ORIGINAL: slammin_sam
I bought an LA 40 from Tower a couple of weeks ago and put it on an Oriental. I broke it in carefully but am not satisfied at all with its performance. I have a Brodak 40 on a Nobler that runs circles around the LA 40. Now I hear that people are 'reworking' the LA 40 to make it perform more like a CL engine. Anyone out there have any experience with one?
What prop and fuel are you using? I've got an LA40 that gives great stunt runs straight out of the box. Are you expecting it to 4-2-4? It won't do that. Run it wet 2 stroke. I know of no one wasting their time or money doing mods on any of the LA engines. What about its performance is it that you are disatisfied with? I just got back from a contest where I flew a pathfinder with an LA46 and was very pleased with the performance.
regards,
catdaddy