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02-28-2019, 11:26 AM
LOL you guys are cracking me up !!!
thank you Gary very much, but no thank you, if I bought it I would want another plane LOL, and as of now I need 3 more planes as it is..
Dave, rather you would have bought it or not I know you would have wanted to see it, how about painting it a soft fuzzy red, not a dark red, you could sand blast the gold off the rocker covers and paint them black.
Jim
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thank you Gary very much, but no thank you, if I bought it I would want another plane LOL, and as of now I need 3 more planes as it is..
Dave, rather you would have bought it or not I know you would have wanted to see it, how about painting it a soft fuzzy red, not a dark red, you could sand blast the gold off the rocker covers and paint them black.
Jim
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Don't know about that kid not walking. I was 4 when I got the operation. Lost 15 pounds.Here is another pic of the carb spacer for inverted installations where the tank is too high. As you can see, the carb centerline is raised a full 24 mm.
Last edited by Jesse Open; 02-28-2019 at 02:37 PM.
02-28-2019, 02:36 PM
Got both, do you want a factory setup exhaust? The case I have is perfectly usable but one corner of the mount has been welded, re-milled and drilled spot on dimension.
I will get a pic this evening. I just got back to work from home, could have taken a pic then but forgot.
Re 56 Case, love to see a pic. Thanks
02-28-2019, 05:38 PM
This FA 50\"castor queen" spent a couple of seasons in a Sr Kadet before it was replaced with a new FA 62 about 10 years ago. Oiled and stored iunrun since. The other 50 was a spare, never run.
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03-01-2019, 01:50 AM
Is it this cat jim?
Dave it's good some of us ride v-twins and the woody moto guzzi geri bought for you looks neat but...woody may have a different meaning over here as in 'crack a woody'
you don't ride very well when that happens.A nice looking fa56gk little bit battered as you say,please show us the paint stages.Gary i think someone should be selling those inlet tract extensions,is there any variation in tuning or rpm.For me the cline works as a simple and effective fix if you have a plane with a badly positioned fuel tank.I might add that you can tune for peak rpm on the ground with a FULL tank,more power at the beginning of the flight and just the same at the end.
03-01-2019, 02:54 AM
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Dave it's good some of us ride v-twins and the woody moto guzzi geri bought for you looks neat but...woody may have a different meaning over here as in 'crack a woody'
you don't ride very well when that happens...........
Gary i think someone should be selling those inlet tract extensions,is there any variation in tuning or rpm.For me the cline works as a simple and effective fix if you have a plane with a badly positioned fuel tank.I might add that you can tune for peak rpm on the ground with a FULL tank,more power at the beginning of the flight and just the same at the end.
The extension solves the tank height problem without the complications of added hoses and gee gaws and that is fine with me .
Good to see someone else saw the irony about Dave's wife buying him a "woody".
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03-01-2019, 04:49 PM
Up till a month or so ago I had several of the stock, 10 mm setups.I got rid of a large batch of Saito exhausts on RCG.
Right now, only one that I need for the 62 on the Sr Kadet.
I do have some alternatives that could work great.
I have a Saito adapter from the 170 radial that will allow you to use the 12 mm exhaust parts from the other Saitos. I also have an early muffler/pipe from a Saito 65 that I can spare. This would work well in most cases
03-01-2019, 05:06 PM
They both are nice Gary. Running a 10/12mm adaptor doesn't look bad either. The black one appears to be brass, does the pipe thread into the muffler or is it one piece? The other one is aluminum? Stainless?
Edit: Did some research online, sent you a PM.
Edit: Did some research online, sent you a PM.
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03-02-2019, 04:22 AM
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PS, I am going to end up with a Saito 56 and a 50. I'll be walking on air.
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03-02-2019, 06:33 AM
The pipe is three or four brass parts, silver brazed together in to one piece with a swiveling flare nut The setup with the adapter is very strong. The muffler, one piece.
The aluminum setup is a Saito 62 muffler for the controline version.
That one is my last. Hangar 9 may have them in stock or, I can make one for you.
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03-02-2019, 09:57 AM
The pipe is three or four brass parts, silver brazed together in to one piece with a swiveling flare nut The setup with the adapter is very strong. The muffler, one piece.
The aluminum setup is a Saito 62 muffler for the controline version.
That one is my last. Hangar 9 may have them in stock or, I can make one for you.
03-02-2019, 10:40 AM
03-02-2019, 12:21 PM
03-03-2019, 12:53 AM
Pete, yesterday I watched a 1 hour and 18 minute video of the Seekers, we here in the "Stites" are pretty much only aware of I'll Never Find Another You and one other song I can't name at the moment. (Georgey Gir) Great group and the first Australian group to have hits in Australia, the UK and the US.
PS, I am going to end up with a Saito 56 and a 50. I'll be walking on air.
PS, I am going to end up with a Saito 56 and a 50. I'll be walking on air.
03-03-2019, 03:05 AM
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I certainly will Pete,, I'll use Dupli-Color products of course, Degreaser first. Judith is 75 now and her voice is as strong and clear as ever. They're currently doing a world tour to packed houses. I'll be getting a 50 to work on too.
03-03-2019, 05:42 AM
03-03-2019, 06:08 AM
And learning from your previous posts, probably 7075 stock. Just curious Gary, are webs from the firewall mounts to the engine mounting arms not necessary when using 7075? Was the saddle added to cure flex problems from the lack of webbing? Would the mount weight less with 1/16" webbing and no saddle? I need to have custom mounts made so lots of questions.
03-03-2019, 07:14 AM
The webs are usually used with plastic mounts to minimize the flexing that takes place at the t junction as well as at the drilled engine mounting holes.
The saddle greatly reinforces the mounting lugs and stiffens the bottom end,. The total package weighs less than the cast mounts as sold by Saito and Tatone.Also makes it far less likely that you will damage a lug in even the hardest crash.Webs would not help much in those respects.
The plastic backplate 82 often show up with out of round rear openings. Doesn't happen with this mount.
The saddle greatly reinforces the mounting lugs and stiffens the bottom end,. The total package weighs less than the cast mounts as sold by Saito and Tatone.Also makes it far less likely that you will damage a lug in even the hardest crash.Webs would not help much in those respects.
The plastic backplate 82 often show up with out of round rear openings. Doesn't happen with this mount.
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03-03-2019, 10:33 AM
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I'm in need of a valve guide for a Saito 120. Does anyone have a broken cylinder that I could harvest a valve guide from? A 120-180 cylinder would work as long as it had a good guide or two in it.
03-03-2019, 12:53 PM
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oh boy good luck, I say go ask on RCG's engine classified page,,,,
now watch Garry say he has one for you LOL
Jim
Saito Engines: not made in China
03-03-2019, 04:34 PM
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