ORIGINAL: rcpattern
From seeing Matt and Bob's fly earlier this year, it definitely has more than a 1.40RX. Probably very similar to an OS 1.60 on a pipe. Bob is actually flying a Focus II with his and his has NO power problems. I was as skeptical as anyone when this thread started, but after watching Matt and Bob's fly earlier this year, I'm convinced. It is not as much power as the top electric setups, nor the YS 1.70DZ setup, but certainly adequate for anything up to and including Masters. Matt certainly had no power problems flying Masters with his.
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Archie is right but it isn't so much top end power issue. The SAP has power galore on the top side.
In Masters and F3A schedules we use full throttle sparingly. Electrics and YS170 have better shaped power curves at mid throttle positions. Electrics are particularly better suited to Pattern needs since one may do some customizing at mid throttle positions. Wet power set-ups are not as simple to set-up that way. The YS170 has some very nice handling capability at mid throttle also.
The SAP offers good mid thorttle response but not as good as some electrics or the YS170. It requires more lead to transition from horizontal to vertical flight, for example
The SAP180 may be one of the best alternatives in terms of reliability, field manners and overall cost to operate, particularly for the guys who need to learn to fly pattern and must fly a lot. This has been discussed before in this thread