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Forum: Redcat Racing Support

06-16-2011, 02:58 PM

Replies: 7

So is the Hurricane XTR a good buggy for racing???

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Posted By travwhit

RE: So is the Hurricane XTR a good buggy for racing???

Yes there is too much heat, so much that it is melting my breather canister where it touches the head. I leaned out the LSN till I could pinch the fuel tube and say "one mississippi.." and it would...

Forum: Redcat Racing Support

06-12-2011, 07:10 PM

Replies: 7

So is the Hurricane XTR a good buggy for racing???

Views: 3,543

Posted By travwhit

RE: So is the Hurricane XTR a good buggy for racing???

I just bought a 2011 Hurricane XTR with the SH 28 P3 slide carb which I just got broke in good with O'Donnell 20%. She has always cranked on the first or second pull and so far it has passed my...

Forum: Gas Engines

04-16-2009, 04:49 PM

Replies: 6,847

RCGF Engines

Views: 920,055

Posted By travwhit

RE: RCGF Engines

I have a Sig Four-Star 120 with an 81-inch wingspan and the airframe tolerates the RCGF 26cc engine and JXF 18X8 prop very well, but I wish I had went with a 40cc because I had to add weight to the...

Forum: Gas Engines

04-15-2009, 06:19 PM

Replies: 13

Max carb bore for a 26cc engine

Views: 7,353

Posted By travwhit

RE: Max carb bore for a 26cc engine

Just bought a CRGF 26cc engine and after breaking it in by the book (2 Gallons at 2500 with occasional short burst of WOT) I am getting 9030 RPMs with an APC 16X8 prop, high octane with 5 OZ of Klotz...

Forum: Gas Engines

04-08-2009, 11:41 AM

Replies: 2

RCGF Pressure Hose?

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Posted By travwhit

RCGF Pressure Hose?

Recently I bought a RCGF 26CI gas engine and I was going to try and flip the carb 180 degrees for throttle cable routing conveniance. There is a hose that comes out of the crankcase and goes to the...

Forum: Gas Engines

04-04-2009, 02:23 PM

Replies: 5

New RCGF 26 CC Engine

Views: 1,937

Posted By travwhit

RE: New RCGF 26 CC Engine

Thanks guys, I found it . RCGF OPERATING INSTRUCTIONS

Forum: Gas Engines

04-03-2009, 03:14 PM

Replies: 5

New RCGF 26 CC Engine

Views: 1,937

Posted By travwhit

RE: New RCGF 26 CC Engine

Can someone tell me or direct me to the proper break-in procedure for a RCGF 26I engine?

Forum: Glow Engines

03-23-2009, 04:25 PM

Replies: 10

MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

Views: 1,808

Posted By travwhit

RE: MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

Thanks for the heads up.

Forum: Glow Engines

03-23-2009, 10:54 AM

Replies: 10

MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

Views: 1,808

Posted By travwhit

RE: MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

What about a GMS 120? Will that fit? I called tower and no-one seems to have the cross-over numbers.

Trav

Forum: Glow Engines

03-22-2009, 10:30 PM

Replies: 10

MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

Views: 1,808

Posted By travwhit

RE: MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

Mine came with a Bolly pitts pipe on it, where you mount the engine sideways. The Four Star has regular straight up mounting so I would like a standard muffler, the guy I bought it from said several...

Forum: Glow Engines

03-22-2009, 09:10 PM

Replies: 10

MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

Views: 1,808

Posted By travwhit

MDS 1.48 2-STROKE

This week-end I bought a MDS 1.48 at a swap meet, it came without muffler. does anyone out there know where I can find a muffler at a reasonable price? It is going to be powering a Sig 120...

Forum: Glow Engines

03-20-2009, 12:48 PM

Replies: 2,977

Club Enya

Views: 484,672

Posted By travwhit

RE: Club Enya

How do you replace bearings in a ENYA 80-4C with removable front housing? Is there a trick to it?

Trav

Forum: Glow Engines

03-02-2009, 01:15 PM

Replies: 98

Myth Buster, Gas Cheaper than Glow?

Views: 7,267

Posted By travwhit

RE: Myth Buster, Gas Cheaper than Glow?

Kmot, What is this LHS? How do I look it up or find it?

Trav

Forum: Park Flyers & Backyard Flyers

02-07-2009, 02:21 PM

Replies: 5

Parkzone smoking engine, will it still work?

Views: 590

Posted By travwhit

RE: Parkzone smoking engine, will it still work?

There is no way to tell short of taking the motor apart and inspecting it. You may have a winding close to burned through and the vibration and heat caused from flight may burn it the rest of the...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-27-2009, 01:53 PM

Replies: 17

evolution 46 problem

Views: 5,382

Posted By travwhit

RE: evolution 46 problem

Get you a 2 ounce bottle of versachem lion gasket shellac and seal the back cover, and muffler with gaskets plus this. It is easier and cleaner to paint this on with an artist brush instead of the...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-26-2009, 02:48 PM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

Yes that looks to be my plane, the dihedril is right and it is made for a .46 size engine. I see they are sold out, but I didn't like this one as well as I did the trainer on E-Bay that I lost...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-26-2009, 12:10 AM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

Thanks Ed, I am going to take everyone's advice and leave my IR gun at the house. I've got it set now to take off from about a 15 foot run using an 11X7 prop. It will pull vertical till you can't...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-25-2009, 06:48 PM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

Charley, I dont mean to be stupid, wait a minute, cancel that! How do you set your high speed needle? I just came from the field and it took a lot of encouragement to get the Tower .46 to fly...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-25-2009, 11:02 AM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

My temp gun doesn't worry me about accuracy, and it has been helpful in finding A/C trouble and full size engine problems, I am a Master Mechanic by trade. Usually the people who do not like IR temp...

Forum: RC Flight Simulator Software

01-25-2009, 09:52 AM

Replies: 12

FSOne no instructor voice

Views: 878

Posted By travwhit

RE: FSOne no instructor voice

Open up your master volume controls and be sure your Wave and SW Synth volumes are up and not muted.

Forum: Glow Engines

01-24-2009, 11:48 PM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

The reason why I was running an 11X5 prop is because I was having to take off from a new grass runway which was mud and water through December and I didn't want long roll outs. Now (Jan. 24) the...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-24-2009, 04:47 PM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

Ed, the plane has a wingspan of 65 inches, one degree of dihedral, wing area is 744 sq. inches and a body length of 49.2 inches. With movement total of 30 mm on aileron, 40 mm on elevator(I probably...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-24-2009, 12:51 AM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

Maybe I am being a little too careful. I removed the engine so I could check it really good for air leaks, found nothing. I can live with the rich at mid-range because it is just a little studder...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-23-2009, 10:00 PM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

RE: Tower Hobbies .46

I will agree with the running hot issue, just trying to figure out why.

Trav

Forum: Glow Engines

01-23-2009, 09:30 PM

Replies: 26

Tower Hobbies .46

Views: 2,782

Posted By travwhit

Tower Hobbies .46

I have been tuning a new Tower Hobbies .46 with an 11X5 Nextstar red tip prop on it and at one point thought I was ready to go fly, however I was running a little hot at 340 degrees. I use 10%...

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