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Forum: Glow Engines
10-01-2013, 09:06 AM
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Posted By Kmot

Has the Saito 90TS twin been discontinued? I...

Has the Saito 90TS twin been discontinued?

I was just on Horizon Hobby, looking at engines and it is no longer listed. And there appears to be an 'updated' 60 twin with a new dark anodized case.
Forum: Glow Engines
07-20-2011, 08:53 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

boogerman, nice idle!! Are you using glow heat at idle?
Forum: Glow Engines
12-10-2010, 07:42 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Wow, that radial engined Cub is so awesome! It even has a collector ring exhaust. Fantastic! [sm=thumbup.gif]
Forum: Glow Engines
11-29-2010, 01:06 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Hobbsy is just applying some antidote to the poison that has infected this thread lately...
Forum: Glow Engines
11-02-2008, 10:36 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I thought the 'hammered' cams were due to lifters hammering them due to loose rocker clearance. Certainly not from being tight.
Forum: Glow Engines
11-02-2008, 11:51 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I think that maybe the rockers were over adjusted and the valves were not closing. It happens. It just does not make sense that an engine will not idle because the valves are 'tight'. As long as they...
Forum: Glow Engines
11-02-2008, 11:29 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I think you menat to say "open up the rocker arm clearance"?

Well, that would reduce the amount of valve lift, wouldn't it? So why would less valve lift had made the engine start, when more...
Forum: Glow Engines
11-02-2008, 12:38 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

This is quoted from Bill Robisons "Saito Notes"

Now we come to the point of contention. I set all my Saito engines at 0.0005" clearance. Right. That’s 1/4 of the minimum given in "The Book."...
Forum: Glow Engines
11-01-2008, 10:04 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I think that is just a surface for an o-ring to butt up against. Looking at a picture of a replacement intake pipe for the 72 it seems that way:

...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-30-2008, 10:23 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

You kiwi and oz boys crack me up! :D

To keep this thread on topic, how about a new Aquacraft Alligator Air Tours airboat converted to a Saito four stroke? And then you could go trolling for...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-30-2008, 12:10 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

G'day Mike, I am not positive but I think in this video here it was using a Top Flite 12x4 and it also had a Samsung SC-X210L camcorder and remote camera stuffed inside the cockpit. Not to mention a...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-29-2008, 09:45 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Patxipt: Ya gonna paint one of em'? :D

Mike109: My old low cam .45 flies my Sig Rascal Forty just fine, including with clipped wingtips!
Forum: Glow Engines
10-10-2008, 03:32 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I used to break-in my engines at Sepulveda Basin. But the local club that sort of runs things there installed an electric Park Flyer area there where the engine break-in stands were. So now there is...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-09-2008, 07:21 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

New FG-20 coming!

http://www.horizonhobby.com/Products/Default.aspx?ProdID=SAIEG20
Forum: Glow Engines
05-08-2008, 10:54 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

If a Saito makes music to your ears...

If you're a bona fide Saito gearhead...

:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IzSygqHvLPY
Forum: Glow Engines
05-05-2008, 07:28 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Would you like to listen to a Saito 120 with the PSP muffler?

http://media.putfile.com/Saito-120-On-The-Test-Stand
Forum: Glow Engines
05-03-2008, 01:20 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

Forum: Glow Engines
04-27-2008, 11:27 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

No, that dialog box does not support PDF.
Forum: Glow Engines
04-27-2008, 08:48 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Is there a way to upload a PDF file onto the forum? I have something useful for Club Saito if there is a way.
Forum: Glow Engines
04-26-2008, 10:36 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I found the nuts on Horizon and also found a source for teflon washers. So I am squared away.
Forum: Glow Engines
04-26-2008, 06:18 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I am rebuilding an early style 30 with the cast open rockers. I bought it as a basket case. It is missing a nut, the one that secures the rocker arm pivot screw. I can easily replace it with a...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-25-2008, 03:55 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

Forum: Glow Engines
04-25-2008, 11:04 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Will you please record some friggin' video so the rest of us can see/hear it? :)
Forum: Glow Engines
04-14-2008, 02:46 PM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

Not an oiled finish, well at least not on purpose. :)

Maybe some residual glow fuel oil from many years prior. That stand was actually photographed shortly after it had rained, so it is wet...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-14-2008, 10:20 AM
Replies: 54,700
Views: 5,313,178
Posted By Kmot

RE: Welcome to Club SAITO !

I like the metal engine support you made. That''s very nice.

Oh, and your wood is better than mine. :)

http://www.fototime.com/58D1AEE39F02739/standard.jpg
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