MOKI RADIAL Care and Maintenence
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Already some very good info to you here, bossrc. All I can add, is the fact that mine ran perfectly for 60+ flights without the need for a external fuel pump. I strongly recommend that you measure the temp on each of the cylinders after every flight, to make sure you don't miss a non working cylinder. Good luck with your fantastic motor! :-)
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I really appreciate the response and inputs to my questions. I'm making my way through this thread....what a wealth of information. As a first time Moki and Radial owner, these are very helpful. May save an airplane. I picked up an infrared temp scanner this weekend. Gotta love Harbor Freight. I hope to run the engine later this week and get the Nieuport 28 in the air in time for the Blue Max in January. Thanks guys.
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Yes, I am running the new unit and it does not need a regulator, and accepts up to 10v input. I run a 2 cell LiPo on it, at 7.4 volts with good results.
It is plug and play as a replacement for the original unit.
I have (2) original "top hat" units for sale if anyone is interested. One is new and never flown, the second has light use on it. PM me if interested.
It is plug and play as a replacement for the original unit.
I have (2) original "top hat" units for sale if anyone is interested. One is new and never flown, the second has light use on it. PM me if interested.
Have just fitted the new ignition to my 250 not started as yet 1 SOLID GREEN 1 BLINKING reason on the blink did read somewhere can,t remember why
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I hope there are more clever people here than I am. I've been tuning my Moki 250 intake and exhaust ports so the there are no sharp bends and that the flow does not experience any unnecessary turbulence. Now I'm in a situation that with the tuned head I need to turn High and low needle half a turn richer to get it running smoothly. And still it takes the same revs than if I put my old non-tuned heads. With the non tuned head again I can close the needles by half a turn. So definitely the engine is getting more fuel/air mixture but why there is no rpm increase? All I could think up was that the droplet size would be bigger now with opening the needles and thus burning slower. Or could it be that there is now just more torque at lower rpm's? I did notice that it is responding better with the tuned heads. But I was expecting higher rpm with the increased fuel consumption.
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You sir, are much more ambitious than I am. I tip my hat to you. I have always been under the impression that a 2-stoke engine benefits more in rpm from tuning than a 4-stroke, as the Moki is. This engine has excess capabilities for the type aircraft I use them in anyway. 18 inch pitch really hauls the mail even at 4800. Bad things happen when these rev too high.
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You sir, are much more ambitious than I am. I tip my hat to you. I have always been under the impression that a 2-stoke engine benefits more in rpm from tuning than a 4-stroke, as the Moki is. This engine has excess capabilities for the type aircraft I use them in anyway. 18 inch pitch really hauls the mail even at 4800. Bad things happen when these rev too high.
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From my 4 stroke motorcycle racing days...smoothing the radii in the intake and exhaust manifolds and heads makes for a smoother mixture flow but may or may not change performance. What will help however is TUNING. Unless one could experiment with different length headers there might not be any performance gain available. As we've found out however,
the Moki radials don't need MORE performance. Out of the box they'll pull rediculously pitched props. Mitch
the Moki radials don't need MORE performance. Out of the box they'll pull rediculously pitched props. Mitch
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That's another funny thing, I remember reading it here that there is a electronic limit at 6000rpm starting to cut of ignition. well either it is not true or mine is not working.
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From my 4 stroke motorcycle racing days...smoothing the radii in the intake and exhaust manifolds and heads makes for a smoother mixture flow but may or may not change performance. What will help however is TUNING. Unless one could experiment with different length headers there might not be any performance gain available. As we've found out however,
the Moki radials don't need MORE performance. Out of the box they'll pull rediculously pitched props. Mitch
the Moki radials don't need MORE performance. Out of the box they'll pull rediculously pitched props. Mitch
Yes, well I don't need more power either, just want to see if it can give more power. And if it is now consuming more fuel, one would expect it would give more power. I suppose it could unload even bigger pitched props now in the air. Moreover, I felt that the lower cylinder at 5 O'clock is not cutting out the way it used to, meaning it is not so sensitive to the needle settings as before. Perhaps it gets better mixture there as well.
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Today I did some experiments. With the original heads with 32x24 soloprop it took 3470rpm (well the intake lines leaving the crackcase was smoothened). With the new head, the soloprop pitch was accidently 25", it took 3600 rpm. So it looks like it is the torque that was increased. Also the throttle respond is much better now and the lower cylinders keeps on firing a even running at low rpm's for longer periods. All in all, the engine is breathing better now. Almost forgot, the low rpm was 550 that it was able to keep. But now I must decide if I can use such a high pitch, It will unload to over 5000rpm so my corsair will fly very fast... With a 2-blade MenzS 32x20" it flew 250kmh.
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I repeat one of my earlier posts to ask, “What is the preoccupation with pitch” why not use a larger diameter prop?
A ¼ scale warbird doing 125mph that’s 500mph, they’re not going that speed at Reno! They just look ridiculous. Remember, pitch is for speed, diameter is for weight.
I have a three blade 32x12 on my La7 and it’s easy to get that flying too fast.
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A ¼ scale warbird doing 125mph that’s 500mph, they’re not going that speed at Reno! They just look ridiculous. Remember, pitch is for speed, diameter is for weight.
I have a three blade 32x12 on my La7 and it’s easy to get that flying too fast.
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I repeat one of my earlier posts to ask, “What is the preoccupation with pitch” why not use a larger diameter prop?
A ¼ scale warbird doing 125mph that’s 500mph, they’re not going that speed at Reno! They just look ridiculous. Remember, pitch is for speed, diameter is for weight.
I have a three blade 32x12 on my La7 and it’s easy to get that flying too fast.
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A ¼ scale warbird doing 125mph that’s 500mph, they’re not going that speed at Reno! They just look ridiculous. Remember, pitch is for speed, diameter is for weight.
I have a three blade 32x12 on my La7 and it’s easy to get that flying too fast.
m
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That's the point, if you have a very powerful engine, loading it up with pitch makes the model fly faster, to the point where they are flying too fast and do not look scale so, you load the engine with either diameter or more blades.
Fine pitch is like a low gear the plane will climb better accelerate better and so on, that's why planes take off in fine pitch then go to course for cruising speed.
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Fine pitch is like a low gear the plane will climb better accelerate better and so on, that's why planes take off in fine pitch then go to course for cruising speed.
m
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That's the point, if you have a very powerful engine, loading it up with pitch makes the model fly faster, to the point where they are flying too fast and do not look scale so, you load the engine with either diameter or more blades.
Fine pitch is like a low gear the plane will climb better accelerate better and so on, that's why planes take off in fine pitch then go to course for cruising speed.
m
Fine pitch is like a low gear the plane will climb better accelerate better and so on, that's why planes take off in fine pitch then go to course for cruising speed.
m
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Yes that is a statement of the obvious, what it ignors though is there are two types of pilot, one who uses throttle management and the other who flys the whole flight flat out.
Yes it is about pitch but the engine/airframe has to have the correct diameter quotiant to start with.
m
Yes it is about pitch but the engine/airframe has to have the correct diameter quotiant to start with.
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You asked why the preoccupation with pitch. that was my focus. there are indeed other considerations including ground clearance, engine compartment size, scale appearance, style of flying, and more, but always, no matter what the engine choice, the engines health dictates consideration of pitch given the selected disc.
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I know the CARF corsair cannot handle the speeds my plane is running at. Therefore it is good that it is not a CARF model, but a build from Don Smith plans. And for the scale appearance, it is already overpowered. I've measured over 60# of thrust with the soloprop. And the plane weights the same. So if I want to fly scale and will have to use the throttle. And now with the new heads, even more. I have been thinking of going bigger diameter, but have not seen good ones yet. 38" would be scale size, but that might be too big for the moki.
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It is the 120" version, but modified with hydraulic wing folding. I've also had the thought of repainting it to the Reno schemes, but we'll see.