RE: Self taught flying - My diary / progress
Carl.
After reading you had a air bleed Magnum the alarm bells started going off in my head!!!!
I reread your first post and must of missed it the first time.... Magnum GP 40. That's your problem!
I know this little gem very well. The best I can say for it, use it as a paper weight. (NO JOKE!)
Hobby Shack had them on sale back in 1992 and a bunch of us bought them.
I think every one in our maverick flying group had the same problems, take off and dead stick.
We tried a lot of things without success. some of the guys got their money back I think.
I did finally get mine to run okay without quitting by running 30% nitro at a horrible expense!
After that I wouldn't even look at a Magnum engine at the hobby shop.
I'm not picking on Magnum just to be clear, but It took 16 years for me to get brave enough to try another one.
I got a 46 xls off the net for $35 and figured it was worth a try.
Turns out, it's one of the best engines I have, a real power house, better than my OS 46 fx!
At any rate I wanted you to know my experience so that engine wont wreck the hobby for you!
Scott