I'm new to helis. I'm looking for recommendations for a 30 size motor and exhaust. O.S.?? TT?? Webra?? MDS?? What muffler or pipe? The heli may be a Raptor 30 or a Venture 30. I guess it depends on how sold I am on CCPM. But that's another problem all together. Thanks for the help.

I have a raptor 30 with the OS 32 mated woth a weston pipe. Very smooth and enough power for me. I also run wildcat 30%. I have a friend that has the same set up running CP 15% and he like the way mine handles over his.

Thansk
joe

Can't go wrong with the OS 32 and Weston pipe. Dependable and plenty out there. Thunder Tiger can either be outstanding
or a dog depending on how good the carb is. They seem to vary. I have two TT and one OS. I like them all. The Webra takes
a long time to break in and the MDS 38, well, just not very popular.

OS is the champ of reliability and consistent quality control. I have the OS 32 and I love it. However, if pure power is your concern, other engines like YS shine. I don't know if YS makes a .30. YS is harder to set up and more tempermental, but makes gobs of power. If you are new and definately plan to get a .30 size heli, I would go OS. By the time you get into high performace stuff, you'll be ready for a bigger heli or upgrading to a .50 engine, and you can choose whether to experiement with the higher output, fussy motors then.

By the way, the KSJ muffler is nice and I really like it, but boy is it pricey (over $100) I've heard really good things about Weston and Hatori (also pricey) tuned mufflers. From what I've heard, the Ark is really quiet (albeit fugly ).

{YS is harder to set up and more tempermental, but makes gobs of power. }

Don't know where you got your info about YS from. But YS is easy to get set and your right it does make nice power. I can take a brand new YS and set the needles accroding to the instructions and have it preform flawless. Then as it starts to break in some, just tweak the needles a little at a time. Once they are where the engine is running nice, you just leave them alone and fly.

David

My experience with YS is from flying planks. IMO they were definitely more touchy and harder to set up than OS. Perhaps their heli engines are different or perhaps they have improved this since I last dealt with them. They were also more expensive than OS (I'm assuming they still are).

In any event, they have three needles rather than two, so that adds a complication to the process if nothing else (one more opportunity to get it wrong). On most OS engines, I never even have to touch the low speed needle, so basically adjusting boils down to the main needle. Couldn't be easier.

Anyway, I'll take your word for it, and I'm glad your experence has been so good.

P.S. I'm not knocking YS...I think they are very high quality engines. I'm also not contending that they are "hard" to set up, just "harder" than OS. For these reasons, and also due to the price of YS engines, I just wouldn't recommend them to a total beginner.

stay away from TT.

I've heard the new Hirobo 36 is a pretty good motor.... In fact I'm going to try one on my new Venture CP. This will be my first nitro-powered helicopter. I'll also be using the very-good-but-less-expensive Century torpedo muffler.

Has anyone had problems with the new engine?

Chad

Oh and at 1.3 HP the Hirobo 36 is supposed to perform as well as a 46.

Chad

TT is ok but OS is great.

I only use OS 32, and 61 WC.

Like Chad,

I'm interested in seeing the performance of the new Hirobo 36. Hopefully we will get to play with it this weekend in a new Venture. I have a buddy that flew Jeff Green's Sceadu in Pheonix and he thought he was flying the .50 until told otherwise. Needless to say it looks promising and it is the same price as an OS.

I'll post what we think if we do get to play with it.

Thanks, everyone, for the input. I'm very curious about the Hirobo. Please note not only power, but reliability and general temperment. When possible I do prefer the "set it and forget it" engines.

As far as set it and forget it the OS would fit that bill. But I do prefer the YS engines now that I have used one for the last year. It runs smoother, and more consistant than any OS I have ever had. Hands down it is my permanent choice for glow engines.