Captcrunch44

That is one thing I fight on all my saitos. But i have found that mounting engine on its side helps a lot.

c550

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Hobbsy,

How did you fit a turbo header on the Saito .40A?

acdii

Started the Fuse on the 4*60 yesterday and mounting an FA-91 to it. The plans have an FA-65 on them, the 91 is not much larger, and the carb sits at the same spot. Just need a 12 oz fuel tank now.

Hobbsy

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I swapped a friend a SuperTigre G-21 .46 for a little machine work, I sent him the stock muffler, elbow and the TurboHeader. He made the adapter you see and an adapter elbow.

AC, I have the ACE 4-120 about half built for my Saito 1.50. It's going weigh just under a ton when finished.

acdii

I have an ACE 4-60 I bought for the Saito 72 that was on it. I put an OS-70 on it instead and it needed a ton of lead to balance, so I can believe the 120 would be a brick too.

c550

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I really like the turbo header mufflers-I just wish he would make them to fit the Saito .30 and .40a.

blw

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Iim not knocking what someone likes, but I always, always lost power when I changed from an APC to any MA or Zinger. But, I really like the way the MA props look in the air and sitting in the shop. Nice looking white tips. I've just gone by good vertical performance. I don't hover, but I do try it up high and my antics turn out looking like I'm doing some neat, new maneuver. APCs are also better for tail slides. Before I crashed my Widebody 40 it was real stable trying to hover and doing tail slides. But, like Frankenstein that Widebody will live again one day.

blw

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Dave, that is the best running engine I've ever seen (or heard). Well, I actually didn't hear it often when Jim was doing touch and goes because it idled so low. We were good friends but he wouldn't tell me what it idled at. I asked a few times and he played dumb about it, and you and I know he knew exactly what it was turning. I still laugh about that and you have a great engine.

acdii

I have a GK 100 like that in the Cub. Likes to idle really low. I broke my last Evolution 15 x 6 prop for it when I crashed the Biper, so I hope the one on it now lasts me a while. Can't get them anymore.

Rudolph Hart

I hope 'franky' makes a return soon and agree with your comments.My take on the mas props are safety related,man they can take a beating on a test flight and that's what you need if it's a tail wheel with a grunty saito two sizes to big engine,that does'nt need any lead at the back.Everybody knows it's going to swerve left on takeoff and probably try to pitch over the 'P' factor but1 they don't know how much yet

If you like flying in circles at head height i've found apc props make the best out of saitos cheers

Rudolph Hart

This is a question for people who fly mode two...why? does adrenaline push your left thumb forward before you are ready on a first flight...can't be that hard

Hobbsy

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What is Mode Two?

FlyerInOKC

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Transmitter mode:

Mode 1 Throttle on the right elevator on the left. More popular in Europe
Mode 2 Throttle on the left elevator on the right. More popular in the USA.

Hobbsy

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Thanks Okey, then I fly Mode 2, I never thought about there being anything else except single stick. When I bought my ACE MicroPro 8000 I almost ordered a single stick.

BarracudaHockey

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I thought the question was rhetorical

Hobbsy

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As in: extravagant, grandiloquent, magniloquent, high-flown, orotund, bombastic, grandiose, pompous, pretentious, overblown, oratorical, turgid, flowery, florid, Pete would never do that

FlyerInOKC

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It does make you wonder how we ended up with two transmitter modes in the first place?

acdii

It's a Grand Illusion

Captcrunch44

Well the question comeing from someone down under. Is the answer to the question. Yall are just upside down and backwards. ��

the Wasp

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mode 2) it's an American thing, like a defiling thing against a higher power, you know, like America drives on the right side of the road just because we dare to

LOL

Jim

Rudolph Hart

It was and dave picked up on it nicely.Just to make sure i did ten minutes worth of house dusting and found my dictionary.If he keeps that up i'll have to search for the aussie bbq edition of our version and respond in kind

Rudolph Hart

What? mode one,two,three and four?

Jim you americans drive on the wrong side of the road because it's just the crazy right thing to do yes?

Captcrunch44

Well in all honesty i have seen and heard of a few guys around here that fly mode 1. Thats how there were taught, i even have a couple of transmitters on mode 1. Of course when you’re at the field and someone calls for help. You better know what he is using. I was able to help but it took a second to worp my brain to help but i got it.

Hobbsy

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Well, that makes this a Mode 2 engine.

blw

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Mode 2 is also how real airplanes and helicopters are set up. The stick controls bank and pitch.

What is screwy to me is all electric helicopters rotate the wrong way, or actually the European and Russian way. American helicopters rotate the other way and that's what I'm used to from flying in the service. Single rotors want to rotate when you add power and it was backwards for me at first, but I'm okay with it now

Here's a trivia thing- the Army UH-1 Hueys have the tail rotor on the left. Navy and Marine UH-1 Hueys have it on the right. .