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Old 05-16-2010 | 10:05 AM
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Default Prop Thrust Measurement

I have a , strain gage, hanging style scale I bought to weigh planes and the larger parts of planes. I am wondering how well I can measure prop Thrust by looping a line around the tail of a plane on a hard smooth surface and applying power to the motor. The current Alpha 40 ARF test plane takes too little force to measure when dragging it along the floor. I expect static thrust is not the same as flying but would give me some comparible data. Any comments?