ORIGINAL: DarZeelon
Spinner,
The Rolls-Royce combo is what is now installed on the wings of the Lockheed C-130J, Alenia C-17J Spartan, Saab 2000, Bombardier Q400 and a few others...
This 4,591 HP engine spins a 17 ft. 6-blade prop...
Having a lot of power, on the same weight, is nice!
Having even more power and more weight, to me is too much.
There is a limit to the amount of power; and it is the amount you can actually use effectively.
Adding weight spoils the whole point.
My kind of engine!!!
We may have to agree to disagree on this one but I'm only going to be adding six to eight ounces and if I have to put the battery in the tail (like I did with my little stick) to keep from adding weight Iwill. Adding half a pound and almost doubling the horsepower and picking up about 4lbs of thrust is something that I can deal with! Perfect combo for fun Went shopping for planes at lunch. Got another LHS to hit on the way home so that I can get this project started!
The plane will have a throttle by the way. My other plane flies "spiritedly" on half throttle and WOT is used almost exclusively for vertical stuff.