Tell me all about W style .049 glow heads
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Tell me all about W style .049 glow heads
I have acquired 4 W style element .049 glow heads. I ran one on a TD .051. I misplaced my Tach so I don't have any empirical data. By ear the engine runs essentially the same whether a #325 or a #? W plug is used. The only thing that I notice when hooking my starter battery to each one, off the engine, the W plug glows very brightly. Tell me all that you as my curiosity Is killing my cat.
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It was the basic stock low compression lowest performance Baby Bee plug of the day. The Tee Dee plugs with the swirl marks on top were the desirable ones with the trumpet shape combustion chamber as opposed to the bowl on the " W" one. They worked OK if performance wasn't an issue. After a while when the battery is disconnected they lose rpm. and they are even lower performance. They are less critical to the needle setting, oddball size props and throttles.
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RE: Tell me all about W style .049 glow heads
Does anyone know if any of the electric makers, like Park Zone, are researching the possibility of including the actual sound of the airplane? I enjoy flying my T28 but would so like to here the sound of the engine .
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Several years ago there was a video of an electric Thunderbolt. It sounded good, but was said that the sound was a recording from a Corsair. (Did they have the same engine?) I think I have seen an ad for an engine noisemaker Someone needs to develop a divice which sprays hot castor oil on your airplane as it flies along.
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RE: Tell me all about W style .049 glow heads
ORIGINAL: Jim Thomerson
Several years ago there was a video of an electric Thunderbolt. It sounded good, but was said that the sound was a recording from a Corsair. (Did they have the same engine?) I think I have seen an ad for an engine noisemaker Someone needs to develop a divice which sprays hot castor oil on your airplane as it flies along.
Several years ago there was a video of an electric Thunderbolt. It sounded good, but was said that the sound was a recording from a Corsair. (Did they have the same engine?) I think I have seen an ad for an engine noisemaker Someone needs to develop a divice which sprays hot castor oil on your airplane as it flies along.
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