Hobbsy

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Pete, you can always drag out your 48" Goose Gun and shoot him and then say, oops, I didn't know he was real, he looked like a clay pigeon to me. If that FG 57 is anything like my FG 11 it is a real sweet heart.

Hobbsy

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Pete, you can always drag out your 48" Goose Gun and shoot him and then say, oops, I didn't know he was real, he looked like a clay pigeon to me. If that FG 57 is anything like my FG 11 it is a real sweet heart.

PS, I had the big green bicycle out yesterday, sitting for two months and still started on the first compression stroke. It needs a good spring cleaning.
I replaced the stock 200 cca battery with a 310 cca battery, it was 8 years old. It cranks for less than a second and it's running.

FlyerInOKC

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You're having better luck than my son he took his Electric Glide Classic out after 2 months sitting and now it won't start no spark!

Now on the Goose gun it's "Oops, I took it out to clean it and it just went off!" Then they are too busy lecturing you about gun safety to remember you shot the rat with wings! (pigeon) ;-)

FlyerInOKC

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I got one trying to build a nest on top of the ceiling fan inside my gazebo. I tore down what he startd and left the fan on to hopefully discourage him. The shotgun idea is starting to look tempting!

spaceworm

I have a little used car that will discharge the battery in a week or so. I use a Harbor Freight battery maintainer (about $6,00 on sale). No starting issues now,

FlyerInOKC

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The battery is up when you try to start it their is no spark from the sparkplugs.

Hobbsy

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Yep, when mine is sitting in my shop the Battery Tender Plus is connected at all times. I've never had the no spark thing. I have a second BT Plus that maintains my NAPA 300 CCA garden tractor battery that drives my Power Panel and Sullivan starter.

Rudolph Hart

Nah the only person here that would get away with the 'accidental discharge' excuse would be popo,you just gotta look right.

Dave whats the weight difference between the 130 and 182 twin,wonder what the power to weight is? good to see you got the bike out.Seems like it was only yesterday our summer was just starting and i was laughing about you guys and snowploughs.

Hobbsy

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Good morning/good evening Pete, the 1.82 is actually .7 oz lighter.

Saito 1.30 weight===38.2 oz
Saito 1.82 weight===37.5 oz

http://sceptreflight.com/Model%20Eng...sts/Index.html

Great info at the Model Engine Test site.

FlyerInOKC

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Wait a couple of months and you can laugh about us baking in the summer heat!

the pope

No accidental there O.F. . When u get to my age u have to plan it like a military excercise . Maybe thats why it goes wrong 1/2 the time !

Rudolph Hart

Popo you should'nt be puttin bad dreams in peoples heads this close to easter,i can smell gunsmoke

Rudolph Hart

Thank you for the info link i saved that too good reading.Is it warm enough yet to go for a quick ride around the block on the green bicycle or will the gooleys drop off?

Hobbsy

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It was 81 F yesterday and will be the same today, I'm tied up gardening, getting my exercise running the Troy Bilt tiller. Dr.'s appointment today, what a waste of a day except that she's very beautiful. I'm still watching for a Saito 1.30T

acdii

Still waiting for a stretch of no rain so that I can start digging out the water line to the barn. Right now its soft mud, which is hell on the backhoe. Someday I need to order the turboheader for the 56.

FlyerInOKC

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I need to lay some black plastic tubing and install some in ground sprinkler heads this weekend myself. I hope the rain doesn't hit too early on Saturday. I run the inlet side to a water hydrant and hook a hose to it to deliver the water. I have some with quick disconnects already in the ground this system is the beta version of my poor man's in ground watering system.

c550

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Saito lovers some advise please. I just got a Saito 100 that was described as new in box. http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/ite...itemId=1103256 However, upon inspection the bearings are stuck and the intake pushrod is seized. Don't know what else I would find once I open it up further. Should I attempt a repair or fight for a refund?

SrTelemaster150

If you paid with PayPal file a dispute.

acdii

I had a NIB that seized up from sitting, never ran, never was moved so the assembly lube gummed up over time. You can easily see if the engine was ran at some time, first look for marks on the engine mounts, and second, pull a rocker cover, preferably the exhaust. If you see any signs of varnish, or carbon, dispute it. It should be pristine inside. If it is, squirt glow fuel into the crank, and down the pushrod tubes, and let it set for a while, then squirt in a little more until it starts to free up. Most likely it just needs a good cleaning of old lube and it will be fine. If it won't be used for a while, drain out as much fuel as you can and squirt after run oil into it.

Rudolph Hart

If you get a saito 130 i would be interested to see what you think.My fg57 must be like all the gas saito's it's very tame here's a pic. dang sorry here it is

I strain the standard 89 octane petroil mix through a coffee filter,lots easier to run than a saito 300 glow version,and a lot tamer,i miss that.

ps it's strange that you ring a doctor and the desk person gives you a precise time to be there,not one minute before or after tho you always turn up early hoping that will push things along a bit.If doctors are so precise why do they make you wait for hours? while you sit in a packed waiting room reading magazines with titles like 'new idea'..if they'd had one they would change the magazine title after 25yrs but you get up to date with what brad and ang as well as nicole are doing,it's a subtle form of anesthesia but specialists offices are worse i reckon,when you finally get to see one.The shagpile carpet is so deep you can't see the highly polished tops of your johnny reb boots and you still have to wait hours but this time you are reading yachting magazines or something on interior design,what about the odd saito manual lying around or at least a good motorcycle magazine?? instead of gazing at the marbled walls and a water fountain..

Hobbsy

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Pete, I no longer have a 1.30, I am sorry I sold it, as I mentioned, I keep watching for another.

I did good yesterday, I rode the bike to the Dr., 37 miles each way, it was a coolish 62 degrees but a great ride.

N1EDM

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OF, I liked your first engine better.... :-)

ADFEDELE

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Ch is an awesome conversion Adrian will walk you thru any questions you may I have 3 saitos converted with ch and they are flawless

Charley

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Hay, I looked you up on ARRL website. Not letting your license lapse are you?

73,

CR, af5ao

EDIT: Oops! Read the date wrong, you have another year to go.

blw

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Hi Pete- somehow missed this one and let it get by me until tonight. The airshow was one of the best I've been to. Up close to F-22's. The workmanship is amazing. F-35 flew 2 passes and are scary loud. A B2 made a few passes over. Got to go up into a B1B and look around. The French team was very good in Alpha jets. The Edge 540 demo was almost special effects. Rudder authority unbelievable with 45° nose skids on the uplines. Forward tumbles like dream. Pilot did a triple snap roll avalanche with smoke- dead perfect rolls. The Thunderbirds probably violated a slew of regs by flying knife edge over the crowd at 200' full afterburner a few times. It was JP-7 fumes at it's finest. One F-16 did a low level Harrier. Thought I was at the airfield watching guys do 3D. I'm still sunburned.

My .82a was a sweet engine from the first little bump of the starter. Very smooth and lots of RPM. Very little vibration and smooth acceleration on the first tank. This is going to be one fine Saito engine. I really got lucky on the parts fit when I bought this one. It reminds me of my well broken in FA-56. But, I love that FA-72 too. It has that nice deep sound at full throttle.

I spent a year in S. Korea worried about those crazy guys up north. We flew with night vision goggles that amped light 3600 times and when you looked north it was pure jet black at night. Not a light bulb for a hundred miles. Those guys are apt to do anything. You're living a bit too close to them, imo. Heck, maybe we're too close way up here. Not getting political on you, just venting some late night worries about your side of the ball.