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05-30-2015, 10:55 AM
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VG I have looked at the Magnum 15 several times. The appeal of the FP-15 is it is SO quiet. I had one on a scratch built plane I use to fly at the school at the end of my street at my other house. Never had a single complaint about noise. Cars driving behind me made as much noise with their tires as my plane. I have heared electrics that made more noise than that FP engine did. I have a walking park a hundred yards or so from my new house. It would be real handy to make another small plane to fly right here by my house.
I have a Magnum 25 on my Sig LT-25 now. Its a smooth running little motor. More like a dynamo than a fuel powered engine. And it starts with just one or two flicks of the prop. One of my favorite engines. I also have a Magnum XL 52 new in the box on my shelf now. Just waiting for the proper platform to put it on. I had a Magnum 52 four stroke many years ago. Nothing wrong with that engine either. Yep Magnum makes good stuff especially for the price.
I have a Magnum 25 on my Sig LT-25 now. Its a smooth running little motor. More like a dynamo than a fuel powered engine. And it starts with just one or two flicks of the prop. One of my favorite engines. I also have a Magnum XL 52 new in the box on my shelf now. Just waiting for the proper platform to put it on. I had a Magnum 52 four stroke many years ago. Nothing wrong with that engine either. Yep Magnum makes good stuff especially for the price.
05-30-2015, 07:25 PM
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I normally leave the baffle in all my engines. I know you get a little more power without them but I rarely fly at full throttle anyway.
Thanks for the offer dirtybird but I think that engine size is going the wrong way for me. A 60 is about is big as I care to go. A 46 or smaller is where I am at for the time being. Easy to store. Easy to transport and not too bad on a gallon of fuel. I did have a quarter scale cub from Balsa USA back about 1981. I paid a whopping $90 for the kit. It took me most of a year to build it. I would get tired of it and built two other models during my break off of the build. I should have stayed with it. It was a heck of a good flying plane. It taught me to use rudder. Now I still use rudder for every turn no matter what I am flying.
Thanks for the offer dirtybird but I think that engine size is going the wrong way for me. A 60 is about is big as I care to go. A 46 or smaller is where I am at for the time being. Easy to store. Easy to transport and not too bad on a gallon of fuel. I did have a quarter scale cub from Balsa USA back about 1981. I paid a whopping $90 for the kit. It took me most of a year to build it. I would get tired of it and built two other models during my break off of the build. I should have stayed with it. It was a heck of a good flying plane. It taught me to use rudder. Now I still use rudder for every turn no matter what I am flying.
05-31-2015, 06:36 AM
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I normally leave the baffle in all my engines. I know you get a little more power without them but I rarely fly at full throttle anyway.
Thanks for the offer dirtybird but I think that engine size is going the wrong way for me. A 60 is about is big as I care to go. A 46 or smaller is where I am at for the time being. Easy to store. Easy to transport and not too bad on a gallon of fuel. I did have a quarter scale cub from Balsa USA back about 1981. I paid a whopping $90 for the kit. It took me most of a year to build it. I would get tired of it and built two other models during my break off of the build. I should have stayed with it. It was a heck of a good flying plane. It taught me to use rudder. Now I still use rudder for every turn no matter what I am flying.
Thanks for the offer dirtybird but I think that engine size is going the wrong way for me. A 60 is about is big as I care to go. A 46 or smaller is where I am at for the time being. Easy to store. Easy to transport and not too bad on a gallon of fuel. I did have a quarter scale cub from Balsa USA back about 1981. I paid a whopping $90 for the kit. It took me most of a year to build it. I would get tired of it and built two other models during my break off of the build. I should have stayed with it. It was a heck of a good flying plane. It taught me to use rudder. Now I still use rudder for every turn no matter what I am flying.
When I started the only thing we had was rudder
05-31-2015, 07:30 AM
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Big airplanes fly a whole lot better.
When I started the only thing we had was rudder
When I started the only thing we had was rudder
I know where there is a Senior Telemaster for sale. I am so tempted to get it. Right now I am saying, "get thee behind me Satan, and don't push".
I am not interested in the little tiny electric airplanes. I like at least a 48" wingspan.
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