Originally Posted by
Rudolph Hart
Good luck getting hold of a saito fa115,incredibly friendly engine,it so nice to fly.Handrolled three paper cuban cigars are good when you need to mull over a saito engine tuning problem
Gary what size tanks do you normally fly with the fa82?
ps jim,have you ever seen some of the old charlie chaplin black and white movies? there's one where he's walking down this old cobblestone street and there's an open manhole cover everyone knows he's about to step in to,but instead he steps over it,slips on a banana peel and falls backwards down the hole.Does that sum up your wing retracts saga ?
In most cases, 325 to 440 ml tanks. I do a LOT of flying at very low throttle settings. At those settings the .82 is pretty darn easy on glow fuel. Often, after a 10 to 15 minute flight I find the tank is nearly 1/2 full.
BTW, I do have a brand new FA 1.15 still in the box. I just prefer to have a spare engine on hand whenever I build a plane for a particular engine.
OK Jim, Next one is yours. But after that..... ..... ....