Can someone direct me to the guy or thread to the guy that ran the engines to failure?

Regards

Didn't the Guy test for a fuel mixer ?

Dr. Nitro in this thread: http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_34..._1/key_/tm.htm

Tim....where is Lone Pine ?

Not too far from Big Pine. Dave, right up 395. North of Ridgecrest and south of Bishop. We have a dry lake to fly on, and when that is flooded, there is an old abandoned military airfield near the internment camp at Manzanar.

I'll have to come up sometime.

You're always welcome Dave. Bring some friends too; I sure could use the company. The only month that pretty much guarantees good weather is October. The rest of the year, the wind can come up something fierce without warning.

The thread I was thinking about was where a Guy got tons of fuel, and engines
and ran them for weeks. It was maybe a year and a half or more back.

Thanks Tim.

Dave I think this is the thread.

I would like to know who paid for all the engines and fuel. I would think it would add up to over $10,000.00.

Are you thinking that he may have been embellishing on the TRUTH? Think his RCU I.D. was DRNitro

His testing was to being paid by a major fuel company.--Don't forget the cost of his service along with the 10,000 in motors & fuel.

I know one thing -- He tested the motors a in such a harsh way it is amazing any of them held up.

Very revealing though -- many of of them held up very well -- 400 hrs is not to be sneezed at. I know which ones I would avoid, based on that test program.

I have a OS 160FX with over 16 cases thru it and it is still going strong, it does need a rear bearing. So I don't understand how he could not get them to run.

We don't know who paid him. I find it hard to believe a hobby fuel company would go thru that kind of trouble.

I think the rear bearing that is in the 160 is the same that is in the old trusty 108 and now in the 120AX. I know the pattern guys like to open them up and put a SS rear bearing in and be done with it.


He had a very bad experience with the 1.6's--and poor performance.

I don't think he breaks them in like us. All my OS's have been very good to me.(knock on wood) I don't run them hard though. My planes are powered such that I don't go to full throttle very often and when I do it is only for short periods. I don't run them lean, am careful to run them dry end the end of the day and always inject after run.

My rear bearing is so loose I was getting radio interference. I called Boca yesterday and ordered a set of SS bearings for it and also my Enya 1.55's.

The main reason I was inquiring about Dr. Nitro was to post the longevity of the Enyas in the Enya thread.

I would like to know how the gas conversion Enya 155s are lubricated, this is from the other thread. I know they are pressure fed but I don't know what regulates the flow of oil or how it is pumped.

I'm curious what over 24,000 hours of run time would prove to a fuel company. That it works? Damn I recon.

What's the link to the thread about the testing ?

Dave:

The testing is in [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_3402107/mpage_1/key_/tm.htm]this[/link] thread, starts at post number 23.

Bill.

Thanks, Bill....I could have sworn it was way, way back.