ORIGINAL: Insanemoondoggie
I have this same engine. Check the seal between the carb and the crankcase. If your still on the glow plug you broke the motor in with, good chance it needs changed.
The engine hates cold weather. Throttle transision has never been good , but the few times it has run , it has had lots of power.
It`s the only 2 stroke I have , so I keep messing with it.
Yes...I'm running the same glow plug. I will replace it.
Thanks
cruzomatic
I'm no engine pro by any stretch of the imagination, but I do know that down here in Texas the weather does have some effect on engine performance. With these humid times like now, it usually requires a bit more of a richer setting. Just make sure you tune before take off especially on the first flight of the day. Always lean for max RPM then richen up a couple of clicks back or 300 RPM if you're using a tach. I like evos. I only have one which is their .46 and its run perfect for me. I wouldn't worry too much about it, just get it tuned right.
Good luck.
Your right... Whew, I guess it is normal. It took a extra 1/4 turn richer... than she ran fine. No one was at the field except for my wife... so I took a guess at the problem. It scared me when she started to sound sick after my second flight that day. But when I landed it and it quit, I started to worry. My last flight I richened it and it was fine... didn't know that was normal in hot humid conditions.
I told my wife I was going to question it that day it happened on this forum because I didn't know.
Thanks guys!
Luftwaffe Oberst
Radio Aero Modelers Club
Pulaski, NY