ORIGINAL: tIANci
I remember reading some nut case on RCU who used something like a ST G2500 on a Voodoo ... Never saw the video of it flying but the engine bolted on right! Imagine a YS110 with a 13x12 prop, one of those F3A props and 30% nitro. That would be awesome.
I fly at the Sepulveda Basin, public park are, near the Van Nuys, CA airport. We are right next to a golf course. We are lucky to have an AMA Chapter Club who got a fully legal AMA 603' field made with taxi-ways, pit area, heli field, electric area, and a control line area. Jets are flown here from all over SoCal. We have a group of guys who fly YS 110s with APC props on WM P-51 Mustangs. They haul at speeds in excess of 110mph. I think the fastest YS 110 mustang topped 143mph. One of our guys flew his w/a YS .91 Heli motor at around the same speeds. Another bought an OS 120AX, put a straight pipe on it, and topped out around 152mph. PowerMaster YS 20/20 fuel is the norm. We have a couple who fly 30% heli fuel. The WM airframes hold up for as many as 70 flights this way. That's after CA in all the areas you can get to, epoxy in the firewall area inside & out, and mounting the engine inverted. Happy flying to all!