RE: Super Tigre
[quote]ORIGINAL: MetallicaJunkie I found a really good deal on a Kaos with a ''vintage'' supertigre on it. The seller sent me a pic of it and maybe you can see the engine. What makes it unique is that the muffler has a conical indention in the front. What year did these ST's come out? [/quote] Look like a ST-60 RC. I still have one in the box. Nice baffle-piston engine. I think that's an aftermarket muffler though. CR
Posted on: 11/20/2009 9:57 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Having a brain fart...
[quote]ORIGINAL: w8ye Some of the newer programable transmitters allow you to program in multiple idle positions in addtion to cut-off. On start up and flight you use high idle. At touch down you select low idle [/quote] How about that! Always set that up on the throttle trim. CR
Posted on: 11/20/2009 7:24 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: o.s. 160fx starter
[quote] will these batterys last all day long or do they drain quickly Thanks Tim [/quote] The Battery in mine is a 15 Amp hour AGM. depends on how much you use it I guess. They're meant to start cars/truck with dead batteries. I cranked up a balky ST 3000 with it at the field half a dozen times before I got it tuned right. You'd only need it once a day on you OS 1.60 if it's tuned right. I also use it to run battery chargers at the field when I'm flying electrics. I got this one on sale at Lowes. It says Black & Decker on but it's made by Vector Products - Veco13BD- 450 Amp Jump Starter. It may be discontinued now. You can find jump starters at Wal Mart, Home Depot, Lowes and just about any auto parts store. I looked for one without the tire pump and light. Also looked for 450 Amp burst in order to get the 15 AH battery. Gotta read the specs. [;)] CR
Posted on: 11/20/2009 12:08 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: o.s. 160fx starter
[quote]ORIGINAL: rcpilot_971 I need a starter for a os 160 any recomendations do I nee more than 12 volts if so what the best way to do this Thanks Tim [/quote] Here's one I'm using to start a SuperTigre 3000 that has tremendous compression. http://ecsvr.com/wrc/shopdisplayproducts.asp?id=7&subcat=64&cat=Starters This starter can be used on 24 volts, however I'm starting my ST with a 12 volt jump starter that can put out 300 amps. I ordered this one on the recommendation of a guy whos said he's starting a G62 on 12 volts with it. It's the 6:1 gear reduction that does the trick. The 3" cone helps too. CR
Posted on: 11/19/2009 10:19 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: NEW 42% PRODUCT -
[quote]ORIGINAL: RichardGee Look closely and you will see that it is heat shrink-wrapped, thus, protected.[:D] [/quote] Nuts! The ends of the wrap are open, so stuff can get into it. CR
Posted on: 11/15/2009 12:30 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Fox .74
[quote]ORIGINAL: Charley I found a bit of a workaround for the timeout. If it times out just highlight all your text and right-click it; then select ''copy.'' Then cancel the timed-out post and start a new one. Put you cursor in the new text box and right-click it; then select paste and all your timed-out text will appear in the new box without having to retype it. [:)] CR
Posted on: 11/13/2009 12:01 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Update on my CRRC 26, PROBLEMS please help
Are you flipping it or using a starter? If raw fuel is coming out the exhaust the needles may be set too rich. Check to see if they're set by the manual. CR
Posted on: 11/1/2009 1:05 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Please give me your opinion
thinano, The model specifications call for a 23 - 26 cc engine (MVVS 26cc suggested). Perhaps you need to look up the specifications of an available 26cc 2-stroke and try to match an available 4-stroke to them. CR
Posted on: 10/31/2009 8:47 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Problems balancing wood props??
[quote]ORIGINAL: N1EDM I never seemed to have an issue balancing a wood prop before. Lately, over the past couple of years, it seems to me as though the wood props are more out of balance that I've ever noticed before. Is this just me, or have those of you using wood props noticed that they're more difficult to balance within the past couple of years? Thanks for your input, Bob [/quote] One of the things I hate about living 65 miles from the nearest hobby shop it that I have to get wood props by mail order rather than being able to pick out the straight-grained ones from the display. As it is it's a crap shoot. [&o] Pro Zingers tend to be pretty good, though. Also MA wooden props. There are others if you want to research and spend the dough. CR
Posted on: 10/29/2009 11:24 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Problems balancing wood props??
What's wrong with wood props on 4-strokes? CR
Posted on: 10/29/2009 11:19 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Problems balancing wood props??
[quote]ORIGINAL: w8ye Going along with what the previous person said - on the wood props I usually start with fine sand paper on the varnish. [/quote] Huh? Thought you said you had no wood props. [:o] CR
Posted on: 10/29/2009 11:17 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Du Bro Prop Drive Unit
[quote]ORIGINAL: JFranco Anyone have actual experience with one? [/quote] I saw one in use years ago. Fellow had it in a big Cub, driving a big prop. Model flew OK but that .60 was squalling for all it was worth the entire flight. Sounded kind of weird. CR
Posted on: 10/26/2009 11:48 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: 4-strokes/ up-side down!
[quote]ORIGINAL: Yellowbird1 Does the 4-stroke engines run good and not bog down or quit up-side down. I don't have any experience with the 4-stroke and know the 2-strokes have issues with this problem. Please respond. Thanks! [/quote] All inverted model airplane glow engines share one malady, no matter how high they are mounted in relation to the fuel tank. This is that oil can pool in the glow plug between engine runs. You can combat this problem by mounting the engine in the & 7 o'clock position when viewed from the front. In a 4-stroke at 7 o'clock, if you position the prop so that the exhaust valve is open you can sometimes get the excess oil to run out the exhaust valve. Either 2 or 4 stroke, inverted installations invite an hydraulic lock. I've run 'em upright, inverted, sideways & in between. I like sideways (9'oclock) best. [:D] CR
Posted on: 10/23/2009 10:05 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Want to freshen a World Engines Brat .25
Why not call Dave Brown Enterprises and ask him? CR
Posted on: 10/22/2009 10:24 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Thank You Desert Aircraft!
[quote]ORIGINAL: GoeKeli Thanks DA for the quick and perfect service on my DA100L. I got the plane in the air the other day and it's running and flying awesome! Ripping a 27-10 bolly hard on stock mufflers. I love this engine and appreciate the company I choose! Keep up the good work! Best, Joe Kelley [/quote] Why would you want to rip the prop? CR
Posted on: 10/22/2009 1:16 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: os GT55 gasoline engine
Just like my MVVS 26cc; carb is too close to the prop drive. CR
Posted on: 10/18/2009 10:53 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Conversion to Gas?
[quote]ORIGINAL: av8tor1977 There have been a few here that have had various levels of success using ethanol based fuel and a glow plug. However when I tried it several years ago when we were first sorting out the Gas/Glow system, I didn't have much luck. The engine misfired badly on E-85 based fuel. AV8TOR [/quote] Want to elaborate on that? Which engine? What was it's compression ratio? Which plugs did you try? What lubricant and what percentage of lube? Which props? Please elucidate. CR
Posted on: 10/13/2009 9:27 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Engine Conversions"
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RE: Conversion to Gas?
[quote]ORIGINAL: KidEpoxy wait a sec... Are folks saying they are using Ethanol (e85) instead of Methanol to fire a glow plug? [/quote] Uh, not exactly. At least one guy said he was using E85 fuel fired by a glow plug. CR
Posted on: 10/12/2009 12:35 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Engine Conversions"
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RE: Conversion to Gas?
[quote]ORIGINAL: w8ye Av8tor1977 is very experienced with actual modification of many engines [/quote] And so am I. Your point is? CR
Posted on: 10/12/2009 11:03 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Engine Conversions"
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RE: Conversion to Gas?
[quote]ORIGINAL: av8tor1977 You can certainly convert it... The trick is whether you want to convert it to run on less oil as well. You can just buy an ignition from, for example www.ch-ignitions.com and run it on a mix of gasoline and 12% oil. If you want to lower it's oil requirment as well, that takes more work. You have to change the rod bearing from a bushing to a roller bearing. For this, search info from Ken Lambert. Here's his website: http://lambertsrc.homestead.com/ Good luck, AV8TOR [/quote] In my experience, you can run less oil in gasoline without converting to needle bearings. Consider: I ran the Saito on a 16:1 gas to oil mix. 16:1 gas to oil = 1/16 oil = 6.25% oil. What must be understood is that the gasoline contains oil, so you can lower the oil content in the mix. CR Edited for typo.
Posted on: 10/12/2009 12:02 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Engine Conversions"
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RE: Conversion to Gas?
Currently I'm running the ST 3000 on E85 ethanol/gasoline and the CH ignition. Had to lean the needles considerably from the settings for methanol/nitro. Using 12% oil in this mix. Getting about the same power on the E85 as I did on methanol. Might try it on glow with a hot plug. CR
Posted on: 10/11/2009 3:08 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Engine Conversions"
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RE: help with inverted engine, perry pump and idling
Le Fou, Which type of pump is it? Whichever, lower the pump volume a bit. They made those pumps adjustable for a reason. [;)] CR
Posted on: 10/10/2009 8:55 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: help with inverted engine, perry pump and idling
[quote]ORIGINAL: w8ye Perry pumps do not stop fuel from siphoning into the carb [/quote] They have done the job for many of us, as we have told you. You're just being obstinate. CR
Posted on: 10/10/2009 8:51 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Where to buy glow fuel
[quote]ORIGINAL: Waco the closest hobby shop is over 50 miles one way and I always used to direct order my fuel 6 cases at a time, well I just went to reorder some fuel and found out the company no longer will sell direct. I went to some other well know companies and they too will not sell direct. anyone know of a company that makes good fuel that will sell direct? [/quote] If you're feeling adventurous you might try E85 Ethanol fuel, if it's available in your area. I'm using it in a ST 3000 on ignition with Klotz. Going to try it on a hot glow plug next. CR
Posted on: 10/9/2009 2:41 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "RC Fuels"
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RE: 2.4 module questions
[quote]ORIGINAL: tohm Alan is correct on all points. Tony Ohm HItec/Multiplex USA [/quote] There are detail differences between the manual descriptions and what really happens. I have my module in an Eclipse 7 Tx. When the power down mode is entered the module starts beeping rapidly and both LEDs flash in time with the beeping. This continues until I push the button again to exit power down. I haven't needed 90 seconds to do a range check so I've not let it time out. We've had a bit of info exchange on the antenna in another thread. It would appear to be a coaxial dipole, so the antenna is both the fat cylinder (balun) and the exposed stub. I'd suggest that you fly the Rx in a carbon fibre fuse with only the stub exposed and see what happens to the telemetry signal at, say, sailplane ranges in altitude. CR
Posted on: 10/7/2009 9:43 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Hitec/MultiPlex Radios- Ask Hitec Customer Service"
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RE: Ex or current G38, US 41, Quadra 42 owners ???
You might try putting the engine on a flexible mount. CR
Posted on: 10/6/2009 10:02 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Installation of Optical Isolation Kill Switch on EI gasser
[quote]ORIGINAL: larry@coyotenet Sure sounds like a complicated solution to a simple problem. Set the throttle servo to kill the engine just like a glow engine. The more parts the more to fail. [/quote] And if the throttle servo dies, what then? I once watched a guy fly his model around at half throttle for 1/2 hour + until it ran out of fuel. CR
Posted on: 9/26/2009 6:41 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Gas Engines"
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RE: Pinning the prop on a Saito 150
[quote]ORIGINAL: TexasSkyPilot Sorry, I meant to say that the Llano deal is a FLOAT-Fly-in next weekend. If you're interested I can find the flyer and E-mail it to you. Somebody sent it to me that way. Jim [/quote] Yes, I saw it in the contest calendar, was going to ask you about it. Thanks but no need for the flyer. I have an Eflite electric Beaver on floats. Could take it up there, I guess. We'll see. CR
Posted on: 9/5/2009 3:58 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Pinning the prop on a Saito 150
[quote]ORIGINAL: tracerbob CH ignition? Charlie, can you give me more info on this? I've never heard of it and it sounds very interesting [/quote] Look here: http://www.ch-ignitions.com/ The ones I have were made by CH in the 'States. Now they're marketing imported stuff. Lots of people still like them though. CR
Posted on: 9/5/2009 3:54 PM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Pinning the prop on a Saito 150
[quote]ORIGINAL: TexasSkyPilot Charlie, Are you going to the fly-in at Llano or the Jim Rice Memorial? Always nice to meet up with the guys we talk with in RCU... Jim [/quote] Huh, hadn't thought about it. I'll have to look at the contest calendar in MA. Is the field at Llano pretty nice? Not too far away..... CR
Posted on: 9/5/2009 11:52 AM by Author "Charley" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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