RE: New Great Planes Revolver
Nice post, Phil. Revolver Gods? LMAO! Your setup looks awesome. When you cut down the firewall, just make sure that your engine thrust line incidences are right. What is the benchmark prop for your new saito and the break in prop? It should say in the directions that came with the plane. I would use that one first and then experiment from there. Although the revolver comes in really hot, a bigger prop usually will slow it down right before touchdown. I have noticed that coming in, said to myself "this is way too hot" but all of a sudden it is like the brakes kicked in and whala, it slowed down.
I have a 70fs surpass on mine and am running into the same problems that you have and I will change it out sometime this spring or summer to a Jet 60 with a tuned pipe. I used to have one of the fastest planes at our club but someone came along with a Zlin and purely kicked my arse! So, now I have to do something about it LOL.
Jeff