Welcome to Club SAITO !
08-20-2009, 09:05 PM
Senior Member
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
I use Sullivan Silicone Fuel Line Large 5/32" for my breather nipples. I also use a fuel line clip.
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVEW5&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD751&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXVEW5&P=7
http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin...?&I=LXD751&P=7
08-21-2009, 12:51 AM
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
ORIGINAL: RC Specialties
ram3500,
Thanks, we are looking forward to some videos. I would like some pics of the install if you have them.
Jim
ram3500,
Thanks, we are looking forward to some videos. I would like some pics of the install if you have them.
Jim
08-21-2009, 07:17 PM
Senior Member
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Bethpage,
TN
Posts: 573
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
ORIGINAL: VeeAte
But you could buy aftermarket heads and items to individualise the engines. I know thats pointless when building a scale plane. But I would have thought the 3D and aerobat guys would be interested.
But you could buy aftermarket heads and items to individualise the engines. I know thats pointless when building a scale plane. But I would have thought the 3D and aerobat guys would be interested.
LIKE THIS ?
08-22-2009, 04:17 AM
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Geraldton, AUSTRALIA
Posts: 1,549
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
That's cool. [8D]
Not sure I like the yellow, but at least it looks different to every other engine out there.
Is that anodised or painted?
Not sure I like the yellow, but at least it looks different to every other engine out there.
Is that anodised or painted?
08-22-2009, 04:50 PM
Senior Member
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Geraldton, AUSTRALIA
Posts: 1,549
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
08-22-2009, 05:03 PM
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
I have had very good success on eBay and in the ad forum here on this site. In the last couple decades, I have only gotten one bad engine, a Saito 120. It had almost no compression and noisy bearings. I contacted the guy and told him about it and he refunded my money including shipping both ways and I sent it back. Check the sellers Karma and history, ask questions to nail down the condition and deal, and one can pick up some nice buys. (The golden Knight 100 on my P-38 I found on eBay for $125!)
08-22-2009, 05:05 PM
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
ORIGINAL: jdkxtreme
Paint. Than baked in the oven
ORIGINAL: GaGeeBees
Or is it Photoshopped?
ORIGINAL: VeeAte
Is that anodised or painted?
Is that anodised or painted?
Paint. Than baked in the oven
08-22-2009, 06:17 PM
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
Here is a video of the engines trails of my P-38 with the new Turbo Headers installed.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSOKZHEk7Ck
After this video, I tweaked the tuning on the port engine (notice the pilot looking at that engine)and upon checking the needle settings after shut-down, I found that they were within two clicks of each other. Much closer than with the stock mufflers. Perhaps this is due to the slight increase in fuel pressure with these pipes, which may also explain the quicker throttle response I noticed.
I followed the installation instructions (with the Teflon tape) and also found that they were as tight hot as cold. Very nice. I don't see these coming loose.
Very nice Jim.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GSOKZHEk7Ck
After this video, I tweaked the tuning on the port engine (notice the pilot looking at that engine
)and upon checking the needle settings after shut-down, I found that they were within two clicks of each other. Much closer than with the stock mufflers. Perhaps this is due to the slight increase in fuel pressure with these pipes, which may also explain the quicker throttle response I noticed. I followed the installation instructions (with the Teflon tape) and also found that they were as tight hot as cold. Very nice. I don't see these coming loose.
Very nice Jim.
08-22-2009, 07:03 PM
My Feedback: (19)
Join Date: Feb 2004
Location: Raeford, North Carolina
Posts: 3,988
Likes: 0
Received 2 Likes
on
2 Posts
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
Golden EAGLES????
Hehehehe.
Golden Knight, Golden Eagle, whatever. Saitos are Great. But you WILL need the Brass-colored Valve covers. Or else those cool new ones with the fins a page or so north of here..
THEN it would probably be able to be called a GOLDEN EAGLE!!!!
YEAH, BABY!!!
Jim
Hehehehe.
Golden Knight, Golden Eagle, whatever. Saitos are Great. But you WILL need the Brass-colored Valve covers. Or else those cool new ones with the fins a page or so north of here..
THEN it would probably be able to be called a GOLDEN EAGLE!!!!
YEAH, BABY!!!
Jim
08-22-2009, 07:08 PM
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
ORIGINAL: TexasSkyPilot
Golden EAGLES????
Hehehehe.
Golden Knight, Golden Eagle, whatever. Saitos are Great. But you WILL need the Brass-colored Valve covers. Or else those cool new ones with the fins a page or so north of here..
THEN it would probably be able to be called a GOLDEN EAGLE!!!!
YEAH, BABY!!!
Jim
Golden EAGLES????
Hehehehe.
Golden Knight, Golden Eagle, whatever. Saitos are Great. But you WILL need the Brass-colored Valve covers. Or else those cool new ones with the fins a page or so north of here..
THEN it would probably be able to be called a GOLDEN EAGLE!!!!
YEAH, BABY!!!
Jim
A guy showed me some stuff a few years ago that anodizes in gold with a small electrical charge. Very slick. I'll have to look him up and refresh my details on it. It would make stock valve covers gold in a matter of a couple seconds.
08-22-2009, 07:41 PM
Member
My Feedback: (11)
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Lake Wales,
FL
Posts: 75
Likes: 0
Received 0 Likes
on
0 Posts
RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
ORIGINAL: AircamperAce
What are the chances I can pull a Saito .65 off the bottom of a marsh/swamp/pond with a magnet? It's got to be down there (8') somwhere. The motor mount snapped in half and took the engine, cowl and prop down with it. I'm thinking about getting a magnet from Home Depot, the kind used for picking up nails, and fishing for it that way. The entire area is swampy, even the grassy stuff is in +2 ft of water. Is there enough steel in the engine to pick it up? The plane was recovered from the swamp, minus engine. Where I am at in the picture it's atleast 8' deep. We tried using a rake but the bottom is thick weeds. Any tips?
Ryan
What are the chances I can pull a Saito .65 off the bottom of a marsh/swamp/pond with a magnet? It's got to be down there (8') somwhere. The motor mount snapped in half and took the engine, cowl and prop down with it. I'm thinking about getting a magnet from Home Depot, the kind used for picking up nails, and fishing for it that way. The entire area is swampy, even the grassy stuff is in +2 ft of water. Is there enough steel in the engine to pick it up? The plane was recovered from the swamp, minus engine. Where I am at in the picture it's atleast 8' deep. We tried using a rake but the bottom is thick weeds. Any tips?
Ryan
Thanks all,
Ryan