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Old 09-14-2003 | 08:00 PM
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Default Glow engine setup for IMAC

I'm building the Midwest G-202 for IMAC. I wanted to put a gasser on the firewall, but it's just too heavy.

How do you put a glow engine in an aerobat with the tank on the CG??

I tried this with my SIG Cap 231 and a ST2500 engine. I had a 20oz. tank on the CG with a Perry VP-20 oscillating pump. No reliability. I switch lines, installed bypass lines, turned the pressure up, turned the pressure down-all bad. Engine would die on hard vertical snaps and long uplines.

I tried the same thing on my H9 Cap 232 with a ST3000. 24oz tank on the CG with a Perry VP-20. Same problems.

On both of these planes, I could watch it idle an entire tank on the bench with no problems. Both planes would run full throttle with the nose pointed straight up for an entire tank. Both planes would run full throttle while sitting level or inverted. But every time I did a hard snap or long vertical upline- I had a deadstick.

I can't seam to figure out how to mount my tank on the CG and get good, consistant fuel flow to the glow engines.

I just read about the Iron Bay regulator. Will it work? Anyone have experience with it?

Need help. Any comments or advice would be very much appreciated.