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Oct 22, 2011, 04:28 AM
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The Netherlands
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Glow engine, spark ignition
Hello all,
Just wondering: has anyone experience with a methanol fueled, spark ignited fourstroke in a (scale) helicopter? Just asking since yesterday I built in a RCELX ignition in my OS FS 91 powered Vario Bell 47 G, and I am all new to electronic ignited "glow" engines, and I am thinking that using one of those in a helicopter is not quite the same as running one in a plane with regard to constant RPM/varying load and especially cooling conditions. Brgds, Bert |
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Oct 22, 2011, 04:54 PM
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The Netherlands
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Well, it seems that I overlooked the fact that a helicopter is built slightly different from a plane, which might have caused some additional problems:
Engine is (as in most helis) fairly close to the rotormast, so the swash servos are fairly close to the sparkplug lead. This seemed to give interference, which I hope to couter with ferrite rings in all the servo-leads.... Did almost cost me the helicopter though, because with a rangecheck (engine on idle) all seemed OK, but after taking off and hoovering, within 20 secs the fail safe kicked in, and that was a hairy moment. The short time I could fly the chopper, it seemed that the engine is more powerful and it also seems to run a lot cooler on unchanged needle settings. To be continued.... Brgds, Bert |
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Oct 23, 2012, 12:41 PM
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The Netherlands
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never mind, problem solved
Brgds, Bert |
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Last edited by Brutus1967; Oct 24, 2012 at 11:51 PM.
Reason: Problem solved
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