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Old 11-17-2010 | 02:50 PM
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Default RE: Difference between Gas and Glow engines performance wise


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the bottom line is Gas is better for several reasons .... the cost of fuel is way cheaper, the reliability "engine stalls" is way superior to glow, they don't require tuning before every flight, very low maintenance, fuel tank location not critical like glow, NO MESS !!and on and on. i just got into electrics as i fly turbines and gas stuff and I'm getting rid of all my glow stuff "i don't really use it much anymore" . i won't buy a plane that i can't use at least a g-23-26. Zenoah are old school engines or maybe they were just ahead of their time. they are a very good engine. I have heard a lot of guys saying their ignition modules on the fuji's burned out along with crankcase problems . I recommend DA , Zenoah , ZDZ or 3W . in my opinion they are the best. remember when it comes to cost, you pay for nothing , you get nothing. Once you go gas , you won't go back . WB_1
I don't have experiance with gas, but Ido havelawn equipment, string trimmers, chainsaws, two stroke edgers,etc. Most of those seem less dependable than most of my glow engines. I have one that has to needled constantly, and gas engines are much more sensitive to the needle. Another hardly even needs adjusting but hard to start. Just bought a new trimmer, took it back because it was way to loud and kept stalling. Yeah, I probably could have adjusted it, but if it doesn't run right out of the box, I take it back. Got my money back now shopping. Seems two stroke string trimmers are louder now that they have four strokers.