Re: The 2020 Unlimited Class Rumor Thread!

Originally Posted by
Samuel
I wonder how fast Strega or Voodoo would go with a stock engine. Faster than Dreadnought? That would save on prep costs.
Can you say "restrictor plate"?
If you go back a few years in the posts, unless we lost 'em somewhere along the way.. there was a thread that I started about some form of limiting power in order to limit costs and enable closer competition without an unreasonable budget.
I called it "restrictor plate" simply in reference to what NASCAR has done to limit speeds on certain race tracks. Not to say that any time anyone can have a sentence with NASCAR and NCAR in it.... 
If you think about it, just having a few guys with WWII aircraft in whatever form they might be to run around bunch of pylons at high throttle settings is pretty "tough stuff" LOL!
In the real world today, $$ being what they are and costs to race what they are.. You don't need to put a plate anywhere! It has already been stuffed up the air race team owner's lower forty!
Would we all whine if airplanes like Czech Mate, Strega, Voodoo... and maybe lots of others, raced in an "limited unlimited" class.. meaning, limit the HP and subsequent HP cost per year! There are not enough parts to continue testing and then going beyond the limits of the old engines!
What if a guy with the bux to do it could just about ensure that he would be competitive but still have an airplane at the end of the week?
Way too long winded here! maybe a new thread?
Wayne Sagar
"Pusher of Electrons"