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Old 09-02-2007 | 07:22 AM
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Default RE: a 13 pound plane with an os 91fx engine ?


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It will fly,

I am a Scale Builder of Giant Warbirds and all my planes weigh more than there supposed to because I make them true to scale and this adds weight. Just fly it like the other Gentleman said, like a real airplane. Not everyone wants a rocket. Real normal planes don't go vertical or hover and I know this because my full scale Piper PA-28 140 will barely get off the ground on a hot day with a high Density Altitude and full fuel with three people inside. If I only fill it half way it will get off nicely. Don't use a huge fuel tank or at least don't fill it up and conserve weight.

JMHO,

Gibbs
Whats this suppose to mean? You agree that a oversized plane with an grossly underpowered engine is fine. Yet you will take three people up in your own plane on a High DA of a day and barely get off the ground with a half tank of fuel? Excuse me if I disagree with your logic here.

I don't believe any of us here are saying the plane won't fly, we're saying it won't fly very well. So why run the risk of stuffing it when it is all completely unavoidable.