Giant Top Flite P-47 Thunderbolt frequent Engine failures
Dear all,
On Sunday I have made a flight with my Giant TF P-47. It is powered by a ZDZ60 with Binks carb. Everything went all right in the preflightchecks but unfortunately the bird (weights 35 pounds) had suffered engine failure and was forced to a quite heavy landing. This resulted in breaking 3 blades of the 4 blade Soloprop and one destroyed robostrut. I suppose that it is a minimal damge if you think that the engine failure happened downwind and thank god I landed it by applying the flaps and retracts litterally the last minute...
Did any body else faced problems with the ZDZ and the Binks carb? One think to mention is that the carb is not setting up like the rest of the gassers (walbro etc.) The setting is as follow: The high RPM valve is almost closed and the other valve is 2 turns from full open.
Did anybody replaced the carb with another one? Or the ZDZ is not working properly?
I am a user of 3W, US41, and I didn't face any troubles at all up to know. I am looking of your help in decimating my problem the best way possible.
Best regards to all
Johnnie Red.