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Forum: Glow Engines
04-04-2013, 04:25 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I use Power Master 20/20. I believe the extra 5% of nitro helps over come the large amount of oil in performance. Also the fact that is says "Saito
' on the can helps too. $22 per gallon
Forum: Glow Engines
02-23-2013, 05:38 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I had the journal of a crankshaft hit the back plate on an engine , steel rubbing against aluminium makes oil black. Might try a second gasket under the rear cover as i believe the crank can go no...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-17-2013, 08:23 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

check the pressure line at the muffler or the tank , it may have come off or is obstructed
Forum: Glow Engines
11-03-2012, 09:32 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I have a picture of it in My Models-Hanger- plane #14
Forum: Glow Engines
11-03-2012, 09:26 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

The fuel tank is right up in the front, 1/4 scale plane with a long fuselage, i think it weighs in at 18 lbs , with a 84" wing. It was designed with a hatch held down with a single 1/4x20 nylon bolt,...
Forum: Glow Engines
11-03-2012, 03:15 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Be glad you have a four stroke.... my super tiger 3000 uses 3 ounces a minute, i use a 24 ounce tank in my ace big bingo for 8 minutes of flight time and have to buy special (Byron 5% nitro/10% oil)...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-12-2012, 03:26 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

as far as tips for covering coming loose from oil, i thin some 30 minute epoxy and use it to paint over the covering in question where it seperates, works every time. I went to a local automotive...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-11-2012, 05:13 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

ok, how do i remove the prop hub? gonna put some new bearings in my 91 saito and i've reached a stopping point. heated the prop hub only with a torch and no go, do i have to get a puller of some sort...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-11-2012, 12:38 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

i have had several full scale pilots tell me that AV gas leaves alot of ash, i have used both AV gas and 93 oct pump gas and have seen no difference in performance. i always thought it was due to the...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-07-2012, 05:51 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

It was my gf that suggested i get the Sukhoi, she must have thought i was in the dumps. Next time you want a plane do like me......pout~!
Forum: Glow Engines
10-05-2012, 06:55 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

i don't have any loss of compression, i just wanted to do something with the piston ring that comes in the rebuild kit. i guess it's kinda like those ABC cylinders ( aluminium, brass, chrome), i...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-04-2012, 05:46 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

maybe i'm addicted to flying, i still have the first ever plane i built (gp p51 mustang) and the first plane i ever flew ( 72" Telemaster). Is that hording? do they have rehab for that? for my moms...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-04-2012, 05:28 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

i have recievers in about half, it's a mixture of 2.4 and fm. i bought two storage sheds 24' x 12' that i keep em all in. Just bought a rebuild kit for my Saito 91 , paid $31 on ebay. it says it has...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-03-2012, 03:07 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

i got to the fly-in and found my battery dead in the tach, so no rpm yet. gonna try again this coming sunday. the fly-in was just about a total was, got 2 flights in between the rain drops, turns out...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-03-2012, 04:18 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

They'll be sayin' the same thing at the makin' of the Will, I know the Saito's will outlast me
Forum: Glow Engines
10-02-2012, 07:12 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

it did very good, wasn't a speed demon but it pulled straight up very well. was the only ugly stick there that was hovering. In the mornin' i'm picking up a 1/3 scale sukhoi with a zenoah gt80 twin,...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-26-2012, 12:45 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

The muffler is stock. Just got done packing and gettin' ready the planes i'm gonna take , my hanger 9 tach included. I just emailed the flight director of the event and he said i could show up there...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-26-2012, 07:51 AM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I'm gonna run a Master Airscrew 14x6 on my Saito 82 in a 60 size Ugly Stick this weekend at a local fun fly, i'll try to remember in between having a whale of a time, to record the rpms i'm getting...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-25-2012, 08:27 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

definatly fly it around, tuning on the ground gets ya in the ballpark, i've learned that from flying gas planes
Forum: Glow Engines
09-25-2012, 08:07 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I kinda tune my low end a bit funny , but it works. I remove the cowl and set throttle at a kinda fast idle. the carb barrel has a spring behind it so i place a finger behind the throttle arm so it...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-25-2012, 03:36 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

while they are cold, make sure you check valve lash.....process of ilimination....... like i said, i do the cheapest things first. The reason i said to check the oring on the manifiold is Horizon...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-24-2012, 05:48 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

would not a leak on the intake manifold bring in addition air and lean it out, making it run hot and needing to be richened up? if i recall it's just an O-ring. i try to start with the cheapest fix...
Forum: Glow Engines
08-28-2012, 10:06 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

i got it at a flea market with engines, servos and batteries. came with 2-.75 GMS 2-strokers and landed kinda fast cause i had to keep the idle up so the engines would't die on me . saved up my beer...
Forum: Glow Engines
08-24-2012, 04:21 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

just got in 2-91's for a 92"ws cessna 310, running 3-blade 13x6 props
Forum: Glow Engines
08-22-2012, 08:50 PM
Replies: 54,805
Views: 5,375,161
Posted By Fred L

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

2-82's, 1-91, 1-100
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