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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.
just remember...hopefully, you'll spend about 5 seconds there. Seriously...you certainly CAN run an air filter, but very very few do, and there's almost NEVER a need for one.
We fly at a LANDFILL for crying out loud, and don't run air filters. *heh*
Ahh, so I should be able to fire and go using the knowledge from my cars then. Sweet
More or less, yeah. i mean..glow engines are glow engines. Needles will react more or less the same. Can't remember if most car engines have 'low end" needles or not..memory says most don't...so that might be new.
Basically, though, yeah..leaner is leaner, richer is richer, with the same sorts of impacts on performance, condition, longevity, etc.
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.
Eh...sure, you can. but why add the weight?
We don't deal (usually) with spring loaded carbs in the airplane world. The sero positions the carb where we want it, and it stays there till we move the left stick. heck, LOTS of guys simply chuck the "throttle stop screw"..it's pointless. Program the radio for idle to be where you want idle to be. Trim (or a throttle close button...some radios have such a feature) will then run the throttle closed to kill the engine.
So...again..why spend extra money to complicate the mechanics and add extra weight to the airplane all to achieve something that's easily done in a simpler fashion with less parts to fail
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.
Ya know what? if you trust OS, are comfortable with them, and have found them to be reliable, then go with an OS. They're hugely popular for a reason, LOTS of guys fly them, you'll find tons of help and advice (some of it may actually even be useful) and things will work just fine. Don't beg for trouble where there is none.
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.
Eh...all I'll say is overconfidence has killed a BUNCH of airplanes.
I mean, sure..you probably CAN do those things...and again, lots of guys do it that way. Lots of other folks break the engines in IN FLIGHT...and have pretty solid reasons for it.
So...all I'm saying is don't decide "Oh..I've done cars, so this'll be easy, I'll do this and be fine!" without at least giving your eyes and ears a CHANCE to be exposed to folks with a few years more airplane experience.
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.
The NexStar has taught a BUNCH of people to fly, some of them were even my former students, and have lived to tell the tale. *lol* A fine choice for a trainer, either selection will do what you need, imo
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.
Tell ya what.
I got an electric powered Tower 60 trainer (That's my son holding it in my avatar, after HIS first flight on it), a couple of Spektrum radios, and a buddy cord hanging in the trailer ALL the time. You drop me a PM when you want to go fly, and we'll make it happen.
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