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BME 115 fixes - 6/16/2008 3:08:13 PM   
WRK


 

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Status: offline 		What is the latest on the fixes for the 115, I know there was a reed block fix and a modified carb fix for the mixture changes. IF I buy a new 115 are the fixes in place or do I have to modify to get the problems cured? Are the modified parts available if they are not on a new engine?

Thanks

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/16/2008 3:33:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		If you by a new engine it will have the fix. I have seen one run with the factory fix and it is awesome. Contact BME @ http://www.bmeengine.com/

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/16/2008 6:48:07 PM   
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Status: offline 		The last conversation I had with Tom of BME, a couple of weeks ago, indicated that to date only one retrofit kit had been made and shipped to an individual in Texas. Perhaps that's changed and they are finally in production.

Since I have engine #002 of the 115 series, and after waiting over a year and a half to run the damn thing due to a design error, I'm really looking forward to someone doing something...soon. Worst $1,200.00 I've ever spent since selling it (still brand new and not run) would be at a severe loss due to the reed issues.

So Andy, we've all heard all the great things that were going to happen. But when are they going to happen? With the market as it is, unless something happens soon a lot of well made, new, 100+cc designs will be hitting the market making the competiton for the sales dollar pretty tough. At the moment I haven't seen any indications that the new BME differs all that much from the old.

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/16/2008 6:50:26 PM   
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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/16/2008 9:19:12 PM   
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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/17/2008 12:22:32 AM   
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Status: offline 		I spoke with Tom shortly after the Guard activation. I do something similar myself several times a year but still manage to get the work done.

I don't believe I'm being grumpy at all. Had I invested that sam $1,200.00 into something else it would have been safely flyable out of the box. Had I left the money in a savings account it would have accrued interest. Either way something useful would have been obtained from the capital. Agreed, Keith was the person that marketed a defective design after making assurances that he would not market an engine unless it had been completely flight tested, but the new guys made statements that they would market a fix by May and had already started accepting funds to cover postage of the part. No, I did not send in any money yet, but then again, why should I? They fix hasn't been made yet except for one instance. I'm even willing to pay for the full cost of the part but there's none to be bought.

So I still have the second engine made and sold and I'm still waiting to make use of it. I'm soon to take off again for a few months and if the fix is not available with an e-mail waiting for me relating that when I return the engine will join the ranks of some other engine products. Pretty, but generally useless and sitting in the wood shed.

Truthfully, if you're making a statement that you are going to do something, follow through and get it done. If you don't follow through you lose all credibility.

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/17/2008 2:48:37 AM   
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Status: offline 		i saw half full or half empty and i am all on the kick that BME is now new owned....

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/17/2008 4:36:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		The new reed blocks are available from BME. Ive been flying one with the new reed block for several months and after tuning it in , it has ran flawlessly ! They also have a new aluminum block that uses the engine heat to completely evaporate all of the fuel that may get trapped in the reed block. they are around $75 . Every new engine has the redesigned plastic reed block.

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/17/2008 5:25:07 AM   
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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/17/2008 7:03:50 AM   
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If what LLundstedt is saying is true then someone at BME (and there are only two of them) was lying to me two or three weeks ago when I spoke with them for close to 45 minutes. I was told that the reed assemblies are not yet available. Now I know that Altavillan sent them a check quite some time ago (about a month and a half) for one of the reed assemblies and he hasn't received one either. If they've had them but just aren't shipping them while accepting money that's a different thing altogether.

Sorry bud, but if they actually had it, they would flaunt it. There was a long song and dance about hang ups with machine shops, drawings, parts shortages from the company transfer, outstanding debt incurred by the original BME, and a whole barrel full of woes regarding why the reed assemblies and other components had not been produced yet. Once again, according to Tom at BME, he had only made one so if you've been flying one for a couple of months I'd like to see it and learn why I was lied to. If I had been lied to at all, which I doubt.

I've been patient for over a year and a half. I think that's more than enough so let's not talk about waiting just a little longer. If they have their act together they will put all everyone needs to know about what's available and delivery times in the various forums for all to read. And yes, now I'm beginning to get a little irritated.

So, will the real story of what's going on at BME please come to the surface. Inquiring 115 owners want to know. Better still, they deserve to know.

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/19/2008 4:51:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		am looking to buying one of these for a H9 Extra 330 33%....is that a bad idea? should stick with DA100??

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/19/2008 5:21:38 PM   
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Status: offline 		i would still buy one but its your money your call u know

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/19/2008 7:54:58 PM   
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Status: offline 		is a full pound lighter than DA100 and same HP....what gives makes me wonder (same price also)

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/19/2008 9:48:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		Don't get a new 115, you'll look silly with that stupid grinn plastered to your face. Then concider the fact that the H9 wings get blown off with DA100's and yer concidering putting a much stronger engine in there.

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RE: BME 115 fixes - 6/19/2008 9:51:37 PM   
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Status: offline 		yea, been doing some readin in here and almost everyone recommends a DA-85 for the H9 Extra330 am looking at

does twin cylinder sound better than single? sound is big importance to me.....

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