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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 4/25/2008 1:57:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		Got a evolution 61 new and just fired it up today. got one problem. they say factory set but something wrong. starts and
idols excellent but you give it full throttle it rs for 10 seconds and dies. ?????????????? tried adjusting hsnv and still nothing

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 4/25/2008 2:20:34 AM   
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Status: offline 		An OS A3 will probably cure that. This seems to be the best plug for the Evo 1 stroke line. Some 4 stroke plugs work okay, but the A3 is much better.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 4/25/2008 2:44:30 AM   
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Status: offline 		I gonna try new plug, the #8 work as well? it not making sence no bubbles in fuel or anyhing just strange.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 4/25/2008 3:29:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		pu a #8 in it and runs better than ever thanx

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 4:37:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hey guys, just got a pro .46, I have been flying electrics for about 3 years now. I just recently decided I liked the smell of castor oil and the buzz of an engine a little more than foam and humming. I have a few props and glow plugs but still need a few other things. One of which is a spinner, but how do I know what one to get. My plane is a goldberg tiger 2. It is a little tail heavy so i thought i'd like to find a heavier spinner. So my questions are, what spinner should i get, and will a heavier spinner change the performance of the engine.
I'm in a little town up north where there is only one person i know who flies, but he only flies electric planes. And the nearest hobby shop is 1.5 hour away.

Thanks, Justin

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 5:47:14 AM   
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Status: offline 		Instead of a spinner, you can order a chromed brass safety nut:

http://www3.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0001p?&I=LXK243&P=0

You can tighten this onto your engine's crankshaft (1/4" 28 threads per inch is the correct size for the .46 Pro) and "snug it up" against your prop nut and washer. They may not look as nice as a plastic spinner, but they'll provide some of the extra weight you want and they're much easier to remove if you need to change your propeller.

I find that plastic spinners tend to get chewed up and disfigured by electric starters easily and that removing and replacing them when changine props at the field is a bit of a pain. Dubro plastic spinners come with hex head bolts instead of phillips-head machine screws, so they're a little more reliable when changing a prop.

All things considered, I am really starting to prefer spinner nuts rather than plastic spinners. The aluminum spinner nuts are available for when you want to use a spinner nut but you don't need the extra weight provided by a chromed brass nut.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 1:05:47 PM   
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Status: online 		When I started with glow I used the supplied plastic spinners. It seems I always had trouble with them breaking or looking like crap after a few months of flying. If you really want a no fuss spinner solution that will last for years go with an aluminum spinner from a company like Tru Turn. Yes, they're a little pricey but they last forever and are very well balanced out of the box.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 1:29:34 PM   
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Status: online 		Throw that Evolution away and buy a Thunder Tiger! That will cure the problem.

Seriously this is the Thunder Tiger club, what did you expect?

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 7:16:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		Now boys. Be nice to the non Thunder Tiger people. I myself have a lot of different engines and they each have their own attributes . Just got a NIB K&B .28 Sportster today and it is totally sweet!!

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 7:19:09 PM   
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Status: online 		As do I, it was a joke, see.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/9/2008 7:51:34 PM   
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Status: offline 		Yea if figured thatbut I wanted to make certain we didn't get a flame war started.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/10/2008 12:00:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		I've been flying my TT 46 Pro in my LT-40 trainer for 4 years. I have another still in the box and just came by a NIB OS 46 FX. Too many engines for me of that size so I sold... the FX.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/10/2008 12:48:28 AM   
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Status: offline 		My thoughts exactly, let folks pay me more for my O.S. engines and I'll fly my Thunder Tigers!

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/10/2008 12:07:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		I know you guys are talking about plane motors but here's my story. My TT50HeliPro in a Raptor 50 has performed beautifully on my standard fuel (20%Nitro + 23%LV Synth), after 65 Litres (17 US Gal) I installed a new piston ring and rear bearing. Now has consumed over 80 Litres (21 US Gal) and is as good as a new one ... in fact probably better because now that we know each other so well it starts easily and never needs any fiddling with the needle. These motors are fantastic! I used to have a TT15 and TT20 28 years ago and they were not very good.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/10/2008 5:07:25 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hey Guys, thanks for the help. But i was wondering if it was possible to put one of the heavier spinner nuts inside a spinner. If so, how do I know what spinner to get? My tiger 2 was supposed to come with one but seamed to be missing it in the package.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 5/10/2008 6:53:10 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you put a heavier spinner nut inside the spinner, it could help with the static balance, but it may give problems when the engine is running. I think it was Clarence Lee who discussed this (but am not sure). I believe that his point was that all that extra rotating mass up front could make the engine become a gyroscope, putting extra stresses on the motor mounts as well as making the airplane harder to turn.

Has anyone else ever heard this discussion? I know that it came from somewhere...

Bob


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