jettPilot:
For high altitude you need to stay with a two stroke or an RVC.
An engine like Saito 150 4 Stroke still has a great deal of vibration.
You will find that it will start to misfire around 5,000' to 7,000'.
I have not try-ed to run one on a kerosene based fuel as of yet.
It may take bit of modification to function on it.
For the most part the glow engines that we all use work on the same principle as a Diesel engine.
converting a conventional two stroke is only a mater of a bit of machine work and a carb swap.
jettPilot:
Foe high altitude you real need to stay with a two stroke or an RVC.
An engine like Saito 150 4 Stroke still has a great deal of vibration.
You will find that it will start to misfire around 5,000' to 7,000'.
I have not try-ed to run one on a kerosene based fuel as of yet.
It may take bit of modification to function on it.
For the most part the glow engines that we all use work on the same principle as a Diesel engine.
converting a conventional two stroke is only a mater of a bit of machine work and a carb swap.
I will post a few thing from time to time on
http://www.putfile.com/docairman This site will contain picts and vid as time goes on.
Do to the issues with 911 the site for the sky scout project was taken off the public net.
I will post what has been cleared at docairman in a few days or so.
forbidden_city
You asked about the onboard generator.
It uses a pump that is operated off the vacuum of the engine to turn a sealed impeller connected to a burshless motor.
This setup then feeds AC voltage to the reg and filter boards for distribution.
This is a far cry from the original unit that I was going to use in this plane.
It only came available to me a few weeks ago.
I can not post picts of it, as it is in the patent process as we speak.
As soon as the designer tels me I can post pics I will.
more later
cheers [8D]