im_a_rcav8r


I would be willing to bet that the turbulant air movement from the prop has more effect on our models than it does in full scale......supposing a very scale model in relation to it's full scale counterpart. Why, well first of all, we all OVERPOWER our models, more engine and prop than what is needed. Secondly, if you were to scale down a full scale aircraft only in it's physical dimensions, you would end up with a plane that weighed exactly 1/4 (if that is the scale) of the full scale plane. Now you look at the current 1/4 scale planes out there, they weigh about 1/100 of the full scale plane. Example......full scale CAP 232 about 1300 lbs. 1/4 scale CAP 232 about 13 pounds. So if we are creating at least a scaled down amount of prop wash but have EXTREMELY scaled down the weight, we are going to have more issues with the slipstream on the fuse side. We have actually done more than scale down actual thrust, but the thrust to weight ratio is much high on our models.