jstanton

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Scott,

I cannot wait either. My Cap-232 is wanting one real bad. Let me know when they are ready

Scott Ellingson

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Jim,

We are still about 2 weeks out. I have a couple changes to the center section of the crankcase being done, then they are ready to run. I have the parts for 3 54cc's and one 60cc now. I ordered all the stuff for 4 more 60's today. I also ordered 10 more crankcases. I am BROKE now

Scott

jstanton

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Sorry to here about you financial situation, but I know you'll sell these engines. Your workmanship and customer service cannot be beat. I know I want one for these engines once they are ready. I am going to start to build my Cap-232 this coming week so it will be ready for the big Brillelli once it gets here.

Zippi

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Looks like I'm going all gas. I have two nitro planes left, my Laser 200 and my Edge 540. I want to fly the Laser 200 a lot more this summer but later on I'll be selling it to make way for the gassers coming on board . Something about gas ..... once you fly a plane with gas it's hard to go back to nitro. Keep up the good work on those engines Scott.

jstanton

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Zippi

I agree 100% with you on this. I will be selling all of my Nitro engines and planes at a community day event our club is having in August. With that money I plan on buying a Balsa USA 1/4 scale Fokker D-VII kit for a winter project and of course I want a gas engine for it as well.

NM2K

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BTDT. You'll be back. <G>

Zippi

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You might be right Artisan. But the trip it a lot of fun. What made you go back to Nitro?

Zippi

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Here are a couple more pics of My Giles 202. The better half said pics look better with something or someone in the pic to show the size of the plane. I knew I kept her around for some reason .

NM2K

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[quote]ORIGINAL: Zippi

You might be right Artisan. But the trip it a lot of fun. What made you go back to Nitro?


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Nostalgia, mostly. But I kept the gassers and ended up buying some electrics too. No reason to give up anything.

jstanton

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Zippi,

Nice looking pics of the plane and your OK I guess! I talked to Scott last night about my carb problem I have been having and he helped me figure out the probelm. My 25Gt engine is back and ruuning right once again. He told me he worked with you and that you have your idle problem fixed. Now the guy's at your field will have something nice to say about these little engines. The guy's at my field have already bought 2 more engines from Scott and plan on getting more, not becasue they are great engines but they see and hear me talking to Scott at the field. Bobby said you can't get DA or Zenoah on the phone over the weekend to help. Now that is what customer servcie is all about and Brillelli will sell ton's of these engine just because of that.

Good luck flying that bueatiful Giles-202

Scott Ellingson

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Jim,

That is the one weak link on a gas engine. The carb. You had a week or so of fighting and trial and error, and all because of a little piece of grit in the metering needle Just goes to show how the smallest things can ruin a day of flying!

Scott

ljones5000

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After my crash I had to send my 25GT back "home" for repairs, new crank and I'm not sure what else. It spits black goop like it did when new. Anyway, when I first cranked it last Sunday it would not throttle up past 1/2 without dying so Scott tod me to replace the tube between crankcase and carb (pulse line?). I also put on a different throttle servo to replace a real cheap one that seemed to be jumping around. Now it is running good and everytime I crank it, I get a few more rpm. Today it tached 8200 with a 16X8 Mejzlik (danged prop cost nearly as much as the engine but I HAD to see what it woud do).

Needless to say, I had to buy a new airplane as my WildHare 540 was out of warranty (Ha!). Everything is ready to go now and I will fly tomorrow if the weather permits. If not tomorrow, next week.

Wish me luck.

Larry

By the way, I pretty much got the cranking down pat. I use my little homemade choke (wine stopper with brass tube thru it), flip a few times at full throttle till it pops, remove choke, throttle two clicks above idle, and sometimes it cranks in one flip, sometimes two. Can't beat that.

Zippi

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I have the starting thing down to a science guys. No need for the wine cork. (1) Turn on TX & RX and move throttle to full.(2) Hold thumb over velosity stack and rotate prop through 3-4 times. (3) Turn on EI and move throttle to three clicks about idle. (4) Start flipping, starts in 3-5 flips. The engine just sounds so sweet .

Jim,
My wife thinks I'm ok so we'll just leave it at that .

jstanton

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Zippi,

I'll try your starting procedure tomorrow. It sounds like it will work better than what I havew been doing. My finger is sore!

Zippi

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Works pretty good for me Jim. I set both of my needles back to 1 1/2 open and started over from there. I think I have it pretty good now but we'll see in a few days once I get it in the air. Does your plane have wrinkles in the covering under the big decal on the right wing panel? Not to sure on how to get those out.

gwulle

Zippi;
As you can tell I have been out of pocket for a few weeks. It's hurricane season here and I am a insurance agent. Everyone is in panic mode. Alot of late nights lately. I finally read yor reply tonight so I went out to my shop and took some pic's of the PT-17 and threw in one of my new Sig Sundancer with a Brillelli 46cc w/C&H EI. Sorry for the late response.

Gaines

jstanton

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Zippi,

Yes I do have those same wrinkles and I don'nt know how to get rid of them either. With them being under the decal I don't think we can shrink them out.

I'll let you know how everything goes tomorrow at the field. We should have clear weather, a little hot but good.

Zippi

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That is one pretty looking PT-17 gwulle. Is that the GP ARF? Is that also a Brillelli 46cc on the Stearman? I kinda perfer the Super Stearman with the cowl and the red and white color scheme. I'd like to see that PT-17 fly when you get her done.

Jim,
I think I might try putting a shop towel over the decal and apply the heat. I might get lucky. Everyone kept saying that this was a low heat covering but I have to turn my iron almost all the way up to get it to take wrinkles out. I hope everything goes good today. Do you plan on shooting another video of the Giles 202? Looks like rain heading our way for this weekend so I'm not sure at this point if I'll be able to get out or not. Water stands on our concrete runway and also it pools in areas on the grass runway which makes it very difficult to get a big plane off the ground. The smaller planes have a better shot at it.

karolh

That's the exact same procedure I use to start my EI G23....works like a charm every time.

Karol

jstanton

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Zippi,

I hope the weather stays away long enough for you to get some flights in. I had some bad luck at the field today. The Giles was flying great, I had just come out of a knife edge and leveled off. Backed off a little on the throttle to do a touch a go and then she went dead. I had to much speed to burn off and I was already half way over the field. I had to do a had left bank witch she dropped and picked up more speed. I landed in the pasture. The plane itself is OK, but the Chip Hyde landing gear is bent pretty bad, and it broke the spark plug. I can fix everything, but I am a little frustrated with everything. I'll put it up for a few days than take it down and repair it after I am cooled off...[&o][&o]

I'll try and get some more video when I have the Giles repaired and flying again.

ljones5000

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Sorry Jim but sounds like it could have been a lot worse. Good idea to let it rest a while before tackling repairs. I'm sure you'll be back stronger than ever before you know it.

I flew my Edge 540 today, first flight on this plane and the repaired engine. The engine is running fantastic on the ground, turning 8350 this morning with the 16X8 Mejzlik. It's still spewing black goo and I'll be glad when that phase is over. I'm puzzled as the engine is going rich in the air and losing lots of power. I already have a static line running into the fuse and I don't know exactly what to do next. I'll get it figured out; the engine is going to be great for this plane when I get it running in the air the same way it is running on the ground.

Larry

Zippi

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Scott gave me some pointers on tuning the engine that worked for me. I set both the low end and high end at 1 1/2 turns out. I fired the engine up and the high end was a little rich so I leaned it out about 1/8 of a turn. Now I have a good idle at 2400-2500 rpm, good transition, and at full throttle I'm getting around 8300-8400 rpm. I'll see this weekend how it does in the air.

Jim,
Sorry to here about your plane. Any idea why it shut down on you? You seamed to have it running pretty good. You'll have it back up and running in no time. On one of my dead stick landings I had no choice but to land with the wind and I touched down about 3/4 down the runway and ended up in the bean field still on it's wheels with not a scratch on the plane. Good thing that the beans are just beginning to spout.

gwulle

Zippi;
That's a Brillelli 25GT on the GP PT-17 and a Brillelli 46cc EI on the Sundancer. I have been flying the Stearman about a month and the plane flys like a trainer. I am going to maiden the Sundancer Saturday. Have a great day!

Gaines

Zippi

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I imagine that the PT-17 and the Super Stearman are about the same size. Both are very good looking planes. I would love to have the Super Stearman with the Brillelli 40cc engine on the business end with a smoke system . Do you plan on getting any video?

gwulle

I will get one of the fellows at the field to do a video for me. From what I can tell the GP Super Stearman and the PT-17 are the same air frame with mods made to the upper wing and the cowl. I also have a Hanger 9 26% Extra 260, that I have removed a Saito 220 and I am going to put a Brillelli 46cc EI or the new 50cc Scott is working on. I love his engines and service. Catch you later.


Gaines