Hobbsy

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Sure, why not, Thanks

Jesse Open

What are you waiting for? PM me your address so I can send the carb. LOL
Okie is looking for an engine (91 or 100) iirc

Lonnie, that 115 I gave away did need some attention.

Captcrunch44

Gary pm sent

OKC. What do you want a 91 or a 100

the Wasp

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swapping engines:
I sent Mike (FlyerInOKC) the FA82 I got from Capt, Mike PM'ed me today telling me he received the engine.

Garry, would you have another FA 100 Carb Body you want to sell ??? let me know.

Jim

FlyerInOKC

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Right now I doubt I can afford either one but that said I'm thinking the 100 would have an edge in the HP department but the 91 is a little lighter and shorter so it would fit a little easier inverted under a cowling. The .91 being older may be a little affordable so I would say probably the .91. If the price were the same I would pick the 1.00 because of the power advantage. I already have a .82 which comes close in power to the .91. Who was it that said all airplanes are an exercise in compromise?

Captcrunch44

I just know we over power the snot out of planes
you want a real challenge fly a under powered plane for fun

Hyjinx

Half throttle beats half power. Half power makes balsa piles.
🙄

FlyerInOKC

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I try to balance power according to the aircraft's weight, wing load, and drag with a healthy amount of reserve power to get me out of pilot screw ups. I prefer glow to gas in spite of amount of fuel glow uses.

FlyerInOKC

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A good example is I have a 1/4 scale Globe Swift project (AUW 21 to 32 lbs.) that shows a gas engine on the plan I will use a large glow engine to power it.

Captcrunch44

that’s exactly what I am saying the majority of the majority of the builders put 3 times the power that they need on a plane. Me included.
but I flew a under powered trainer this summer and it is humbling. I think if you can fly an under powered plane then you can fly anything.

Glowgeek

That's where I'm at too. And if the plane needs nose weight I'll always opt to put in a bigger saito or an OS of equal displacement in place of a saito.

FlyerInOKC

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I don't like over powering by that much of a margin but I do overpower. It has saved an airplane or two.

acdii

Thats what I was hoping to do with the Liberty Sport, but I built it too well for the Gemini as the tail did not come out as heavy as expected. Would have needed 7 ounces to counter the weighty 120. Had to settle for a YS 63S only because it fit the cowl, a Saito would have been too long.

Jesse Open

Bad pilots make balsa piles.
Learning low power makes good pilots better pilots.

FlyerInOKC

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Good to know!

Hobbsy

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As can be seen the Saito 60-t has considerable side thrust on the rockers when the valves are actuated. Does anybody have one where they can show me the stacking order of the washers/spacers for keeping the rockers in place. I took the liberty of placing the Teflon washers on the non thrust side and a metal on each side of each rocker.

Hyjinx

​​​​​​Well said. Incorrect set up is definitely a rough way to learn (or maintain skills) but it is common it seems for many. A challenge is good for some. There's a guy in our group that won't use expo on his radio for the same reason. He is sure it makes him better than he thinks he is. He's a great pilot but buys a lot of airframes.
Balance and power aren't good training challenges for me. But that's just me.

Hobbsy

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Teflon washer on non side thrust side.

Note huge vent hole.

acdii

Out of all the planes I have built, only one was a poor flyer, mainly because I screwed the CG up badly. Almost had it down gracefully too, then it looked like an aileron went south and I lost it.

FlyerInOKC

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The wrong CG can sure make a flight exciting fast!

Captcrunch44

Old boy at the club once, he was not much of a flyer.
Asked if I could put this up for him and he would fly it for a bit then I could land it. Now I seen this plane fly a week ago and it flew ok. RIGHT!! This plane left the ground with it’s tail dragging I had to push the nose down to get the air speed up just so I could clime out enough to get it turned around and back to land it mind you I had just taken off I was 4 feet above the tall grass, how I managed to keep it in the air, get it up high enough so I could land it I will never know but I did. This thing was a flat turning none flying piece of crap Biplane that I have ever had this misfortune to get to fly. He ask for the transmitter and I said no I need to land it. I explained the situation to him as I’m bringing it in for a landing and he says oh maybe I should a left the other prop on.

the Wasp

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is that enough LOL

Jim

Rudolph Hart

No.

Hobbsy

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The early Club Saito roster from 09/07/2005

Glowgeek

Cool, I've learned a lot from some folks on that list.