RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: Staggerflyer [quote]ORIGINAL: badazzgti03 quick question ....would a Saito 300 Twin work with this model?? http://www.horizonhobby.com/products/300-twin-cyl-aac-with-muffler-z-SAIE300TL#t2 [/quote] The Saito 300 Twin would actually be way to much for this plane. It is physically a large engine. We have a Saito 240 Twin, and it was checked for fit. Way to big. It is also way to heavy, besides being just to much engine. The required prop will not clear the ground, and even a small throttle change would twist it over on it's back. The 300 is designed for much bigger aircraft. It would work great in a Byron Staggerwing, if you could find one, as well as a Ziroli one. This is not to say someone won't insist on trying it. Good luck!! [/quote] The 300 is more motor than necessary, but it would not be grossly overpowered. It would also not be too heavy. This plane needs the nose weight. Prop clearance is also not a problem. While the 300 does have substantial torque, the suggestion that even a small throttle change would be enough to cause this plane to flip onto its back is absurd. However, I do agree that it's a much better match for the Byron Staggerwing. I've got two of those and they're outstanding planes. Also, Saito didn't make a 240 twin, they made a 270.
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: badazzgti03 what about a Saito 170R??? i know the 200R is an upgrade from it but what really is the differences?? [/quote] I flew mine for two years with the 170R3. Once in the air, it's a good combination. Takeoff power is marginal, especially if you have a grass runway. I upgraded to an Enya VT-240 and have been very happy with the extra horsepower.
Posted on: 8/3/2012 2:37 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
Here's my largest twin. 100 cubic inches and 100+ hp. Sounds as sweet as any Saito twin [:)]
Posted on: 7/15/2012 2:27 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: GP GEE BEE
I've got a set of new-in-box Robart struts for the Gee Bee if anybody needs them. PM me if interested.
Posted on: 5/9/2012 6:59 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
Any of the 1/5 scale Cubs are a great match. Hangar 9, Great Planes, SIG...
Posted on: 3/31/2012 12:38 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: Joel_L Hi, Here are more picture of my radial install. Still need to seal the plywood plate. Can someone with a flying SW tell me where the CG is with the wings off? Doesn't need to be precise just want to do a simple lift of the fuse with the engine installed to see where the radio is going to go. Thanks Joel [/quote] How are you going to handle the exhaust? Do you have a collector ring?
Posted on: 2/2/2012 2:48 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: njmheli HI Guys....... This is my SW on the c of g balance.........2nd attempt to get it correct as per your comments and flying experience.Should be good to go now..? Kind regards...Nick (UK). [/quote] It looks fine. It's really not that sensitive. Fly it already!
Posted on: 1/28/2012 7:02 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: njmheli Hi Don / Jim. Many thanks for your advice.....funny,in the photo,I agree it does look too nose ''heavy'', but in ''real-life'' it didn't look as much as that !!!I have to change out one of the batteries at the ''firewall'',so will do that first and then see what weight I can remove to get her SLIGHTLY nose down. I have re-checked all the control throws and they are as the ''high'' rates as stated in the manual + 1/4''max,I 've added to them.Expo is set at 30%.......so hope that will be good. Thank you again for your advice,all very much appreciated.......watch this space for anothe c of g pic !!!! Cheers............Nick (UK). [/quote] Looks "fine" to me.
Posted on: 1/14/2012 4:14 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: njmheli Hi To All. I have been away from this ''thread'' for sometime,great to see it is alive and well !!! I have been away from mt S/W project,details of which I posted some time ago............I have now finished her and just awaitng to do the maiden ( at long last !!! ). I have run in my Saito 200R3,pleased to report that there appears to be plenty of power + it sounds great !!! I found out that the idle mixture was too rich,it was giving me a bit of trouble with causing a plug to ''go-out'' at extened lowish RPM's......I have now in addition to the ''mixture'' fix added an ''on-board'' glow system............working great. I know that this subject has been talked about alot.........CORRECT POSITION FOR C of G !!! ........I would just like to confirm with you all that the position I have is correct by the ''flying-results'' you have all acheived.I have set mine to 5 1/2'' from the leading edge of the lower wing.At this point she balances with a slight ''nose'' down attitude ( Wheels are retracted ).If I get it right,I have posted a photo of the position of the c of g.I will set about 30% expo and will increase the upper limits of the control throws to start with. Thanks to all for the thread. Cheers.............Nick (UK). [/quote] Looks "good"
Posted on: 1/8/2012 3:16 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: kochj guys flew this plane on a 170 3-cyl saito .... There is a video of it on utube... [/quote] I flew mine for two years with a Saito 1.70 radial. It was marginal for our field's 300' grass runway. Takeoff was always scary. It would have probably been fine on asphalt. I put the 1.70 on a Pacific Aeromodels clipped wing Monocoupe and installed an Enya 2.40 v-twin in the Staggerwing and it got to be a whole lot more fun to fly.
Posted on: 12/1/2011 2:00 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: N1EDM Can you remove the glow plug? This idea has been around for a while, so I can't take credit for it, just passing it along. Remove the glow plug. Then, get some string or thin twine that can be pushed into the glow plug hole. Cram in as much as you can. Use the softest line that you can get, and leave a 'tail' outside the glow plug hole. This should let you bear against the piston and head and remove the screw. Go gently and use the best allen wrench you can on that spinner screw. This is no time to gurn that socket. And use GENTLE pressure!! Avoid risk of damage to the piston and head. Remove the nose cone, replace the screw (probably avaliable from Home Depot), and remove the string. The old screw might have too much Loctite to clean off. Chase the threads on the prop nut to clean out any other residual Loctite. It's probably a 10-24 thread but don't take my word for it. It could also be a 10-32 thread. Hint: some cheap twine will leave 'hairs' behind which could require you to disassemble the engine to clean out... Use good twine (and not thread) to avoid that. Hint #2: I've never had a metal spinner come off, and I've never used Loctite on that screw, though I make sure it is fastened down securely. Hmmmm, using W8YE's idea about using heat to soften the loctite isn't a bad idea either. Use Cotton twine, by the way, not synthetic. If you use heat, you run the risk of melting the twine if you go too far with the heat gun. That won't be good inside the engine cylinder. I didn't see W8YE's post until I posted mine. We must have been burning the ether at the same time writing our responses. In an extreme situation, you can get a piston locking tool from Tower http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXATDA&P=7 that might help, but my thinking is that this won't be necessary. If you do wind up using the tool, remember that word ''GENTLY''. Let us know how this works out for you, Bob [/quote] Filling the cylinder with after-run oil and then re-installing the glow plug would work better than string. The hydraulic lock will be much more positive. Applying heat to the loc-tite will definitely help.
Posted on: 11/28/2011 6:31 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
I'm glad to hear that my Staggerwing isn't the only one that sounds like a pickup truck full of garbage can lids when it's taxiing. The Robart gear is amazingly noisy! Great flying!
Posted on: 10/29/2011 4:12 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Composite-Arf 33% Gee Bee R2 - First Flight - Pics - Videos - L@@K
[quote]ORIGINAL: RichardGee WOW! KILLER FLIGHT HANNES[:D] And that flying wire WHINE... did the Granvilles build the predecessor to the Stuka JU-87??[;)] You look totally comfortable and in control of your R2... possibly the BEST flight I have ever seen posted of the CARF Gee Bee[:D] The DA150 sounds almost perfect.. just an occasional bobble on the top end... and the 28x14 prop SMOKES![X(] Are YOU and ME the only ones FLYING this BIRD?[:o] You offered a great Gee Bee shirt for successful first flights posted on YouTube.. any takers??[:o] Gee Bee Gents, [b]LET'S SEE SOME FLYING GEE BEE'S PLEASE![/b] [/quote] Maybe you should use more emoticons [X(][8|] Great flying hannes!
Posted on: 10/29/2011 3:43 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: Old Fart [quote]ORIGINAL: flyingagin I have suscribed to this thread for maybe 2 years now. Learned a lot. But never  <span class=''Apple-style-span'' style=''font-family: Verdana, Arial; font-size: 13px; background-color: rgb(251, 252, 255); ''>registered in CLUB SAITO. I have a Saito .65 I bought NIB right after I got home from the first Gulf War. Still got it. still runs, but down on power. Needs a rebuild, new ring and main bearings. Do you think that is all it will need or will it need more. [/quote] How do you mean more what?:) [/quote] More cowbell!
Posted on: 10/15/2011 12:55 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: N1EDM Hi Guys, A while back, I wrote a post about having trouble with getting my muffler through my H9 Cub cowl. As you can see from the picture, my muffler is a little too close to the fuse/cowl and I'll have to cut a lot of this away using the existing exhaust manifold. I know that it looks like I could squeeze by, but that's just the angle that I took the photo at. Any ideas on extending that manifold perhaps 1/4'' or so so that I don't have to chop the daylights out of the cowl?? The engine is a Saito .82 - I put the extra power in there so that I could use the Cub on floats. C'mon, fellow geniuses.... I could use an idea or two here... [:D] Bob [/quote] Go with a Turboheader and ask them to make you a small extension.
Posted on: 10/9/2011 4:31 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: RManca I have a OS 70 FS powering my Nitromodel DR 1. I think anything larger is over kill, these plane were'nt built for speed. [/quote] Congratulations! You win the prize for the most off-topic post of the day!
Posted on: 9/10/2011 4:52 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Best engine for Byron staggerwing
[quote]ORIGINAL: theeilluminati anyone interested in buying a rtf byron staggerwing? have pics it is in a RAF paint scheme [/quote] Maybe. Send me a PM with the details and price.
Posted on: 9/7/2011 6:37 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - General"
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RE: P-6E Curtis hawk (build thread)
[quote]ORIGINAL: Roary m I could use some help here with powerplant selection. I have, with exception to the Saito's, most of the glow stuff mentioned here and I can't make up which is the best to use. I was going to drop in a YS 140 FZ, then I read where the OS 120 would be plenty. I even noticed where one plane had a YS 120 in it and the flier didn't think it was enough. My OS 120 is the supercharged one but I am confused. I need this guy to do aerobatics but not 3D. Any input? I even have an Enya R120, a great engine, but he does like smaller props. I want to stay with 4 stroke for sound but I do have the 120 AX as well as the ST 2300 and 160 FX. Sorry for all the stuff thrown in here but I have never have seen a thread so all over the place when it came to engine selection so my discernment is being tested here. [/quote] Oh good, you're going to reopen this can of worms! Here's the first of many widely varying opinions: Mine has an OS FS 1.20 w/pump and it's more than enough engine for sport flying and scale aerobatics. A small amount of weight was added to the firewall to balance it. In my opinion the plane would easily fly in a very scale manner on a good .90 four stroke. However, I have not tried that combination.
Posted on: 9/2/2011 7:12 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "RC Warbirds and Warplanes"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: Old Fart Good advice raven.I've just begun running the new fa200r3 radial,sounds sweeter than the best looking green eyed redhead i ever saw.Problem is it nearly always runs on just two cylinders.It's had three short five minute runs at or below four thousand.After the first run i popped the rocker cover off the cold cylinder and the intake pushrod had popped out of it's cup,fixed that and it still won't fire on that pot,rechecked the valves too.I was 5 turns out on the main as per the book,so tried as low as three and can't clear the cylinder.Plugs are good,fresh fuel...what am i missing??..apart from my pretty green eyed redhead:):) [/quote] Let me guess which cylinder keeps going cold... facing the front of the engine, is it the one on the lower left? I've had the same problem with a 170R3 and it requires a glow driver for any throttle setting below 1/3 (more when you're running it rich for break in). I use SonicTronics/McDaniel glow drivers on all my Saito radials and use only NiCd batteries. NiMH will not work.
Posted on: 8/23/2011 6:22 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Club Enya
[quote]ORIGINAL: PTS [quote]ORIGINAL: GaGeeBees [quote]ORIGINAL: PTS Hello, Will the Enya VT 240 pull a 13-14.5 Airplane with authority? The plane is a Great Planes Giant Super Sportster. Also where do you get rebuild parts? Regards, Perry [/quote] Should be plenty of power. I fly a a Top Flite Staggerwing with one and it weighs 21 lbs. Parts come from Enya. Contact info is on the website
Posted on: 7/3/2011 7:05 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Club Enya
[quote]ORIGINAL: PTS Hello, Will the Enya VT 240 pull a 13-14.5 Airplane with authority? The plane is a Great Planes Giant Super Sportster. Also where do you get rebuild parts? Regards, Perry [/quote] Should be plenty of power. I fly a a Top Flite Staggerwing with one and it weighs 21 lbs. Parts come from Enya. Contact info is on the website.
Posted on: 7/3/2011 11:21 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: panhndl There is a guy selling a Saito 90 R3 new in the old silver box. I was wondering if the engine has had any modifications since the silver box was retired? How old would the engne be if its in a silver box? Anything I should know about the old silver box 90 R3's? [/quote] I had one and it was a great little engine. Not the most powerful, but ran great. I'm not aware of an updated version beyond the silver box edition.
Posted on: 6/11/2011 6:23 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: panhndl There is a guy selling a Saito 90 R3 new in the old silver box. I was wondering if the engine has had any modifications since the silver box was retired? How old would the engne be if its in a silver box? Anything I should know about the old silver box 90 R3's? [/quote] So lemme get this straight, it's the one in a silver box then?
Posted on: 6/11/2011 10:05 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Top Flite Staggerwing
Slimline makes great mufflers. I'm sure I've purchased a couple of wraparound types for G-38's from them.
Posted on: 5/8/2011 5:02 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Love that GBY
[quote]ORIGINAL: MormonMike Help, I have this plane and after trying a Fox 3.2 gasser, it nearly shook the plane to pieces. Then tried a Saito 1.80 and found it to be almost underpowered at 4500' altitude. Also it had an uncontrollable taxi speed even at the lowest possible idle with an 18-8 prop. So I hung the plane up and have lost intrest in it till now. Does this Zenoah 38 have a low vibration? Need some advice on this please. Saito 1.50 ia a fuel hogg and is not practical. This plane is just about brand new with installed sway brace on the main landing gear to prevent wobble. Please respond, Thanks, MM [/quote] Mine flies very well with a Zenoah G-26. A G-38 is plenty. They're great engines.
Posted on: 5/3/2011 6:21 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: Old Fart I'd have given a weeks wages to be there when that t28 was whizzing around with the os20 in it.I'm to young to be fiddling with my saitos re performance right now but look forward to gaing something out of reading about other peoples efforts sucessful or not,hope they are funny:) bring the mew gull on mate!:) [/quote] I've been flying a foamie T-28 parkflyer with OS .26 for at least a year. It's a great combination! I'd like to try it with a Saito .30
Posted on: 4/28/2011 5:59 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Composite-Arf 33% Gee Bee R2 - First Flight - Pics - Videos - L@@K
[quote]ORIGINAL: n8622t Lifer yer north of me, TheRickster yer south, where are we gonna meet for the first Big Barrel Bash[:@] That dont sound good!!![:D] You guys need to come to my Cub Nostalgic Fly-in in May http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_10373449/tm.htm Nothing more nostalgic than a big round R2 Jimmy [/quote] The Cub fly sounds like fun! I wish you were a few hundred miles closer! Here's one of my favorite Cubs
Posted on: 4/23/2011 8:40 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
[quote]ORIGINAL: blw My vote for best running Saito would be the 56. Maybe we should have a poll. [/quote] I've got a pair of .56's and they are great little engines but my favorite by far is the 2.70. I have four of them flying at the moment and have owned three others.
Posted on: 4/21/2011 2:37 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Pacific Aeromodel Clipped Wing Monocoupe Build
Hope you're feeling better racerchuck! Good luck with your Monocoupe.
Posted on: 4/20/2011 4:25 AM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Pacific Aeromodel Clipped Wing Monocoupe Build
RHarding - rule of thumb for fuel consumption on a glow engine is 1 ounce of fuel per cubic inch per minute at wide open throttle. Your 16 ounce tank will give you 12 minutes with throttle management but you'll be cutting it close. I'd go with a 20 or even 24 if you really want to fly for that long. No idea on cylinder head temp.
Posted on: 4/10/2011 3:50 PM by Author "GaGeeBees" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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