Hello everyone!
I just discovered this awesome forum, and as a beginner I would need your experience and suggestions for something.
I am with a group of 5 people, and we are participating in a cargo plane competition. The goal here is to lift the maximum weight, while having a plane as light as possible. After some discussions, we decided that our target goal would be to have a 1lbs plane, able to lift a 1.8lbs weight (so overall the plane would be ~3lbs).
Now I am responsable for the engine part in our projet, and I was wondering what engines you guys would recommend for such a projet? (An engine as light as possible). I know I can do simulations on eCalc to find the best propeller type associated to my engine, but I have no idea what type of engine would be suitable for our plane, since it's my first time ever doing this.
Would you guys have any suggestions, comments or tips for me?
Thank you in advanced for all your answers, any help is greatly appreciated.
PS: Sorry if there are a few english mistakes, english is not my native language.
I just discovered this awesome forum, and as a beginner I would need your experience and suggestions for something.
I am with a group of 5 people, and we are participating in a cargo plane competition. The goal here is to lift the maximum weight, while having a plane as light as possible. After some discussions, we decided that our target goal would be to have a 1lbs plane, able to lift a 1.8lbs weight (so overall the plane would be ~3lbs).
Now I am responsable for the engine part in our projet, and I was wondering what engines you guys would recommend for such a projet? (An engine as light as possible). I know I can do simulations on eCalc to find the best propeller type associated to my engine, but I have no idea what type of engine would be suitable for our plane, since it's my first time ever doing this.
Would you guys have any suggestions, comments or tips for me?
Thank you in advanced for all your answers, any help is greatly appreciated.
PS: Sorry if there are a few english mistakes, english is not my native language.