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10-12-2019, 09:11 AM
this event was like turf tag backwards everyone took off climbing for 20 seconds, killed engine’s the last one on the ground wins.
10-12-2019, 01:00 PM
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I have never forgotten in about 1990 when I was learning rc I had a Tower Trainer 60 RTC with a Fox 74 on, it. A USAF Colonel asked if he could borrow it for a gliding contest, he won by several minutes. It was very light being covered in Colorite Fabric. I'll check the name that might not be exactly correct.
Correction: it was Coverite 21st Century Fabric.
Correction: it was Coverite 21st Century Fabric.
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10-12-2019, 04:11 PM
I have two fully run in Saitos engines, a 56 and an 82 that run too rich in the mid range. Any leaner on the lsn and they just choke out on throttle up. Anyone tried rotating the spraybar on a Saito to clean up the midrange, like on a Super Tigre/Como 2 stroke?
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10-12-2019, 05:10 PM
They're both still too rich at midrange when the engine is at absoltue peak but of course I'd never run them there. When the needles are properly adjusted for flight they both miss at midrange. Am I the only one that's had this problem? Maybe the previous owners seated the lsn too hard and bell mouthed the spraybar a tiny bit? I can't see anything wrong, maybe it's time to mic some things.
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10-12-2019, 06:11 PM
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I just read Clarence Lee's review of the Saito 1.82, in it he says to run the engine to peak power then enrich the right cylinder until the rpm is reduced by 300 rpm. Next, do the same for the left cylinder, to my thinking that would be 600 rpm down from peak and that's a whole lot of down. Toss me some thoughts please.
Jim
10-12-2019, 06:17 PM
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The GK 100 I got was brand new. The guy could not get it to run, sent it to HH and they couldn't get it to run. All it needed was to reset the LSN and it runs great. Lowest idling engine I ever had too. It would sit and pop at about 1200 RPM forever. I ran out of servo adjustment trying to kill it.
what glow plug, you may, (but may not) get it lower with the K&B 4420 Wonder 4 st Plug
Jim
10-12-2019, 06:41 PM
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Acdii yeah my 100 on the hog is like that I lost the competition at Sig because I couldn’t get the damn thing to die
Wasp
I would say I am bad at the engine care I have three planes in the truck been bouncing around in there for weeks. I think today I should get them out and oil and prep for winter
Wasp
I would say I am bad at the engine care I have three planes in the truck been bouncing around in there for weeks. I think today I should get them out and oil and prep for winter
guys, this will work best for 2 strokes (sorry Pete), check out my link!!!, yes yes it maybe an OS part LOL, it's a must for 2st. all you do is put a hose on it and screw it into the plug hole on your head, add a good amount of oil to your engine and turn your engine over with a starter, repeat.. it will clean out any used fuel and used oil for the winter storage,,,, slick ??
side note: I just thought of this an hour ago
Jim
https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...p?I=LXCR37&P=7
10-12-2019, 06:58 PM
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They're both still too rich at midrange when the engine is at absoltue peak but of course I'd never run them there. When the needles are properly adjusted for flight they both miss at midrange. Am I the only one that's had this problem? Maybe the previous owners seated the lsn too hard and bell mouthed the spraybar a tiny bit? I can't see anything wrong, maybe it's time to mic some things.
Jim
10-13-2019, 12:06 AM
LOL a funny thing you say "prep for winter", I was going to post this>>
guys, this will work best for 2 strokes (sorry Pete), check out my link!!!, yes yes it maybe an OS part LOL, it's a must for 2st. all you do is put a hose on it and screw it into the plug hole on your head, add a good amount of oil to your engine and turn your engine over with a starter, repeat.. it will clean out any used fuel and used oil for the winter storage,,,, slick ??
side note: I just thought of this an hour ago
Jim
https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...p?I=LXCR37&P=7
guys, this will work best for 2 strokes (sorry Pete), check out my link!!!, yes yes it maybe an OS part LOL, it's a must for 2st. all you do is put a hose on it and screw it into the plug hole on your head, add a good amount of oil to your engine and turn your engine over with a starter, repeat.. it will clean out any used fuel and used oil for the winter storage,,,, slick ??
side note: I just thought of this an hour ago
Jim
https://www.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...p?I=LXCR37&P=7
just had a few brews myself watching the american roger penske team win our bathurst king of the mountain 1000km v8 supercar race with a mustang.Dave it doesn't matter which cylinder you do first, and the factory settings are very close to optimum. Once you peak the first cyl i go back 10 clicks and then peak the second cyl and back 10 clicks, then repeat each side again as max rpm increases slightly and back off 5 clicks each side, your carbs should be in sync now and you can sneak up on it from there.
10-13-2019, 03:28 AM
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I am pretty sure have a MA Classic 18 x 6, I like those for their smooth running. Thanks Pete
The crankshaft for the 82-a should come from Macgregor's tomorrow.
PS, those V-8's you mentioned above, are they 500 CC's with 1,000 hp?
The crankshaft for the 82-a should come from Macgregor's tomorrow.
PS, those V-8's you mentioned above, are they 500 CC's with 1,000 hp?
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10-13-2019, 03:58 AM
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Hey Lonnie, a friend passed some Saito parts on to me, an assortment of gaskets, cams, lifters, rocker arms, a bag of about 10 piston rings and I think 4 pistons and one 82-a crank case and one 82- carb. I slowly bought the rest of the parts over time. I couldn't have 1/3rd of an engine laying around. I can't possibly get my money back, but hey, I have another Saito.
Do you remember the Irish singer Lonnie Donegan?
I can't possibly get my money back, but hey, I have another Saito.Do you remember the Irish singer Lonnie Donegan?
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10-13-2019, 04:09 AM
Hey Lonnie, a friend passed some Saito parts on to me, an assortment of gaskets, cams, lifters, rocker arms, a bag of about 10 piston rings and I think 4 pistons and one 82-a crank case and one 82- carb. I slowly bought the rest of the parts over time. I couldn't have 1/3rd of an engine laying around. I can't possibly get my money back, but hey, I have another Saito.
Do you remember the Irish singer Lonnie Donegan?
I can't possibly get my money back, but hey, I have another Saito.Do you remember the Irish singer Lonnie Donegan?
Are all those parts for 82's? I could use a piston and ring for an 82, rings and tappets for a 56 and 62 if you want to get some money back.
Oh, and an SAI5035 cam
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10-13-2019, 04:21 AM
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They are for various Saitos, let me go through the tappets, if I can find some with out flat edges they're yours. I may have some 56 rings.
Lonnie Donegan, AKA Anthony James Donegan, I guess he figured that Lonnie was a little more Irish.
Lonnie Donegan, AKA Anthony James Donegan, I guess he figured that Lonnie was a little more Irish.
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10-13-2019, 04:49 AM
Does your chewing gum lose it's flavor on the bedpost overnight?
Old Lonnie was popular about the same time as Frank Ifield. Pete's folks probably have a few of Franks recordings laying about .
https://www.bing.com/entityexplore?q...SNAPST&PC=APPL
Lonnie, I will see what I can do.
Old Lonnie was popular about the same time as Frank Ifield. Pete's folks probably have a few of Franks recordings laying about .
https://www.bing.com/entityexplore?q...SNAPST&PC=APPL
Lonnie, I will see what I can do.
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10-13-2019, 05:35 AM
I was named after my German great uncle Alonzo Willenbacher. He went by Lonnie and so I was named by my full German mother. As a child she played in bomb craters in West Germany. Perhaps I got my sensibility from her. Haw haw.