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11th Sep 2006, 22:29

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Ascend Charlie

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Those PT6 engines are heavy, and even moving two batteries into the nose doesn't help the rear cg problem much. This also limits the cruise speed, with so much cyclic used up just to get the attitude level and not much left to go forward.

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