ORIGINAL: AERORICH73
Gee what a nice video and flying model. Really enjoyed your aerial trip into the sky. Would like to know what engine you have installed. The video sound did not make it clear as to the engine speed during the flight. It was encouraging to see that no needle valve tweeking was needed as you already had the fuel amount dialed in from previous flying. Welcome back to the joy of RC flying. Thanks for sharing.
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The engine is a Thunder Tiger Pro .61. Back when I built the plane and installed the engine I actually ran a couple of tanks of fuel through the engine to break it in. After that I added some 3-1 oil, moved and never touched it until about Nov '08 when I decided to make it air worthy again.
I pulled the engine out of the plane and used alcohol to clean out the engine. It had a little bit of rust in the muffler (the long screw that runs the length of the muffler). I put it on a test stand and it started right up.
The engine runs great. It starts right up and it's fast. I've had to dial down the speed a little with a lower pitch prop but the plane flies great.