" I'm curious what plane you're flying with the Veco? Weight? Prop? Muffled or loud? ".
By Golly , Bill . Youve seen it in pictures at least fifty Times .
( just kidding ) .
Now were going to engaguge in some SERIOUS Name dropping , here .
Picture above is the renouned Team Race World Champion Mr Potter , and Mr Potter Senior . overlooking & superviseing , and playing with a Camera
after doing a not to bad job of lauching all the things . Unfortunated TWO Bottles of NITRO & ONe of Methanol . Not the Two of Methanol & one of Nitro Id presumed . And even took a whiff to check . Didnt screw any of the engines , OS , Veco & Fox . though the Plugs were Black , after .
Mustve been 65 % . One should be a trifle cautious about wasteing the Nitro , Me Suspects .
ANYWAY . waas running a waisted & a unwaisted spraybar in a Std & a overbored intake , for some time . Has Std both now in both .
One Engines from Dave Bolton, He won Combat ( S.M.A.E. rules ) in N.Z. with one of the three he then had . ( Its MINE Now . ), around 76 . Other was N.i.B. K&B Veco c/l
Ive a unused third r/c with the case shorter at the intake as all the r/c are .
SO , First Flights were unmuffled .
The notorious Bryce Gibson , Combat Afficianado at No 4 ranking W.W. then , blew his airdrums , and buggered off smartly after a flight of that & the unmuffled Folkerts , ST 21/40 . Half the neigbourhood were there on pushbikes before it ( DeH ) Landed . V good for promoteing aeromuddleing . Twins .
SO , Bolton ran C.Case pressure , Big intake . ( maybe the relieved spraybar ? ) & 20 % nitro , for 90 mph in something like a Warlord . /
Here its got Big Intake , Std spaybar . others std intake, relieved spraybar . areas similar but inconsistant , ground to air settings on O% or 5 , though in warm dry weather 5 to 10 is o.k. if the barometers steady . 9 max. 1/4 turn range for useable setting . if youre lucky .
Had a good run with steady weather & regularflying . 90 % good . . . . B u t . . .
But you give up & use ten if the weather & flying is irregular , or loose half the flights with sh*t settings .( and resultant foul moods & iritability )
However . ROSSI R-5 plugs & 20 % Nitro , a 20 second warm up before disconecting electricary from plugs , and 8x6 top flights , see 90 m.p.h. .
and they can hear it at the other end of the valley . A bit of a wail . Though the take off swing can catch you out . Two fast rolls & bores in inverted behind where the pilot was .- 9x4 Top Flights & richening it up , got good take offs , the schedule ( or half of it before the juice is gone . If youre lucky .) And a rich baritone note .
Going to ten gets the schedule if theres only one lap between manouvres , on 80 cc tanks . on a good day .
15 nitro you know the motors wont stop , chunteringing and hissing & banging away through the determined efforts of the gallant airman .
within a turn of something like right , on the needles .
Plastic intakes ( small ) 10 % , were useless - in Melbourne . ( the things flown in dozens of locations ) . Current set up is std. intakes & spaybars. The same in Ea. engine, even . which is farly usefull .
Mufflers when fitted are FOX 19/25/35 , with copper coustom straps . While these arnt ' quite ' its only half as LOUD as the Hot Set Up .
Been Donated three R-3 or R-7 Rossi plugs by Richard justic , the 199 mph chap ,current .60 Aus. record holder so theyll go in , for tomorrows efforts . Olde Faithfulle .
despite four wipeouts , through a tree or twoo , and moveing the plywood sheet triggered the 5 ft sq 16 mm plate glass tippiging over , hitting the outer , at the rottenish bit , 7 blowing the Lap Joints on the Spars , Right There . It worst damadge . The rotten shheet from the ' look at the pilot when you let it go ' lauch replaced then . Needed doing anyway . Amougst other things . She aint pretty , but aiborne is .
so SUMMARISEING . it was 60 )z once . . . 55 to 70 ft lines . ( 65 calm , 60 a bit of wind , 55 blowing nicely . ) 9x4s for stunt , 8 x 6s for combat .
toothpick 10 x 5s or thereabouts probly pretty good . A drop of nitro and itll swing anything , the smaller the noiseyer .
Bought the New motor for the Muffler ( Std. Veco - so Ive two Now . But havnt used em )
For S.M.A.E. Combat , or scareing the neighbours , use 20 % , a 8x6 , the big intake ( HERe we get , needs 20 % on Suction , for a good setting )
and pressure .
Was built 2002 & still tatty , Er , Going Well. We Hope . Well see. tomorrow . & I dunno the Brew as its promised bludged fuel as the Train Gestapo dont approve of certain things .
off to think up some more big names .
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