The Rambler was my second plane and its an awesome plane to fly, leave the retracts in the plane, she flies nice with them tucked in!

I think the SW and the 4* might be to slow of a plane (in my opinion) I have been flying for many years and still enjoy to take out my Rambler.

If you decide to buy it leave the retracts in it and build per manual, you will have allot of fun.


good luck on whatever your choice is

Well I just baught the Rambler 45. I hope I like it. I want to try the retracts I hope they hold ok on a grassfield. What is a good four stroke for this plane.

Best,
Rob

Congrats! good choice, I had a OS46FX in it and it was a blast. As far as the engine I would go for a saito 72.

anyways good luck on whatever you pick

Sweet Rob. You will not regret the decision! The Rambler is a great plane. In terms of the engine... I imagine that the Siato 72 would be a sweet engine but I have had no experience with them. I do, however, have too many O.S. and Y.S. engines :-) I would say the FZ63 would be killer. Of course any O.S. 70 would be fine (Surpass II or Ultimate). Personally, I would put in a Surpass II. If you don't want to spend that kind of money, A Magnum engine isn't that bad either. I'd had their 30 (cute but weak) and their 61 fourstrokes. They don't have the same kind of precision machining but they are good for normal duty work. Quality has been perfect and deadsticks 1 in about 50+ flights. Still don't know what happened... my friend flew her and was trying to get her to hover. Little did he realize that a 8lb+ Cessna Skylane with a 61 fourstroke isn't suppose to be able to do that kind of stuff. hehe. He overshot the runway on the deadstick and cartwheeled her in the grass. Repairable :-)

Anyway, what am I saying here? Surpass 70 or if you're a little more adventurous (or cheaper) a Magnum (ASP) 71.

I just bougtht A Rambler 45 second hand, with a Magnum 61 4stroke.

i took the Magnum out withouyt even flying it, stuck in a 46 AX with Macs Black tuned muffler, and it flew awesome.

It nosed over on our grass field, frequented by deer who dig divots in the field. It was bumpy , bouncy with th erubber wheels on it, retracts installed with a metal gear hight torque servo. The servo hangs out of the wing 1/4 inch...soon to be cowled nicely.

My only gripe is, it wanted to nose over on takeoff , CG at 105 mm. I had to start out slowly , let it bounce around , while holding the elevator full , then gun it , let go of the elevator after speed builds up and then lifts off.

On landing, it was sweet, but have to put full up elevator right after the tail sets down to hold it down. This all on a grassy skunk and deer holed field.

I think the landing gear being right on the CG is why she is tippy, I may try a a little tail weight.

On pavement I am sure this is the cats meow. Glides perfect, flys awesome.

I have one question ...............Who is using Flaperons, spoilerons, airbrake, mixing, , etc.

What is the killer setup??? I have noticed that I needed 3/32" of down elevator after I trimmed her at full thrott and brought her down to look. Maybe a little tail heavy at 105mm ???? Or down thrust needed maybe....hmmmm.........

Boss, on my Tiger 2, the main gear is directly on the CG. It is setup as trike. The plane would not sit on all 3 wheels, it wanted to rest
on the tail instead. So, I bent the main gear rods back about an inch and now it sits perfectly on all three wheels. However, its gonna be a taildragger shortly as the nose gear keeps bending on every landing.

Dave...

When drilling holes in the engine mount is their any particular spot that I should be drilling how far out can I move the engine on the mount? Also is their any trick to centering the engine meaning from side to side as there seems to be about 1/8” of play on the mount from side to side or can I just butt the engine against one side of the raised portion of the mount and drill?

Thanks
Rob

HI ROB

HOPE YOU GOT MY E-MAIL LET ME KNOW . THE ENGINE IS EASY TO MOUNT BUT YOU MUST FIT THE ENGINE
ON THE BEARERS AT THE VERY END THEN OFFER IT UP TO THE FIRE WALL I USED THE EXISTING HOLES
IN THE MOUNT AND FIRE WALL THE AWKWARD BIT IS THE THROTTLE CONTROL ROD IT HAS TO BE
MOVED VERY CLOSE TO THE SIDE WALL USE A BALL AND SOCKET TYPE CONNECTOR ON THE ENGINE
IT WILL GIVE YOU BETTER AJUSTMENT IN FITTING.

My mount had no hole pre-drilled for the engine. So I will do my best to get it drilled correctly.

Thanks
Rob

The manual states the engine's propeller back plate should be 114 mm from the firewall.

Also the stock mount meed to be offset slightly for the propshaft to be inline with the fuselage axis.

So, center the prop shaft so it will come out the cowl center , and make sure the face of the engine's prop backplate clears the cowl...114mm.

Mine looks great and fly even better. OS .46 AX and Macs pipe will make your jaw drop.


Mike