Originally Posted by
w8ye
Our gasoline model airplane engines rarely run over 8500 rpm and the majority are 6500 - 7000.
The reeds seldom float.
Most of my chainsaws will run 14,000 when not cutting wood. In the wood they are 9500. But my chainsaws don't have reed valves either. They are all piston ported.
+1
W8YE, are you a saw collector? I'm not and sadly, I let my family's old saws get away at an auction when I wasn't thinking quite right. Oh well.