MINTOR testing continued

[Ron Sonderegger]

Eric, Is a "Mintor" a new motor?  Where are they advertised? ----- Ron

"Henderson,Eric" wrote:

>   I flew the Hydeout-1.70 - Mintor at lunch today and emptied another
> gallon through the exhaust pipe.The F plugs are still there and clean.
> Each flight allowed me to click in a little to the current setting of
> 1.5 turns out on main needle. The Idle  screw is still set fat and
> will stay there unless it complains.The 16 x 12 is spinning just
> nicely and will be swapped for the 17 x 12 tomorrow. the fuel will be
> changed to 15/16 first and then the prop if all goes well.I felt
> confident enough to fly the FAI P-03 several times in about a 15 mph
> headwind. ( I said confident not competent - BBG)The engine pulled the
> plane around very well indeed. Not quite 17 x 13 OS 1.60 grunt yet but
> better than the L that was in there before. The hourglass downwind
> push and 45 climb was easy. The fig 9 with three 1/2's going up
> maintained speed and roll rates, which told me it was not slowing down
> much. the spin entry was easy so the idle was normal. Transitions were
> smooth on the last two flights. They gurgled before,after long down
> lines, but never even sounded like it would quit.Definitely getting to
> a competitive performance.One interesting thing is that the std ES
> clone of the OS pipe has the first baffle 2" further back than the
> Bolly pipe. This means that I am running 2" longer than a Bolly. I
> intent to try the bolly when the 1.70 is broken in and can handle a
> shorter pipe. Should be interesting to see what it performs like. In
> the meanwhile not quoting rpm's etc. just how it goes up, transitions
> and idles.One funny note is that although it advises running FAI fuel
> at the end of the day it will hardly run on it... any thoughts on the
> straight fuel...Eric.
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