Okay, I know that this has been beaten to death, but.....
There you are, in a town with a nice little LHS that only sells Omega Cool Power 5-25%. They have to cater to the R/C folk. But you, having flown R/C and beginning to learn how to fly control line, want to return to the Fox .35s that powered your uncle's Nobler and P-39 in the 60s. Can the Omega fuels, with castor additive (I've got a source), be used in a Fox .35 Stunt? I know that the Fox is a lapped, bushed engine, but what I've read on this forum leads me to doubt that Cool Power is a safe adventure.
Hello Kirk and welcome
you may want to read the fuel and engine article at the first of this forum, this is a small excerpt from it.
"So what percentage do you try? For motors like Fox .35s, OS Max 35s or the old McCoy’s and K&B’s, use a fuel with 26 to 28% oil content; preferably half castor and half synthetic, up to 75% castor is OK. These motors have very small bearing surfaces, and are subject to much wear and heat, most are all plain bushing motors and most have unbushed rods. They need a lot of oil to help cool the engines. Since these motors run hot, they need extra oil to keep them lubed,clean, and to carry out heat . If you have one of these that is in very good shape but, is just starting to get some brown or black varnish plating on it, the synthetic mix will clean it up for you, resulting in increased life. Do not use the synthetic blend in an old motor that has a lot of time on it with all castor fuels; the synthetic will remove the castor varnish off the piston and sleeve and will in some cases, leave you with the worn-out motor that had to start with. Also always try to NOT use prop shaft extensions with these engine, as it adds a lot of wear on the crankshaft bearing.
So what percentage do you try? For motors like Fox .35s, OS Max 35s or the old McCoy’s and K&B’s, use a fuel with 26 to 28% oil content; preferably half castor and half synthetic, up to 75% castor is OK. These motors have very small bearing surfaces, and are subject to much wear and heat, most are all plain bushing motors and most have unbushed rods. They need a lot of oil to help cool the engines. Since these motors run hot, they need extra oil to keep them lubed,clean, and to carry out heat . If you have one of these that is in very good shape but, is just starting to get some brown or black varnish plating on it, the synthetic mix will clean it up for you, resulting in increased life. Do not use the synthetic blend in an old motor that has a lot of time on it with all castor fuels; the synthetic will remove the castor varnish off the piston and sleeve and will in some cases, leave you with the worn-out motor that had to start with. Also always try to NOT use prop shaft extensions with these engine, as it adds a lot of wear on the crankshaft bearing."
You can with success, as Marvin stated add 15 to 16 ounces of castor to either Cool Power or Omega, But never run them as is in a Fox 35, many people have wiped out the rod on 1 flight doing this, by the way Morgan fuels are measured by weight, not volume so the 8% oil figure is really just a tad under 15% by volume, The last time I did a boil down test on their fuels I got 14.8 % oil.
This is the link
http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=4037.0REgards
Randy