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Fuel for Saito 100 - 2/10/2003 5:36:33 AM   
blueangel



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Status: offline 		I bought a Saito FS-100. I wanted to know what brand of fuel would be best. This is my first four-stroke. Thanks.


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Fuel for Saito 100 - 2/10/2003 8:00:43 AM   
GalenB



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Status: offline 		Blueangle,

I think that just about any brand that has 15% nitro or better and 18% oil or better will be fine. Power Master, Morgan's, Wildcat, etc all have fuel such as this. There are some who swear by the Power Master Golden break in fuel... I've never gone to those lenghts myself...

You may want to start with a castor synethic blend when first breaking in the engine. After that a pure synthetic will work fine since it is a ringed engine.

< Message edited by GalenB -- Feb 11 2003 5:00PM >


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Fuel for Saito 100 - 2/11/2003 10:10:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have two Saito 100's. I use a 20/20 blend in both. (20% nitro and 20% oil) I have used both PowerMaster 20/20 and WildCat 20/20. Both seem to be equal. Saito even recommends using the Cool Power 30% heli fuel (contains 22 or 23% oil)
I am very pleased with the performance of the 20/20 fuels, so I will stick with that.

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 2/12/2003 4:17:11 AM   
mscic-RCU



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Status: offline 		Couple of the guys in my club are using 30% nitro, engines run great! I always use at least 20% oil. I think I will try the 30% nitro this year. I fly Ritch's brew, great fuel.

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Cool Power - 2/12/2003 4:30:55 AM   
blueangel



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Status: offline 		I read on Horizon Hobbby that 30% Cool Power Heli fuel works great. Has anyone used this? Does it work good?


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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/2/2003 9:03:59 AM   
JB Rekit



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Status: offline 		I use a 25/20 synthetic but am sure a 20/20 would be fine.

Mine is a Saito .91, but that is close enough

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/2/2003 6:52:48 PM   
coomarlin



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Status: offline 		I'm debating the same question. I'll probably use either 15 or 20% nitro. Most likely 15%.

Why is it that the majority of fuels are 18% oil instead of 20%. Almost every fuel my LHS sells is 18% oil. Some are all synthetic and some are blends. I'm sure 18% would not hurt the Saito, but they do recommend 20%. I think I'll buy the 18% all synthetic and add a bit of Klotz castor to get it up to 20%.

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/7/2003 7:00:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hi all,
I've been running Powermaster Heli 30% from new in my Saito 100 with 0 problems.. Has an excellent idle and transitions great. The powermaster is all synthetic I believe and without looking at the can I know its a min of 22% oil. Totally happy with the Saito at this time.

Smitty

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/7/2003 7:03:52 AM   
RCLIVIN



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Status: offline 		I use 30% coolpower heli fuel in all of my 4-strokes, better idle & transition & much more power than the lower nitro content fuels.

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/10/2003 12:03:23 AM   
Azulejo



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Status: offline 		Hi,
I just bought a new saito 180 and I am burning 15% nitro, 10% castor and 10% synthetic. Now I am thinking to go higher to a 20% nitro. Does it make a big diff. to go even higher to a 30% nitro? Can I use this mix also to my OS engines???

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/10/2003 6:21:36 AM   
RCLIVIN



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Status: offline 		Alejandro B:
The 30% heli fuel will give you maximum performance with your 4 strokes, I have tried 20%, 15% & 10%, no comparison

Gil

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Fuel and RPM readings - 3/10/2003 6:40:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have run in my Saito 100 on a bench, with about a gallon of 15%nitro/20%all synthetic. On the last tank of the 15% I waqs taching about 9400 on and APC 15x6, the next tank I ran through was Wildcat YS20/20. I tached at about 9800 with the 20%. I have some 30%, but haven't tried it yet.

These engines do seem to love the nitro though.

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/10/2003 7:38:35 PM   
coomarlin



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Status: offline 		If I start with 15/18 fuel and want to get to 20% oil should I add about 2-3 ounces of oil to a gallon?

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/10/2003 8:11:51 PM   
PigMan Buggerus



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Status: offline 		I would go ahead and put in 4 oz's of extra oil. This will bring you up to 27.04 ozs of oil in 132 ozs total fuel, which would bring you up to 20.48% oil. This also brings down the nitro content a little to 14.54%, but I think this is negligible. Good luck with your Saito 100 I think you are going to love it.

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Fuel for Saito 100 - 3/21/2003 2:55:17 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have a Saito 91 and a Saito 150, and a Magnum 52. All of these I run 10% nitro 18-20% oil. Definatly plenty of power. I have used 20/20 in it before and didnt see much of a difference for the price difference. I have tried two different plugs so far too, the fox miricle plug and the os f. Both work good but the os has a better idle.


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