ORIGINAL: BigNed
Since you guys are talking engine issues here. I have this new Saito in my plane with the tank in the nose, no pump. It 3D's GREAT but when I get a waterfall really cooking it will go deadstick on me while inverted at some point almost everytime. It will ke spin, blender with great inverted flat spin, even pseudo lomcevak with no engine problems. But you start it flipping over and over in a waterfall, it may be the 3d or 10th or 30th rotation but eventually the engine will die. Any suggestions?
Ned, if the fuel can't keep up with the clunk rattling around in the tank at some point you may be grabbing a little air. Just enough to cause that little air pocket in the fuel line and it dies before more fuel gets up there again. Now I don't know where you would put it, but heli pilots sometimes incorporate a little secondary tank. Its about 2 oz. or so. The way its set up is that it is always full from the pressure. Like a resevior between tank and carb. First off I would try some of those violent manuvers with a knowingly full tank to see what happens. Joe