Is it flying?
That, my friend, is nothing short of sacrilege. That poor deHavilland! It deserved better.hey, love to go aviate in my RV -Radialate! ( TM) but for the combination of warbird, sweet flying machine etc. how about this Chipmunk. Fell in love with them at my first airshow I think!
http://www.rotecengines.com/Projects/RickKsander.html
That is propeller rpm. The engine has a propeller gear reduction which gives you more torque. The propeller is going to have to be sized just right for this application as I don't have the ground clearance for their standard 2 blade prop.
That plus an F6F scheme. Sounds like you need a 4 blade prop to me.
While that would look cool I bet I would take a heck of a performance hit with it. URL="http://www.rotecaerosport.com/2012/03/mick-zenith/"]http://www.rotecaerosport.com/2012/03/mick-zenith/[/URL]
Cool prop. I can't wait to see it fly.
Just for the record, I think Paul Lipps put that myth of 3,4 blade props being worse in perfomance, to bed a while ago. Just take a look at the "horrible" performance of the Phantom biplane racer with it's 4 blade. It is all in the design.