OS 1.60 Issues

[rcaerobob at cox.net]

YES!!!  After struggling with two, I decided to chuck 'em, and go with a proven source... Perry Pump...it has been the "right thing to do" ever since.

Bob P.
> 
> From: JonLowe at aol.com
> Date: 2004/06/01 Tue AM 08:09:04 EDT
> To: discussion at nsrca.org
> Subject: OS 1.60 Issues
> 
> I have a Titan, OS 1.60, Mueller header, Greve pipe, Ironbay regulator before 
> the needle valve, OS #8 plug, running a 17x13 with 15%.   Tank is monted over 
> the CG.  Hyde mount.  As near as I can measure around the header, I am at the 
> length that Piedmont recommends for these pipes on their site.  Good power at 
> full throttle, but midrange stinks, wanting to load up at 3/4 throttle, and 
> not transition to full throttle.  Also, the mixture changes in the air, upright 
> to inverted, going rich inverted.  I have the regulator mounted horizontally 
> about 1.5 inches from the needle, do I need to mount it fore-aft like a Cline? 
>  Do you think I need to extend the length of the pipe?  Any carb adjustment 
> tricks?  I'm new to pipes, so any info will help.
> 
> BTW, the original  pressure check valve went bad before I even got to fly it. 
>  I got a check valve (Foremost) from my local hobby shop that seems to work, 
> developing pressure and holding it well.  Have others had problems with the 
> Ironbay valves?
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Jon Lowe
> 
> 

Bob Pastorello, El Reno, OK, USA
rcaerobob at cox.net
www.rcaerobats.net
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