I am in need of manual for the avistar .61 Also what fuel and props work with this engine. It will be in a strega.

thanks, bob

Thanks Bob. Brodak does not have manuals nor any info. Also cannot find manual anywhere online.

I am in need of manual for the avistar .61 Also what fuel and props work with this engine. It will be in a strega.

thanks, bob

Just for grins  I asked the Bing AI where I could find a manual.  Here is what he/she/it/they answered:

You can find manuals for the Aviastar .61 model airplane engines on the RC Groups forum 1. The forum has a thread dedicated to Aviastar engines, where users have shared manuals for the .46, .53, and .61 engines 12.

I hope this helps!

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I have gotten some rather helpful answers from this tool.  It knows what most of our terms mean.  I also think it has read Stunthangar.

Ken

Well, don't trade in your goggle searching computer for bing too quick. I searched all of its suggestions. none of them had anything on the manual. Someone else?

Thank you John, very kind of you. I debated whether  should sneak in around a corner so no one could see the trail of electron  falling off behind me lest they all go running. But I can no longer kneel, even to put batteries into a plane. So I bring a collapsable x frame with me and have the plane at standing height to put the battery in or do any work needed. I can start a glow model on it to then set it for launch. I no longer fly off a stooge and have a partner to launch so this will be no issue.  But the real key is that after 20 years of flying electric I am homesick for the sound. I like the smell of course. But my numb hands make handling small electric components impossible to handle. I cannot feel anything smaller than a #8 bolt and nuts that size are really tough for me to hold. So can also work with no electric wiring or connectors to fit in a narrow fuse. Maybe thats all rationalization for flying glow a bit, at least a try for one season. Also have some motors I always wanted to try on a stunter but got sidetracked into helping Rick Sawicki and Dennis Adamisin as electric developed. But I am physically unable to fly competitively any longer in any class, don't think they will let me go back to beginner... but that pattern would be flyable for me. And,well, I still want to try some more building development with carbon fiber structures, so need to build but have no need for another electric plane, so glow. It's all rationalization after all anyway.

Now to the real problem...Anyone found this manual for the Avistar 61. I got the one on the smaller motors but in the .61 its supposedly a modern motor and I question the recommendation with the smaller motors in their manual that recommends 50% castor in the fuel. Most ore modern motors in rc use less or no castor in the fuel. I am ok using castor, though I do not like the mess,  question when the smaller ones and the .61 were developed if the .61 should be running more modern fuel. So I just want to know the recomendation from the factory pm this.

bob

Don't feel shy about entering Intermediate, if age-related physical difficulties make it impossible to continue in Super- Expert. Didn't you used to be in Deer Park, WA?  Steve

Thanks John. Much appreciated. Do you still have Frank Carlisle's twin? What power did you wind up using?  bob