Extremely well done, Claudio! I hope it is flying as good as it looks. Best wishes for the upcoming contests.
Bill
Hi Bill and thank you very much!
I'm aware that you are about to install a Saito 72 in one of your new projects so let me share with you the set up I'm currently flying with, so to have a starting point:
- Saito 72 (control line carb version with Bob Reeves's mod you'll find here:
http://www.tulsacl.com/SaitoCarb.html )
- 6 oz. RC square plastic clunk tank NON uniflow. I use a sinterized bronze clunk filter in the feed line instead of the bullet type one.
That bullet type clunk gave me very erratic shut offs at the end of the flight. This was completely solved with the sinterized bronze filter. Absolutely clean shut offs in EVERY flight now.
- 10% Nitro, 20% oil fuel (70% synthetic, 30% castor)
- Top Flite Power Point 14"x6".
- 8500 ground RPM's.
- 5.1/5.2 lap time.
- 4.1 ounces of fuel for a 6'30" flight time.
- I run on muffler pressure.
I'm a happy man with this configuration. The Saito 72 is a HELL of an engine! Hope it works for you too!
Best Regards,
Claudio.