<br><font size=2 face="sans-serif">Slicing Bread??? yes, if tossed at the correct angle into the prop...while running, but that is ridiculous. Knives work much better for that application, and at a lower cost. For you I would reccomend a Ginsu....or something similar<br>
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<br><font size=2 face="Courier New">Does it slice bread too? : )<br>
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>Not to mention that it will idle at 1600 rpm and makes it great for <br>
>spin entry and landings.<br>
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>From: <mailto:gfowler@raytheon.com>Gray E Fowler<br>
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>Subject: Re: Mintor 1.7 - low cost engines<br>
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>Probably the biggest difference between the Mintor 1.7 and the other <br>
>two strokes is not the top end rpm, but the time it takes to go from <br>
>2000-8200 rpm on a big prop such as the APC 17X12 regular. The <br>
>acceleration and burst of power is phenomenal, and something the <br>
>flyer must get used to if you have been flying an OS or Webra. <br>
> While I have never owned a YS, I do believe this is what YS owners <br>
>swear by as "torque". With the Mintor 1.7, an 11lb pattern plane <br>
>can go from dead stop in the vertical to outta site, continuously <br>
>accelerating. I have actually been told that I fly too fast up and <br>
>too slow down....something I am trying to adjust. The cost of the <br>
>1.7 while not the lowest cost option but is much lower than the YS <br>
>DZ which it competes with.<br>
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>Gray Fowler<br>
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