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Old 01-19-2009 | 02:30 PM
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Default DA 50 maintenance

Hi All,
Sinc many of you just helped me determine a fuel tank size for my first gas ship, I thought i would now ask another related question

I obtained a Chip Hyde double vision with a DA 50, MTW canister and great servos. Upon examining the plane in greater detail, I found the fuel system in bad shape (hence my earler forum question of what tank to use, as I saw he had what I tohught was a large 24 Oz. tank). After shaking my head in disbeleif at how poorly maintained the ship was, I am now of the thought that I should probably ask the crowd here what maintenance I should be thinking about on the DA-50, which I am sure the previous owner's idea of maintnance was to put gas in the tank. This is my first gasser, and I have so far taken a guess that I have some maintenance due on the Walbro carb. So, what should I be looking for on the engine, before I fire it up in a few months (once the Michigan winter recedes). Also, pointers to other threads would be helpful. I have searched a bit here so far and found one good one on cleaning the walbro card screen, but nothing else so far

THanks to all who reply!

Joe