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Nice engine dave wheres your beer fridge? plus i like that muffler shape
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Thanks Pete, I don't have a Beer fridge, just an occasionally Wine fridge. I am hoping to run that .56 today, it's cold and rainy though. Well see. I found a perfectly balanced APC 12x6 and a 12x6 Xoar. The picture is of an FA .40, but I have the same selection of exhaust's for the .56.
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news flash!! OLD FART has been spotted boarding an express choo choo carrying a large suitcase that had '30mm chain gun' stamped on the side,the train is headed for south australia,News from over there is that THE POPE is dusting off his greeny inspired hemp woven NED KELLY replica pot belly iron plate suit of armour what will happen next ?
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news flash!! OLD FART has been spotted boarding an express choo choo carrying a large suitcase that had '30mm chain gun' stamped on the side,the train is headed for south australia,News from over there is that THE POPE is dusting off his greeny inspired hemp woven NED KELLY replica pot belly iron plate suit of armour what will happen next ?
Neh - FAKE.
No extended white hat with a cross on it.. no purple gown... and no black smoke signifying that a new "Pope" has been decided upon....
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Heres O.F. after a few turps and the odd hit of the wacky backy .
http://happybday.to/sites/pics/chad-morgan-actor-0.jpg
http://happybday.to/sites/pics/chad-morgan-actor-0.jpg
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Thanks Pete, I don't have a Beer fridge, just an occasionally Wine fridge. I am hoping to run that .56 today, it's cold and rainy though. Well see. I found a perfectly balanced APC 12x6 and a 12x6 Xoar. The picture is of an FA .40, but I have the same selection of exhaust's for the .56.
Heres O.F. after a few turps and the odd hit of the wacky backy .
http://happybday.to/sites/pics/chad-morgan-actor-0.jpg
http://happybday.to/sites/pics/chad-morgan-actor-0.jpg
ps okc i think that pic was the guy out of 'back to the future' he's awesome
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Anyone have any advice on fuel tank size for a dual carb Saito 300? I like to be landing after about 8 minutes, and have a good reserve for fly-arounds. Engine is going in a 1/4 scale Boeing F4B-4. I have never run this brand new engine, or any 4-strokes on glow for that matter.
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Dude, for most Saitos you can figure, 1 oz of fuel per minute per cubic inch of displacement at full throttle. All that hinges on the LS needles being set correctly since they control about 85% of the throttle range. This improves somewhat as the engines get larger due to running larger props at lower rpm.
My Gemini 120 has straight pipes, they sound awesome, they bark when you back off the throttle. I also have a Saito 45 with a straight pipe, haven't run it yet, so can't comment on the sound, but being straight piped, the Gemini was actually pretty quiet.
I got two words for you pope..clikkety klack klickety klak,shoot that was four and thanks for posting a pic of me back in the fifties before i started to drink a lot and fight in bars.Down to just a single tooth now which is why i use a toothbrush,most other folks use a teethbrush.
ps okc i think that pic was the guy out of 'back to the future' he's awesome
ps okc i think that pic was the guy out of 'back to the future' he's awesome
And now you know I was razzing you with that pic.
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Dave,
Since the 300 is 50cc's or 3 cu. in., 8 minutes would be 24 oz with no reserve. Better step up to a 32 oz. Thanks very much for the advice. Wow...these flights will be expensive using 4-stroke glow fuel!
Since the 300 is 50cc's or 3 cu. in., 8 minutes would be 24 oz with no reserve. Better step up to a 32 oz. Thanks very much for the advice. Wow...these flights will be expensive using 4-stroke glow fuel!
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Convert to CDI, and use fuel with less nitro for more power(At least that is what one of the guys here claims). Of you can convert to CDI and get a gas carb and intake for the FG-57 which I do believe is the FA-300 converted to gas, and run it on gas instead of glow, but lose some power.
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I would love to convert to gas but it seems like a pretty big hassle, and likely pretty costly. C-H ignition does not seem to have a kit to do it. Getting the headers, carb, carb mount etc sounds like a nightmare...unless you guys could point the way?
SAIG57TS164 $72.75
SAIG57TS821 $176.67
Not 100% sure that these will actually fit though since I have not been able to determine if the FG-57 was designed off the 300T like Saito did with the other engines. The FG-11 is based off the FA 62, so most parts are interchangeable. If I replace the carb and header I can make it CDI glow.
SAIG57TS821 $176.67
Not 100% sure that these will actually fit though since I have not been able to determine if the FG-57 was designed off the 300T like Saito did with the other engines. The FG-11 is based off the FA 62, so most parts are interchangeable. If I replace the carb and header I can make it CDI glow.
[QUOTE=Dave, FormerDairyFarmer;12281713]Some of the twins came with 10mm straight pipes over the years and of course some of the .50's came with them too. I have a small collection of extra Saito stuff.[/QUOTE
Dave's (please pardon the liberty I took of posting your 130t, Dave) FA-130t had cast mufflers, mine on Spacewalker II has tubular machined ones, the one in the original review had straight pipes with pressure tap at end. "Any which way but up", I guess.
Sincerely, Richard
Dave's (please pardon the liberty I took of posting your 130t, Dave) FA-130t had cast mufflers, mine on Spacewalker II has tubular machined ones, the one in the original review had straight pipes with pressure tap at end. "Any which way but up", I guess.
Sincerely, Richard
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Thanks Richard, you were probably trying to post this picture of the 1.30, it also wore the stock straight pipes and for a time it wore twin Turbo headers. The second picture has it with twin Cline regulators. It ran the same with two as with one.
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