Chris Hinds Senior Heliman Location: Crawley, West Sussex UK
| The ringed engine will produce less power than the ABC, while the ABC will also run in faster. The benefit of the ringed design is that it is more tolerant of lean runs than the ABC, witness that all the OS engines from the 50 up and the YS heli engines are all ringed >> reliability is paramount on a heli. I would sacrifice the power of the ABC for the additional tolerance of the ringed engines
My two pence
Chris |