Another update on project poulan. Today I was staring blankly at my engine bored out of my mind and i got an idea. I decided to try it on gas/glow. At first, I was having trouble starting it (mixture was waaaay too rich) and with a bit of fooling around, i got it to run reasonably well. Power increased to 7400 rpm on the same 16-8 prop, and i didnt get a reading on the low end. I didnt get to really tune it, cause my bloody glow driver died on me. Now im wondering if i will go to EI or not. I figure that with a 15-8 prop, it will increase the rpms quite a bit (maybe to just over 8000? ) and it will make the engine lighter. Set up on gas/glow, it will weigh about 2.5 lbs give or take a few oz.
The plane i want to put it in will be a sig smith miniplane enlarged to a 64" wingspan. I havent started the build yet, but hope to in the near future.