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Old 10-16-2006 | 09:13 PM
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Default RE: super skybolt engine size

I'm flying off a mostly Fescue grass field. We cut it as short as possible but almost everything smaller than a 1.20 engined model winds up with props that are green on the tips.

The 13x6 on my Skybolt started it's service life with some white and red paint strips on the tips. They now show a hint of green.

I measured the clearance of the 13x6 on my cement garage floor and it's about 3". I figure any grass field (other than Bermuda) is going to be about 2" tall. I really can't figure out how anyone can prop much bigger than 15" diameter and hope to fly the Skybolt off grass.

Pavement... no worries.... but grass and a big engine in a Skybolt???????

Did my ARF mfg short me on the gear????

The sucker looks sorta like a Daschund anyway......