ORIGINAL: flyinrog
ORIGINAL: bigtim
I have always used a timer the one from Radio Shack its loud and easy to use.
for those who run there planes out of fuel and deadstick it in thats not a option for flying scale planes, if your flying a 1/2A floater or a big wing trainer then sure, but a mustang that would be a no.
for the OP just run a tank of fuel out and time your run then set the timer for a couple of min short of that time its easy.
No kind of arguement there...but I deadstick in my extra and there are few 1/2a planes that are floaters, most are for pylon racing, well I guess its might be a 50/50 thing, but even with the racers you just have to learn to bleed off speed and flair at the right time...Rog
you dont need a timer and never will....if you know your engine.
your engine will give you warnings that its running out of fuel
it will rev higher all of a sudden without throttle input, aka lean out due to the fact the engine is now sucking air and fuel. when this happens you usually have around 1 min of fuel
it wont spudder like most would think, if it does sputter, its to late and your out of fuel.
the best way to learn the engine is put a small amount of fuel in the engine and start her up, then listen as it starts to run out of fuel. its more noticible in the air due to the fact your throwing the plane all over the place. or just put her in the air and guess when she will be out of fuel, when you hear a throttle spike land and you should be fine
that being said
you should be able to land 90% of planes deadstick without any damage, some of them really need the power or they drop like a rock