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<DIV><B>From:</B> <A title=rcaerobob@cox.net href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">Bob
Pastorello</A> </DIV>
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<DIV><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 14, 2004 2:42 PM</DIV>
<DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sideways engine?</DIV></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Inverting the engines goes back quite a
ways.....When pattern was still seeking "sleek", "slim", and "fast", it was
known rear-exhaust technologies of the day produced more power, AND, one could
have a slimmer fuselage. Some may recall piped-60 setups that would not
permit a KPS-14II servo to be mounted abeam the middle of the
fuse!!!</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Once the rear exhaust motor
designers caught up, well, it was pretty much history. Side mount
airframes were seen to be "ugly", "not clean", "draggy", etc. (however many may
disagree with the scientific reasons)...so the PLANE designers hung in there,
practically making things IMPOSSIBLE but with a rear-exhaust
motor...</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> Then, to combat
one-piece-wing-wear, pipe-coupler-damage, etc., the next evolution went to
plug-in wings, also because it was "proven" that a higher wing (more
centrally-located toward the centerline) was "better"; and so it stayed until
the 4C arrived on the scene.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2> A history of how motor and
airframe designs evolved in the last 40 years would be VERY interesting to
some....many of the things we do now "because", are simply hangers-on to "that's
the way it is done", and rationale or reason behind the original change is
obscured in faded memories of those no longer in the game, or passed
on....</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><BR>Bob Pastorello, Oklahoma<BR>NSRCA 199, AMA 46373<BR><A
href="mailto:rcaerobob@cox.net">rcaerobob@cox.net</A><BR><A
href="http://www.rcaerobats.net">www.rcaerobats.net</A></DIV>
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<A title=billglaze@triad.rr.com href="mailto:billglaze@triad.rr.com">Bill
Glaze</A> </DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, January 14, 2004 3:13
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: Sideways engine?</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Del:<BR>Excellent point. I sometimes find myself trying
to pick the flyspecks out of pepper, when time would be better spent
practicing. As John Ferrell said elsewhere about his flying skills, my
skill level also is not such as to see any difference in my side mounted Moki
and my inverted Y.S. engines in my rather limited flight regime of
Intermediate. The Moki (1.8) is in a Midwest CAP 232 and I also have a
R.C America CAP with a Moki 2.1 in it. Neither have any bad tendencies I
can attribute to the sideways engine placement.<BR><BR>Bill Glaze.<BR><BR>Del
K. Rykert wrote:<BR>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Some good points.. Not sure I could ever
justify the time and expense getting the answer. Time on the sticks through
focused practice is still where my time earns biggest result. < VBG
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