Mintor 1.7 - low cost engines

[Wayne Galligan]

Mows the field quite nicely... thank you.

Wayne
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Budd" <jbudd at QNET.COM>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, November 06, 2003 8:43 AM
Subject: Re: Mintor 1.7 - low cost engines


> 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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