Sport_Pilot

Actually VP sells it for about the same price by the single gallon, much cheaper in 5 gallons. Just a little over $40 a gallon.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...r_1_15&sr=8-15

Charley

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Don't know about the present time but DB used to cut the holes to order for a small additional fee. Did a couple for me some years back.

CR

SrTelemaster150

That link is for 20% nitro "R/C fuel", not 100% nitro like the link below..

Charley

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Hope you build light. I built an Ace 4-40 from the Ace kit except I framed up the tail feathers with 1/4 x 1/2 medium balsa instead of using the balsa sheet in the kit box. Also made the cowl pointy, used a spinner that matched the nose diameter & installed a canopy instead of just a windscreen. Was trying to make it light & slippery. Covered the wing & tail with transparent green monokote & the fuse with white monokote. I used an Airt radio with mini servos to keep it light; also DB foam tired wheels. Flew it on a Saito FA-45 Mk2 and 11x6 Zinger woody. Be interested to hear how it flies on the FA-40.

CR

Hobbsy

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Thanks Charley, I think it will fly just fine, won't be a hotrod though. More fun that way.

Rudolph Hart

Bulldust you old beige slippered man

Hobbsy

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Actually I wear Kangaroo hide shoes from Cabela's, so far the ACE 4-40 is a featherweight, the Big Bingo is a different story, it weighs a ton. Right now I'm assembling a Sig LT 40 for a Saito .50. Cutting the cowl for the cylinder was no fun. I am going to need to be an acrobat to get the Cowl back on with the TurboHeader in place.

FlyerInOKC

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I got a good look at that high compression FA-91S yesterday it really is NIB and he has a lot of documentation on it. Nice find but I don't have the coin, if anyone else is interested PM and I'll pass you information along.

Mike

SrTelemaster150

They still do.

DB used to sell "blank" spinners. Cutting the slots isn't that hard if you go about it correctly.

Rudolph Hart

Dave hah hah but i gotta tell ya something..kangaroos are mostly beige or grey,and on the colour spectrum and reflectance scale grey is just screaming out to be beige,or it should be,awful colours.Ok we got some 'big boomers' that are red and sable but you don't wanna see one of those unhappy and close up.Roos and koalas ain't what you would call sociable with humans and on a bad day it takes the cute bambi syndrome right out of the encounter,guess we're lucky they chew heaps of gum leaves.

I know you ar'nt a fan of inverted saitos but as you know it eases exhaust mounting problems,specially if you got skinny fingers!

Hobbsy

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Hey Okey, did the guy do the high compression part himself, I never heard of an actual high comp0ression .91. Thanks, Dave

This is an interesting read.

~http://sceptreflight.net/Model%20Engine%20Tests/Saito%20FA-91S.html

Charley

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I'm seriously worried about you running out of props.

CR

spaceworm

I have a Big Bingo built up except the fuse. What engine do you think it needs as a minimum, and what engine for mild aerobatics? Thank you.

Re the Farmall, I passed by the site it was showing and it was not there. Maybe because it was raining hard? I will keep looking for it to reappear and get pics of it for you..

Very best regards to you and yours. Sincerely, Richard

blw

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No, not the chain stores or the Internet!

blw

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This thread gets hilarious at times.

Hobbsy

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Richard, my Saito 1.30 was slated for the Big Bingo but I had to sell it, so I have a choice between a Saito 1.50 and a SuperTigre 2300 or 3000. I would rather put the Saito 1.50 on a Goldberg Tiger 120. The 3000 is converted to Diesel so would do the job and then some. I think a 1.50 or larger is the best choice. The 2300 runs big for it's size so it would suit.

Yep, I grew up on a bunch of Farmalls.

CR, some of those props are from when I was 14 years old in 1956.

spaceworm

Speed shop in Fredericksburg Va, sells methanol in your container for $5.00 gallon. No nitro though.

SigMan

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i love this thread

acdii

My OS has been replaced by a Saito 72 and is mounted and ready to go, too bad its windy like hecklers out today.

Hobbsy

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You're it's Daddy, I'm Club member #5.

the pope

There always a few hanging around our club . If I get there 1st there could be 20 or so around the gate . I always keep an eye out but theres not too many big ones thankfully . I bet you have the ol kangaroo knacker-bag coin purse ! Makes one feel better when ones own is old , wrinkly and shriveled up . Cheers the pope

blw

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Well, now you show up some 30,000 posts later! Look at what you've gone and done.

I'm member #13. Bill Robison held up my request about a week for some reason.

Too much information, Pope. Somebody is going to have nightmares tonight.

rafeeki

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Inverted Saito can b a nightmare if one doesn't follow the manufacturers initial needle settings on my beast FA180.
I did that plus added a Perry pump which I attached to the firewall.
It has started every time. Never floods. Just make sure u prime it by turning the prop few times with finger on exhaust to draw fuel. I always use a el. Starter.
I also used a prop hub over the lock nuts instead of a spinner until the engine is tamed.
NOTE: DON'T RUN IT LEAN AS IT BACKFIRES AND THROWS PROPS...

the pope

No such thing as too much info and just to prove it check these bad boys out
http://www.australiagift.com/scrotum...FYiWvQodA5QFLQ
cheers the pope

spaceworm

No wild 'roos in Virginia, USA, but one field I flew at had a free roaming ostrich and an alpaca. They were tame and would come up to us in the pits. They never stepped on the planes but the ostrich would try to eat the wing hold down rubber bands and nibble at you hat, and the Alpaca would just be in the way. The alpaca would spit at you if you tried to get him out of the way and pissed off. They somehow avoided being hit on the runway during takeoffs and landings.

The non believer neighbor at the end off the field fired his shotgun once and hit one of the overflying planes. Put holes in it but didn't knock it down. The flyer called the police and they talked to the shooter. We did have a no-fly zone over the shooters house, but it was hard to stay clear. He later moved.

I have a lead on an armadillo hat, but none on a kangaroo knacker-bag coin purse. How do I get one? They would make a good combination for field day.

Best regards, Richard