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Offline Herman Green

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Thunder Tiger GP 42 Venturi?
« on: January 12, 2017, 09:30:42 AM »

I read a number of threads regarding the TT GP 42.  General conclusion was that pretty much everyone liked it.  Opinions ranged from as good/better than a LA 46 to not as good as a LA 46, but good anyway.  Anyhow, I've acquired several.

Installing the venturies, on the first two I put in the OS FP 40 venturi, which measures about 0.282" or 0.283".  Then, reading the instruction sheet for the motor, the dang thing isn't a 42 after all, it's a 40 (0.396).  So, the question on the venturies.  As I said, the large OS venturi is about 0.283".  The FP 20-25 size I previously bought measures 0.268".  The current FP 20 size they're selling now measures 0.259". 

So which size have you guys used?  I always put the 0.268 size on the LA and FP 40 engines.

I'd appreciate your thoughts/experiences.

Thanks,

Herman
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Re: Thunder Tiger GP 42 Venturi?
« Reply #1 on: January 12, 2017, 12:39:05 PM »

In looking a little further and digging through my "stuff", I find I have two different spec sheets for the Thunder Tiger GP-42.  One list the  bore as 0.835" and the stroke as 0.724" for a displacement of 0.396 ci.  The other sheet lists it as 0.846" bore and 0.748" for a displacement of 0.421 ci.

Well, I have five of these engines on hand and I couldn't stand not knowing, so I pulled the heads and measured the bores.  All five measured 0.8445".  I figured this equates to the 0.846" since ABC/ABN cylinders are ground with a slight taper to expand at the top when hot (and my digital caliper hasn't been calibrated).

So, believing that all mine are indeed 42's, I think I'll plan on the larger OS venturi unless someone has a better idea.

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Offline Steve Helmick

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Re: Thunder Tiger GP 42 Venturi?
« Reply #2 on: January 12, 2017, 03:00:12 PM »
I don't have some, but Leonard Neuman wrote that the venturi boss/bore is tapered, so it takes some extra PITA to make venturi inserts fit. Have you looked into that delightful feature?  ??? Steve
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Re: Thunder Tiger GP 42 Venturi?
« Reply #3 on: January 12, 2017, 04:32:32 PM »

The first one I did had a tapered bore in the case and I had to slightly taper the base of the venturi.  Not a big deal with a fine file.  None of the others since have been tapered.  They do, however have a small cast in boss near the bottom that limits the insertion depth.  I had to file off about 1/16" from the bottom of the venturi to get a good tight compression of the o ring.

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Re: Thunder Tiger GP 42 Venturi?
« Reply #4 on: January 13, 2017, 04:21:55 AM »
Veturie size'd depend on prop , plane size & weight , Line Length , and altitude at field .

A venturie that works at 3.000 in the mid thirties C ( about 90) does about 80 mph at sea level in the teens . %^@ mw~

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