ORIGINAL: gboulton
Depends on the engine, but probably not.
Good to know. I plan on using one because the place I'm going to fly from once I'm good enough to fly on my own without crashing isn't very clean at all. The air filter on my TC3 is dirty within five minutes, and the same chunk of pavement I drive that on is also my taxiway.
Or at least will be.
No.
You might be expecting slightly different performance ranges from them, but the tuning principles are largely the same.
Ahh, so I should be able to fire and go using the knowledge from my cars then. Sweet
SHOULD it? Wellllll, many of us tend to have this funny quirk about not liking our hands to be anywhere NEAR the 7,000 RPM ginsu knives frequently found near airplane engines, so we tend to avoid the practice...but to each his own.
I meant something like this on a fifth radio channel. Flip a switch on the transmitter and the fuel flow is cut, flip it the other way and full flow is available to the carb.
The reason I ask is that I would use the throttle stop screw to set the idle speed, if the engine has one anyways, just like I do with my cars. I'd still need a way to kill the engine though. I'm also used to running them out of fuel, as that's how I shut the cars off. So if I can get away with using that valve I'd be a happy modeller.
I'm not touching THAT issue.
lol. I know OS is good. I see a lot of guys running Saitos and Thunder Tigers. Beyond that? No idea what's good and what's a paperweight.
Just try to keep in mind that as similar as they are *they are, after all, all glow-fuel powered engines) you'll find enough differences in their normal operating range, sizes, tips, tricks, brands, mountings, and jobs so as to make them a new experience. Be willing to learn, and you'll be fine.
I took to the cars pretty easily so I should be able to learn plane engines pretty quickly. Seems to me that they're similar enough where I should be able to figure it out on my own and have the engine broken in and tuned before the plane sees flight.
Many a trainer has been flown on an OS .40 or .46 sized engine. While there are certainly other choices you can make, few would fault you for selecting such a combo.
Please do, however, bear in mind that someone WILL fault you. This is, after all, the internet.
haha. The specific trainer I'm looking at is the Hobbico NexSTAR. There's two versions, an ARF that doesn't include an engine or electronics, and an RTF that has the whole nine yards. I'm just not sold on the bushed ABN engine in the RTF. Call me spoiled by the standard dual BB ABC engines used in cars if you want, but I'm just not sold on them. If I'm going to buy an engine I might as well get the ARF and buy my own radio too. But the RTF comes with a simulator...decisions decisions...but that's for another thread I guess, when I actually have cash in hand.
ORIGINAL: jetmech05
.no need to run an air filter, we don't fly in dirt.....
Well once I'm competent enough to fly on my own without stuffing it into things I'll be flying out of my own yard and driveway. My driveway gets a ton of dust and debris kicked up onto it from all the cars and trucks. For reference I can't drive my cars for more than five minutes without their filters changing color, and that same chunk of driveway is also my taxiway. The street outside my house is laser straight and smooth enough to serve as a runway.
.glow plugs last a long long time compaired to trucks..
Well damn. I'm using a three year old OS 8 in my NTC3 right now and that runs beautifully. I probably won't have to touch the plug for several gallons in a plane.
driving a truck is not flying an airplane.....get an instructor
I planned on it. I could probably pick it up on my own but I'd rather not chance a crash if I can avoid it entirely. It's no problem if I crash my NTC3. Usually it's not even broken, flip it and go, and this has been the case so far. Even if it does break control arms are cheap, plentiful and easy to replace.
Crash the trainer? It's a pile of scrap wood. It'd be months before I got around to getting it reassembled, and it'd probably never fly the same again. So I figured on getting someone to learn me how to fly it properly before I try to buzz the neighbor's cattle.
ORIGINAL: gboulton
Oh wow...didn't notice until after I posted that you're in Lebanon.<div>
</div><div>By all means, any time you'd like to make your way down south a bit, you're welcome to come fly with us in Murfreesboro any time. Only 95% or so of us are as smart-***ed as I am.
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Haha I plan on heading down there to learn how to fly it in the first place. Gas might cost me a bit much to fly there every time though, I only get 15MPG and I'm out by the Smith County line.
I might head down there anyways just to check things out, mingle, chat and observe.