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ORIGINAL: hsukaria
I'll try it, won't hurt. I have with 5% castor and all synthetic mixes. 5% is noticeably cheaper than 15%, and at the rate of 1.8's consumption, it will make a difference in $$$.
ORIGINAL: Hobbsy
H, all the Saitos larger than the little .30 will run perfectly on 5%, the .30 needs to idle about 200 rpm faster on 5%.
H, all the Saitos larger than the little .30 will run perfectly on 5%, the .30 needs to idle about 200 rpm faster on 5%.
Just make sure you post some flight videos so we can hear the sound of that sweet engine running!
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ORIGINAL: mschulz531
Cool; lesson learned for me about the 5% nitro.
Just make sure you post some flight videos so we can hear the sound of that sweet engine running![img][/img]
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ORIGINAL: hsukaria
I'll try it, won't hurt. I have with 5% castor and all synthetic mixes. 5% is noticeably cheaper than 15%, and at the rate of 1.8's consumption, it will make a difference in $$$.
ORIGINAL: Hobbsy
H, all the Saitos larger than the little .30 will run perfectly on 5%, the .30 needs to idle about 200 rpm faster on 5%.
H, all the Saitos larger than the little .30 will run perfectly on 5%, the .30 needs to idle about 200 rpm faster on 5%.
Just make sure you post some flight videos so we can hear the sound of that sweet engine running![img][/img]
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ORIGINAL: Hobbsy
Put this 1.82 on it and you may get away with just placing the battery up beside the tank. This with twin TurboHeaders would sound awesome.
Put this 1.82 on it and you may get away with just placing the battery up beside the tank. This with twin TurboHeaders would sound awesome.
That engine will make my plane look ugly.
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Here in OZ it is easy to get all the components to mix glo fuel (nitro, methanol and oil both castor and synthetic and if you are good looking and have a silver tongue you can also buy ether to make diesel fuel.
It is considerably cheaper "to mix your own" glo fuel and given the cost of carf fuel (ULP) (unleaded petrol).
I mix or get mixed (by my mate) all my fuels (diesel and glo) on an as needs basis so as it is fresh when used.
Re old farts post methinks he might have been sniffing some Bundy Happy juice (rum to the others in this world)
It is considerably cheaper "to mix your own" glo fuel and given the cost of carf fuel (ULP) (unleaded petrol).
I mix or get mixed (by my mate) all my fuels (diesel and glo) on an as needs basis so as it is fresh when used.
Re old farts post methinks he might have been sniffing some Bundy Happy juice (rum to the others in this world)
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You've managed to get ether? I haven't, AFAIK it's a controlled substance as the druggies use it to make speed or something.
Don't even get me started on asking for amyl nitrate.
Don't even get me started on asking for amyl nitrate.
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Yep in commercial quantities, you have to plug into the O/T network, and for amyl nitrate use IPN or diesel improve (as in trucks). We also can get syringes etc to measure quantity of fuel going into tanks for Texaco.
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ORIGINAL: hsukaria
Ok, can somebody please translate this to American?
ORIGINAL: Old Fart
Hi huk don't be a wally stick with glo it's cheaper in the long run mate!@!
Hi huk don't be a wally stick with glo it's cheaper in the long run mate!@!
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Hello popey how ya doin and a quick translation,good sound don;t come cheap and the exchange rate for US dollars is good at the moment.If it plunges in the future i'll suffer and pay up
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Hello popey how ya doin and a quick translation,good sound don;t come cheap and the exchange rate for US dollars is good at the moment.If it plunges in the future i'll suffer and pay up
Hello popey how ya doin and a quick translation,good sound don;t come cheap and the exchange rate for US dollars is good at the moment.If it plunges in the future i'll suffer and pay up
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Hi popey and huk,i'm saying that buying nice aeroplanes and cheap two strokes don;t always mix well.If you want to cheapen up the full saito sound experience by running less nitro be my guest brother
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ORIGINAL: Old Fart
Hi popey and huk,i'm saying that buying nice aeroplanes and cheap two strokes don;t always mix well.If you want to cheapen up the full saito sound experience by running less nitro be my guest brother
Hi popey and huk,i'm saying that buying nice aeroplanes and cheap two strokes don;t always mix well.If you want to cheapen up the full saito sound experience by running less nitro be my guest brother
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ORIGINAL: Hobbsy
The nitro % will not change the sound other than higher will add a few rpm, not enough to be worth it in my opinion.
The nitro % will not change the sound other than higher will add a few rpm, not enough to be worth it in my opinion.
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When adjusting the valve on these mills, do you want a slight drag on the feeleer gauge like you do in full size engines or to you want the feeler gauge to slip freely? Ijust adjusted the valves in the 3 saitos i have and did them with a slight drag on the feeler gauge and just want to make sure i did it right. thanks
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I guess the best to to explain it is to have a bit of feel in the guage when sliding it in and out perpendicular. A bit of grab is too tight, and feeling almost nothing is a bit too open.
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ORIGINAL: Hobbsy
The nitro % will not change the sound other than higher will add a few rpm, not enough to be worth it in my opinion.
The nitro % will not change the sound other than higher will add a few rpm, not enough to be worth it in my opinion.
Low compression, modern revisions of Saito four-strokes are sluggards in throttling and top end power without 20% or more nitromethane in the fuel.
This is one of the few subjects on which Hobbsy and I disagree. Then again, I suspect that he flies around at 1/4 to half throttle most of the time anyway, so he probably wouldn't notice the difference in engine performance using lower nitro fuels.
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More nitro? Forget that, you really want a roots supercharger on those low compression Saito engines. Except for a few exceptions, all my 4 stroke engines run perfectly fine off of 5% nitro fuel. All of my Saito engines that I have and have had work fine on 5% nitro fuel. Granted I have only used a couple of new FA-40A engines on my twin engine plane, all the rest are older designs.