ORIGINAL: qwazzy123
I would like to purchace a .71 engine , can anyone recomend a good brand name and web site to purchase from. At Tower, there is Fox,GMS,O.S. , Super Tiger, Thunder Tiger and Tower Hobbies.
Tower Hobbies .75 Ball Bearing ABC Schnuerle is the cheapest....is this engine any good or should I stay away from it?
So many decisions....so little time
Thanks
Qwazzy
From your statement I presume you are looking for a 2 stroke.
OS and Thunder Tiger are excellent engines and you will not go wrong with one of them. The GMS engine is also a very good engine AND extremely powerful, but it does require more "fiddling" with than OS or Thunder Tiger to get running right.
Tower engines are made by GMS but with a different carb. I have had the Tower 46 engines. With the 46's I have had, the power was excellent and the transition and idle were quite good. The bad news - they will not shut off with the transmitter. Perhaps 1 out of 5 engines will shut off with the transmitter. I don't know if this carries over to the 75 or not. To me, not being able to shut the engine down with the transmitter is a MAJOR safety hazard and an ACCIDENT WAITING TO HAPPEN. Other users of the Tower 46 have also reported poor idle and transition in addition to the shut down problem.
I have not heard any reports of the GMS not shutting down with the transmitter. Paul McIntosh
[email protected]
is the person to contact about the GMS engines. He has quite a bit of experience with them and can tell you the ins, outs and quirks of them.
If you want to go with a 4 stroke, get a Saito. User friendly, runs great and sips fuel.
Hopes this helps.