ORIGINAL: DarZeelon
These 'factory engineers' are wrong, which may explain why TT is not winning too many events...
In the booklet (TT), or sheet of paper (ASP), that came with the engines I own; both TT and ASP list 11x7 as the recommended prop for break-in and general usage on their .61 two strokes.
Is the manufacturer wrong? Maybe yes, maybe no.
I know the 12x6 and 13x4W worked well on my trainer; and the 11x7 didn't work the way it needed to for that particular plane.
A fellow club member took one of my 13x4Ws and tried it on a 61FX and hated it.
Prop selection is one area of RC where there is no shortage of opinions. What one person thinks is good performance; the next person may think it sucks.