>>Egad! Naysayers claimed that the beastly LA 40 would ruin
>>the flying characteristics of the Oriental. Must be the
>>"bumblebee" effect.
>
>I don't know, but he flew well, putting up
>500++ point patterns with some good judges. Out of
>curiosity what would make them say that?
Good question. Apparently there is apprehension on the part of some for going with an engine bigger or heavier than a Fox Stunt 35 on Oriental. Its not that the Oriental won't fly well with a Stunt 35 - it will. Just that having the extra power of a 40 can be rather handy when things go wrong. Concerns include the additional weight from the engine and gyroscopic precession from the larger prop.
Dale and Derek seem to have broken the code on keeping the Oriental light and trimming it to use the bigger LA 40 and get good results.
>>We all do. Big difference in price. It would be nice to
>>have a couple of easilly obtained setups for the new ARF
>>Oriental where someone can take an off the shelf engine,
>>bolt on a prop, and have something that will fly quite well.
>
>i tell u, they are expensive but well worth
>it (which u probably already know) they last, they are so
>predictable, they make plenty of power and have that great
>stunt run.
Absolutely no argument. You get what you pay for. Sometimes those of us with beer budgets find the champagne engines just out of reach....
Actually, I am always looking for something along the lines of what we had back in the '60s and '70s. Back then, you could walk into a hobby shop and plunk down a modest amount of cash for a Fox 35, OS Max-S 35, or even the occasional Veco/Merco 35. You had an engine that was about as good as anyone else was flying. Simple and inexpensive to set up, these engines were competitive with everyone else. Our powerplants and props have gotten much more sophisticated - progress like that is inevitable. Much of that is good, as engines today are very well made and more consistent than before. They are also very pricey. Get into some of the upper end engines with a pipe and you are talking about a sizeable chunk of change.
I am always looking for simple, off the shelf engine solutions that someone can bolt to an Oriental or Twister or Nobler or... and they have a setup that performs better than they can and, if they want, will take them into Advanced with apologies to no one.
With our current schneurle ported Asian Rim engines, it seems that the biggest challenge is converting the raw potential of the engine into useable power. Unfortunately, that seems more often than not to involve expensive CF props. There really is not a good selection of inexpensive low pitch props you can purchase at a hobby shop that are just right for CL apps.
> Hope this helps again! 
It did - very nicely. Thanks again.
V/r
would say prob whatever came on it.