ORIGINAL: aussiesteve
Yep
I check every engine regardless of make and Ralph and Larry are very right indeed. Some brands are good, others not so but it is always a good idea to check it. (My previous post was meant to refer to my BME's not being supplied with the timing wheel)
I am sure many of us are watcing the outcome on this (Including me). As I really do believe these engines will be a real contender for the size range. Hopefully Matts is just ''one of those bad luck things''.
The power is there especially on pipe. The two flights I had with mine were not average by any account. I flew them at half throttle mostly and had pretty much OOS vertical. Flying the whole schedule at half throttle or less is pretty neat. The plane is less than 11 pounds tho..... Timing was not checked unfortunately. It never really occurred to me that mighty OS would screw that up
In meantime, while I wait, the Mintor 38 installation in the Extra is just about done. I had to reposition the throttle and choke arms to fit my application and also took the opportunity when disassembled to remove the extra hold levers that particular model Walbro has on it. Also needed to separate the arms from each other. Decided to drive the choke with a servo rather than manually. Now let's hope for nice weather next weekend.