Mintor 1.7 - low cost engines

[Adam Glatt]

Gray E Fowler wrote:

>
> 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 


YS's advantage is its RPM control.  X throttle at any speed is always Y 
RPM.  An advantage when you are going for constant speed (Shulman's 
electric was equal to the DZ in throttle control).

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