RE: Flutter
G'day My friend was recently flying his new Balsa USA Student Trainer when it suddenly started to make flutter noises. Friends of his told him to land NOW as they could see the elevator fluttering madly. He managed a pretty normal landing on half an elevator. On inspection he found that the join between the two halves of the elevator had failed and also that part of the built up horizontal stabiliser had also suffered damage. Did the flutter cause the damage? Did the failure of the joiner cause the flutter? We are not sure but I think the model would have been better built with either a more substantial joiner or one servo for each elevator half. They are quite large. Cheers Mike in Oz
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RE: Deployed flaps plane stalled and crashed
G'day I am currently building a Bruce Tharpe Engineering Flyin' King. It can be built either with or without flaps but Bruce suggests they be included. The Flyin' King is described as a multipurpose load carrier. It is 81.5 inches wingspan and will have an OS 95V four stroke in it. http://www.btemodels.com/flyin_king.html Bruce's excellent instructions suggest that flap to elevator mixing be used to add 4 degrees of down elevator at full 40 degrees of flap. And of course, more power is needed with flaps deployed to overcome the drag that they induce. As an aside, the kit is really excellent. I am really enjoying building it, or I was until I managed to build two right ailerons. AAAAAAAGH! It was my fault, I put the second set of ribs inside the ailerons upside down so today I am off to buy a few sheets of balsa to undo the problem. Cheers Mike in Oz PS Bruce designed the Four Star series when he worked at Sig. His Venture 60 is an improved version. Must build one some time.
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RE: Looking for fast engine
G'day There used to be a couple of blokes at my club that tried to go fast. They were flying Skyraider Mach 2 planes with OS AX 46 engines. They tried different props, more nitro, lean tuning and all they achieved was to make a lot of noise and to ruin some motors. The flutter from their over speeding airframes was memorable. But they did not go really fast. So I decided to show them a real engine and I bought a Jett SJ 46. I did not have a Skyraider but I did have two identical GP big Sticks. I put the Jett in one and an Enya 45SS in the other. The original Stick with the Enya was good to fly but a little slower than their Skyraiders but the one with the Jett 46 was very much faster. I did measure the Jett's revs. When it was running in on a 9 x 7 (as recommended) on 10% fuel, it was turning 18,900 and this was tuned rich. On a 10 x 6 it was turning 16,500 also rich. I don't know what the other engines were turning but it was probably in the 12 - 13,000 range on 10 x 6 props. If you want to go fast. Buy a Jett. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 5/16/2013 5:45 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: FP or LA
G'day I also have had a couple (three actually) LA 46s. The first two were in trainers and were perfect. Reliable, easy to start and just nice engines to use. The third came to me very second hand and had a big hole in the chrome plating on the liner. I suspect it had been fed a "high silicon diet" as it was very scored. Its bottom end was still perfect so I put a new piston and liner in it and gave it away. They are good engines. A bloke I am teaching has one in a Kadet LT-40. It flies it perfectly. We did have some fun getting it to run the first time but once it had a couple of tanks of fuel it became easy to start and very consistent. He really likes it. This is a bit off the topic but a friend has an LA 46 with a diesel head of his own construction on it. It really runs well as a diesel. I believe Hobbsy has some too and I know he likes his diesel conversions. The LA series do seem to make good diesels. I always run more castor in my plain bearing engines. They seem to like it. I also like the Thunder Tiger GP 42 as I mentioned above and I have one which needs a carby. Perhaps one day ..... I did have a Thunder Tiger GP 40 many years ago. It was in my son's first trainer and ran well enough though no amount of opening the air bleed would stop it running rich at idle. A friend had one also with the same problem. He slightly drilled out the air bleed and it fixed his problem. I just lived with the slightly spluttery idle. It never caused me any problems. You have many choices. Enjoy choosing. And tell us more about your "multi". Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 9/18/2012 5:13 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: FP or LA
G'day And don't forget the Thunder Tiger GP42. It is very similar to the OS FP and they run really well. A friend uses one on a trainer. It goes well and is very quiet. Tower have them for about $85. Cheers Mike in Oz
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RE: Dashed Front
G'day Mate That would ruin your whole afternoon. What is the engine? And the plane? Looks a bit like a Silver Swallow and the model could be a rat racer? I only have one Silver Swallow these days and it is only 1.5cc. Runs well though in a small oldtimer. I had some similar "fun" today but it did not involve diesels. I was trying to land my Hanger 9 Piper Pawnee and I pulled the throttle off too much (you need to fly it in and I did not) and she dumped into the ground and ripped the tail wheel off. All fixed now but very embarrassing with the "peanut gallery" watching. Hope you can find some parts. Mike in Dubbo (Oz) PS Like the grass. If I took a similar picture here in Dubbo, it would be mostly sand. And we have had a good season.
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RE: Are Pattern Planes Good 2nd Planes?
G'day Yes, the Pulse 40 is good but the Pulse 60 is better still. And then the Goldberg Tiger is good too and so are the clones of it - the Kyosho Calmato (40 and 60) and the Phoenix Tiger (40 and 60). I have the small brother of the Pulse - the XL25e and it flies well. I also have all the Four Stars from 40 to 120. The 60 gets the most flying powered by a Saito 100. It is my favourite low wing plane. Mine was built from a kit. An easy build and a great place to start building. Size does matter. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 9/7/2012 6:36 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: FA450R3 - Raiders of the lost RPM's
G'day I have one of the little brothers of your engine. It is a 90R3. It is a sweetly running engine but when I ran it on 10% nitro fuel (the fuel I use in all my other Saitos) it would run mostly OK but produced very little power and liked to drop a cylinder. I put it on the front of a Kadet Senior which will fly fine with a Saito 56 and found it was less powerful than the 56. So I decided to experiment. I mixed up some 20 % fuel. My normal fuel is 10% nitro, 5% castor oil, 15 % Klotz 200 and 70% methanol. I just increased the nitro to 20% and reduced the methanol to 60%. The result was amazing. It no longer drops cylinders. The power has increased and the model is now a pleasure to fly. Before it was marginal. I guess I could try 30% but I am happy the way it is and will continue to fly it in the Kadet to see if more running improves its performance. I have been told that the multi cylinder engines do need more running in before they give their best. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 9/5/2012 1:55 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Saito 40 run problem
G'day Paul You did not say whether this engine is new or has run before. Also, it would be instructive to know what fuel, and prop you are using. I have two of these and they run fine but when they were new, they were a bit on the rough side and took a while to become as smooth as they are now. Perhaps the engine is simply not run in enough? I have also found that they like a little castor oil in the mix particularly when they are new. I use 10% nitro, 5% castor, 15% synthetic and 70% methanol. I think I am using 10 x 6 props. Cheers Mike in Dubbo.
Posted on: 8/29/2012 5:55 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: SIG Mark II Engine ?
G'day A friend in my club had a Thunder Tiger GP 42 in a trainer which he used to teach his two sons to fly. I was really impressed at how well it flew the models AND how quiet it was. I think they are a great trainer engine. I have one I was given but without a carby so I have never been able to run it. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/26/2012 2:26 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: 2.5cc diesel day
G'day Pity we don't have "smellavision" so we can smell the diesel fuel. Anyway, nice pair of engines. Good to see an ABC (all bits collected) engine. Many years ago when I was racing Goodyear using Super Tigre G2015 diesels, I put together an engine from junk bits and pieces. The crankcase and shaft came from Hutton Oddy, and all the other bits from my own spares and junk parts. I still have it and it still runs well. It was made from parts which I had removed from other engines and it was a bit "loose" so it was known as Joe Superloose. We used it for ages in a little rat racer. It was not very powerful but it was deadly reliable and easy to start and won many races. Cheers Mike in Dubbo.
Posted on: 8/25/2012 1:44 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: aging receiver failures....
G'day I have use Hitec gear for ages and have only had one failure and that was after a crash. It was a very old (about 20 years) Challenger receiver. I have had three JR receivers fail but again, each time it was after a crash. The most recent one seemed to be fine but failed about 3 minutes into the test flight of a repaired model. I have had no Hited or Spektrum 2.4 gig receivers fail though a friend gave me a Spektrum Rx which does not work on its Throttle channel. Everything else works. I don't use it. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/21/2012 6:21 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Which Iron ?
G'day I had one of the first type above from Tower. After a couple of months use, the plastic top cover cracked and eventually the whole top cover and handle broke off. It was not dropped or abused. These days I use an older style all metal one with a wooden handle. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/18/2012 9:18 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: What do you use to clean your monokote?
G'day I use Windex or similar and if things are really oily, I use metholated spirits (denatured alcohol) or as we call it, Metho. As a previous poster said, a wipe down after each flight makes the cleanup at the end of the day easier. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/17/2012 5:53 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: CA Kicker ?
G'day Some years ago I did use baking soda powder with thin CA to fill gaps. Once the CA hits the baking soda it goes off very fast and creates a solid mass of plastic type material. It does tend to swell up as it goes off. Ordinary CA accelerator does tend to make the glue froth up as it goes off so fast and the resulting join may not be as strong. This particularly happens if there is excess CA on the joint. Cheers Mike in Oz
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RE: Twin Cylinder nitro engines?
G'day The smallest commercially available multi cylinder engines that I know about are the Saito 60T and the Saito 90TS. I have a 90TS and it is a nice little engine. It has 0.90 cu in capacity and is a true "boxer" - ie it has a double throw crank which means that the pistons are always moving opposite to each other. This makes for a very smooth engine. I have it in a Goldberg Cub which does not need a very large engine and the 90TS flies it well. The 60T would also be fine in the Cub but the 90 is recommended for float plane applications. I think my 90TS is about as powerful as a Saito 62 single cylinder engine. Multi cylinder engines do not have as much power as single cylinder engines the same size because of the additional mechanical complexity. I also have a 90R3 which is really three Saito 30s made into a small radial. It is not very powerful at all and to make it reliable and more powerful I have to us fuel with more nitro in it. I usually use 10% nitro but the 90R3 runs better and is more reliable (does not drop cylinders) if I run 20% nitro. It is about as powerful as a 50 single on 10% but as good as a 62 on 20%. Multi cylinder engines do sound amazing and I think this is their greatest attraction. The sound of the 90R3 at idle is amazing and worth the price if admission. At full noise, it sounds like a small Ferrari engine. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/13/2012 4:02 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Perhaps the dumbest question of the month
G'day As you have found, most trainers will turn without the rudder but they turn better with a little. But wait until you get something like a Decathlon. Long wing, short fuselage and a tail dragger - in short "close coupled". It absolutely demands you use the rudder to keep it pointed in the right direction both on the ground and in the air and to stop its tail hanging in turns and the plane running wide. I found this out the hard way. It also liked to wander all over the place on landing without the rudder to keep it on line. I also have a Senior Telemaster that will do this too though not as badly. Welcome to the world of the rudder. Many people never get there. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/8/2012 4:35 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: please give me some information about this engines!!!!!!!!!!!
G'day I used to run Rossi racing engines back in the 1970s. They were top notch engines then. When I started flying RC in the late 80s, some of the more extreme flyers were using the engines you have. My teacher had a 40 size mid wing trainer with a Rossi 60 in it. It used to scream and eventually he pulled the wings off it. As I understand it, the Rossi brothers (in Italy) started making hot up bits for the Super Tigre engines of the time then decided they might as well make their own engines. They were high performance motors. As has been said, they don't like lots of nitro. They were made for low or no nitro fuels. They were quite expensive in their day but well worth the extra cash. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/7/2012 5:19 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Skyraider Mach 1 and FS52AR engine?
G'day Maglin With that 12 Oz tank, you will be able to fly for about a week. I think I had an 8 Oz in mine and it was more than enough with a four stroke as they do use less fuel. My latest trainer (I just like flying them) is a Sig Kadet LT25 in which I have put an Enya 36 Four stroke. I have a 6 Oz tank in it. I flew it yesterday for two 10 minute flights and there was still quite a lot of fuel left each time. If you want to try building from a kit, the LT 25 and LT 40 are great easy to build kits which you can build very quickly and which fly really well. Your 52 would be great in the larger one. Cheers Mike in Oz
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RE: Saito 90TS
G'day I have a 90TS and it runs like the proverbial Swiss Watch. I use fuel with 10% nitro in it. I do not use on board glow as it is in a Cub and it is quite accessible so I just use two pocket glow drivers. I did have to adjust the low speed needle quite a bit during the running in process. Saito engines generally come out of the box with the low speed needle set quite rich. OS engines come out nearer to the final setting. Because of this, many OS owners never adjust their low speed needles and put up with an engine that runs OK but which could run better. I had this argument with a friend at the field last week. He never touches the LSN on his OS engines and proudly told me so. He also told me that it was normal for his engines to "load up" and need to be "cleared out". If I could just get him to adjust the LSN I am sure these little problems would be behind him. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/2/2012 5:15 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: OS .70FL carburetor adjustment
G'day I had an OS FL70 so years back. I had it mounted inverted in a warbird. It ran fine but the plane did not last long. I used fuel with 10% nitro, 5% castor, 15% synthetic and 70% methanol. I also used either APC or Master Airscrew props. Wood props do not give enough flywheel effect for most four strokes particularly when the engine is new. I also used the OS F plug that came with it. Three turns open on the needle sounds a lot to me. I know they vary a lot but the 20 or so four strokes I have mostly all end up about 1.5 to 2 turns open when tuned. I was running a new Saito 100 for a friend yesterday and at 3 turns open it was running extremely rich and initially needed to glow driver left connected. After 10 minutes it had loosened up enough to remove the glow driver but its revs dropped noticeably. The general rule with air bleeds is to start with the screw about half way across the hole then open to lean and close to richen at idle. The running in process can be hard on a plug. The plugs sometimes become contaminated with metal pieces from the running in process. I'd also try some really fresh fuel. When engines won't idle, fuel and plug are the first things I look at. Fuel with moisture in it usually makes idling difficult. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 8/2/2012 4:26 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: LT-40 vs. Kadet mk II
G'day Given you have the TT 46, the LA-40 would suit it better. And be total overkill in the LT 25. We only put the Leo 46 (a close cousin of the TT46) in the 25 because we wanted to see how the engine would run and it fitted in easily. We ran it on FAI fuel as it did not seem to like nitro and rarely got past half throttle. If you already can fly and if you want to do some more complex building, then the Mark O2 is OK. It flies faster than the LT 40 because it has a higher wing loading and it is quit tough with its complicated construction. I built mine as a tail dragger with a free castoring tail wheel. Like this it was quite a challenge to get off the ground as it would snake all over the place. It would be a good model to use as an advanced trainer before flying models like the Decathlon or Auster or any other high wing planes with short fuselages and long wings. I put it back to a trike and even with my quite tame OS 52 Surpass, it can be quite difficult to handle on the ground when taking off. The LT, by comparison is very easy to fly. It takes off at quite a low speed and with its low wing loading is very forgiving. The Mk 2 is not nearly so forgiving. It all depends on what you want. Have fun Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/31/2012 4:03 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: LT-40 vs. Kadet mk II
G'day ratshooter. Yes, the Seniorita is a great plane. Mine was covered in see through red on the fuse and white on the wing centre section and see through red on the tips. It started with an ASP 30 four stroke but ended up with a PAW 15 diesel. It needed very little engine to fly and it flew really well. But, I like its bigger brother the Kadet Senior. This is my favourite plane for just doodling around. I have three at the moment. Two are built as per the plan with no ailerons. One, the oldest which is now about 7 years old, has a Saito 62, is covered in Solatex and has been the first trainer for many people. The next has a Laser 70 engine and a modified wing with ailerons similar to the setup on the ARF version. The most recent has a Saito 90R3 radial engine and is finished to look like a Japanese Zero. It is a sort of "stand miles away" scale model. I put the radial in it because I was having trouble getting it to run well and I did not want to put it in a plane that really needed the engine to work properly. Kadets make quite good gliders and a dead stick in a Kadet Senior is a real non event. I have now worked out how to make the Saito radial work and it flies the Kadet really well. (The secret was more nitro - 20% instead of my usual 10%. This resulted in a little more power and a lot more reliability). Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/30/2012 9:11 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: LT-40 vs. Kadet mk II
G'day I have had all the Sig Trainers. I still have a Mk II and several Kadet Seniors as well as a recently built LT-25 - the LT-40's little brother. Of the two you have suggested, I would build the LT-40. The Mk II is smaller, heavier and while it flies OK it is nowhere as nice to fly as any of the other Kadets. It is more solidly built and this may help in a minor bingle but the flying advantages and ease of building of the LT series way outweigh this. My most recent LT-40 was an ARF which I sold to a friend. I flew it initially with a Saito 62 which really suited it but when I sold it I put an Enya 40SS in it (plain bearing version). This also suited it well. Sadly my friend decided to so a little solo flying when he really was not ready to solo and he lost the plot. The plane flew away on its own and crashed. He never did find the engine. I rebuilt it and it is flying as well as ever. It now has an OS LA 46 which also suits it well. The LT-25 is a much overlooked kit. It quite a bit bigger than a Kadet Mk II but it is also quite a lot lighter and only needs a 25 two stroke. My first one (which I recently gave away after having it for about 5 years) initially had a 30 four stroke, then a Leo 46 (total overkill) and finally a very old OS FS 40 which was perfect in it. My new one has a new Enya 36 four stroke which cost about three times what the plane did but I just like four strokes and I like to put them in trainers to run them in. It is wonderful to fly. Even works pretty well on our windy site. I'd strongly suggest you look at the LT-25 kit too. It comes as a tail dragger too with a neat pull pull system for the tail wheel. I used my old one to help learners to sort out their landings. I rebuilt the wing tips several times but she just kept on going. Photo is my new LT-25 covered in Solatex as the "stealth trainer". It is yellow underneath and quite easy to see in the air. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/30/2012 8:57 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Skyraider Mach 1 and FS52AR engine?
G'day I too have had two Skyraider Mk 2 aircraft. The first had an LA 46 and it was a great combination. Sadly I rarely got to fly it. The president of the club to which I belonged at the time loved to borrow it to teach newcomers. He liked it so much that it was rarely available for me to fly. When I did fly it, I really liked it. Eventually, many years later, I bought a second one. I put a Saito 62 in it and it was even better than the first. The Saito flew it really steadily and with a 12 x 5 prop, it was a little slower but perfect to fly. Your idea of a Magnum 52 four stroke will work well. I am a real four stroke lover and I found the Skyraider with the four stroke fine. The down side is that four strokes do tend to be easier to damage in crashes. Later I put a Super Tigre 51 in my second Skyraider. It was brilliant but sadly I then sold it to a young lad who forgot to pull the antenna up and the model crashed. I helped him to repair it but on the first flight after the crash the receiver failed after about 5 minutes and it again crashed. It seems that the Rx was damaged in the first crash. It looked OK, it worked OK (for five minutes) but then it and the plane died. I did manage to repair the Super Tigre which needed a new needle valve assembly for the carby. There used to be a Skyraider Mach 2 low wing too. I tried one of these but as it was quite a bit smaller than the Mach 1, it just found it a bit small. That did not stop just about everyone in the club buying one and flying them with AX 46s and fluttering the ailerons and elevators. One member had one with an OS 48 Surpass four stroke. I liked the way it flew. Enjoy your Skyraider. I did. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/30/2012 5:59 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: IRVINE ENGINES NEW OS MADE
G'day I agree. I remember lusting after the Irvine Mills engines back about 20 years ago when Irvines were made in England. Several years later I bought an Irvine Mills 1.3 from a friend and it was English made. It was a beautiful engine and ran really well. It was also really easy to start and tune. I really had no use for it and sold it on eBay for about 3 and a half times what I paid for it. I was amazed when the bidding just kept going up and up. I still have an English made Irvine 40 diesel which runs well. Also on the subject of Irvine things, I have three Laser four strokes which have Irvine made carbys. They are really good to use also (the carbys and the Lasers). Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/28/2012 5:21 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Help with prop sizes and electric motors
G'day I think you will find that E type props are lighter and thinner than Glo type props because glow engines give a big torque thump to the prop every second rotation for four strokes and every rotation for two strokes where as electric props give smaller torque thumps many times per rotation. As a result, the electric motor is "kinder" to the prop than an internal combustion (IC) engine is. Electric props do tend to be very sharp but so do small IC props. The worst cut I have ever managed to give myself was with an APC 6 x 3 IC prop on a 0.8cc diesel engine. It took quite a chunk out of my finger which just brushed the end of the prop with the engine in full song. I suspect electric props will do this and better too. The big thing with electric props is to not use one which is too large. The motor will try to turn it and draw excess current and may destroy its self and/or the ESC. I always test my motor/prop/ESC combinations with an inline AMP meter. The Turnigy 130 from HK works well and is quite cheap. I put on a prop that I think will do the job and measure its effect on the motor current draw and go smaller or larger depending on what I measure. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/27/2012 3:56 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Beginners"
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RE: Airplanes for Magnum .52 FS
G'day Here is another vote for the Slow Poke and the Four Star 40. The Sig Midstar 40 is good too (kit only). I have had an OS 52 Surpass in all of these and it is very similar to the Magnum/ASP 52 FS. I still have an ARF Slow poke but it now has an OS 62V and my Four Star 40 now has a Saito 62 but there is not that much difference between the 52 size engines and the 62 size. I have a 61 ASP four stroke flying a huge Telemaster Senior and it is not at all underpowered. Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/24/2012 4:52 PM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
G'day again Dave And here is a picture of my new LT-25 "Stealth Trainer". Mike
Posted on: 7/24/2012 6:10 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !
G'day Dave. I like your LT-25 above. I have just finished one too. It does not have a Saito in it though I did toy with the idea of putting either a 30 or a 40 in it (I have each) but it ended up with a new Enya 36 4c. Just thought you might like to see my four stroke powered LT-25 even if it does not have a Saito (at the moment). My last one went through a string of different engines ending up with a very old OS FS40. I recently gave it away to a friend who can no longer build for himself. The new one is covered in Solatex which was left over from some other larger models. The top is Olive Drab and it is Cub Yellow underneath. The markings are a rough approximation of WWII British Tigre Moth trainer markings and so is the colour scheme. I call it "The Stealth Trainer". It had its first flight last week and it flew beautifully. It is not hard to see at all from underneath. Sig really do know how to design a great trainer. Cheers Mike in Oz
Posted on: 7/24/2012 6:05 AM by Author "mike109" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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