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I stuck one of Alan's 7" carved props on my Rich Weber-design Dimescale Beech Staggerwing. Granted, this was already a pretty great performer, easily the best flying dimer I've ever built, but it had always bugged me that I had to add tailweight to the thing to balance out the plastic prop I had on there, and the glide was pretty steep. Once fitted with the light wood prop, THAT problem was solved, and I was eager to see how the higher pitched prop plus dropping almost 3 grams from the AUW would affect the flight. The answer to that question was, er positively. The blasted thing corkscrewed up into the heavens like a homesick angel and disappeared in short order on its first flight. Not sure whether to give the prop a good or a bad rating for that.... ;) I have a 9" Cohen prop that I am considering putting on my 30" Rockytop Models Miles Magister, but I'm thinking I should see how effective the DT is first.....
Rating:  [5 of 5 Stars!] |
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