RE: need a needle valve for an OS .48 surpass
if the needle is only 7 bucks I may as well just fix that, I have a list to order from tower in the coming weeks so I'll just go that route, the plane the engine is going on now is an old trainer that I'm converting to tail dragger for a good beater/bush flying plane, my cub is also getting real flaps in its rebuild as I use that for r/c bush flying as well
Posted on: 10/30/2011 7:17 AM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: need a needle valve for an OS .48 surpass
I think I'll go with the magnum crab, its about half the price and its the same carb as my dads ASP .61 it looks like which I'm familiar with and has always ran great
Posted on: 10/27/2011 3:59 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: need a needle valve for an OS .48 surpass
is there a benefit in swapping the carbs, the engine did seem a little finicky with the stock carb compared to my saito .91 I had and my dads ASP .61, both of those engines always ran perfect with only minor tuning changes for weather, I'd like to set the OS up for another plane I have since I not only wrecked the suhkoi which had the OS on it, but a week earlier my big cub with my saito twin when in, then a week later my dads plane pulled the front wing dowl out in flight, luckily two of the planes are fixable, the suhkoi is done though, also looking for a new home for my saito 1.30 twin as its just two heavy for that cub
Posted on: 10/26/2011 6:39 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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need a needle valve for an OS .48 surpass
wrecked a plane and broke the high speed needle off in the carb anyone know if tower sells them and which to buy, they dont list one specifically for that engine and if not where can I buy one, I'd prefer to buy from tower though...thanks in advance for any help
Posted on: 10/26/2011 5:38 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
I used an electrifly ss-25 ESC, a 28mmx28mm outrunner at 1050KV with an APC 9x3.8 slo-fly prop...not sure what the others are running, got the motor from headsuprc.com and hobbypartz is nitroplanes parts website, chinese parts, cheap but not so good with service and QC
Posted on: 1/16/2011 4:03 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
yeah I really want some slow close in flights on the video so people can see how it flys, mine has a good amount of throw, I'll measure it when you need it...I bought some small metal gear servos from hobbypartz, tower wants 29 bucks for name brand micro metal gear servos, I bought 3 for that price
Posted on: 1/16/2011 10:17 AM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
yeah I saw that, but mines not heavy enough that I would go through all that, heck it's a slow flyer as is...and I'm flying a 2000mah 4S 15c pack, so it's a fairly heavy pack, balanced nicely with it which is why I used it...if it is climbing to much you can always give down input to it when your flying around, and if need be reduce throttle, or punch the throttle to get forward speed up again...but what happened with mine is when it lifted a gust hit it head on and pitched it up vertical, so I went full down on the pitch and nailed the trottle but it wouldn't recover....thats one thing that I think will get you in trouble the most with this little guy, being pitched or roller to the extreme...since it's not like a plane...I found that I used a little roll in the turns but mainly use the rudder, and I'm ready to counter the roll if it gets to far over...also be ready to feed some up input in when you turn cause the nose will drop...some people throw gyros and say thats the way to go...but I hate throwing anything so I'm bias there, I always ROG my models if they have wheels, but either way I'd suggest a gentle climb to altitude and then get familiar with it at a good height incase you get in trouble...motor I'm flying is 28mm x 28mm and 1050KV on a 9x3.8 prop, gonna try a 10x3.8 next time...and thats one 4S but on 3S it'd still be plenty of power, I'm rarely over 1/2 throttle other than take off and landing cause I like to hover mine in for a zero roll landing(you'll see when I get vids how it flys), this weekend hopefully if the weather holds
Posted on: 1/13/2011 3:47 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
heres my modified landing gear, added some pieces to make it similar to scale...put some smaller MPI wheels on for now, landing gear is tied together with copper wire then soldered, center caps on the wheels are aluminum(bottom of a pepsi can, fits and looks perfect, go figure)...still showing some rach from the crash I had but once I get some covering to fix it it will be un-noticable...ther gear is super strong now, may add some wood covers to make it more scale like...videos to come shortly...
Posted on: 1/12/2011 6:47 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
got another tip, be very careful with wind...took off the other day and it went nose up, then vertical, wouldn't recover despite full down and full throttle, rolled on it's back and went in for about 20 feet and hit hard...suprisingly it didn't do to much damage, had to make a new flapping hinge, and a new mast...did some cosmetic damage that I fixed...it was back up and flying today, got four good flights on it...it flies very niecly, slow and stable...
Posted on: 1/11/2011 3:16 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
it will, I can fly helis, don't have one at the moment but I am not to bad with them as far as cruising aroun dthe field and mild aerobatics, and I have a lot of time on small foamie 3D planes which helps to, cause at least from my short flight I noticed that you fly a lot of rudder and throttle movement on this thing which is similar to flying a 3D plane when your in a high alhpa position of hovering...I'm glad you have found the RCGroups thread, that helped me a lot as far as setup, the nose down hang angle is probably the biggest thing to get right...oh and the landing gear where they all join at the wheel, I wrapped it with copper wire and soldered it, I had glued it but it didn't hold, theres wire under the factory shrink wrap so I soldered that then added more wire to hold the legs in then soldered all that then put shrink wrap over that, I'll post it on RCG tonight sometime, mine took about 2 weeks to get here,
Posted on: 1/10/2011 7:28 AM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
got a short flight last night, to windy today, didn't have a battery topepd off so I only went 3 times around the field, then brought her down and stopped dead in front of me about 6 foot up and it hovered down for a zero roll out landing...flys well so I'm looking foward to a longer flight to really get a feel for it and throw it around a bit more...overall though a good model for the price I'd say
Posted on: 1/9/2011 4:41 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
did about 20 hops in the street outside my house this morning on a 4s 2000mah pack, balances right with that battery, not sure why people have such a hard time with ROG with this model, its really gentle and stable...flys very well, also flys quite slowly, wasn't expecting that with it being a little heavy...overall a great model I'd say...first real flights tomorrow, hopefully with video
Posted on: 1/8/2011 10:02 AM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
ok, got my cierva today...looks nice, as stated by others in other forums there are no instructions and the rotor head is upside down from the factory which must be corrected, balanced the blades, reinforced the weak stock mast with some basswood which turned out well, changes a few things including the wheels, hinges, and rudder pushrod...I have a motor but ordered another that may be here tomorrow, if not I'll install the one I have and give it a go sunday, I took a short run outside, blades spun up smooth and quickly, should fly no problems, also it will most likely need nose weight as others have also stated...but for the money it's a nice little model, well built and nicely covered for the money, heres some pictures
Posted on: 1/7/2011 8:02 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: HK cierva C-30
gyro should be here this week, also it needs metal gear servos on the head controls, hobbypartz sells some digital metal gear micro servos for a whopping 7.70 a piece, so I ordered three, even if ones bad at that cost who care, also got some batteries and ordered some props and larger tires from tower hobbies, gonna try it with a 9x6 prop...rimfire 22-1000kv motor which should give it about a 1:1 thrust to weight, also gonna try to figure out a pre-rotator for this little guy to up the cool factor and the visual affect of being able to wind the blades up and lift off in a few feet...
Posted on: 12/27/2010 7:55 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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HK cierva C-30
I just ordered one of these, from what I have found so far there will be no instructions and theres some stuff to watch when building it, for the price I really couldn't resist...does anyone here have one, if so post any info here, I plan to take some good time planning and setting it up once it gets here, and deciding what gear to install, my first gyro was a G3PO, I was gonna buy another till I saw they were out of production...so I went the HK route...plus it's so nice looking, scale is always cooler...never got far with the first one do to being under powered, I now have a lot more flight time too with airplanes from my big cub to electric 3D and also with helis but I decided I'd get into the gyros rather than helis this time...so hopefully it goes well...I'll pe posting a build log here along with flight review and pics, possibly a video...just something fun and unique to tinker with...heres a pic though I'm sure most of you are aware of this thing...
Posted on: 12/22/2010 8:18 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "AutoGyros"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
if I had more money the 90R3 woulda been on my Cub instead of the twin but I like the 130...feels real "vintage" and is more than enough power for the plane, and despite the weight if you drop the flaperons it's almost hard to get it to land in a short distance, you have to just about stall it...
Posted on: 12/12/2010 2:44 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
It's been awhile but I just wanted to say thanks to those that helped with my 130T, it's now running beautifily, drops a cyclinder once in awhile but it always pics back up with a few quick blips on the throttle...heres a couple pics on my GP 81" Cub turned tundra cub with the 6" balloon tires and flaperons, will be flying on skis when we get some snow this year...
Posted on: 12/10/2010 12:52 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
thats the same tach I'm using and it's been serving well for the cheap price...and my 1.30 twin doesn't tach what it supposed to according to the review posted a couple pages back, though I'm usuing a Pro-Zinger 15x6 and not the regular Zinger 15x6 thats in the review, gonna try a 16x4W APC prop next...always had luck with the APC props...
Posted on: 11/3/2010 8:19 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
my .91 was really happy with the 14x4W prop on my Cub which spends most of it's time just over stall speed doing some bush flying, my suggestions were based on my expirience with my .91 and the .82 was supposed to be comparable in power, but maybe the smaller displacement leaves slightly less torque...and I know what you mean, any decent prop is all but 10 bucks now so till you get 4-5 of them you get a lot tied up in props...hopefully someone else will chime in that has a bit more knowledge on the speed side of things since most of my flying in of the low and slow variety
Posted on: 10/28/2010 9:10 AM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
All I did was say what Saito I owned and ask...then they should give you a number, w8ye's suggestion to put it in your signature is a good one, then you'll always have it
Posted on: 10/28/2010 8:14 AM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
the .82 should spin the same 13x8 that a .91 would, so I'd say it will spin a 12x9, and possibly that 13x9, I usually experiment with props, start with one, see how it flys, then make subtle changes and see how it affects the performance, it's not just about matching the prop to the engine but the prop to the engine and the plane and your flying style,
Posted on: 10/27/2010 11:12 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
I only own a single saito at the moment, but seeing as I will almost certainly always have one do I qualify to join as well...I almost bought an OS 120 twin but am glad I replaced my saito with another saito...my FA130T may be old as dirt, heavy, and by todays standards underpowered but man is this thing cool on my CUB in flight...
Posted on: 10/27/2010 4:27 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
I wouldn't worry about the engine size or weight, but can't help with the fuel question...I fly a FA-130T on my 1/5 scale cub that most guys use .72-.90 engines on and it does just fine with the added weight and power, actually I think it flys nice than it did with my FA-91S on it...
Posted on: 10/25/2010 7:30 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Great Planes J-3 Cub .40 ARF fabric covered, whos got one?
got a few flights in today, first couple flights the engine kept dropping a cylinder, but I got it sorted out and it flew like a champ the rest of the day, I actually think it flys better with the added weight, it's more predictable on slow passes...gonna switch to a 16x4 prop from the 15x6 I have on now, also gonna ditch the 5" tires for some 6" tundra tires...
Posted on: 10/24/2010 2:49 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Great Planes J-3 Cub .40 ARF fabric covered, whos got one?
Heres pictures of my Saito FA-130T installed, and a [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDlG9DjSv3M]video[/link] of it running while I was tuning it, hopefully I can fly it tomorrow if the weather holds up, but it's supposed to be windy...
Posted on: 10/23/2010 4:11 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
Heres a picture of my 130T and a [link=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PDlG9DjSv3M]video[/link] of it running while I was tuning it today, tough to hold the camera and the Tx at one time...
Posted on: 10/23/2010 4:08 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Great Planes J-3 Cub .40 ARF fabric covered, whos got one?
looks real good, you'll have to let us know how it flys, good like the rest I'm sure...got my twin fired up and man is this thing gonna have power now, like the saito FA-91 wasn't enough...hopefully a flight report this weekend, and I'll definitely gets some pictures and maybe a video of it running this weekend...
Posted on: 10/21/2010 10:30 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
got my 130t running pretty decent tonight, but before i could get it totally dialed in it got dark and both glow drivers crapped out at the same time...which is odd but it was time to stop for the night anyway...got to taxi around a bit in the yard, seems like it has some good power with the 15x6 pro-zinger prop o decided to start out with, couldn't find a 16x4 I liked...that gas twin looks awesome can't wait to see a video, you know whats next...GAS RADIAL!...
Posted on: 10/21/2010 8:01 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
ok, sounds good, thanks again...I'll give it a try tomorrow when I get some time
Posted on: 10/20/2010 10:26 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
here are the best pics I could get without removing the engine...one of the bottom and one of the top of the carbs...the low end are in the aluminum throttle arm pieces that are on the barrels, highs seem fairly far out at 5 turns, almost off the detents, but those I can figure out no problem, just would like to get the lows somewhere close before trying to start it again, rather than blow raw fuel all over everything like last time I fired it up...
Posted on: 10/20/2010 9:56 PM by Author "Vertical3-D" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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