ORIGINAL: jstanton

Longaly

No sorry to say my Stingray come to a sad ending. The Ryobi is fine and is still running good. I just don'y have a plane for it at the moment. The Mac 38cc engine I got from Scott Ellingson had some trouble with it starting. Scott took the engine back and it seems the Mac 38cc has to spin at 1400rpm to start with the magneto. My craftsman 18v would only spin it at 900RPM. That is more than enough to start the Ryobi it would not start the Mac 38cc. Scott is a great guy and he gave me a total tade in on a Mac 42cc with electronic ignition. Scott says the engine starts by hand flipping it and spins a APC 18x8 prop at 8600 RPM. That is 1400 more RPM than my Ryobi. I just mounted the new Mac 42cc to the Giant Big Stick and she looks great. I had to go the the LHS to pick up a switch for the EI and I plan on starting her this weekend. The weather will not be any good to fly so I will work on it to get it running right when I can get to the field. I will post some more picks and let you know how Scott's new Mac 42cc works out. I think she'll go straight up out of site.

Thanks