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02-20-2019, 01:24 PM
I recently sold an O.S. fs-70II I had on a profile Katana in favor of the Saito 65 which I purchased NIB. They both have the same relative weight & power. The fs-70 ran perfectly fine, is a mild manner engine and unintimidating to start. The carb is easy to tune as well.
Maybe it’s me, but the Saito 65 requires more caution when starting. It’s a beast! It kicks a lot more and probably not fully broken in and tuned yet. I only have a few flights on it with my P-40.
So if one one is looking for lighter weight, raw power, great reliability with good looks Saito is the way to go. But OS has a place as well due to their ease of operation.
Maybe it’s me, but the Saito 65 requires more caution when starting. It’s a beast! It kicks a lot more and probably not fully broken in and tuned yet. I only have a few flights on it with my P-40.
So if one one is looking for lighter weight, raw power, great reliability with good looks Saito is the way to go. But OS has a place as well due to their ease of operation.
02-20-2019, 01:29 PM
I have come to the conclusion the AMA is useless. It's bad enough we are required to register with the FAA, now we have to disfigure our scale birds with the stupid number. Screw them, going to make the number so small you need a magnifying glass to see them. They say has to be outside, they didn't say how big!
the smellest letters you can print off. Tucked up under the tail. In black but think of doing that in the color of the plane.
They didn’t say what color
02-20-2019, 01:35 PM
Yes you do.as of 2/25/2019 and it has to be on the outside of the airplane.
https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=93045
https://www.faa.gov/news/updates/?newsId=93045
02-20-2019, 02:08 PM
02-20-2019, 02:30 PM
02-20-2019, 03:31 PM
Yes sir! I have several kits with foam core wings and a few oddball fiberglass fuselages that need wings cut. I have a bunch of foam sheets saved so I decided to try my hand at cutting my own. Sheeting wing cores is new to me so rather than screwing up cores from a kit I’ll try to cut my own and sheet them. I have an already built scat cat with a foam wing and it’s suprisingly strong.
02-20-2019, 04:14 PM
Yes sir! I have several kits with foam core wings and a few oddball fiberglass fuselages that need wings cut. I have a bunch of foam sheets saved so I decided to try my hand at cutting my own. Sheeting wing cores is new to me so rather than screwing up cores from a kit I’ll try to cut my own and sheet them. I have an already built scat cat with a foam wing and it’s suprisingly strong.
02-20-2019, 05:21 PM
02-20-2019, 05:46 PM
Hence the reason the AMA is useless! They failed to categorize what a Drone is in order to separate those toys that people have been flying illegally from our hand crafted beauties that we fly line of site, at a sanctioned flying field. Think I may get a laser cutter just to laser etch the number on the head of the Saitos.
02-20-2019, 06:29 PM
Thanks Flyer
02-21-2019, 02:26 AM
02-21-2019, 10:26 AM
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I would rate the car at about a #7 out of 10,, I was supposed to go for a ride in it but I have not gone back, he also has a old Thunderbird, but I don't remember the year, I didn't look at it
Jim
02-21-2019, 03:08 PM
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66 7 Litre
66 427 with 2 fours
You have to be careful calling the 427 a 7 Litre because there was a Ford model called the 7 Litre but was a 428 and was a gutless gas hog compared to the 427. The 427's were conservatively rated at 425 HP but most examples actually had 625 to 650.
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02-21-2019, 05:54 PM
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66 7 Litre
66 427 with 2 fours
You have to be careful calling the 427 a 7 Litre because there was a Ford model called the 7 Litre but was a 428 and was a gutless gas hog compared to the 427. The 427's were conservatively rated at 425 HP but most examples actually had 625 to 650.
66 427 with 2 fours
You have to be careful calling the 427 a 7 Litre because there was a Ford model called the 7 Litre but was a 428 and was a gutless gas hog compared to the 427. The 427's were conservatively rated at 425 HP but most examples actually had 625 to 650.
so the engines in your photos are the 428 ?? the Plugs are down by the Headers, not on top.. or are there 2 different 427 heads ??
it's been a long-long time since I have seen a 428, since somewhere around 1984, my friend had the 69 Mach 1 CJ 428 Mustang, he bought it with 29 thousand miles on it in 1978 for>>>>>>> $750. it had more bottom end than my L79 327 I had in my 71 Nova, it would get off the line faster but my little 327 would catch it and pass it, but my engine had it's compression ratio upped from stock
BTW, my cousin's 7 Liter is the 67
Jim
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02-21-2019, 06:52 PM
I have a saito 60t on a H9 cub but the throttle is located to close and I need a throttle linkage similar to what people put on a heli for the carbs that are set deep into the frame. I will try and find a picture of what I need. Does anyone know of a company that makes something like that, that will extend the arm out?
02-21-2019, 08:24 PM
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I have a saito 60t on a H9 cub but the throttle is located to close and I need a throttle linkage similar to what people put on a heli for the carbs that are set deep into the frame. I will try and find a picture of what I need. Does anyone know of a company that makes something like that, that will extend the arm out?
something like this, just an extension ??
Jim
02-21-2019, 08:36 PM
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I just checked my OS engine, like the one I just posted above, the extension is part of the Barrel,
but accordingly to Horizon your 60T has the same type Throttle Arm as the 82, if Saito doesn't make an extension you will have to make it or have some one make it for you,,, o boy, you will have to do something different, because you can not cover the Idle Needle
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product...%3A-p-saie060t
Jim
but accordingly to Horizon your 60T has the same type Throttle Arm as the 82, if Saito doesn't make an extension you will have to make it or have some one make it for you,,, o boy, you will have to do something different, because you can not cover the Idle Needle
https://www.horizonhobby.com/product...%3A-p-saie060t
Jim
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02-21-2019, 09:14 PM
I have a saito 60t on a H9 cub but the throttle is located to close and I need a throttle linkage similar to what people put on a heli for the carbs that are set deep into the frame. I will try and find a picture of what I need. Does anyone know of a company that makes something like that, that will extend the arm out?
https://www.dubro.com/collections/al...rottle-linkage
