nilsreinert123

Hi

I am also thinking a lot of buying a 770 , as a replacement for my ASP 400 on my 2150mm vs fw 190. The ASP have given me too many deadsticks now ,and i cant use it.
All i have read so far regarding the 770 is positive , it runs without glow , which the ASP never did , even with glowpower it stopped in the air.
The only thing that keeps me from buying a UMS 770 is that i dont know if it will hold for years of flying? , the fact that it is made in India frightens me a little , will the metals and alloys stand the test of time and use...?

Reg Hinnant

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We won't know till we get abu to buy one and test it for the next couple of years.

Mein Duff

Jawohl Abu...kauf doch den Motor und lass uns wissen ob der sich lohnt oder nicht....wir brauchen ein Versuchstier !!!

abufletcher

Oh, don't worry! Each day that passes I come up with more and more ways to rationalize the purchase. Here are a couple of today's:

1. Well, I'm not spending any money traveling back east for scale meets (e.g. Old Rhinebeck or HDP).

2. The yen is the strongest it's been in three years

No doubt there will be more!

Mein Duff

.3 and You'll probably be the only in Japan with one in a biplane....just imagine the bragging rights !?!?

abufletcher

Japanese are both tech crazy and German product crazy (maybe even if it's a made-in-India German product), so I'm pretty sure there are a few others around. But I think I can safely say I'll be the only person in Shikoku with one. As for bragging rights, I'll have to learn to brag in Japanese.

nilsreinert123

Yeah , guess i`ll have to wait some years and read the reports hehe

abufletcher

If you buy if for me NOW, I'll break it in for you for a few years. I'd send it to you in about ten years after I'm good and sure it works.

tahfiet

Hi Abufletcher!

The Fokker EIII on page one was build and flown by my Dad. He owned a Proctor Nieuport 28 as well, that was flown with the first rotary engine build by Wolfgang Seidel, the ST540, a five cylinder with 40ccm. That was enough power for that little airplane and we were not sure about the big ST770 in the Fokker. Well, it does look much better than a too small engine, especially with that "open" Fokker cowling. In the end, it proved that the ST770 was just the right fit to the airframe. Sure it is overpowered, but not much. It swings a bigger/scaler prop and having some "spare-power" on finals is sometimes the live-insurance for a WWI aircraft.

The ST770 is definitely not in the G62 range of power. With those 7 cylinders and 14 valves, there is quite some energy waisted to turn the engine.

Go buy that engine, you gonna love it. And it makes a 1:4 Pup a one-of with it's great sound.

Best regards,


David

V2PLUS10

Just wanted to stoke the fire a bit.....A friend was at a scale qualifier in Washington state. One of the participants flew a Corsair with the Seidel 770...my friend reports that the look was perfect and that it ran like a watch......

BobH

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What Corsair was it? That would be helpful

V2PLUS10

I know....but I don't know...! I'll try to get more info...

Randy

abufletcher

Just to update that I AM still planning to buy the 770 when I get back to Japan...and the Leica IS going to sell on eBay in a couple of days.

Some things you just have to do.

geezeraviation

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You go Don
Doc

TFF

I applaud and boo you at the same time. Just dont let it sit too long.

abufletcher

I feel the same way.

Well, like everyone else, I'll no doubt be just running in on a bench for a while. At least until I can build a model for it. I still think a 1/4 scale Pup would be a good place to start. Not exciting, but a good place to start.

One thing though to remember with that big, scale prop: There's not much clearance to spare for sloppy landings!

PS. Today's dollar-to-yen exchange rate: 83 (as compared to 120 two years ago).

jtisch

"Endaka" bit me in the butt from the time I went to Japan and the time I left. Glad to see it's working for you!

abufletcher

Eventually, I will get bit too. There's never any long term good for anyone from economic bad times. So everyone gets bit sooner or later. But at least for now the strong yen is making up for my wife's lost income.

That and cashing out of my Leica stuff.

abufletcher

But to put this sort of purchase in perspective. For anyone with any of the following, you needn't be envious:

1. Anyone with one the "standard" 3-cylinder radials from one of the "big" companies
2. Anyone with one of the multi-cylinder Laser engines
3. Anyone with a $1,000+ radio (or 2 $500 radios)
4. Anyone with a dedicated trailer for their RC models
5. Anyone with a JetSki
6. Anyone with a new car or truck
7. Anyone with a big screen TV
8. Etc.

TFF

You need to come up with number 9; I am not looking too good on your list. Getting it in a plane will help you not worry about it being in a box. A Pup is the way to go.

abufletcher

Glad to hear that! It means you're just like me! But seriously, a lot of people in the US seem to have all kinds of stuff that I've never owned. For example, how much did your box spring, mattress, and bed frame cost? In Japan, I'm sleeping on a $100 frame with a $30 "mattress" (aka "futon"). In the US we've got a bunch of hand-me-down mattresses.

You know, I really should get a Ph.D. in rationalization!

I agree. But being practical, it will probably take me a year or more to get any 1/4 model built considering I'm still working on the CI and have the DrI to finish as well...oh and then there's that 1/6 scale CD ScaleDesigns SE5a. But I can at least start working on it. The main reason to buy the engine now is that I have the money now and who knows if that will be true in the future...or even if the engine will be available in the future.

Reg Hinnant

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This thread is really getting amusing.........[sm=tongue_smile.gif]

abufletcher

You think that's funny, wait until you see my Seidel on this:

http://www.amr-rc.com/index.php?path...id=6&langue=en

Reg Hinnant

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Yuo that would be funny!
But it would get you using it in the air quick!

abufletcher

BTW, I like the strategy used on the Proctor EIII (or at least one that I read about) where the engine is build into a removable tray along with tank and servos. The thing about an engine like the 770 is that it's not an engine you just put into one model forever.