweight and presence.

2 strokes, West: power, torque, reliability, lightweight

the rest: noisy, not as much torque turns smaller props.

If i was a pylon racer id use a 2T but im a 3Der and i want a west or a 4T

but they so heavy man!

and 20% is expensive..
Malcom said to me that his YS 63 would spin up a 13x4W quicker than my West 50..... if i had a West 63 on 20% i think i'd spin up just a little bit faster

Jealousy lads will get ya no-where....Join the force, get a YS!

Two of us in the club have hypes.

Mine has a west .50 and the hype pipe, my mates have an Irvine .53 and a hype pipe. Both on the same APC prop and the blue 10% pro synth fuel.

The west .50 gives about 600 rpm more and the pick up is far better.

yup, thats a west your ya.

Carters, YSs are light, very light. And 20% fuel is cheep if you know were to get it. And think of all that loverly power instantly. Sometimes they spool up so fast the chuck the prop! just have to be a bit more carefull on the throttle like a good pilot.

YS63 all the way. I have 2. One in a Freetyle models Freestyle (Sigma Signs) and one oiled up in a bag in my building room. The latter was in an extreme lite until it was shot down [X(][sm=confused.gif][sm=punching.gif]. For the record I often run the engine on 10% with very little loss in performance and throttle response - so little that it still blows all the competiion away.
Get a YS.

Neil

4 strokers have got most of their power in the mid range but the 2 strokes power is at the top end of the revs

neilONT use 10% i your YS. Someone i know did that and he had to pay over 90 quid to get it repaired due to damege caused by low nitro/castor fuel.

wow, what a great engine i'll stick with my current power to weight ratio thanks

notei say a good pilot will use his throttle well so it doesnt.o yeh, if you prop it right it also wont do that.

i let the ero hurt me now i cant afford a hype

I need an engine that will comfortably hover a 6 lb. plane without moving into a .60 size power plant. It seem as the West 50t1 is a hot ticket, will it handle this much weight comfortably?