Hey Guys,
Got my H9 Solo Sport all ready to fly again since the wing needed balanced and then recovered and with that fixed right, I hope.....I went out early Sunday morning with no one around for some fun!!! I got all fueled up and ready and started her up and finally took off. So far so good...this plane is flying level now and doing great! I love it when it all works right...then about 10 minutes into the flight the engine just died. Ok..fine, dead stick her in then and thank goodness I'm on the approach turn anyway (lucky!). I come in sweet but a little faster then most times and she settles down after two small bounces with no damage or a broken prop. I took her back to the pits and got her ready for another flight....in doing so I noticed the engine wouldn't turn at all! Hydrolock I thought, so I removed the plug but still no movement! [] I got home and took the engine a part and found a lot inside....I guessing it's from the wrong fuel or the cam bearing dried up and sent metal threw the engine or the piston ring came apart. You can see the blurry engine pic and the fuel bottles I used....clearly one mistake since one bottle says it's for 4 stroke engines and the other doesn't but both say 15%. The color is even the same! Now before this last flight I noticed the engine seemed hotter then normal and the exhaust had a grey ting to it which went all over the plane...it wasn't the simi clear oily mess as before. Now this engine has been put threw the ringer being on all my planes so far which means several crashes but what do you guys think? And why isn't that cam bearing sealed anyway? I've got to get another engine and wouldn't mind getting another Magnum 61 fs if I can.