Newbie Fuel

[Lofty]

I've just purchased a Raptor 50 V2 with a Thunder Tiger Pro 50 Engine
which should be coming next week.

Their seems to be a bewildering array of fuel available, with
different percentages of nitro.

What is the best fuel for this machine, and where is the best place to
purchase it?

Lofty

[david]

FWIW I use Bekra 10% available from most good model shops.

I tried LOADS of fuels when I started out in helis and settled in the end on
Bekra, as have a lot of other guys. UnfortunaTELY for you, lots of other
guys have also settled on lots of other fuels. The trouble with fuels is
they seem to become subjects of cult status...

Ultimately buy the one that suits you. But I would try the Bekra, comes in
real gallons not diddy US ones, is not too expensive, has a detergent in it,
runs fine and is not too intollerant to changes in weather, needle, your
shorts etcetc. Oh and its a really nice red colour!

I also tried Coolpower - far too expensive for sports flying, Prosynth -
horrible sh!t, no oil!, various other proprietory brands went thru my
engines too, but as I say, eventually I became a Bekra man.



HTH

David
"Lofty" <lofty@home.com> wrote in message
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> I've just purchased a Raptor 50 V2 with a Thunder Tiger Pro 50 Engine
> which should be coming next week.
>
> Their seems to be a bewildering array of fuel available, with
> different percentages of nitro.
>
> What is the best fuel for this machine, and where is the best place to
> purchase it?
>
> Lofty
>
>

[Tim]

david wrote:
> FWIW I use Bekra 10% available from most good model shops.
>
> I tried LOADS of fuels when I started out in helis and settled in the
> end on Bekra, as have a lot of other guys. UnfortunaTELY for you,
> lots of other guys have also settled on lots of other fuels. The
> trouble with fuels is they seem to become subjects of cult status...
>
> Ultimately buy the one that suits you. But I would try the Bekra,
> comes in real gallons not diddy US ones, is not too expensive, has a
> detergent in it, runs fine and is not too intollerant to changes in
> weather, needle, your shorts etcetc. Oh and its a really nice red
> colour!
> I also tried Coolpower - far too expensive for sports flying,
> Prosynth - horrible sh!t, no oil!, various other proprietory brands
> went thru my engines too, but as I say, eventually I became a Bekra
> man.
>
>
> HTH
>
> David
> "Lofty" <lofty@home.com> wrote in message
> news:vu9ln0lfk0qudj1i3e8ah2h1p4deubqmil@4ax.com...
>> I've just purchased a Raptor 50 V2 with a Thunder Tiger Pro 50 Engine
>> which should be coming next week.
>>
>> Their seems to be a bewildering array of fuel available, with
>> different percentages of nitro.
>>
>> What is the best fuel for this machine, and where is the best place
>> to purchase it?
>>
>> Lofty

I started with Coolpower 10% in my Raptor 30 with TT 39 ProH, but that
engine died a death and when TT fixed it for me (very kindly at no charge),
they told me they do not recommend Coolpower. Like David says, different
people will swear by different fuels and it seems that what suits one engine
may not suit another. After my experience, I too have switched to Bekra 10%
and haven't looked back.

Tim


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[someone@somewhere.com]

Wild Cat 15% also in a nice red colour.With an added bonus, burn`t wild cat
smells great.
Please note, I am not encouraging anybody to purposely inhale these
fumes,but only if you must.

[Alan]

Recently switched to Magnum 12.5% and would recommend it. Pricing is
competitive, that's to say a LOT less than Coolpower and it runs well!

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<someone@somewhere.com> wrote in message
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> Wild Cat 15% also in a nice red colour.With an added bonus, burn`t wild
> cat
> smells great.
> Please note, I am not encouraging anybody to purposely inhale these
> fumes,but only if you must.