A little harsh there Bill... static tests only so far. I can only suppose, if I did not know what prop pitch/size worked best, that a handful of zingers might be a good way of dialing in the basic full throttle configuration. Money is not the object here, believe me. Eventually an in flight adjustable variable pitch prop will be the solution. You might remember Hanno Prettner with his set up in the 1980's? The issue with turbines is that they need to spool up to full power. A fixed pitch prop is a little limiting as the throttle response is extremely slow without the ability to feather the prop then apply pitch as in a helicopter, or go full beta. Like wise upon set up for landing when you cut the throttle, there is no braking effect.
JD Endless Mountain Models http://www.scalesoaring.com email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -----Original Message----- > From: Bill Malvey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, February 11, 2005 8:30 PM > To: '5-Soaring Forum' > Subject: Re: [RCSE] Jet assisted Sailplane > > On 2/11/05 17:05 John Derstine wrote: > > > Jet assisted towplane > > > > http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=327913 > > > I love it. Put a turbine on a Pegasus and then "experiment" with crap > props?? Zingers?? Wow. > > Have they tried using real props? Mejzlik? Menz? Airmodels?? Biela?? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Bill Malvey RCSE-List facilities provided by Model Airplane News. Send "subscribe" and "unsubscribe" requests to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please note that subscribe and unsubscribe messages must be sent in text only format with MIME turned off. Email sent from web based email such as Hotmail and AOL are generally NOT in text format
