[SPAM] Re: [SPAM] Re: Moki 180

[Bill Glaze]

Bob: No soft mounting; just the factory supplied radial mount.  Which, 
BTW is closely enough machined that it doesn't use a gasket.  Vibration 
doesn't seem to be an issue.  BG

Bob Kane wrote:

>Was the Moki soft-mounted?  
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>--- Bill Glaze <billglaze at triad.rr.com> wrote:
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>>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:
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>>>On Feb 16, 2005, at 8:53 AM, Rcmaster199 at aol.com
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>>wrote:
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>>>    To be honest, if weight wasn't an issue, I
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>>would use the MOKI 180.
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>>>    I have not used an engine more user friendly
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>>or more robust than
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>>>    that one, and has power to burn. Piped,
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>>propped and mounted
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>>>    correctly, it could be made fairly quiet. It
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>>was nice to just fuel
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>>>    it, prime it, one flip start it, and have it
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>>last several seasons
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>>>    without any hint of a problem. No bearings, no
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>>rods, no rings, or
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>>>    anything else for that matter.
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>>>
>>>I have virtually no experience with MOKI engines,
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>>other than to sell 
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>>>fuel to owners and listen to complaints from the
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>>ones who aren't 
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>>>convinced that MOKIs want/need low % nitro fuel to
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>>operate properly. 
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>>>Does anyone care to comment which fuel works best
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>>in their MOKI?
>>    
>>
>>>Ron Van Putte
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>>>      
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