Moki 180

[Ed Alt]

Hi John:
Have you ever tried starting the Moki with a light backwards bump?  The 
engine likes to be wet to do this, but it usually would start foward for me 
when I did this.  I just gave the spinner a brisk twist to clockwise and 
that would do it.

Ed

>From: "John Ferrell" <johnferrell at earthlink.net>
>Reply-To: discussion at nsrca.org
>To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
>Subject: Re: Moki 180
>Date: Thu, 17 Feb 2005 09:53:29 -0500
>
>I have a MOKI 1.8 in a Midwest Cap (80" span, 14 pounds). I installed a 
>Perry pump that uses crankcase pressure. Where the tank is located makes no 
>difference. I am running Red Max all Synthetic fuel with 5-7.5% nitro. I 
>have proven to my satisfaction that Dick Hanson's advice that no Pitt's 
>style muffler provides adequate fuel pressure.
>
>The only strange behaviour that I experience is that the first start of the 
>day takes a little effort and it wants to run backwards for a while. I have 
>noticed others with the same problem without the pump. No big deal, I can 
>live with that. The needle NEVER needs adjusting.
>
>I usually use a MAs 18-10 prop because it survives ground to prop strikes 
>better than anything else and I seem to have a few of them. I don't know if 
>APC even makes this size any more, but the two piece with hub version was 
>expensive to fly.
>
>I don't fly it much because it just don't fly like a pattern ship!
>
>John Ferrell
>http://DixieNC.US
>
>   ----- Original Message -----
>   From: Ron Van Putte
>   To: discussion at nsrca.org
>   Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2005 10:14 AM
>   Subject: Re: Moki 180
>
>
>
>   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


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