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Forum: Glow Engines
05-30-2011, 04:05 PM
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Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

What idle speed should I eventually be able to attain?  I just don't want my plane(s) to taxi away from me in less than a 15 mph wind! ;)
Forum: Glow Engines
05-30-2011, 07:01 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I ran a tank through my relatively new Saito 65 yesterday.  I bought it used but I was told it had been bench ran and then oiled and put away.  By all appearances, this seems to be an accurate...
Forum: Glow Engines
05-11-2011, 10:11 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

This is another nice "unofficial" Saito site for good information from an obviously experienced and informed Satio enthusiast:

http://saito-engines.info/index.html
Forum: Glow Engines
05-10-2011, 06:04 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

That's what Iwas thinking!
Forum: Glow Engines
05-10-2011, 06:02 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Has anyone ever used a Perry oscillating pump with a Saito? I was thinking of mounting a tank remote to make room for tri-retracts on an Ultra Sport 60. Engine is Saito 100.

Here is a link to the...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-05-2011, 08:54 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Hobbsy,

Do you have any drawings or a sketch of your test stand you might be willing to share? I have been thinking of designing one but I like some of the features of yours just from the picture...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-31-2011, 03:21 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Here is a nice [unofficial]resource for Saito specs, dimensions, etc: http://saito-engines.info/specifications.html

Also, the Saito Small to Medium Single Cylinder Manual is available at this link...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-29-2011, 03:47 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Definitely good prices. Let me know if you try their bearings and they turn out to be good product. Like Isaid, Ican't personally vouch, but have heard others on this forum recommend them. I am...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-29-2011, 03:27 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I have heard good things about this outfit, here is a link to FA-80 bearings:

http://www.rc-bearings.com/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=65_66_69&products_id=771

Or, they have ceramic ones:
...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-25-2011, 06:38 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

bpenner697, the set screw in the high speed needle is metric, an M3-.5 X 3mm long. You can get 100 ea for $4.10 from www.mcmaster.com (http://www.mcmaster.com), item # 91390A097. Alternatively since...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-09-2011, 09:33 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Yes I am also enlightened by the drawbar method. That could work in lots of situations.
Forum: Glow Engines
03-09-2011, 07:29 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Nice. I want one.

I just checked and you can get the cheapie little Chinese ones from Harbor Freight Tools for around $50 or less for the really small one. They probably wouldn't be great for...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-09-2011, 05:54 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

The proper way to install a bearing is a press. If heating the housing and cooling the bearing do not work for assembly, the best way is to use an arbor press.

With any method, it is best to only...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-08-2011, 05:29 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Have you seen these 90° adapters? http://www.rcuniverse.com/market/item.cfm?itemId=724304

That might work along with a straight threaded manifold.
Forum: Glow Engines
03-05-2011, 07:27 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Bob,

I saw the ziplock bag full of FA-56 parts at a swap meet for $10. I already had a beautifully running 56, so Ibegrudgingly left the parts on the table telling myself Ihave too much junk!
...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-04-2011, 07:10 PM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Here is the wrecked 56 Ibought at a swap for $10:

http://rickbrad.smugmug.com/Family/2011/Q1/IMG4499/1205973525_LHeAf-L.jpg...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-04-2011, 06:57 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

w8ye, only the muffler is painted. It is not the GK version. This is a '80s vintage FA-65.

Here is one like it (if you look closely around the pressure tap, this one appears to have been painted...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-04-2011, 06:18 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Looks like you are #726 Clay. Just subscribe to the thread and take the next number, Iam surmising.

BTW folks, on the muffler of my recently acquired FA-65, the paint has softened and is falling...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-03-2011, 11:00 AM
Replies: 54,811
Views: 5,381,957
Posted By rickbrad

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Thanks Barry. I now have FA-56 and FA-65; looking for an FA-100. Starting off at the lowend...

Iwas in the hobby back in the '80s for a few years and recently re-entered.

I was quite a bit...
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