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Old 08-25-2018, 12:28 PM
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Elmshoot. Yes , Enya 2.40 twin. Each cylinder has it's own carb. POWERHOUSE. I ran it with a 20-8 or maybe 20-6 and it towed a long banner with ease. Trigger off the banner and it shot ahead noticeably. I had it overhauled by a fella up North and have yet to get any serious runs. My figuring is I put a new tank with too small a pickup tube thus it starves when 2/3 to open throttle. I've had other fellas tell me they ran each carb/cyl from different tanks. Logical but complications with installing them.

Engine has no choke so starting largely done with electric starter. Before the crash, I had a remote battery plug that worked just fine. After rebuild , I got fancy and put on an onboard glow switched thru the gear retract.

I flew this beauty for near 15 years with the VT 240 and once I learned the engine set up, It seldom let me down. Even with one cylinder out, a return to base can be accomplished.