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Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/5/2008 3:45:56 PM   
jeffie8696



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Status: offline 		Anybody? Just Me? Mine runs great.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/5/2008 7:40:53 PM   
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Status: offline 		My brother and I have had experience with four TT engines.

GP-42 - one of the easiest starting, most reliable, engines I've ever seen. It has decent power on a 5 pound model and is a great trainer engine.

46PRO - another great engine. Powerful, easy to tune, absolutely no complaints.

36PRO - not sure what happened with this one. The thrust washer dug into the front of the case and it chewed itself up.

61PRO - I have mixed feelings about this one. It was originally hard to start, poor transition, poor midrange, and deadsticked fairly often. "Everyone" said it was too rich on low end and was 'loading up.' Leaning it made it worse. Eventually richened the low end A LOT and it improved quite a bit. It became easy to start and ran pretty good but it was never as smooth and easy to deal with as the 42 and 46.

I'd recommend the GP-42 to anyone who needs a lightweight inexpensive engine. The 46PRO is a fantastic choice if you need more power (and can handle a little extra weight) at a decent price.


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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/5/2008 9:43:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		Port and polish that GP 42 and see what happens!

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/5/2008 10:31:06 PM   
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Status: offline 		Love my TT .46PRO, starts first flick with a chicken stick ( if i prime it properly ), tons of power for my Hanger 9 Twist. The TT .36PRO i have had some problems with, sent it back to be fixed, they put on a new crankcase, piston, liner and front bearing, got it back and did the exact same thing, close the throttle all the way, engine still runs for 15-30 seconds, while it's not the worst problem to have, i still like being able to kill the engine on demand, other than that it starts good, makes great power and files my Avistar around at 1/2 throttle no problem. Almost forgot, i also have a TT .07GP, it's still on the break in stand and only has about 6oz thru it, while not very powerful for it's weight i still think it will be a good engine for the right plane, i'm looking to get a SIG nitro rascal to mount it on. So overall i'm happy with TT and i will definetly buy another TT in the near future.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/5/2008 11:25:28 PM   
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Status: offline 		I have: 42GP, 46Pro, 61GP, 91FS and they all represent about the best value for money in their respective classes.

The 42GP has been powering our club trainer for nearly five years and despite numerous dirt-naps, it's still running very strong and 100% reliable.

I have about five 46Pro engines and there must be nearly two dozen of them in our small club. Not one has every been problematic and even those guys who used to use OS46's have "converted" after seeing what a TT46Pro with a Tower muffler and some decent fuel will do.

My 61GP gave nearly two years of faithful service until it finally exploded in spectacular form. I was planning to buy another but am about to try an MDS 61 FIRE instead. If that's no good, I'll go back to the TT61GP.

My 91FS hauls a 60-sized P51 mustang around at almost exactly the same speed as an ST90 2-stroke. Although the TT 4-stroke is fussier than my Saitos and weighs a ton, it is quite a power-house.

Next on my "must haves" is a TT75FS. These little beauties are *light* and look like the perfect engine to replace a .40-50 sized 2-stroke on most planes. They're also *much* cheaper than the equivalent OS or Saito.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/6/2008 12:48:50 AM   
jeffie8696



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Status: offline 		So how would you rate the power of the GP 42? Mine has some mods and I would like to know what the norm is to see if mine is any better than it was stock since I did not get any "dyno" numbers off it before I went crazy. (Forrest Gump voice , Again)

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/6/2008 2:26:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		My brother's stock GP-42 turns a 10x6 at about 13k using 10% nitro and a 11x5 about 10900 using 15% nitro. Both figures are slightly rich for flying, not peaked.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/6/2008 2:42:49 AM   
jeffie8696



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Status: offline 		Great numbers. I managed 11700 with a MA 11X6 on 5% . I still think I need to work on the compression ratio. The head gasket is missing.
Other Great News. My Vintage TT .15 came today! Can't tell it has ever been run but there some evidence of castor inside. Wonder if the factory might have given it a test run? Cute little cuss.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/6/2008 4:53:54 PM   
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Great numbers. I managed 11700 with a MA 11X6 on 5% . I still think I need to work on the compression ratio. The head gasket is missing.
Other Great News. My Vintage TT .15 came today! Can't tell it has ever been run but there some evidence of castor inside. Wonder if the factory might have given it a test run? Cute little cuss.
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Jeff,

I recently sold a vintage TT .15 here on RCU a while back. The needle valve is really close to the prop and somehow I got careless and got my finger caught in the prop while making some adjustments. I was using an APC prop and the results were not pretty, 19 stitches in the end of my finger which basically got flayed like an onion, but I digress. I sold it because it had bad karma, but the little guy had some power. I think I was spinning close to 15,000 on a APC 8x4, but damn is the muffler loud...ear piercing. Makes my Tower .75 sound quiet.

My input on TT so far. I've got a 42 and it's an amazing engine. Dead reliable and makes great power. I've also got a 1.20 pro which I really like. You can find them for cheap and they're reliable with excellent power (on par with an AX 1.20).

Dave

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/6/2008 5:02:03 PM   
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Status: offline 		The mail carrier just dropped off a NIB TT.46 that I purchased from a seller at the RCU classifieds.

This is my first TT.46

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/6/2008 5:32:48 PM   
jeffie8696



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Status: offline 		I think the finger slicing is a rite of passage. Just last year I cut the heck out of 3 of mine with an APC meat slicer prop(with a remote needle engine lo less ). Recently Probrojoe cut himself in similar fashion on an 049 engine spinning a Torpedo prop. I have decided that all my props need rounded edges!! Now I will not run one without taking some sandpaper to it. By the way that Band-Aid super glue stuff works well, if you don't have health insurance.

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/7/2008 3:04:35 AM   
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Status: offline 		I have the GP42, this thing is sitting idle for now but has run great for the 8 years Ive had it. Also I cant say enough about the 46 pro- Ive had 3 or 4 of them and my most current one just had a set of bearings replaced after 14 years of GREAT service that were installed by my good flying buddy and engine man Frankie Comer, and its still going. I have the 46 mounted on a Jerry's Litttleboy, and I have unlimited vertical with a APC funfly 12.25x3.75 prop. I also have the 61 pro which I love as well.
Great engines !!!!
John

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/7/2008 2:34:00 PM   
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Status: offline 		So why hasn't "Club Super Tiger" existed before now?

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RE: Club Thunder Tiger????? - 3/7/2008 2:39:27 PM   
carrellh



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So why hasn't "Club Super Tiger" existed before now?



Because no one started the thread.

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