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Yes it is...
I'll go back out tomorrow, cut the cowl, change the plug to NGK, get some 100LL from the airport, check mixture...fly high ( dead stick make the runway zone), see what happens... I may try without cowl too... |
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Okay just caught up on all the lingo and vids Pheeeewwwww I hate when I'm away for so long but at least i get to do some3 serious laughing while catching up.
In Short Great Vids and a special thanks to David for allowing us to see his secret Patch hat that was a great FPV T40 vid Nice job. And I'm a hat guy Love the hat for sure. LOL I think its terrible when great flyers refuse to help anyone, maybe some just aren't asked to help, but I usually walk right up and ask any newby or new person at our club if they want me to take them up to get adjusted, trimmed out or lessons. Its just a common curtosy I think. But then again I'm not a great flyer so maybe my head isn't that big LOL Good to see everyone again this is a tough summer to stay caught up on, We are renovating our kitchen right now so its all tore down and then we are camping for a week soon, hell its kind of like were camping now LOL We were going to rent a pop up camper and then my uncle heard we going to do that so he offerd his 22 foot camper fully loaded to use, so were taking that up to the campground and then they are coming up the day we are leaving and going to camp at the same site And tow it back so I just had to go buy a nice tow hitch assembly as his was too low for my van to use. Anyway I'm Still flying every Saturday its good to see some posts from missing people and new people And sooner or later I can get back to a normal life,,, LOL Maybe this is normal for me. LOL |
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Finished my slick last night and did one 8 oz tank through the DLE 30. The motor ran great but was WAY too rich on factory settings. Mad some adjustments and ran perfect. Seemed to peak at about 7200 on the 20x6 so I set it for slightly below that and adjusted the low end. No burbling (on the ground anyway) and runs great!! I am running 93 Octane and Stihl HP Ultra oil at 32:1 as per Jodi at VVRC.
Wayne, I may take your advice and keep the cowl off for a few flights. Now, the sad part is, I have to work the WHOLE damn wekeend so looks like a maiden next weekend |
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+1 to that; it also helps to run without the cowl first and get it running nicely; then put on the cowl; if you have issues then, you know they are (probably) related to airflow/cooling.
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Question!
Why do a lot of people seem to assume higher octane fuel will make better power/run better on gas r/c engines? I could be wrong, but I assumed the lower octane would be better due to the fact that it's easier to ignite. We aren't fighting detonation, so what's the point to running higher octane? Especially low-lead aircraft fuel? It seems overkill in a way that would reduce performance and reliability... -Eric |
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Low lead aircraft fuel has a LOT of lead, .5 gm/liter, 4 times as much lead as LL gasoline before they phased it out. On the otherhand, it doesn't go bad and doesn't have ethanol, and it smells much better than regular gasoline. My snowmobile's recommend octane is 87 minimum, but my weedwhacker says best to use 92.
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My reason has nothing to do with octane. It has to do with the evap and odor quality of avgas for storage. Drain tank, run it dry, in 30 min all residue is gone. Safe to store plane indoors.
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Daniel, I made my first trip to Great Falls last Saturday. It's pretty nice up there. Now I know a nice scenic way up there when you get back in the country.
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