YS 140FZ Help

[Adam Glatt]

I think P-05's humpty bump with one positive snap up, exit midlevel is the new power test, dethroning the vertical nine with 3/2 up. Having good speed for the top 1/2 loop and going high enough to make the midlevel high enough to do a vertical 8 from middle requires raw, on demand power.

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  From: Hotrod34a at aol.com 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: September 3, 2003 7:27 PM
  Subject: Re: YS 140FZ Help


  Eric,
      Yes, it is plumbed different, like to old ones, which I like a lot better.  Lot easier to install too.  You are right, the picture in their add is not of the 140 Sport. I went to the field tonight and wound up setting the low end adjustment to 5 turns out, and it idled really nice, and just a tad rich on the transition, but I can feel the engine developing more power every flight, so I believe that was the original problem.  I just had never had to adjust my L's out that far or even hardly move them, so this was all new and I didn't want to move it out too far without some feedback.  Thanks to Earl, Glen, Bob, Eric, and all those I forgot to mention for the help, believe I got it whipped now.  And I can say this for the 140 Sport.  Definitely a lot stronger than the old FZ's.  I have a 16 x 11 and am turning over 8600 at the present and still a tad rich on the high end, like Bob said, maybe 1 to 2 clicks rich.  I have it in a 10# 7.2 Oz Temptation that I just built and I can see no reason to need any more power for what I fly, and again tonight, I put it through several of the masters manuevers that require a lot of power and the only one I opened it wide up on was the Square on corners, and then realized I didn't even need it at full throttle.  But, there was not much wind this evening either...so that will come into play down the road.  But what a difference in idling vs the L's...Hardly any vibration at all which is a lot better on the gear, everything....Also can't say enough about the Temptation, what a sweet flying plane, and you can fly it at any speed that you like and it performs flawlessly.  I moved the CG back a little tonight from the recommended setting, and it performed even better.  Very little, and I mean very little coupling on knife edge, and had to mix 6% up elevator with the rudder to stop the slight pull to the belly on knife edge, and 4% ailerons to stop what coupling that there was, as Earl stated he had to do also.  Am looking forward to many many flights on this outstanding plane.  Eric, you, Earl, and Tim were right on about this plane.....Again, want to thank everyone for their input.  Ron, hope you try their suggestions, it worked for me...

  Larry Mercer
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