Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

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11-16-2007, 09:21 PM

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Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

Just got my Velox from Tams inventory sale...Looks great. I have 2 Engine choices. It will either be a P-70 or 80...I am leaning toward the P-70...any input or advice would be great.
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11-17-2007, 04:34 AM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

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Just got my Velox from Tams inventory sale...Looks great. I have 2 Engine choices. It will either be a P-70 or 80...I am leaning toward the P-70...any input or advice would be great.
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Bigbri

p-80 has the same weight as a 70
get a p-80 for it
or a wren supersport if you want balistic..

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11-17-2007, 05:40 AM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

I just got my orange Velox from Chad at Sin City Jets. I have a new P70 going in it. I'm sure it will be enough to push thru the air. I just got all the servo's. It might not see the air till spring though. Winter is setting in here.

Good luck
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11-17-2007, 05:51 AM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

P-80 is a slow acceleration engine... watch out

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11-17-2007, 10:12 AM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

Now just a minute here...........

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p-80 has the same weight as a 70
get a p-80 for it
or a wren supersport if you want balistic..

Here's the published weights from the JetCat USA website. www.jetcatusa.com

The P-70 engine core weight: 2.2 lbs.
The P-80 engine core weight: 2.7 lbs.
Difference: .5 lbs (The P-70 is 8 ounces or 1/2 pound lighter than the P-80).

Where I went to school, "a half pound saved is a half pound earned."

Hope this helps....
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11-17-2007, 10:47 AM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

I'm putting a Super Bee in mine!

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11-17-2007, 11:49 AM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

P-120 which is about the same weight and is the same size as the P-80. Now, if you don't have a P-120.....

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11-17-2007, 12:15 PM

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RE: Velox pilots...help with engine choice please

P 120 would be crazy power. I flew one with a AMT mercury making about 20 lbs and it's a missle. Super bee or p 70 or something around that power range would be perfect. We had to put a little more weight in the nose with the merc but we knew that going in.