Mintor 1.7 - low cost engines

[Jerry Budd]

Does it slice bread too?   : )

>Not to mention that it will idle at 1600 rpm and makes it great for 
>spin entry and landings.
>
>WG
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: <mailto:gfowler at raytheon.com>Gray E Fowler
>To: <mailto:discussion at nsrca.org>discussion at nsrca.org
>Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:29 AM
>Subject: Re: Mintor 1.7 - low cost engines
>
>
>Probably the biggest difference between the Mintor 1.7 and the other 
>two strokes is not the top end rpm, but the time it takes to go from 
>2000-8200 rpm on a big prop such as the APC 17X12 regular.  The 
>acceleration  and burst of power is phenomenal, and something the 
>flyer must get used to if you have been flying an OS or Webra. 
> While I have never owned a YS, I do believe this is what YS owners 
>swear by as "torque".  With the Mintor 1.7, an 11lb pattern plane 
>can go from dead stop in the vertical to outta site, continuously 
>accelerating.  I have actually been told that I fly too fast up and 
>too slow down....something I am trying to adjust.  The cost of the 
>1.7 while not the lowest cost option but  is much lower than the YS 
>DZ which it competes with.
>
>
>
>Gray Fowler
>Principal Chemical Engineer
>Composites Engineering


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