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Jon.M
VC10
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by Jon.M » 29 Jan 2017, 16:05
I prefer the sound of the earlier three cylinder 200cc engine which was installed in the video posted by Joe.
When I flew control line aircraft as a kid my largest engine was 2.5cc and 10cc engines were
huge . This has a 310cc four cylinder engine.
Jon
Chris Trott
Vintage Pair
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by Chris Trott » 29 Jan 2017, 17:16
airboatr wrote: Vancouver wrote: I would love to have a go but I just know it would all end in expensive heartbreak.
It's been done
... Pity
https://youtu.be/vHHdhbAJxT8
Thankfully, that was an early flight with a smaller experimental engine and the first video was after the plane was repaired and a bigger engine installed.
Some of the "moments of" videos on that channel show much worse endings and some more interesting near misses (scraping the tail of a large scale B-29 on short final on a raised walkway, tailwheel of a P-47 falling off on final, prop losses, etc).
cstorey
Concorde
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by cstorey » 30 Jan 2017, 11:37
ChrisHunt wrote: Listed as a 310cc 4 cylinder 4 stroke on YouTube Chris.
Yes, you are quite correct - apologies
ChrisHunt
Concorde
Posts: 886 Joined: 28 Jun 2004, 20:21
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by ChrisHunt » 30 Jan 2017, 17:42
No apologies needed Chris. I must admit it was bouncing around quite a bit - more in line with a 3 cylinder but that could just be the lightness of the a/c.
Airspeed
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by Airspeed » 31 Jan 2017, 01:29
Also, the "test flight model" featured in Joe's post was indeed a 3 cylinder.
airboatr
Red Arrows
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by airboatr » 31 Jan 2017, 06:32
Oh, well.. i only posted that to make Alex feel better.
RAF_Quantum
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by RAF_Quantum » 02 Feb 2017, 12:11
A tragically sad end to the real GG at Reno.