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Forum: Glow Engines
07-04-2008, 10:35 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

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Have run 3 tanks thru my test- stand mounted 82a; adjusted all according to instructions. Max rpm's are 8800. Transition is very good. It will idle scary-slow at 1700. I expected about...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-13-2008, 10:49 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Thanks, w8ye.

It's one of the Simitar series designed by Bill Evans. This one was in the '93 AMA mag.[build from plans]. AMA can provide plans & foam wing cores.

I built one in '93; best...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-12-2008, 09:56 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Advice needed....

Have run 3 tanks thru my test- stand mounted 82a; adjusted all according to instructions. Max rpm's are 8800. Transition is very good. It will idle scary-slow at 1700. I...
Forum: Seaplanes
06-01-2008, 09:33 PM
Replies: 7
Views: 1,236
Posted By Shack

RE: Source for floats

I just got a set of floats from [email protected] . A nice pair of "slim" 42" beauties for my Saito FA-82a powered LT-40 ARF.

I took the advice of some on this forum & used "Minwax...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-19-2008, 04:31 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

linkadrip' it's a TRAINER! enjoy it's slower speed & your trainer will live longer. What kind of trainer do you have? My LT-40 with an FA-72 & 13-6 APC prop will go almost unlimited vertical. I...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-13-2008, 10:10 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

In an earlier post I said w/a flex pipe you need to anchor it near the end to keep it from vibrating [metal fatigue]. Put some kind of heatproof rubber around it & use an adel clamp [Lowe's has...
Forum: Seaplanes
05-08-2008, 11:35 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,498
Posted By Shack

RE: where do i get the size from

I have always used Chuck Cunningham's formula with pretty good success. He reckons the length of the fuse. to be measured from the BACK of the prop to the ELEVATOR hinge line; that is 53.5" on my...
Forum: Seaplanes
05-07-2008, 10:20 PM
Replies: 10
Views: 1,498
Posted By Shack

RE: where do i get the size from

A lot of float makers say "for planes 8-11 pounds {this is a 35" float} whereas they should say "this is for a XX" long fuse".

My LT-40 ARF weighs less than eight pounds, but it needs at least...
Forum: Beginners
05-07-2008, 10:05 PM
Replies: 36
Views: 2,100
Posted By Shack

RE: Best way to run antennae on a Sig Kadet LT-40

On the LT-40 ARF I like putting the antenna [72 Mhz] in an outer pushrod tube [inside the fuse.]. However, on a shorter fuse., I usually use a HELICOPTER antenna. Deans makes one & somebody...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-04-2008, 11:26 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Just a thought or you can tap the flex pipe for a pressure nipple.


Just a few days ago a friend of mine who has a 82a on a Piper Pawnee has the flex pipe which he tapped for the nipple. ...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-30-2008, 03:02 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I need to order a mount for the 82a I will use on my Sr. Slo Motion. I am partial to the Dubro mounts but don't know which to use. Any suggestions?

Tower # Dubro#
DUBG1304 ...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-30-2008, 02:51 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I noticed when I installed the velocity stack on my 72 along with the Dubro filter that the engine mount was a good bit in the way. I was able to push the filter aside to install the engine on the...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-27-2008, 10:45 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,295
Posted By Shack

RE: Lightest .46 engine?

Yeah, it was the HP. Very nice light engine; not enough power for my project.

Will check out the Webra Speed .50 & the Enya .50 SS.

Shack
Forum: Glow Engines
03-27-2008, 06:12 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,295
Posted By Shack

Lightest .46 engine?

Am considering building a Morris Hobbies Arrow II Seaplane. Will need a very light .46 or so engine with good power.

Any suggestions?

About 12 years ago, I found a .40 size Austrian engine...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-02-2008, 12:22 AM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Don't see me on the Club Saito list yet.

FA-72 [love it!]

Howard Shackleford
SC
Forum: Glow Engines
02-27-2008, 08:36 PM
Replies: 54,893
Views: 5,440,404
Posted By Shack

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Well, I have read almost all the 9989 posts & now know everything there is to know about Saito's.

I have bench run my new FA-72; no problem setting needles. Am awaiting LHS to get my velocity...
Forum: RC Fuels
02-22-2008, 12:07 AM
Replies: 54
Views: 19,378
Posted By Shack

RE: What fuel do you use in your Saito engines

What is the difference between "Omega " 15% fuel [label says it has Caster & synthetic] & "Omega" 15% 4 stroke fuel [label also says caster & synthetic]?

Why in heck don't they put on the label...
Forum: ARF or RTF
02-18-2008, 08:40 PM
Replies: 0
Views: 543
Posted By Shack

Global RCM Trainer 40 tank problems

Has anyone else had problems with the tank splitting at the seam right where the stopper goes in? I've had two tanks split so far, now on the 3rd one.

I have been careful not to over-tighten...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-24-2008, 01:17 AM
Replies: 57
Views: 5,982
Posted By Shack

RE: evolution .61 poor performance

My Evo .46 surged also. Adjusted needles, changed plugs, tried everything.

Found a leak in the fuel tank at the stopper. Fixed leak; problem solved.

You don't have to pull the tank to...
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