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dbcaster · 05-14-2008, 07:19 PM

I have been flying an 85 in a 27.5 lb. Ultimate with a wrap around pitts and the power is good. I had a DR Hobbies Extra at 23 lbs. and the power was great. I know I will have plenty of power with the Jtec 300 but my big concern is noise at this point. All of the wrap around pitts mufflers are very loud. I do not have a noise restriction at my field but the President told me I needed to do something to quiet the Ultimate down. I need to buy a new 85 and a new muffler setup so I am figuring instead of dropping $150 for a pitts and upgrading later. It may be better to spend a little more and have a setup I can use in any 35% airframe. My only reel concern is the low and mid range with the pipe but it sounds like that is good.

05-14-2008, 07:19 PM	#219
dbcaster Bad-ass Super Contributer! Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Petaluma, CA Posts: 816	Re: DA85 on pipe! Results please. I have been flying an 85 in a 27.5 lb. Ultimate with a wrap around pitts and the power is good. I had a DR Hobbies Extra at 23 lbs. and the power was great. I know I will have plenty of power with the Jtec 300 but my big concern is noise at this point. All of the wrap around pitts mufflers are very loud. I do not have a noise restriction at my field but the President told me I needed to do something to quiet the Ultimate down. I need to buy a new 85 and a new muffler setup so I am figuring instead of dropping $150 for a pitts and upgrading later. It may be better to spend a little more and have a setup I can use in any 35% airframe. My only reel concern is the low and mid range with the pipe but it sounds like that is good.