ORIGINAL: MikeL
Some people have an OS fixation. Marketing does indeed work.
I tend to think that a 14 year old is going to want to move on from the trainer fairly quickly. Why not purchase an engine that will continue to be useful on a second or third plane?
What I've learned from many years of doing this is that I don't enjoy misbehaving engines. I do enjoy a wide variety of engines. If a person can get beyond the marketing, they can find quite a few great engines out there. If I were a beginner without much to spend, I'd look at a Thunder Tiger 46 Pro or the TH46. Good performance for the cost of a low-performance OS. OS is a brand I largely avoid, because for the prices involved there are much more interesting engines out there. My experience with OS is that they're fine engines, but not the most cost-effective.
I been following this thread for some time.
I see that many say brand A is better then brand B
This one is stronger then brand A and brand B,(same engine size) is knocked down for performance.
I just want to know if this is eye and ear testing.
Years ago I made a test jig.
I mounted different types of engines on it and the mount was supported on one side with 4 springs and a hinge on the other side.
On the back of the mount I used a thin piece if SS wire as a pointer.
When I mounted an engine on this mount and reved it up the needle showed a relative torque reading
Now with the hand held TAC RPM counters this will give a good indication of what engine is doing better under xxx RPM's
It would be nice if someone started producing these things.
It would sort of be like dyno testing the engine.
You can check the engine new, after break in and after a season of flying then compare the readings.
Vegas/