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I would like to extend my thanks to Dave, Tony and the gang at DA for letting me put their new 170 on my Dalton 260 for the Spring Classic this past weekend in Florida. Tony Russo shipped this beautiful powerplant to me last week and we replaced my 150 with the 170 after only a few hours of sleep after Tony flew in. The setup was the 170, Grieve pipes and a Mej 29-12N 3 blade. The results were unbelievable!!! I had just maidened the plane this past Thursday with the same setup except I had the 150 on the nose. The power this engine makes is truly breath taking! It was like a 150 with NOS and a couple of solid rocket boosters attached to the side of the plane. Tony brought an onboard computer with him that measured RPM and altitude. During one of the flights Tony stopped the plane on a vertical upline about 150 feet off the ground at idle power then gassed it. According to the remote computer, the engine instantly went to 6000+ RPM and rocketed to an amazing 2300 feet in 11 SECONDS!!!! It was to hard to see at that point! If my memory serves me it tached out at 6400ish RPM on the ground during the runup! It really sounded nice on the pipes to. Very quiet in the air with that setup. Some high profile pilots flew the plane and were just amazed by the power this engine put out. Crowds of pilots stopped whatever it was they were doing to watch it fly. What else can I say, it truly was a rocket ship. Thanks again Dave. You truly have a work of art there!