Moki 180

[Bob Kane]

All this talk of regulators, pumps, sticky O-rings,
rusty bearings . . . . . I don't know how you guys put
up with those two-strokes . . . . I'm glad I have my
YS's . . . . . .    ;)


--- Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:

> 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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