[SPAM] Re: Moki 180

[Bob Kane]

Was the Moki soft-mounted?  


--- Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:

> Ron:
> I've been quite happy with mine; they have always
> started very easily 
> and run well.  I've heard all these stories about
> pumping/regulating 
> them etc. but I honestly don't know why one would
> need to do so, other 
> than a defective setup in the first place.  I just
> run muffler pressure.
> Now, fuel:
> I experimented with some 15% that I run in my
> Y.S.engines.  As the Moki 
> neared full throttle, I could plainly hear it
> rattling.  (with my 
> hearing, that in itself is a minor miracle.)  So, I
> drained the 15% and 
> put in some 5% that I happened to have.  Ran well,
> but after it heated 
> up, I could detect some detonation.  So, I drained
> out the 5% and put in 
> some FAI that I had been using.  Not only did the
> detonation cease, but 
> I picked up some 400 rpm.  I was curious, so I
> called Gerrard, 
> (importer, at that time.)  Jim said that I wasn't
> dreaming; the engine 
> was designed for FAI fuel, and that they absolutely
> would recommend no 
> more than 5% fuel, and that to be used only in the
> winter to help 
> starting.  I don't remember numbers, but I do
> remember that it will idle 
> for 5 minutes at 1800 rpm, and then immediately
> accelerate to full 
> throttle when asked.  That's Jim Gerrard's
> criterion.  I'm not sure my 
> Y.S. engines will do that.  Since I've gotten so
> heavily into pattern, I 
> have done very little with anything else.  So, the
> information is 
> probably a year old.  The Moki's are in
> (Individually, of course<G>) a 
> Midwest Extra 300 which weighs 14 lb. 4 ozs.  and I
> use a Mesjlik 20-10 
> prop.  This is the only airplane I have ever owned
> that will truly go 
> out of sight straight up, (John Ferrell was a
> witness on this!) and will 
> do a true, round knife-edge loop.  And, with the
> recommended Bisson 
> muffler, I get quite a few comments about how quiet
> the airplane is.  It 
> sounds mellow, but I've never Db'd it.  Fun to own
> and fly?  You bet! :-)
> HTH
> Bill Glaze
> 
> Ron Van Putte wrote:
> 
> >
> >
> > On Feb 16, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Rcmaster199 at aol.com
> wrote:
> >
> >     To be honest, if weight wasn't an issue, I
> would use the MOKI 180.
> >     I have not used an engine more user friendly
> or more robust than
> >     that one, and has power to burn. Piped,
> propped and mounted
> >     correctly, it could be made fairly quiet. It
> was nice to just fuel
> >     it, prime it, one flip start it, and have it
> last several seasons
> >     without any hint of a problem. No bearings, no
> rods, no rings, or
> >     anything else for that matter.
> >
> >
> > I have virtually no experience with MOKI engines,
> other than to sell 
> > fuel to owners and listen to complaints from the
> ones who aren't 
> > convinced that MOKIs want/need low % nitro fuel to
> operate properly. 
> > Does anyone care to comment which fuel works best
> in their MOKI?
> >
> > Ron Van Putte
> >
> 


=====
Bob Kane
getterflash at yahoo.com


		
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