Are the planes in your video's flying at full power?
From : Don Stackhouse
The downloadable video on our website is of the short wing Zero (the A6M5)
cruising at about 60% throttle in a basketball gym, which is typical of
most of the WW II fighters. Outdoors you can cruise with a little less
power, those almost continuous hi-G turns in a small room really drive up
the induced drag. The long-wing Zero does better in that constricted
setting, with a typical cruise throttle setting of about 40%. The Electra
cruises at about 20% throttle.
Don Stackhouse
DJ Aerotech
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