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Old 01-02-2005 | 10:21 PM
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Default RE: Aresti engine mounted upside down help.

sitney....

....I have an Arresti with a .60 2-cycle in it. I wanted to show you
the carb spraybar height, as compared to the tank height. This is
important. As you can see, the needle valve (which is in the center
of the spraybar) is just slightly lower than center of the tank. This
is just fine.

An inverted two stroke doesn't flood very easily, because the fuel
will drip out on the ground, rather than into the engine. The four
cycle will be about the same, because the carb is mounted behind
the engine at aprox. the engine centerline, which is close to the tank
centerline as well.

The choice is yours....flip a coin. Be sure to brace the tail feathers on
the Arresti, or they will fail if the plane is pushed. I diminished the size
of the elevator as well, it is way too large, and prone to flutter.

Check out some of the Arresti threads hear at RCU.

FBD.
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