the pope

As long as you have the last word ?

Rudolph Hart

I just got your joke but ruth buzzy was better.

Rudolph Hart

There's a lot of love gone into the making of that (30/40?) custom krag rifle popey my mate.Try to remember that there are a lot mean savage vegeterians out there in the woods mate

Dave what do you think about the old instructions re syn and castor just to get the discussion rolling and there are some other interesting points if people read it.

Rudolph Hart

As a starter here's an attempt at humour.Take it as a given that you were bought up on castor (for medicinal purposes) and that when you fart you leave a coloured skid mark in your jocks that looks very similar in colour to a well baked castor covered muffler.Are the synthetic clean burning oil brigade saying they don't suffer this problem??

Hobbsy

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Good morning Pete, coffee half gone, I can see straight now, the tiny one is sleeping much longer at a stretch. I started out using Fox 15% fuel with 20% castor in an Enya .46 MKII, a high compression Saito .80, 15.5 to 1 cr and the first 1.50 sold that year, 11.24 to 1 cr. That fuel did not castorate the engines like it was supposed to, except for the mufflers. I now use Wildcat 10% 2/4 full synthetic, 18%. it works very well, I have never worried about a little oil on the plane

SrTelemaster150

No fore end tip just the way the light plays on it. The stain is slightly darker as there is some end grain in play on the reverse curvature. My Dad bought that rifle in 1958 for $12. The stock was in very bad shape after all these years. I restocked it last year by whittling down a semi-inletted Bishop stock circa 1970s. It had a Monte Carlo comb/cheekpiece, pistol grip & white line spacers. There was enough wood to duplicate the original straight grip sporterized GI stock complete with the GI steel butt plate with the cleaning rod trap.

The sight is a Pacific K-2. It slides into the magazine cut-off and is locked in place by a set screw. No D&T required. I lucked into it on e-bay last year & outbid another guy in the closing seconds. Paid $113.50 for it. It has micrometer windage/elevation screws. I keep an Allen wrench & 2 differing sized (.093", .063") apertures in the butt plate trap. I use a .125" aperture for hunting.

The Krag is problematic for receiver sights as the sight must be removed or elevated quite a distance to remove the bolt.. By removing the elevation lock thumbscrew one can access the set screw. 1/2 turn of the set screw & the sight slides out to the rear. There is no need to disturb the windage/elevation settings so the zero is not disturbed.

The shot was straight on from a rest at 120 yards. He was standing in a small opening in the brush about 20 yards from the edge. The shot took him cleanly through the spine. Dropped him in his tracks.

SrTelemaster150

Popey is on my ignore list for good reason.

The ignore list is a wonderful thing when it comes to dealing with those that have little relevant or constructive input.

SrTelemaster150

Roseanne Rosanadana.

the pope

So do tell how posting pics of dead animals and going on and on and on and on about cdi until one's eyes bleed and nothing else is relevant to a saito thread ? You truly are a **** wit !

tonyos

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Hi All Always wanted a Radial Engine so went ahead and Purchased a Saito FG-33R3 Have just ran it in my PT17 that I am building , very good Quality and sounds great , have 3 tanks of Gas at 15 to 1 , with a 18X6 prop runs great , Now have to finished the stearman , O I did taxie it around at the field and every one said it needs wings . LOL

Hobbsy

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Lookin good so far.

FlyerInOKC

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If we didn't like you we wouldn't pick on you! So picking on you is tough love the only love you'll see around here. ;-)

Hobbsy

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Yo Fly, all the love is directed at the Saitos,

wha-tah-hey

Excellent suggestion Sr, never used it before.
To quote a very wise man, "I refuse to engage in a battle of wits with an unarmed man."
Congrats on the rifle, stock, sight, eyesight and groceries. :-)

SrTelemaster150

The "ignore list" is a very handy device for relegating the inane rantings of trolls to the insignificance that they deserve. Their annoying blathering drivel can no longer enter your world.

It's like a dog barking at the moon in a vacuum, nobody can hear them. At least the ones they most want to annoy can't.

wha-tah-hey

Yes, the world is already a more pleasant place.

Terry

BTW - I have a (SIg?) .40 J-3 free to a good home for anyone who wants to come get it (in the mid-TN area).
Needs minor repair, covering.
PM me.

Hobbsy

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I got a chance to do some playing today and ran my old Saito .40 with a MA 10x7 3 blade prop. I am impressed.

Saito FA .40, early style.
Fuel===Wildcat 2/4 10% with 18% full synthetic
Plug===Fox Miracle
Prop Master Airscrew 3 blade 10x7
Exhaust===TurboHeader
Max RPM==9,761 a few rpm rich of peak.
Idle====2,300
This engine has about 1.5 hours total run time

wha-tah-hey

If you're interested Dave, you can get another 1-1.2K out of an FA-40 MK3 for ~$35.

Terry

Hobbsy

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Thanks, I read above somewhere that the High Cam series cams can be added to the earlier series. That engines going on a twin so I'd need to do it twice.

the pope

[QUOTE=Old Fart;12140935]There's a lot of love gone into the making of that (30/40?) custom krag rifle popey my mate.Try to remember that there are a lot mean savage vegeterians out there in the woods mate
Maybe so O.F. Im sure theres a forum out there somewhere where some would drool all over it . Seriously them 2 will be finishing each others sentences before long and the luv fest will be consummated !

Rudolph Hart

Thank you for the large writing.It does look good,i'm thinking about selling the fa200r3 and getting your gas version for my harvard.When you fly it please let us know.

Dave that first cup of coffee is so good

ps okc? is right mate it's a tough love club i think so grin and bear it,actually no don't.If you keep digging with the same shovel,you always end up in the same place and it's fun to exchange ideas about saitos or related things we do.

Hobbsy

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Pete, I'm a self taught expert at blending and pre-heating fuel, however that doesn't make it burn clean. To be honest, I'd much prefer wiping castor off of a plane. Brooklyn is now 45 days and 9 lbs. She'll be holding her own bottle in a couple more days.
We're having 70ish weather so I got to squeeze in a few miles on big green.

I'm going work on getting a better idle on the FA .40, I'm close to acceptable. 2,300, I'd like to see 2,000

SrTelemaster150

I don't consider it a "custom" Krag. I was just attempting to "restore" the rifle to the condition that it was in when my Dad bought it from his best friend in 1958. I was in the kitchen of that farm house in Fennelton Pennsylvania that day & remember it like it was yesterday. I ruined the stock in the mid '70s when I "refinished" it & sanded the wood down way past the metal.

Aside from the receiver sight, which was sorely needed due to the horrible GI rear sight, and the lack of some gaudy fake (plastic) ivory inlays, it has the same lines & general overall look.

Hobbsy

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Dan, did you or do buy those Stoeger Shooters Bibles, Us four boys would buy our Dad a new one every year. I remember the 30-40 Krag. I remember the 220 Swift was the fastest gun in there at the time a 4,110 fps. I'm sure tht's slow by todays standards.

FlyerInOKC

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Brooklyn a keeper! Congratulations Papa! She'll have you wrapped around her little finger in no time and make a fine R/C pilot too!