G'day Bill. I have a small Tiger Moth which now has a very early OS 40 FS in it. Until recently it had a Saito 30 which was fine but just a little under powered when it was windy. The OS is just nice with a little in reserve. I love to just float it around and play touch-and-goes. I built it as a sort of bi-plane trainer for me as I also have a Hanger 9 Sopwith Camel with a Saito 90R3 in it waiting for me to get brave. I have seen one fly and they do fly quite well but I just have to get the bravery up a bit further and the Tiger Moth has been good for that.

A friend has a 1/4 scale Tiger Moth painted up in British WWII markings and powered by a Laser 150. Now that is a very nice aeroplane/engine combination. Very gentle flying, quiet and looks amazing as it putters past low and slow. I am currently trying to convince him to bring it to our Dubbo Warbirds for Dummies Fun Fly in April. If he does, it will steal the show.

I've been playing with the new Saito 90TS today. It was going to start out in my old Goldberg Cub but that would have meant quite a bit of hacking and changing so I have screwed it to the front of my ARF Sig Kadet Senior and it really looks the part. I think I will ask Sig if I can buy a new cowl and keep the original one for a single cylinder engine. The twin will not be staying permanently in the Kadet, just getting some running while I build a new Cub for it. The original corrugated flexible exhausts don't look all that wonderful. I think I will try to get some other sort of exhaust for it. Any suggestings? Keleo do not list one for the 90TS.