Well Bill, you got 20+ years ahead of me at "listening"! I just started stunt this year after 40+ years of fast/slow combat, carrier, Q500 (R/C), etc. So for me, I have a lot of "listening" to catch up to. Maybe some day I'll get to your level of perfection. But today, I am asking questions and "listening". Perhaps, you could write about your perfect engine setups so we can learn and have the same performance out of ours...
Hi Rafael,
I was being a "little" bit *tongue in cheek*, and a "little" bit factual. Didn't mean to offend you, if I did I'm sorry..
If you are really sincere, I could write a lot but I don't do anything "special", that's all. If I have used a specific engine, I can tell you what I have been told to do to get it to run right. I do what others have told me to do. I learned many, many years ago, through a completely different venue, that the KISS principle is always best. And to ask the best how they do it, that way I don't have to re-invent the wheel. In the "Stunt" realm I am "lazy" when it comes to the "technical side", I just want to know what to do to
fly better.
I use muffler pressure on my "non piped" set ups. And Uniflow on all except the Fox .35, which is also the one example where I don't run muffler pressure. Jim T., and others, use uniflow and it works for them just fine. I tried uniflow on a Fox .35, had problems, and went back to straight vent. I'm a huge believer in "If it ain't broke, don't fix it".
I make sure I the tank can move up and down if it's a hard tank. I make sure there are no leaks in the system, first, before I go out to fly. And I try not to use old fuel, plus the right plug for the engine and set up.
I ain't the best there ever was in this "stunt deal", and never will be, now. But I am more than intelligent enough to learn from those who are.
For those who need to know the whys and wherefores, that's great. More power to them, but for me, I just need to know the "do's and don'ts". I am more interested in the "How" than the "Why".
Don't take me the "wrong way", I ain't a "Sexual Intellect".
Bill Little
AKA: Big Bear