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Forum: Giant Scale Aircraft - 3D & Aerobatic
10-09-2004, 04:17 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 810
Posted By Thumper1

Checker board pattern

I have a friend who is building a Top Fite Giant Sale P-47. He wants to finish the cowl with checker board/diamond pattern using paint. We need to know how to lay it out so the diamonds come out...
Forum: YS Engines Support
09-08-2004, 01:35 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 548
Posted By Thumper1

120 AC

I know this is like asking how high is up, but here goes;
How much cranking compression is a 1.2 AC supposed to have? I have a brand new one that doesn't seem to have a lot. So far, after about 12...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-03-2004, 01:22 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 456
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito Exhaust Ad

Thanks. Just what I needed.

Bill (A real one, at least that's what my wife tells me;>)
Forum: Glow Engines
06-03-2004, 12:38 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 456
Posted By Thumper1

Saito Exhaust Ad

I usually ignore the deluge of ads on this site, but I happened to see one about Saito exhaust systems for multi-cylinder engines. Company located in the Portland Oregon area (503 area code) I don't...
Forum: The Clubhouse
06-01-2004, 01:43 PM
Replies: 79
Views: 7,629
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Joe Nall Commentary

I have known these people since the youngster was ten years old. He has flown other people’s planes on numerous occasions at our field. In EVERY case, he was ASKED to fly the plane, I do not know...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-28-2004, 01:50 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,035
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito Question

Thanks, Bill. I knew they were 12MM, but didn't know the pitch size.
Bill
Forum: Glow Engines
05-28-2004, 01:33 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,035
Posted By Thumper1

Saito Question

Does anyone know the thread size of the exhaust port of the Saito 91?
Thanks
Bill
Forum: Profile and Fun Flying Planes
05-27-2004, 04:23 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 936
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Fun Fly Contests

The first 25 years we sponsored this contest, none of our local pilots finished in the top ten. In 1992, we started having a monthly club fun fly contest series. The overall points winner for the...
Forum: Profile and Fun Flying Planes
05-21-2004, 08:44 PM
Replies: 11
Views: 936
Posted By Thumper1

Fun Fly Contests

We have had a fun fly contest every year for the past 34 years. This contest has drawn as many as 75 entrants. In the past ten years or so, we have a drastic drop in participation. Our last contest...
Forum: RC Humor
05-21-2004, 12:45 PM
Replies: 5
Views: 1,015
Posted By Thumper1

Aviation Humor

Though I Fly Through the Valley of Death ...I Shall Fear No Evil. For I am at 80,000 Feet and Climbing! (Sign over the entrance to the SR-71 operating location Kadena, Japan).

You've never been...
Forum: RC Humor
05-21-2004, 12:39 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 669
Posted By Thumper1

Lufthansa Pilot Exhange

This was related to me a few years ago by a friend in the aircraft industry.

Lufthansa flight was on approach to JFK. The pilot was going through his routine. At the time, international flights...
Forum: Questions and Answers
05-19-2004, 01:12 PM
Replies: 32
Views: 4,098
Posted By Thumper1

RE: anyone ever hit a bird??

Three experiences with birds:
1) Flying my Sig Wonder, I turned to fly past the flight line when two mallard ducks flew about 100 feet in front of me. I was catching them pretty fast, the closer I...
Forum: RC Scale Aircraft
05-17-2004, 11:48 AM
Replies: 5
Views: 616
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Fun scale contests in NW

There is a fun scale contest at Benton City Washington Saturday, There is also a Fun Scale contest June 12, and 13 in Moses Lake Washington.
I flew one round in my first Fun Scale event Sunday, Had...
Forum: Tips & Techniques
05-17-2004, 11:40 AM
Replies: 13
Views: 1,680
Posted By Thumper1

RE: 2000 uses for WD-40

WD-40 works great as a fishing bait. Just spray your worm, (The one on the hook at the end of your line!:D) Rainbow trout seem to love it.
Forum: Glow Engines
05-14-2004, 10:57 AM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,051
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito 100 vibrating after repair, and poor idle

One guy in our group doesn't balance props unless they are WAY off, he just marks the heavy blade. He has a mark for TDC on the drive washer which he places the crankshaft at that mark and installs...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-13-2004, 06:31 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,962
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito 82a it's here!

The four stroke has a valve train that limits RPM and adds some weight to the engine and thus the total weight of the front of the plane. In the four stroke world, the YS has to be the king. I...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-13-2004, 05:30 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 1,051
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito 100 vibrating after repair, and poor idle

I take it you have checked the obvious, prop balance? Slight air leaks in the intake in a Saito will drive you to drink. We had a guy fight a 91 at our field for a month. Idle problems, erratic...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-13-2004, 12:55 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,962
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito 82a it's here!

That has nothing to do with what happens when the engine is running. I happened to have a Saito 91, and a YS91 disassembled at the same time. As I remember it, the Saito was in the neighborhood of...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-13-2004, 12:27 PM
Replies: 54
Views: 4,962
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Saito 82a it's here!

I agree, I would wait for some time to pass before I stepped up for one of these.

Saito has been my engine of choice for the past ten years and they are very hard to beat. (Excellent quality,...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-13-2004, 11:56 AM
Replies: 3
Views: 619
Posted By Thumper1

RE: presue nipple on botton of engine

That is a vent line fitting. Attach a piece of fuel line to it and run it to the outside of the plane. DO NOT PLUG IT.
Good Luck
Bill
Forum: Questions and Answers
05-07-2004, 05:45 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 739
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Sequencing gear doors on 9CAP

I want to set this up on my 8U, and figured out how. (The programming for the 8U and 9C are close) I don't have my notes with me, but basically you set up a mix using a three position switch. The...
Forum: YS Engines Support
05-05-2004, 06:57 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 436
Posted By Thumper1

120 AC First Flights

I ran a tank of fuel through the engine on a test stand with a 16X8 Prop, and installed it on the plane. First flight was uneventful. It died in the air on the second flight, upon landing I found no...
Forum: RC Fuels
04-26-2004, 01:18 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,098
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Commercial Fuel Mixtures

I knew a guy who worked for one of the major fuel component manufacturers. He told me that there are a number of manufacturers who CLAIM that they mix by volume, but in fact, they mix by WEIGHT....
Forum: RC Fuels
04-21-2004, 01:42 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 978
Posted By Thumper1

RE: Castor oil on your airplane, why?

Castor oil burns at a much higher temperature than synthetic oil. Quite a bit of Castor ends up on the outside of the plane and needs to be cleaned up. There is a perception that Castor oil affords a...
Forum: RC Fuels
04-21-2004, 01:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,098
Posted By Thumper1

Commercial Fuel Mixtures

Do commercial fuel manufacturers mix fuel by volume, or weight? I was told that most of them mix by weight no matter what they tell you. When you buy a gallon on 10% Nitro fuel, what you are really...
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