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Old 07-22-2012, 05:01 PM
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Jim Thomerson
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Default RE: CL 1949 Puddle Jumper with AH Drone diesel

It handles well enough to be on an airplane. It has less than an hour running time and I am still learning how to reliably start it. I'm running on Eric Clutton Old English fuel, so it is not any special high ether small diesel mix. The tank is a uniflo, and the engine runs very steady flying around level with ups and downs. The tank as shown is good for about 15 minutes (estimated), so I'm going to start measuring fuel, as plumbing am even smaller tank is not an easy task for me. It does vibrate, so I think it probably has an unbalanced crank like the original Drones.