Hi Guys,

I have been playing around with 1/2A's in my back yard for a couple of years, all with cox babe bee motors.
have had a few issuer's but all in all they seem to run and fly ok.

Just recently I thought I would step up a bit,
Got myself a TF flite streak, ARF, got the O.S 25, spent heaps of time getting this baby together.

Cannot seem to get this thing to run right, starts stops, starts stops, or don't start at all, am new to this separate tank thing, I have followed all the instructions etc. Was hoping she would just start and go, wrong! I'm thinking I got fuel supply problem, I try-ed another tank of the same, worse, only runs for a few seconds at best.

Should I be fitting a differant tank?
not sure what to do, no one in my local area that even fly's control line that I no of,

Any advise would be a help, Thanks,
Regards
David,
Victor Harbor, South Australia.

As stated on another post in a different section.   Hook up a piece of fuel line to your needle valve nipple on the engine.  Blow thru the fuel line and listen.   if you don't here a hiss, open the needle until you do.  You may want to check the spray bar to see if it is right also.  The hole in it should point almost straight down into the venturi.

Hello Kevin John and Jim,

Thankyou for takein the time to reply,
am off to work this morning, monday here, will spend time tonight having another look.

The o.s book says 1.5 turns out for this engine, I am using Fuel 10% nitro, 20% oil.

Regards.
David.

Hi everyone, got it running! ran it nice and rich, changing the speed for 4 tanks yesterday,
My mistake was not understanding how to fill the tank correctly, not understanding how these tanks work, the pickup is in the wedge of the tank, so running the motor I needed to tilt plane on its side, to replicate where the fuel would be in flite, also running it to lean.
Thanks for all the feed back.
David.

         Hello David, in regards to a tank choice the chicken hopper may just be a good solution. The nose of the Streak doesn't really lend itself to a suitable sized tank. The chicken hoppers work very good for a fast turning plane like the Streak. It also lends a decent capacity to a short nose plane like the Streak. There's a lot of solder joints on a hopper tank and they're most susceptible to leaks. It's very important to check with as much syringe pressure under water to assure no leaks in any of the joints. They usually occur around where the hopper is grafted to the tank. Another important factor is to not place your attachments (rubber bands, or metal straps ) around the center of the tank. Support the tank on the hard corners of the end caps. Ken

Cheers Thanks Guys, will get one from brodak soon, waiting on a tongue muffler to come back in stock,
David.

I like chicken hoppers. They work. I ran an LA25 on an ARF Streak, full muffler, I think it was a 3 ounce chicken hopper tank. Very reliable. I learned the pattern with that combination. Never had a feed issue. Muffler pressure to the uniflo vent.

Hi Alan,

Got your email mate, will be in touch, Cheers.