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Forum: Glow Engines
08-01-2017, 05:26 AM
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Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

That is the video recorder artifacts causing the...

That is the video recorder artifacts causing the unusual movements like that. I have some video clips showing the propellers doing all sorts or weird shapes when a engine is running too. The engine...
Forum: Glow Engines
08-01-2017, 05:21 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

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Forum: Glow Engines
08-01-2017, 05:21 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

The Saito Twins are awesome engines. I had not...

The Saito Twins are awesome engines. I had not owned one, but I still have a OS 1.60 twin still. I always wanted one of the 1.70 or 2.00 Saito radial engines. But I never got one yet.

When I owned...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-16-2017, 02:43 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Well isn't that cheating to not have to use a...

Well isn't that cheating to not have to use a crank with pedals for a bicycle? You have a motor on that one.
:)
Forum: Glow Engines
01-22-2015, 07:56 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

The early types of plastic motor mounts used a...

The early types of plastic motor mounts used a more soft plastic. They also didn't have any fiber reinforcing either. These mounts tended to be better for using sheet metal screws. Then when the...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-08-2014, 04:23 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Yes you can use it in a RC plane. But without a ...

Yes you can use it in a RC plane. But without a throttle, means you will fly it full throttle though. You can setup a engine shut off device either as a fuel shutoff to kill the engine on command....
Forum: Glow Engines
07-22-2014, 06:02 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Yes I see that you liked my pictures of the...

Yes I see that you liked my pictures of the engine. Yes one had to be a bit careful with the needle valve. But really the needle valve sucked as it has a sharp taper and the engine is almost...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-18-2014, 10:38 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Well one can plug the vent and then plug the carb...

Well one can plug the vent and then plug the carb and exhaust. Then wash the heck out of it. But it isn't a big deal to flush out the engine when done and oil it back up OK. We used to have engines...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-18-2014, 08:22 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

acdii, I do use the faucett and a toothbrush, etc...

acdii, I do use the faucett and a toothbrush, etc to clean off engines that have gotten dirty, especially after a crash into dirt for example. I use hot water, and dry the engine off, then oil it...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-17-2014, 07:13 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

You are welcome, It looks like MECOA picked up...

You are welcome, It looks like MECOA picked up all the CB Associates stuff and are selling the spinners again too.
http://www.mecoa.com/cb/spinners.htm

The cool thing about the CB Associates...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-16-2014, 06:39 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

The plastic spinners are OK. Granted I like the...

The plastic spinners are OK. Granted I like the metal ones more though. But the plastic spinners tend to help protect the crankshaft from getting bent in a nasty crash. Now then tthere are some...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-10-2014, 06:09 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Heck, when I lived in Arizona, I remember...

Heck, when I lived in Arizona, I remember getting off the school bus, running home, grabbing my rifle or shotgun and heading out to a large open desert area and going rabbit or dove hunting many...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-10-2014, 07:13 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

That is quite typical of the flat twin or boxer...

That is quite typical of the flat twin or boxer engine configuration for two stroke engines. The left cylinder winds up with a un-natural air-fuel mixture flow through it, which causes that cylinder...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-08-2014, 05:38 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Well to add more to it, you can see how Saito...

Well to add more to it, you can see how Saito says to do it here in this manual https://www.greathobbies.com/manuals/s/sai/sai_twin_cylinder.pdf
Forum: Glow Engines
04-08-2014, 08:37 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

Well for the twin you get to do it twice, but the...

Well for the twin you get to do it twice, but the instructions are the same. You set one cylinder, then rotate the crank one turn and set the second cylinder cam timing....
Forum: Glow Engines
06-10-2013, 04:28 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I don't remember Saito making steam locomotives but OS does though. http://www.oslivesteam.com/
Saito does make some fabulous steam engines. Plus they make boilers and burners to go with the steam...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-09-2013, 06:32 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I still have a 8mm M98 around here someplace myself. My favorite rifle is a homemade conversion I did to a old Japanese Arisaka when I put a 22 caliber barrel on it and chambered it for the 22-250...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-20-2012, 05:09 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I could really care less about which ignition system a person it using. But if their existing system is working, there is no real reason to spend money "upgrading" it then. But then people do it all...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-17-2012, 06:45 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

That was not what I meant. He has a working ignition system, thus it really isn't worth scrapping it out for another system, unless it isn't working well and or is broken or something.

But then I...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-17-2012, 05:24 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Hey, Hobbsy, if your ignition setup works, just use it, don't mess with it, you might make it worse.
Forum: Glow Engines
12-15-2012, 08:55 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Hobbsy, yeah that crankcase vent on the cambox looks good. But it may or may not work as expected.  But that fitting is a good idea, as you can use it to squirt some oil into the cambox from time to...
Forum: Glow Engines
08-06-2012, 02:25 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

4 hours in Dawn Power Dissolver is likely to discolor the aluminum alloys in the engine. I don't think I went more than 30 minutes with the stuff myself, more like 15 to 20 minutes. If I had a...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-21-2012, 06:55 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Just about any .60 size plane would work with the engine. Even the .60 to .91 two stroke size planes would work. A Great Planes Escapade might be a good choice as it can handle a wide variety of...
Forum: Glow Engines
07-21-2012, 04:05 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Clean the engine? Why? I usually don't bother much with the outside of the engine, until I need to move the engine to a new plane after it wears out the current plane.
...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-27-2012, 04:53 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,808
Posted By earlwb

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

They put in a pretty hot cam and valve timing on the engine, so it can't idle all that low. The more hot the cams are the less able the engine is to idle well.
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