Originally Posted by
acdii
Any new engines I buy though will be Saito FG. I am hooked on the FG-11, 1 hour flying on 12 ounces of fuel can't be beat. It also sounds like a saito and not a weed wacker.
Yeah I like the FG concept in theory, remember lusting after the original FG-36 when it first came out... but I cant bring myself to put one in a plane under 1/4 scale. T ake a simple 60 size bipe that has a $300 FA-100 on it. To convert to gas Id have to sped $500 for the FG-21, add a second battery for the EI, and carry a special fuel mix (20:1).
Even if I got some money back selling the 100 used, Im invested a few hundred $ to save a buck a flight on fuel, and now I have to carry a third fuel mix with me (20:1 gas the saito needs, along with 32:1 gas all my other planes use and glow fuel). Just doesnt seem worth it on a small plane.