@engineman327 Yes the Glow fuel had 10% nitro to start with. After adding gas by 66 percent...the Nitro content cannot be much....not that good with math! Capt,n
@JOCKATEO I did explain not to do this...I have been very carefull and use heavey leather gloves. Electric motors on electric airplanes are far worse. The keep right on cutting and do not quit untill you shut them off. Most other glow engines quit when the hit a heavy leather glove. Tkae Care John
Some carbs work better. Go to "engine conversions forum on RCuniverse and read AV8TOR,s postings. He has it down to a sicence. The slow Idle will amaze you. The 2 things tou can do is raise the tab on inlet needle a bit & use the Tan colored diaphrames in carb, they last good. Capt,n On RCU
I read an article in RC universe about a year ago. It started with just gas and oil. It works but wont idle. The magic formula was 1/3 10% glow fuel pink, with 2/3 regular gas, and a OS F plug, with an adaptor from horizon hobbies. The only drawback is you need to clean the carburetor or the rubbers will rot. No oil the caster oil is more than enough oil and the oil works as octane so regular is good enough.
@christiedf33 To my suprize the glow fuel does not seem to bother this carb. When you think about it a lot of small 2 cycle engines run ok on gas that has alcohol in it.
Run time depends on how hard it is being run. On average it may use 1 oz of fuel per min. You could fly a 1/4 scale J3 Cub airplane for a very long time on a 16 oz tank of fuel. There will be more improvements I plan to do to allow it to use a no Nito fuel. Nito is what is in Glowfuel. I plan to use strait mentanol mixed with pump gas with Klotz oil. The engine will need a higher compression ratio for the use of no Nitro. Thanks John
It will run at least a hour on one tank...about the same as a leaf blower. Maybe less ir run wide open. The same engine runs better on regular mag that came on it. MB290 leaf Blower
does the glow fuel have any nitro in it?
Bamchucknorris 1 year ago
@Bamchucknorris Yes the Glow fuel has 10% nito in it. Remember...most is gas(2/3) so nitro ends up being far less in total %
engineman327 1 year ago
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engineman327 1 year ago
@engineman327 Yes the Glow fuel had 10% nitro to start with. After adding gas by 66 percent...the Nitro content cannot be much....not that good with math! Capt,n
engineman327 1 year ago
Is that a four stroke engine or two stroke?
cripso123 1 year ago
i hate these vids when they put their fingers close to the blades i bet some people have cut their fingers off
JOCKATEO 1 year ago
@JOCKATEO I did explain not to do this...I have been very carefull and use heavey leather gloves. Electric motors on electric airplanes are far worse. The keep right on cutting and do not quit untill you shut them off. Most other glow engines quit when the hit a heavy leather glove. Tkae Care John
engineman327 1 year ago
Some carbs work better. Go to "engine conversions forum on RCuniverse and read AV8TOR,s postings. He has it down to a sicence. The slow Idle will amaze you. The 2 things tou can do is raise the tab on inlet needle a bit & use the Tan colored diaphrames in carb, they last good. Capt,n On RCU
engineman327 2 years ago
I read an article in RC universe about a year ago. It started with just gas and oil. It works but wont idle. The magic formula was 1/3 10% glow fuel pink, with 2/3 regular gas, and a OS F plug, with an adaptor from horizon hobbies. The only drawback is you need to clean the carburetor or the rubbers will rot. No oil the caster oil is more than enough oil and the oil works as octane so regular is good enough.
hewismayer 2 years ago
Nice vid although I don't envy the weather you get at your house.
Has ther been any problem with the glow fuel running through that gas carb??
christiedf33 2 years ago
@christiedf33 To my suprize the glow fuel does not seem to bother this carb. When you think about it a lot of small 2 cycle engines run ok on gas that has alcohol in it.
engineman327 1 year ago
Run time depends on how hard it is being run. On average it may use 1 oz of fuel per min. You could fly a 1/4 scale J3 Cub airplane for a very long time on a 16 oz tank of fuel. There will be more improvements I plan to do to allow it to use a no Nito fuel. Nito is what is in Glowfuel. I plan to use strait mentanol mixed with pump gas with Klotz oil. The engine will need a higher compression ratio for the use of no Nitro. Thanks John
engineman327 3 years ago
how long will it run like this? a couple hours? or have you had time to do a trial with time
41Zman 3 years ago
It will run at least a hour on one tank...about the same as a leaf blower. Maybe less ir run wide open. The same engine runs better on regular mag that came on it. MB290 leaf Blower
engineman327 2 years ago