Jesse Open

What's the problem?
The batch was 15 gallons
$32.50 for the methanol
$80 for the nitromethane (wish it was free)
$94 for the oil


Quite a bit under $13.76/gallon if that nitromethane was free!

erieqc

Gary you still using super techniplate that’s the most expensive part now.

Hyjinx

Nice job Lonnie. Least you didn't have to let it cool down before the next flight lol. That rich It was probably cooler than the ambient airstream.
And the bearings would last to Christ's return!!!
Beautiful plane beautiful flight.
Congrats
Aaron-

Glowgeek

Problem? No problem. Simple math shows you're getting your Nitro for approx $38.00 gl and Techniplate/Super Techniplate for approx $45.00 gl. Using my available sources I would have to pay close to double those prices. Methanol from the pump within 200 miles of here is $5.50 gl. Good for you that you have those sources up there.

Glowgeek

Whoops, guess I should have included the disclaimer "Not my plane". I'll edit the post. I linked the vid for vertical grimmace. May even be his plane, who knows.

Hyjinx

Oil well.
Enjoyed it anyway⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Hyjinx

My brides cousins Saito lol

Jesse Open

Just an FYI,

I had one of those engines (4cylinder Henderson/Indian ) It had been on a full-size Heath Parasol airplane from the 1930s.

Hyjinx

Would that you still did buddy. You would be wealthy. ( Or more or less so)
Restored by James Henry. His daddy is in the picture at the front wheel. Wearing his leathers in front of his 80" flattie. My mother in law ( just buried her ) and he rode to school. Anne in the pilot seat on lenawee county mud roads, and little brother on his 36 knuck.
Jim has that scooter too. Unrestored and rideable on its bias ply WW2 synthetics.
Fortitude and class. God Bless America.
Land that I love....
Here I am free to play wit me Saitos!
Cause of them.

Jesse Open

Surely did, just the engine 1974 was the year. It was sitting out behind Lee's Surplus on GratiotvAve near 10 Mile Road. You have probably heard of the fellow they just released from prison, name of "White Boy Rick" The owner of Lee's was his daddy. It was sitting there minus the head etc but it did have the Heath gearbox snd prop hub in place. I paid $15 for it because Lee said that was about what the scrap value was and he was about to scrap it! I sold the engine, sans the Heath parts to a local Indian shop "Indian Wally". About 10 years later met a fellow from Chicago who was restoring a Heath Parasol and he was quite happy to take the Heath gearbox etc.

Restored a couple of the Indian version engines at our shop back then.

I caught that thing about one day away from the scrap yard.

You can web search "White Boy Rick" or "Rick Wershe" for more info on Lee's kid.

Be cool to see Saito make an inline four, glow engine!
Better still, a triple

Hyjinx

LolIndian Wally hung out with Cowboy ( RIP ) at my buddy Mary Janes Chopper Heaven (RIP) Dave Mutchall on schoolcraft and evergreen in Da Hood.
I spent many cold dark days chuckin wood into a barrel at the shop with Mary Jane. Dicking around with knucks, pans and shovels. LONG before I flipped a Saito.
My 65 rose up from parts there in the early eighties.
Was owned by a Vagabond when I pulled the engine out of the hacked up wishbone cradle. Bolted it into the bone stock un cut e glide frame Dave had printed my name on.
Usually held the scattergun at the back door as Dave locked up and we split.
I was a "biker" back then. HEHE.
Saitos are so much safer....

Hyjinx

Handed Dave twenty dead presidents and rode it home.

Jesse Open

He would have loved Saitos.

Todd D

My Feedback: (51)

Hello all,

I have an opportunity to pick up a Saito 450 radial that has the gas conversion from CH Ignition from a club member, he has not run the engine since the conversion. Does anyone have experience with this engine? Would like to know reliability and performance. Wondering if it'll perform as well as the G62 I have in my H9 Corsair. Anyone know what the expected RPM's would be on a Xoar 22X10 after the gas conversion? Do the engine hold up to the gas conversion? Any information is appreciated.
Thank you,
Todd D

Glowgeek

Looks like it runs great to me!

Todd D

My Feedback: (51)

Thanks, I watched the videos from Adrian. Looking for some feedback from users who have flown it.

the Wasp

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sO Tower's sent me another balancer,
so lets talk about balancing APC props. has any one had problems balancing APC props? I remember some one here. LOL saying without saying reasons that he does not like APC props. well what people like or dislike I have no problem with, to each his own likes and dislikes. but I tell you it took me an hour and a half to balance this brand new APC 11x8. what ever I did the balance would go this way or that way. adding CA to one side of the hub 3 times helped, but at that point what ever I did it went this way or that way. UNTIL I sanded a bit off the inner part of the blade near the hub. just sanding there on that one side it balanced with sanding there twice.

so has anyone had this, finding that you need to sand on the thicker spot that is between the blade fin and the hub ??

I used to use a boat prop balancer. it worked well. but this True Spin balancer seems to be very smooth/work very well.

Jim

Glowgeek

I buy my APC props from apcprop.com and have had no problem blade balancing them in less than 5 minutes by sanding the front side of the heavy blade. Hub balancing, if I elect to do it, takes another 10 minutes or so. I use velcro (the fuzzy side) and CA for that job.
A good portion of the balancing complaints I hear are about APC clones from fleabay and other vendors. The rest of the problems people encounter balancing authentic APC props I believe are self inflicted ie not reaming the prop hole dead center from front to back. I always check the balance before and after reaming to ensure I'm not creating problems. Authentic APC props are perfect or very close to perfectly balanced from the factory in my experience.

As far as removing material on or near the hub, I wouldn't recommend it. Better to add weight to the light side of the hub.

FlyerInOKC

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I went up to Wichita today to pick up new hearing aids and watch my grandson run cross country. Before leaving town I got the pleasure of visiting a real hobby shop and managed to drop the last $50 of my hobby stash. He had 15% Nitro fuel for $23.00 a gallon I wished I had had another $25 in the kitty! It was great being in a reall LHS after 2 years!

Glowgeek

I haven't flown one or even seen one in real life however it appears the 450R3 on gas is able to spin a TopFlight 24x10 @ 6500. The Pe' Reivers Thrust/HP calculator shows that to be 39.20 lbs of thrust, 6.57 HP and pitch speed 53.5 mph. Of course the engine would unload significantly in the air with a 10 pitch prop and mounted on a Corsair. Top speed would probably be closer to 62 mph @ 7400 rpm. Maybe faster. A TF 22x12 is an equivalent prop load and would produce 37.97 lbs of thrust, 6.54 HP and pitch speed 64.2 mph. Unloaded in the air closer to 75 mph. A Zenoah G62 really isn't in the same league with the 450R3. A Xoar 22x10 will likely over rev a good running 450R3.

As for engine longivity, with proper oiling gas engines are no more prone to wear or failure than ringed glow engines, all other things being equal. I run all my bushed connecting rod gassers on 15:1 Stihl Ultra oil. No problems with wear so far.

Hope this helps

Jesse Open

If you ever make it to Michigan let me know you are coming. I can send you home with a few five gallon cans of 14% for nearly one half that per gallon price

FlyerInOKC

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I will keep that in mind!

Glowgeek

Is that an extended offer Gary? Supposed to be going to visit my son and family in Berrien Springs for Thanksgiving.

modeltronics

My Feedback: (27)

Not to long ago I received two right angle oil drain nipples from Dave. Guess where the first one will go.

1200SportsterRider

I could never guess

I just made one using a Gary suggestion, I need to use a jewelers file to clean it up.