[NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?

[Ron Van Putte]

On Aug 21, 2006, at 6:37 PM, Ed Alt wrote:

> Errgh!  Gotta have a good idle.  Maybe a carb transplant is needed...

As an engineer, every time I read a statement like that, I wonder  
what else is wrong with the engine's design.

Ron Van Putte

>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Hester" <kerlock at comcast.net>
> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 7:17 PM
> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>
>
>> Yes.
>>
>> I ran it in a G-Brick a few years ago.
>>
>> The top end was really powerful for it's size, not all that far  
>> below an
>> OS
>> 140. It actually ran very similar, except for one problem: the  
>> idle was
>> iffy
>> at best. I could never get a consistent idle. It would idle ok  
>> about 2500
>> rpm, but no lower. Any less and it was prone to dying. I managed  
>> to get
>> the
>> idle down for a while, but then sold it.
>>
>> I used an OS F plug, 15% Cool power, and filtered the crap out of the
>> fuel.
>>
>> It just didn't like to idle, and from speaking with others at the  
>> time,
>> this
>> was a common problem. That has been a few years ago, so maybe they  
>> worked
>> it
>> out? And then again maybe not.....
>>
>> -Mike
>>
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Ed Alt" <ed_alt at hotmail.com>
>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>;
>> <patternrules at earthlink.net>
>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 6:45 PM
>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>>
>>
>>> Okee-dokee then!  Anyone have any experience running it?
>>>
>>> Ed
>>> ----- Original Message -----
>>> From: "Dean Pappas" <d.pappas at kodeos.com>
>>> To: <patternrules at earthlink.net>; "NSRCA Mailing List"
>>> <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:52 AM
>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Yup,
>>>> Mike Stokes drove the development of that engine back when  
>>>> everyone was
>>>> still thinking in terms of a 120 displacement.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Dean Pappas
>>>> Sr. Design Engineer
>>>> Kodeos Communications
>>>> 111 Corporate Blvd.
>>>> South Plainfield, N.J. 07080
>>>> (908) 222-7817 phone
>>>> (908) 222-2392 fax
>>>> d.pappas at kodeos.com
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org
>>>> [mailto:nsrca-discussion-bounces at lists.nsrca.org]On Behalf Of  
>>>> Steven
>>>> Maxwell
>>>> Sent: Monday, August 21, 2006 11:43 AM
>>>> To: NSRCA Mailing List
>>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> One of the guys in my club is using TT 120 rear in a Focus  
>>>> haven't tuned
>>>> the pipe yet and flys the sportsman fine.
>>>>
>>>> Steven Maxwell
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> [Original Message]
>>>>> From: Anthony Romano <anthonyr105 at hotmail.com>
>>>>> To: <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>>> Date: 8/21/2006 9:20:14 AM
>>>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Thunder Tiger made a rear exhaust pumped 1.20 2c a few years  
>>>>> ago that
>>>> looked
>>>>> very familiar. Never saw one anywhere!?
>>>>>
>>>>> Anthony
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> From: "Ed  Alt" <ed_alt at hotmail.com>
>>>>>> Reply-To: NSRCA Mailing List <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>>>> To: "NSRCA Mailing List" <nsrca-discussion at lists.nsrca.org>
>>>>>> Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>>>>>> Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2006 04:47:17 -0400
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Err, sorry - typo on my part.  It's 1.75M (70")
>>>>>>   ----- Original Message -----
>>>>>>   From: colin chariandy
>>>>>>   To: NSRCA Mailing List
>>>>>>   Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2006 11:06 AM
>>>>>>   Subject: Re: [NSRCA-discussion] 2C 1.20 choices?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   1.5M....so we are talking about a 59" patterm airplane. If it's
>>>>>> built
>>>>>> with a tunnel and weighs less than 7lbs I would love to see a  
>>>>>> YS 61AR
>>>>>> or
>>>> OS
>>>>>> 61Rear used. I'm sure almost everyone has one of those engines on
>>>>>> their
>>>>>> shelf and would enjoy running them again.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Colin.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   Ed Alt <ed_alt at hotmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>     In the next few weeks, I will be testing out a new 1.5M  
>>>>>> Pattern
>>>> design
>>>>>> that will be coming out as an ARF / ARC.  I'm getting one, the
>>>>>> designer/manufacturer will have the other pre-production  
>>>>>> model.  My
>>>> first
>>>>>> thought was to put an OS 1.20 AX on it, which at first seems  
>>>>>> like a no
>>>>>> brainer.  However I would like to avoid the side exhaust, wrap  
>>>>>> around
>>>>>> header thing.  I could just hang the stock muffler off it, but  
>>>>>> I would
>>>> like
>>>>>> to see if there other choices to consider out there.  Any rear
>>>>>> exhaust,
>>>> 2C
>>>>>> solutions for this size range?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Thanks
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     Ed
>>>>>>
>>>>>>     _______________________________________________
>>>>>>     NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>>>>>     NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>>>     http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>> ---------
>>>> ---
>>>>>>   All new Yahoo! Mail -
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>> ---------
>>>> ---
>>>>>>   Get a sneak peak at messages with a handy reading pane.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------ 
>>>>> ---------
>>>> ---
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>>   _______________________________________________
>>>>>>   NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>>>>>   NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>>>   http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>>>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>>>
>>>
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>
>> _______________________________________________
>> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
>> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
>> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion
>>
>
> _______________________________________________
> NSRCA-discussion mailing list
> NSRCA-discussion at lists.nsrca.org
> http://lists.nsrca.org/mailman/listinfo/nsrca-discussion