Moki 180

[John Ferrell]

I forgot, I always prop it backwards with a BIG chickenstick...
The only problem I have with the engine is the weight.

John Ferrell
http://DixieNC.US

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Ed Alt" <ed_alt at hotmail.com>
To: <discussion at nsrca.org>
Sent: Thursday, February 17, 2005 12:31 PM
Subject: Re: Moki 180


> 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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