RE: Installing Cline for Dummies
I put the regulator as close to the carb as possible. I usually cut a piece of fuel tubing about 3/4" long and hook one side to the Cline and the other side to the carb. As close a possible.
I have not had much luck running the Cline with a remote needle.
The absolute best way to hook it up -- IMO is to have the needle in the carb. Put the Cline as close as you can get it to the carb.
The check valve simply pushes up into the fuel tubing. Keep the check valve as close as you can get it to the backplate. Push it up inside the tubing about 3/4" and then push the tubing on your pressure nipple in the backplate. Done. It really works great and is very simple.
You do not have to tune the engine as rich as normal. Remember, we tune glow engines rich to compensate for the lean condition when the tank gets low on fuel at the end of the flight. The Cline--with a pressurized fuel tank--will suck every last drop out of the tank. You do not have to worry about the engine going lean at the end of the tank.
Tune the engine for max RPM and back the needle up about 3 clicks. Point the nose up at full throttle. It should just run.
Tuning the low end is going to take some PRECISE tinkering. The Cline only does what you tell it to do. If you do not tune the low end lean enough--you will flood the engine and be plagued with rough transitions and poor running at idle. This is NOT the fault of the Cline. You need to tune the low speed perfectly.
You will actually have to richen the low speed needle to make it run properly with the Cline installed--but you should not willy nilly open it 1/2 turn and call it good. Spend the time to tweak the low speed needle for perfect idle and good transition after extended idling. The engine should be able to idle an entire tank and snap to full throttle when you ask. If your engine does not idle for at LEAST 45 seconds and then transition smoothly to full throttle--you're not done tuning the low speed needle. It WILL run perfectly--if you spend the time to tweak it.
Good luck. I really wouldn't run it with a remote needle, but I'll be proud of you, if you can make it work. [sm=thumbup.gif]