Originally Posted by
Glowgeek
I have not run my 180 on anything but 15% nitro.
Equip your 180 with a CDI conversion from CH ignitions and you can run 0% nitro or any fuel you like. With CDI higher nitro contents do little to nothing for peak rpm. With CDI you may see an increase in peak rpm over using 10% nitro with glow ignition. CDI will allow for lower idle rpm and increased fuel economy as well. It's a win-win except for the additional weight of the CDI unit, spark plug and ignition battery. The ignition battery can be eliminated with the introduction of an IBEC (ignition battery eliminator circuit). Tech Aero makes an extremely reliable IBEC.
On my larger (expensive) planes I do run two battery packs but the second pack is not used for the ignition, it's used for redundant power to the RX. The ignition still runs off the IBEC which gets its power and signal from the RX to serve as a kill switch, noise filter and an adjustable voltage regulator to match your required ignition voltage.
https://ch-ignitions.com/product-cat...ersion/single/
https://www.tech-aero.net/ultra-ibec
I would like to avoid adding equipment to the set up if possible. I was thinking more along the line of having to increase the compression, like a Rossi which is set up for low to no nitro. Are Saito engines run in Europe? Are they set up to run on no nitro? Or are the Europeans able to get nitro? These are many of the questions I am seeking answers to.