coolgabsi
Super Mod & DEAL KING!
SO finally weather was beautiful outside to take my nitro and my warp out there and just fly. Went with a friend Bill, who needed help setting up and maiden-ing his 600 nitro. THat went beautifully. Nothing more satisfying than getting to help a friend successfully. 
So, after helping him , I take my Vibe 50 out with its 91 engine purring beautifully.. I had just replumbed everything installing all new lines, and sealing washers. I had installed the JR's stock Fuel pick up line inside the tank . It was very flixible, but also I felt it was a smaller diameter .. I tried comparing it, and I just thought it looked that way cause the walls were thinner. Oh well ..
All was good. Engine was making amazing power, and al of a sudden I hear very metallic noise.. Engine was not happy at all.. Landed it, it was hot. I left it ideling, and richened it a bit. I was already at 1.5 turns out or more on each needle, so no i wasnt burning the engine via the tune..
Well anywaz.. doing a bunch of crazy stuff .. as crazy as I can get .. or as much as I know. Well .. All of a sudden after a bunch of having fun.. I hear a pop and a grind and a halt.. and the heli is in the air.. inverted.. about like 10 feet or less from the ground. In the background I hear SIGHS!!! OH NOS..!! and yes I was in trouble. Well.. I still stuck hard aileron on the sucker and got it down on its right skid.. and by then the blades were slowed down to where there was no more controlling. Tipped over and thats it.
engine is RED hot. I couldnt even touch the thing. Broken landing skid in the back.. and the muffler was hanging loose.
I dont know if the muffler hanging loose caused the engine to lean out, out of proportion or the thin pick up line. Whatever it was.. something caused the lean out, and I checked the needles after the crash and yes I was atleast 1.5 turns out on each.
So .. opened it up.. and yep its a mess. Here are the pics.. The bearings are toast. Piston has a big hole in it. The liner has marks from the metal shavings grinding on it.. there is crap ALL over in the engine. All that is saved or useable is Crank, crank case , piston rod, and carb. LOL
So its a full rebuild which now a days is as much as a used engine after putting a new ring and bearings in it. Lol .. SO i am looking.
Warp 360 had 3 amazing flights. Had near crashes twice.. Its flights are on video.. I will upload those. but hey I was trying new stuff. And till I try new stuff I am not gonna make progress. I need to make some progress in my flying.
ANYWHEW... Thats my weekend of flying.. How was yours?
So, after helping him , I take my Vibe 50 out with its 91 engine purring beautifully.. I had just replumbed everything installing all new lines, and sealing washers. I had installed the JR's stock Fuel pick up line inside the tank . It was very flixible, but also I felt it was a smaller diameter .. I tried comparing it, and I just thought it looked that way cause the walls were thinner. Oh well ..
All was good. Engine was making amazing power, and al of a sudden I hear very metallic noise.. Engine was not happy at all.. Landed it, it was hot. I left it ideling, and richened it a bit. I was already at 1.5 turns out or more on each needle, so no i wasnt burning the engine via the tune..
Well anywaz.. doing a bunch of crazy stuff .. as crazy as I can get .. or as much as I know. Well .. All of a sudden after a bunch of having fun.. I hear a pop and a grind and a halt.. and the heli is in the air.. inverted.. about like 10 feet or less from the ground. In the background I hear SIGHS!!! OH NOS..!! and yes I was in trouble. Well.. I still stuck hard aileron on the sucker and got it down on its right skid.. and by then the blades were slowed down to where there was no more controlling. Tipped over and thats it.
engine is RED hot. I couldnt even touch the thing. Broken landing skid in the back.. and the muffler was hanging loose.
I dont know if the muffler hanging loose caused the engine to lean out, out of proportion or the thin pick up line. Whatever it was.. something caused the lean out, and I checked the needles after the crash and yes I was atleast 1.5 turns out on each.
So .. opened it up.. and yep its a mess. Here are the pics.. The bearings are toast. Piston has a big hole in it. The liner has marks from the metal shavings grinding on it.. there is crap ALL over in the engine. All that is saved or useable is Crank, crank case , piston rod, and carb. LOL
So its a full rebuild which now a days is as much as a used engine after putting a new ring and bearings in it. Lol .. SO i am looking.
Warp 360 had 3 amazing flights. Had near crashes twice.. Its flights are on video.. I will upload those. but hey I was trying new stuff. And till I try new stuff I am not gonna make progress. I need to make some progress in my flying.
ANYWHEW... Thats my weekend of flying.. How was yours?
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