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Forum: RC Fuels

09-04-2013, 07:39 AM

Replies: 3

Roto Flow tanks

Views: 1,830

Posted By charlvnk

Stay away from these RotoFlow tanks if your setup...

Stay away from these RotoFlow tanks if your setup is for gas. The are useless when used with gas. Those "aerospace seals" (which are two blue rubber o-rings" get sticky within a few weeks and then...

Forum: Gas Engines

08-29-2012, 10:10 AM

Replies: 125

Saito FG-30 gas troubles

Views: 54,356

Posted By charlvnk

RE: Saito FG-30 gas troubles

The first two minutes of my test flight went very well, although the slight "hiccup" when doing a roll or any other high(ish)-G manouver was still there. And then - DISASTER ! It started sounding...

Forum: Gas Engines

08-20-2012, 11:29 PM

Replies: 125

Saito FG-30 gas troubles

Views: 54,356

Posted By charlvnk

RE: Saito FG-30 gas troubles

After fixing the problems with the intake manifold I took it to the field for a test flight. It performed flawlessly for the first part of the flight but then started missing e beat now and then....

Forum: Gas Engines

08-18-2012, 01:42 PM

Replies: 125

Saito FG-30 gas troubles

Views: 54,356

Posted By charlvnk

RE: Saito FG-30 gas troubles

Ok - I tested it and was much better, but still started running lean and overheated after enough time. There were symptoms of fuel starvation -
almost as if the pump did not suck in enough gas.
...

Forum: Gas Engines

08-15-2012, 11:23 PM

Replies: 125

Saito FG-30 gas troubles

Views: 54,356

Posted By charlvnk

RE: Saito FG-30 gas troubles

I think I may have found yet another design problem on the FG-30. I modified mine to take a OS GT33 ignition and hall pickup. That made one hell of an improvement, but it's only good for about 1...

Forum: Gas Engines

07-16-2012, 08:48 AM

Replies: 11

shortening diodes

Views: 2,710

Posted By charlvnk

RE: shortening diodes

To be honest, I don't know how often this can be a problem. I have read about incidents though, where people said that it's mostly digital servo's that are capable of kicking back the most energy. ...

Forum: Gas Engines

07-09-2012, 09:07 AM

Replies: 177

Taylorcraft crash

Views: 18,001

Posted By charlvnk

RE: Taylorcraft crash

Just a word on "gripping area" -
I recently got a 30% 50cc Yak54 from Pilot RC. When I screwed in the wing bolts (it has two per wing), I tightened them very hard the first tine to see if the will...

Forum: Gas Engines

07-09-2012, 07:51 AM

Replies: 11

shortening diodes

Views: 2,710

Posted By charlvnk

RE: shortening diodes

What jaka said is very important to take note of.

If there's no diode connected, then the battery absorbs any back-emf or energy "pulse"coming back from a servo and the pulse does not cause the...

Forum: Gas Engines

07-09-2012, 06:27 AM

Replies: 13

SAITO FG-30 4-stroke gas engine ignition

Views: 7,999

Posted By charlvnk

SAITO FG-30 4-stroke gas engine ignition

I gave up trying to get my Saito FG-30 engine to run reliably without stuttering and the occasional dead stick, because nothing I tried ever seemed to improve things.

One of the things that I at...

Forum: Gas Engines

11-21-2011, 11:40 PM

Replies: 3

SAITO FG-30

Views: 1,856

Posted By charlvnk

SAITO FG-30

I have two Saito FG-30 engines. Ipurchased them because Ilike gas engines and Saito advertises this engine as having THE SAME power output as their FA-180 glow engine WHICH IS A BLATANT LIE.
They...

Forum: Gas Engines

11-18-2011, 02:57 AM

Replies: 1,358

GAS Saito

Views: 233,035

Posted By charlvnk

RE: GAS Saito

At last I got my FG-30 to run quite well with the metering lever left at default height, after a very frustrating tuning process. The one thing I noticed was that the only way to get smooth...

Forum: Gas Engines

11-15-2011, 06:12 AM

Replies: 1,358

GAS Saito

Views: 233,035

Posted By charlvnk

RE: GAS Saito

Hey guys
I have read about the issue with those arrogant apes at Horizon refusing to disclose any information about the Walbro WYD carb on the FG-30, and the biggest issue seems to be the default...

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