Jesse Open

Same here???

Glowgeek

Perhaps residual black paint on the cylinder mounting flange and here and there? Hard to tell from just a pic. I was seriously considering getting a soda blaster, it would be important to me that it would remove light oxidation i.e. off color gray spots.

FlyerInOKC

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Or you could just paint the engine pink, orange, green...

Glowgeek

Fluorescent green............,perfect!

FlyerInOKC

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I have a Goldberg Tiger 2 I inherited partially built I will be covering in orange and white and have toyed with the idea of paint a .56 Saito orange to match.

1200SportsterRider

It would certainly match, and a few black stripes to go with the season. I have taken a hiatus from RC to split and stack firewood, I'm about 3 months late doing that.

FlyerInOKC

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You could wait until January but it wouldn't be nearly as much fun!

Jesse Open

Been too busy flying those Saitos.

(Not always thinking)

1200SportsterRider

Yesterday I received notice that I will not be receiving the FA 30s crankshaft as it has been discontinued.

At Saito's website the the FA 30s is no longer shown. Sooo. https://www.saito-mfg.com/en/top_en/products-4st-en/

Michaela Keeley

Thu, Oct 5, 3:51 AM (1 day ago)

to me, Jane, Victoria

Good Morning Mr Hobbs

We have been told this morning by Saito that the following part is now
discontinued.

SAI30S23 Crankshaft.

We will refund your order.

FlyerInOKC

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That sucks big time!

Jesse Open

Ouch
Sorry to see that Dave. Looking on ebay I see there are three or four Saito 30s cranks for sale, all of them for thr car version. Must have been a few aircraft type 30s con-verted to the car type?
If that is the case there must be a few aircraft cranks sitting around. I guess a wanted ad may be worth s try. I see the car version has a pretty high asking price, then again the eBay car cranks are sitting around at over $400 per copy!

Good luck, of course we will be keeping an eye out too.

the Wasp

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hey Dave, that's too bad. but could you stroke your engine with a longer/larger crank? making a new, shorter Rod would not be hard. all you would need is the aluminum and the correct endmills.

Jim

Jesse Open

Did you have any particular crank in mind?

Maybe making a crank would be easier
Those $400 factory cranks sure hurt the eyes


Gary

1200SportsterRider

Lonnie, re our,discussion about the control surface adequacy on the RH 80, they are definitely large enough. me thinks. I figured how to use dual aileron servos so I can have differential, when you choose the wing type option, (dual) it automatically inhibits the gear channel. The gear channel becomes the left aileron channel.


Left aileron

Tail feathers

Glowgeek

Sufficient, to be sure, Dave. Should be a very fun flyer.

Jesse Open

Does your Tiger 2 have a full set of plans?

FlyerInOKC

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Unfortunately not.

Jesse Open

Thanks for the response. I have a kit here but plans are missing.

the Wasp

My Feedback: (1)

kids having fun,,,,

Hyjinx

(Trust fund) kids having fun. I couldn't afford an inch of that wire of one dead car battery as a kid lol. Last name must be Musk.

Jesse Open

Yeah,
Certainly had more money than brains. No way were his connections to the loads close to adequate.

We did have huge spools of that 4/0 weld cable at work. Super jumper cables.


But nobody busted him for thread pollution LOL

Glowgeek

Forgiveness has a way of reaching nice people.

Jesse Open

Yessir,
Universally given by better people.

Glowgeek

Your words, not mine, but clear enough. Folks should heed their own words, most don't.

Jesse Open

LOL Exactly, read and heed


Dave,
Have you seen this? :
https://www.ebay.com/itm/134239640599?hash=item1f414e5c17:g:tnMAAOSwuDdjJ9Q Z&amdata=enc%3AAQAIAAAAwCBY15QYd7rXeQosvb5tISy0Od%2B S2YQBeZRvI4GOpXYQIGpozrkRzpOjGNzfrkh6SL06JmAYh%2BM qtHMUotUrNO2BmKrTGHBQ7oPZRCdH7ijj2hZTOJ8IDOt9TihWV iCP%2BtTEylKjx0nUCmVFF5McpKbLK5ud44S6xw7o0ZRffKPo6 MhYWN5HRlN43TcqbqD7Jw7Ykd0syMuWYai3P5%2BWswnge9Q7Q yYxQK7aqHIXp1dhZxKJynlk6DX9X%2BkUQXEZpg%3D%3D%7Ctk p%3ABk9SR4Cx_qPiYg

May be the last chance to get a new one at a fairly low price.


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