I have been incredibly busy lately and haven’t had much time for models, but I did get out for a little flying and had a rather interesting thing happen. I was flying one of my old glow converted to electric 15 carrier plane. The plane itself is a profile version of the original MO-1 published in AAM that started the MO craze. It has a very small wing, about 140 sq in I think.
I flew it with a TF 9x6 wood glow prop and was getting very good slow times for such a small plane. When it was glow it always flew with a standard rotation motor so it is trimmed pretty well for that mode. And, it has always been a surprisingly good slow flyer for such a small wing. The TF 9x6 is a stand rotation prop. I then switched to an APC 9x6 E pusher. The TF couldn’t quite hit 70MPH, but the APC did. However the reverse pitch prop would not let me hang the plane. Nothing was changed except prop rotation. I realize the trim should be a bit different but not so dramatic. I didn’t have a normal rotation APC so I couldn’t compare, maybe next time.