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Multi-Engine Magic – An expert tells all about setting up twin-engine aircraft

Twin-engine aircraft, especially WW II military warbirds are exciting and always draw a crowd. Here, Paul LeTourneau’s monster B-26 comes in for a landing. Paul enlarged Jerry Bates plans to a 170-inch span, and he powers the Marauder with a pair of Desert Aircraft DA-100 gas engines.
There’s just something special about twin-engine airplanes. Whenever a twin shows up at the flying field, most modelers stop what they’re doing and go over to check it out. Maybe it’s the sound of the engines as they sync into and out of phase while the model is in the air; or perhaps it’s the overall size and proportions of the model with its two or more engines slung under its wings. Whatever the reason,...

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