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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/23/2003 12:42:53 AM   
    Patriot



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    Status: offline     		I heard the MVVS 1.60 gasser swings a 18x8 prop quite happily when broken in. My problem is that the plane I am building has only enough clearance for about a 16" prop.

    I was thinking of using a 3-blade 16x8 by zinger.

    Any comments on how the engine may perform with a 3-blader?

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/23/2003 1:53:19 AM   
    GeraldRosebery


     

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    Status: offline     		My advice is don't do it. These engines seem to prefer a two bladed prop. Try a 16 x 10 or 16 x 12


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    3-blade - 8/23/2003 2:36:51 AM   
    Patriot



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    Status: offline     		I just hope that a 2 blade prop with the 10 or 12 pitch will work well enough give me the rpm/thrust I am looking for.

    If multi-blade props are such a problem, as I have heard, then why are so many of them made, and when "can" they be used with real effectiveness?

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    3 blade props - 8/23/2003 2:45:48 AM   
    Daryl Martel



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    Status: offline     		Graupner makes a very nice 3 blade nylon 15 X 8. It's the biggest 3 blade they make. I have 2 of them. Should work OK on that size engine. Lots of places carry Graupner but Hobby Lobby for sure...

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/23/2003 2:47:32 AM   
    Ed Cregger



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    Status: offline     		We can talk for hours about why model three blade props do not work as well as model two blade props, but experience is the best teacher. Buy one and try it. You may even decide that it serves your purpose well. Me, I don't use'em. BTDT

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/23/2003 6:46:22 AM   
    GeraldO


     

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    Status: offline     		I tried a 16x8 Graupner "Super Nylon" three blader prop on mine. http://www.hobby-lobby.com/grprop.htm
    I'm using the tuned MVVS exhaust. The Graupner prop flew the plane OK but it was slightly too much prop to let the engine get to full power "on the pipe". I could only get about 7600 RPM with it. It may not be the best three blade prop design out there though.

    With a two blade APC 17x8 I got 8900-9000 RPM readings.

    I haven't tach'ed it yet but so far I like the 17x10 APC the best with this engine/exhaust setup but I still plan to try others.

    Which prop is best will depend some on your exhaust and which vintage your 160 is. Mine is the model that was out just before the current "Red Head".

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/26/2003 6:35:27 PM   
    Scoubidou



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    Status: offline     		Hello Gerald,


    With a two blade APC 17x8 I got 8900-9000 RPM readings.
    1)Did you tach a 18x8 APC or 18x7 prop 2 blades?

    2)Which tune pipe model did you use and what is your airplane model and weight please? I plan to use it on 24% CA Extra but that long tune pipe can bring dead weight!
    Scoubidou

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    Re: mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/27/2003 3:16:01 AM   
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    Status: offline     		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Patriot1970
    I heard the MVVS 1.60 gasser swings a 18x8 prop quite happily when broken in. My problem is that the plane I am building has only enough clearance for about a 16" prop.


    Bigger wheels!!! Happens to me all the time...

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    BIGGER WHEELS??? - 8/27/2003 4:27:29 AM   
    Patriot



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    Status: offline     		Sure, I could just use a couple giant Balloon Tires off my Neighbors' Quad ATV. Of course that might be a little too heavy then. Guess I'll need an even bigger Engine. LOL

    No seriously, I haven't got the engine yet, but I think that is the one I will want to use, since I have heard good things about it. I think a 17x10 might work (maybe). I here the 17x10 works very well with this engine. I am almost sure an 18" might be a little too big. I could almost mow the grass with it.
    Hey, I might be on to something.

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/27/2003 4:59:17 AM   
    BigBird1



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    Status: offline     		Oh I know...everyone is juicing up the front of their planes (me included) something has got to give...longer landing gears, blocking up the gear, bigger wheels...

    I have two planes with big motors, one I had to block up the landing gear 2" and use 6" wheels to clear a 22" prop. The other one I just had to use 6" wheels...

    The Sullivan Sky-Lite wheels do not weigh a lot..nore does the foam ones...

    Kit manufactures are forgetting that when people put the max size engines, something is a lil' short...

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/27/2003 8:16:34 AM   
    GeraldO


     

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    Status: offline     		[QUOTE]Originally posted by Scoubidou
    Hello Gerald,


    With a two blade APC 17x8 I got 8900-9000 RPM readings.
    1)Did you tach a 18x8 APC or 18x7 prop 2 blades?

    2)Which tune pipe model did you use and what is your airplane model and weight please? I plan to use it on 24% CA Extra but that long tune pipe can bring dead weight!
    Scoubidou     [/QUOTE]
    I used the MVVS tuned exhaust designed for this engine. Morris Hobbies has it. It doesn't add "dead" weight, it adds a major power increase. The bigger problem is where do you hide that great long thing? On the Four-star it runs down the outside of the fuselage. I just tried the plane with a K&S "can" type smoke muffler last weekend. Still runs good but the power loss is quite noticable. It's in a Sig Four Star 120 which weighs in at about 13.5lb. Went from unlimited vertical with the tuned muffler, down to unable to hold a hover for more than a few seconds with the K&S. It does run a little smoother through the midrange though with the K&S.

    I havn't measured the RPM or even ran it yet with an 18x8 APC but I have one and intend to try it soon. I bent the aluminum landing gear down farther on the Four Star to make it sit taller for the big props.

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/28/2003 2:00:53 AM   
    Scoubidou



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    Status: offline     		Well, if it's so powerful, I w'ill try it.

    We can hide the pipe under fuse by building a small cabane of balsa and monokote.
    Did you weight your pipe? PLease let me know if you have the weight and dimensions.
    Scou.

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/28/2003 7:09:23 PM   
    pe reivers



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    Status: online     		[QUOTE]Originally posted by GeraldO
    I used the MVVS tuned exhaust designed for this engine. Morris Hobbies has it. It doesn't add "dead" weight, it adds a major power increase. The bigger problem is where do you hide that great long thing? On the Four-star it runs down the outside of the fuselage. I just tried the plane with a K&S "can" type smoke muffler last weekend. Still runs good but the power loss is quite noticable. It's in a Sig Four Star 120 which weighs in at about 13.5lb. Went from unlimited vertical with the tuned muffler, down to unable to hold a hover for more than a few seconds with the K&S. It does run a little smoother through the midrange though with the K&S.

    I havn't measured the RPM or even ran it yet with an 18x8 APC but I have one and intend to try it soon. I bent the aluminum landing gear down farther on the Four Star to make it sit taller for the big props.     [/QUOTE]

    The MVVS tuned pipe is in resonance between 7000 and 9000 rpm.
    Below 7000 the pipe falls off the edge slowly

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    mvvs 1.60 gasser - 8/30/2003 4:12:13 PM   
    PlaneKrazee



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    Status: offline     		How does the MVVS engine perform with a conventional muffler on a APC prop?

    Will it put out more power than a Saito 150 or Enya 155 with an in cowl muffler?

    The Enya is a good, very fuel effecient engine that will run on 5-10% nitro and spin a APC 18X6W at about 8200 rich.

    I wanted to go gas but the engines are taking a long time to come out and I don't think there will be any weight savings fuel/battery/ignition//batterymuffler vs. engine/fuel/onboard glow.

    No room in my plane for a tuned pipe.

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