This beast is destined for the firewall of the 1:3 Scale Barth Waco which is nearing completion. Naturally this engine is overkill but, hey, why not? Spent last weekend breaking in the motor at the Field. One gallon of gas, run rich, and no more than 3/4 throttle. With frequentContinue Reading
Thanks to Paul Geders for putting together this brief video the advantage of using an after-run oil.Continue Reading
More than you would ever want to know about the inner workings of the Walbro. I have watched it twice and suspect it requires a few more viewings before getting my head around it. Very informative.Continue Reading
How could this happen? It started with Dave Harrington and I going to the Stihl Championship Air Races last September and watching some of the Formula 1 racers. We were laughing about how we wouldn’t fit in one of the full scales so we might as well set them upContinue Reading
It started with a phone call: “Hey man, I’m in Cumming Georgia for work and I’m pulling an empty 20′ trailer. I’m in the Extreme Flight warehouse right now. You want anything?” That butthead Dustin Whitrock knew I was using the “Shipping Costs” as an excuse to not pull theContinue Reading
I could listen to that “lumpty lump” idle all day. I finally got a chance to get out to the field and run in the new Saito 33R3 I obtained from Tower Hobbies over the summer. As many of you know, this motor is going to go in my 1/4Continue Reading