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Old 11-07-2009 | 11:07 PM
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Default RE: Sig Smith Miniplane

FYI.

Torque is a 2 headed ugly snake on the minplane. It will reach out to bite you and you will never get it off the ground. This bipe is SHORT coupled (Capitolized SHORT for Specific emphasis!). It will ground loop on you, and rudder management will not help you. A gyro may help as long as you only throttle into it too slow to break ground before you hit the end of a 1100ft runway. If you go with anything bigger than a .70 4 stroke, you'd be better off hand launching this bipe.

Throttle management on take-off you say?

Even with a .40 two stroke you will be breaking a sweat to get it off the ground in a straight line.

A .70 four stroke is as big as I would ever dare go.

This airplane needs to be flown on the wing. PLEASE reconsider anything at a .70 four cycle or larger unless you desire high blood pressure and bitter disappointment.

Of course, it is your equipment and I'd be curious to see somebody do this myself. [sm=wink_smile.gif]

Brian