Originally posted by RedWing
The OS 40 LA would fly the plane fine. It took most of the runway to take off.
The fuel was fine and most of the time flying it I was training.
The trainers set up the engine. It was tuned fine but as time went on it got worse and worse. It lost a lot of power. It was hard to start. Now, this is with some of the best flyers at the field setting it up.
It could have been a bad engine...
I do agree it was an easy engine to start and run but if you are going to buy one you should not expect much more than training out of it.
I got rid of it and never looked back.
My TT46 Pro that I paid $69.99 for is far superior.
But that is just my opinion.
Bill
Red Wing,
I have a trainer from TH.
It's the super select 40.
I also run the OS 40 on that one.
I also run it rich.
What I do is give it full throttle.
I have just a bit of elevator set on it for UP.
At around 60 feet it starts to rotate and then I give a bit more elevator and it seems to climb for the sky like a home sick angel.
Maybe your engine needs some attention.
BTW,
I have all the controls adjusted for max throw.
It's not a fast plane and flies more like a truck but take offs are no problem.
It rolls and loops nice but I do need to keep it full bore except when coming in for a landing.
Hope this is of some help.
Maybe thats why TH came out with the new trainer that has the 46-L on it
