Flip / Saito72 Mounting Questions
11-17-2003, 10:52 PM
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Flip / Saito72 Mounting Questions
I am mounting a Saito 72 in a Kyosho Flip and have a couple of questions:
1) The instructions say to mount a two stroke inverted and a four stroke on its side, however, the Saito 72 seems to fit very nicely inside of the cowl inverted. Any reason not to mount it inverted?
2) I did not see any instructions to include right thrust. Have any Flip flyers out there determined the need to fly with a couple degrees of right thrust? What did you do?
Thanks
Dave
1) The instructions say to mount a two stroke inverted and a four stroke on its side, however, the Saito 72 seems to fit very nicely inside of the cowl inverted. Any reason not to mount it inverted?
2) I did not see any instructions to include right thrust. Have any Flip flyers out there determined the need to fly with a couple degrees of right thrust? What did you do?
Thanks
Dave
11-17-2003, 11:30 PM
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RE: Flip / Saito72 Mounting Questions
I mount my Saito 72 inverted. In order for the valve covers not to touch the cowl lower surface, I bias the cowl downward a little bit. Now it has 1 mm clearance.
I have hardly any right thrust. It does fly okay.
I have hardly any right thrust. It does fly okay.
11-18-2003, 12:50 AM
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RE: Flip / Saito72 Mounting Questions
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I am mounting a Saito 72 in a Kyosho Flip and have a couple of questions:
1) The instructions say to mount a two stroke inverted and a four stroke on its side, however, the Saito 72 seems to fit very nicely inside of the cowl inverted. Any reason not to mount it inverted?
2) I did not see any instructions to include right thrust. Have any Flip flyers out there determined the need to fly with a couple degrees of right thrust? What did you do?
Thanks
Dave
I am mounting a Saito 72 in a Kyosho Flip and have a couple of questions:
1) The instructions say to mount a two stroke inverted and a four stroke on its side, however, the Saito 72 seems to fit very nicely inside of the cowl inverted. Any reason not to mount it inverted?
2) I did not see any instructions to include right thrust. Have any Flip flyers out there determined the need to fly with a couple degrees of right thrust? What did you do?
Thanks
Dave
11-18-2003, 12:31 PM
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RE: Flip / Saito72 Mounting Questions
As far as for throttle pushrod if the Saito 72 is inverted, you will have to reverse the carb so the actuating arm is on the left side of the airplane, and the pushrod will exit firewall just outside of the engine mount. Do a Z bend and have the Z bend go into the actuating arm, because it's the only way the pushrod will fit between the engine mount and cowl.
