ORIGINAL: asmund
Ed, my goal is to get in at about 10 lbs, maybe 11. I have on hand the Edge540 26cc from Peak. It is supposed to weigh 4 kilos with the SPE 26 and my MVVS is about 400 grams more because of the tuned pipe. I think I will stay just under 5 kilos and have about 8-9 kilos of pull. That should be fun! I will not maiden it until next spring because winter is bad around here
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That sounds like a nice combination.
The one thing that gasoline fueled engines can give us (not all do) is more running consistency than glow engines generally provide.
I am a Saito engine fan, but not for anything competition/pattern. For that purpose, to me, the only glow engine worth consideration is a YS or some of the made for pattern OS engines. Yep, there is a new Italian engine line that some folks are raving about and that I cannot remember its name. Is this a flash in the pan or something that will be around for a while? Only time will tell.
I would love to have been (won't happen in this lifetime) the first FAI competitor that placed well with a gasoline fueled engine. That would have been a kick.
Ed Cregger