I got a chance to fly my plane with the ryobi again today after i put the stock ignition back on. it didnt add back much weight but the thing i didnt figure in was the weight was moved furtuther out to the nose so now it is nose heavy. I may have to go back with a electronic again for the weight distribution.
Also my carb was so worn out from all the testing that i decided to go ahead and and install one of the wt577s i got on ebay. while convering itI noticed this carb actually has an acellerator pump that is run off of the throttle shaft. this carb lends itself well to conversion and runs great
I use a single cell 1800 mah LiPoly battery to power my CHXL (essentially an RCEXL) ignition. It weighs a fraction of the weight of a NIXX battery and it runs fine at the lower voltage. Check out the CH ignition web site for tests that Bill has done on ignition function vs. supply battery voltage.
Jack are you sugesting that maybee my battery voltage was not adequate? I had wondered that myself and checked my battery several times and the voltage was 5.95-5.97 every time i checked. I am using a 1800 mah nicad battery