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Old 04-16-2006 | 02:38 PM
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slowmo777
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Default RE: Stiletto from Corvidae.net

Well, shall I be honest?

During the next Speed Cup (which I strongly recommend to attend) you’ll recognize that about 80% of the participants competing in the class of 10 to 15 ccm will use this identical airframe – quite boring isn’t it?. So it’s kind of stupid to name their speed machines differently…

That airframe was developed 17 years ago by the German fellow Kaiser, a national F3D pylon champ, who was the first person breaking the 400 kph “barrier” within the objective 150 m speed trap of the German Speed Cup. His best speed was 406 kph in year 1990 (averaged speed to eliminate wind impact).

So these BVM driven airframes will most likely exceed this inofficial record speed since these engines do produce at least 30% more HP than the best available 10 cc speed engines. Because several BVM powered Kaiser models will compete each other, the right speed prop and the smoothness of the flying style will make the final winner.

BTW, I do develop my full composite speed planes myself (and will NOT sell one single airframe in order to avoid any commercial or non-commercial clones).

Nuff said. Good luck!

Slomo