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Old 09-06-2008 | 09:37 PM
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maxpower1954
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Default RE: C-130 of nitroplanes

I can't speak with any authority about the Transall, but my observation is many people GROSSLY over-power glow/gas twins. You don't need single-engine
climb performance, if you lose an engine on take-off before you make the first turn, you should pull the power off and take what you can...the same if it was a single. Unless you are a very good pilot who understands what the rudder is for, great big engines with one out just leads to handling problems (like a Vmc roll into the ground.) You would be suprised how little a well-designed twin can do on one modest power. My vintage Goldberg Skylark 56, with two ancient OS .15s can climb slowly on one, even manage a loop and aileron rolls, and it weighs 4.5 pounds! My Boeing 247 scale twin was the same on two OS .10s; it was closer to four pounds. You are interested in controllability, not blazing single-engine performance...after all, you are over an airport all the time. The .32s on the Transall sounds about perfect! Russ Farris