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Old 26th May 2006, 04:35
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rotorrookie
 
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The best power-to-weight piston engine is the radial layout one.
But why is there no modern up-to-date-tech turbo radial engine on the market for small heli's and fixed wing? is to expensive in production to be able to compete with other piston engines?


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