jbeech
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Location: Sanford, FL (Orlando area)
| We had an issue in manufacturing the clutch hubs and are re-making them now and expect to complete them next week at which point we'll enter final QC and packaging stage, so when I say not much longer I really mean not much longer.
61 - an awful lot of folks have an OS 61SX-HWC laying around in a drawer gathering dust from back in the day. I've seen them trade hands for 35 bucks, and this included the muffler!
In fact, the power of a 61SX is both a little higher than a Hyper, and more importantly, it makes a fair bit more torque. Rememeber, torque is what keeps blades moving, not horsepower. Hence, I disagree a 53 Redline is a better choice because even if you only consider the money issue, i.e. the cost of the conversion kit, you're still more than a hundred bucks to the good because the used engines are to be had for next to free. This and if you have the engine you proably also have the muffler! Furthermore, for most folks flying around and doing some aerobatics, the little bit of extra weight simply won't matter especially since the 61SX is hands down higher quality, easier to tune, and makes more torque. As a consequence, a fellow could build up a Pantera very inexpensively if he uses a 61SX that otherwise is of no use to him, understand?
He ends up with a model that weighs a little bit more but is super reliable, far smoother, and easier to tune, which is very improtant to most folks. In my opinion, the OS61SX is a superb piece of machinery and I am pleased to give it new life in a Pantera.
70 - this may be an even better choice because once again, there's no substitute for cubic inches and phhysically it's the exact same size.
91 - this is sick . . . very, very sick. However, even sport flyers who try their hand at our prototype love it. And it's not just because they can do climbing tick-tocks, but because it's simply exhilerating to fly!
With any of the BBC engines shoehorned in a Pantera climbs like a rocket. And many pilots can do things with her he can't otherwise do with a normal 50-powered helicopter. Hence, for the highly practiced pilots reading this, please remember, not everybody has the time to go fly a lot. Stuffing a big block into a Pantera results in one heck of a lot of fun, especially in the hands of a weekend pilot.
John Beech - GM (and janitor)
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I do have an OS70 to put in it if it turns out the 61 is worn.
