ORIGINAL: hewismayer
Yes I will let you guys know how it goes. I don't think it should be too difficult. Toni Clarks G38. It turns a 32X13 propeller at 3000 rpm with a tuned pipe, and its flying 40lb planes, at half throttle. He clams that you can climb vertical and it lifts in the sky like a balloon. Very scale like.
Well, Pe Reiver's prop/power calculator says that a 32x13 @ 3000rpm will make around 24lb of static thrust (depending on the prop load constant you use) and needs 2.44hp to do that. Not nearly enough to pull vertical with a 40lb plane for any length of time.
Mark