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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 1:12 AM   
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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 1:33 AM   
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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 2:01 AM   
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Status: offline 		its been a while but my last 2 stroke I mounted it took it to the field ran a tank thru thethered to a stake away from the everyoneand then set it rich so as not to quit and flew it rich and after a several flights it gradually got better.you do not need to break it in on a separate mount and burn lots of fuel.use the prop your planning to fly it with too.

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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 2:05 AM   
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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 3:58 AM   
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Status: offline 		All my engines have been broken in (or at least had break in started) on a test stand in my front yard. They only go into a plane when I'm positive they are running smoothly, will idle well and show good transition behavior. Once I feel confident that they will behave in flight I mount them up and finish the break in process in flight. That's the best way for some engines anyway because it takes so long for them to be fully broken in. Besides, glow fuel is just too darned expensive to waste any more of it on the ground than absolutely necessary!

The above will of course vary depending on the individual engine and factory recommended break in procedure.

(FYI, trying to use an iPad as your main posting tool is a pain....)

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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 4:56 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have lived in apartments from time to time and understand your question well. Here's a fun way to do it....... invest in a good engine test stand first, then bolt it to the end of a long board that can hang out the back end of your pick up truck or suv. Weight or clamp down the board into the back of the truck and bingo, you have a ..... traveling test stand! Just go for a little drive to a more secluded spot. Don't forget to take lunch and drink.

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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 5:33 AM   
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its been a while but my last 2 stroke I mounted it took it to the field ran a tank thru thethered to a stake away from the everyoneand then set it rich so as not to quit and flew it rich and after a several flights it gradually got better.you do not need to break it in on a separate mount and burn lots of fuel.use the prop your planning to fly it with too.

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If you are really worried about a flame out use an onboard glow.
I use them on my 4 stroke glows, (you get a very low idle with them, which sounds great)
The glow plug fires up with an adjustable throttle setting connected via a y lead on the throttle servo.
But more expense and another battery to worry about.
 


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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 4:09 PM   
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Status: offline 		I mount it on a trainer and fly it.  That way I can test muffler and props as well.  I don't worry about dead sticks because trainers handle that well.

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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 6:46 PM   
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RE: Where is a good place to break in an engine? - 5/4/2012 6:48 PM   
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Hey Matt, if it were my field I guess I could brag a little, I have 1/4 acre. There is winter oats growing there right now.

Earl, the little Saito .30 wouln't kill too much corn. Here is the same field with several hundred geese in it.


Looks like you're growing turkeys, not oats.

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