DAVE,

I'M A NEWCOMER TO PYLON RACING. I RACE IN MORGAN HILL, TOMCATS. I FLY WITH KEVIN NORRED. YOU MY KNOW WHO HE IS. I HAVE READ YOUR COMENTS AND YOU SEEM TO KNOW WHAT YOUR TALKING ABOUT, SO I THOUGHT I WOULD THROW YOU A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS. ITS ABOUT TUNING A ENGINE BEFORE A RACE. WE FLY WORLD MODELS T-34 WITH OS/46 AX. I USE EITHER 9.5 X 6 OR 10 X 6 APC. IF THE OS/46 HAS A MAXIUM SPEED TO HP OF 16M WHY DO THE RACERS SET THE GROUND REVS AT MAXIMUM RPS LESS 3-500 FOR STALL REASONS. MEANING: IF THE RED LINE IS 16M AND AT GROUND LEVEL YOU SET THE RPMS WITH YOUR TACH AT 15% LESS AND ANOTHER 3-500 POINTS BELOW THAT FOR RICHNESS, YOUR SET RPM'S ARE AROUND 13100. NO ONE IN THE CLUB SETS THEIR PLANES AT THAT. CAN YOU EXPLAIN THE MYTH.

STEVE,