HeliVIG Expert Heliman Location: Hearne, TX USA
| It really depends on how you define it. By power I tend to mean how much of a load can something pull. The MP5 50 and MP5 50 SB make about the same total power, although the SB may be slightly more.
What many 3D pilots like better about the MP5 50SB in 3D is the quicker power response. The engine runs a little leaner and cleaner in the mid range. So with quick changes in loading the engine responds faster. If you are doing fast tic tocs, the SB will seem more powerful. If you are doing big fast loops they will seem about the same. So it is really the engine response we have changed more than the true "power".
But most 3D guys that have flown it feel the SB is more "powerful" for their flying. And that is what counts.
I hope this helps,
Curtis |