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Offline proparc

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Super Tigre Blue Head
« on: April 21, 2015, 10:33:58 AM »
Not sure where this question goes but, did we ever go into competition with the Super Tigre Blue Head?
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Offline Jim Kraft

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Re: Super Tigre Blue Head
« Reply #1 on: April 21, 2015, 11:57:19 AM »
I flew one in R/C pattern for years in a Dirty Birdy, and it was a great engine with plenty of power and long lived. I have never seen one in control line and I think there are several reasons for that. They are much heavier than the ST 60, and also like to run high RPM on smaller props. They do not like to four stroke at all and are timed for higher RPM performance. They are a great engine for what they were intended for and during their hayday they one a lot of contests.
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Re: Super Tigre Blue Head
« Reply #2 on: April 21, 2015, 02:47:09 PM »
Not to disagree with Jim, and I too have flown the Blue head in Pattern and sport RC, a great engine. About 6 years ago I had Byron Baker rework two of my blue heads for stunt. I wanted to try 60 size stunt, I had them, and I didn't have the preferred ST 60.

Anyway long story short, they are heavy...about 16 oz with tongue muffler. One of them ran well, nice 2-4 break and I flew it for 4 years. The other was plagued with run away issues...but I think it had more to do with the airplane cowl ducting, then the engine itself...but I then started flying electric and never tried to work out the bugs.

It depends on what you are looking to do, if you want to fly open at the NATS....definitely not your engine, if you have one, put a venturi and a ST needle and give it a try.

If you have to buy it....I would buy something else.

Tim
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Re: Super Tigre Blue Head
« Reply #3 on: April 21, 2015, 04:17:31 PM »
Supposedly, they have some serious power. I don't see why they can't be tamed with the right venturi. Heck, we don't 2/4,(sounds like a dance) anymore. Tim, what you're saying sounds very encouraging. If a flyer has a plane that can take the weight say a Strega, then these motors sound like very viable powerplants with plenty of power.

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