Smoke
 

Has anyone used the bennett super smoker system ?
How do you like it? Do you have to use there smoke fuel to work well?

Smoke
 

I've got one on my Robin Hood. Works pretty well but you have to reduce the amount of fluid that goes into the muffler or preheat it if you can. The commercial fluid is all I've ever put through it so don't know about that.

Smoke
 

You call that smoke? thats nothing, Ive got a TME system on my stinger and use smokeless and odorless candle parafin. Smokes like crazy!!!

Smoke
 

Where you talking about reply OR racer ??vRacer is real shot .
No smoke ,, most likely unburned fuel and small amount of oil
passing the rings from the high output engine ...

How about TME?
 

TME makes a decent system - and for four-strokes, a gas/trans oil mixture works very well for about 1.5 dollars per gallon instead of 15 dollars per gallon for the ultra dry smoke fluid.

We've got some videos and still shots of the TME in action at the following website: http://www.mit.edu/~juhan/rc_home.html

-Juhan

Smoke
 

I also have a TME on G-62 powered Great Lakes. It does do a better job but I've never tried the parrafin. Tell me more!

Smoke
 

Any input on what smoke system works well for the money and
is not to complicated ??? Going on fuji bt 50 gaser 1/4 plane ..
Thanks rctt

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It would help if you told us what you are putting it in. The best system for a 50cc gas is not the best for a .60 glow. Also where are you putting the smoke tank and what muffler are you using?, Do you want to use a pump, or just crankcase pressure? It's not a black and white question.

shoulda known #####
 

Going on dp 330l 1/4 scale with fuji 46.5 cc bt 50 . be using bennett smoke muff ,,,,,,Thanks

Smoke
 

The DP 330 has lots of room for the smoke tank so keep it as close to the CG as poss. My personal prefferance for smoke systems in large planes are the kind with a pump and regulator. The regulator makes it easier to adjust the volume of oil for max smoke. The most common mistake is to pass too much oil. I've never tried the candle parifin that John reffered too but it sounds like a good idea. The bennett systems are ok and can be made to work well. the Gas/Atf Jsonin uses works well but its very messy, I use what ever stuff the hobby store has on the shelf.

Smoke
 

I have a brand new 1/3 Christen Eagle and it has a TME smoke system in it. I ran the smoke system today for the first time and left the valve wide open. I did this on the ground with the wings off the plane and just to the left of the flight line of our field. Tom, another member of the club was flying 25ft. downwind of my plane and when I turned the smoke on he had to hussle out of the cloud because he could not see his plane. this sucker could give full scale sky writers a run for their money. the engine is a Precision Eagle 4.2 gasser and I could hear the load that the fluid made on the exhaust system. RPM stayed the same but the sound of the exhaust changed. Can't wait to do a hammerhead and have the smoke on and lose sight of the plane for a few seconds. Its going to be a rush. Ken....The "BALSA BANDIT"

Smoke
 

here is what Im using, at craft store!

I dont remember what it cost me though

Right there with you Balsa Bandit...
 

The first time you see the smoke billowing on the ground... I mean displacing a nearby parked Honda Civic or F-150... it gives me chills and giggles. When you completely loose sight of the entire tail section during a low-level inverted, nose-high pass is when my pants get a bit tight. My Yellow Sukhoi is going up next week (armed with another TME/Saito 180 config like our other Yellows) and I'm chomping at the bit!

Outcast is right with the slight messy oil n'gas burn of the TME system, but coupled with the usual four-stroke muffler debris, a quickie windex clean-up is an easy fix.

-Juhan

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johnvh are u still smokeing? what size tanks r u using n any of your smokers?

Fuji 50 smoke
 

I used a simple smoke pump on a Fuji 50 and it smoked great right up until I crashed it. Oh well, back to the work bench and working on Pitts II. Putting a DA 50 in this one with the same simple smoke pump. All checked out ok after the crash.