YS Engines

[Edward C. Hernandez]

All,
   Thanks to everyone for the input in the YS engine question and the earlier World Models question. My curiosity has been both satisfied and picqued. It seems like you can more or less run whatever you want to in pattern for whatever reason you want to at whatever cost you can bear. This is good, because I need to remain flexible with the limited amount of equipment I can afford each year. Whatever I procure(so many choices!), I will seriously consider entering a contest this year just to get judged and advised on my flying, even if my stuff/skills prove not to be very competitive. Heck, last year, I showed up just to watch one, and they offered me free pilot food and some schedules!

Edward C. Hernandez
"There are 10 kinds of people in the world,
the kind that understand binary, and the kind that don't." 
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Henderson,Eric 
  To: discussion at nsrca.org 
  Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 12:07 PM
  Subject: RE: YS Engines


  As a guy who runs both types of these engines extensively I think that YS will make a big impression with their 160 DZ. When I say extensively I am saying multiple hundreds of runs on many types. Four OS 1.40's,  four OS 1.60FX's,. two OS 1,60 FI's, two Mintor 1,60's, seven 1.40L's, many 1.20's, a couple of YS 91's, a 110 and a couple of 63's, and that's just the current stuff. (plus a ton of vicarious Webra 145 and 160 experience)

  Why the engine resume you might ask? Well it does give me a balanced viewpoint. I liked all of them for many reasons and disliked each one for one or two reasons. It's not all about the running or operation. It has to also include the servicing and and durability. All of then needed some sort of after market exhaust system support. Some needed pipe tuning others needed carb tuning.

  In the final analysis it really comes down to what YOU like. You'll never convince a happy YS owner to go to a Mintor. If they are unhappy then a 2-c is attractive. They all sound similar these days and db's below 90 are easy to achieve with 17' props, on all of them.

  I have a fond memory of running the OS 1.40's that I brought through airport customs 6 plus years ago, after finding them in a UK model shop. The customs story is not so fondly remembered but the comments of a local pattern flyer stick out much more. "The OS would never win a contest because it did not sound right ", was all that he kept saying. This was usually followed up by a lecture on how the YS had all these "great" performance points.

  That same pattern flier went on to eventually use 2-cycles and now has a whole rhetoric on how good they are. The reason he moved is that now he likes them. That's all it takes! He didn't win more or less with either, in fact he hardly ever won anything. He will always be an engine-guy and if electric grabs him we will just have to enjoy a new list of justifications.

  It's all a matter of taste. It is parts verses reliability, ease of operation verses power etc. and in most cases initial cost verses the real costs of a season's running.

  Regards,

  Eric.

  P.S. my e-mail address above will become inoperative tomorrow. It mat be a while before return to the list. If anyone wants to contact me please use eric.henderson at comcast.net or look me up on RC Universe.


   -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On Behalf Of Patternrules at aol.com
  Sent: Tuesday, March 30, 2004 11:20 AM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: YS Engines


   Well from what we're seeing lately unless YS starts making an electric all this talk will be a moot point anyway. 


  Steve Maxwell
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