Tony
Staff member
So Scott just purchased my backup engine so that he can get in the air and he asked if I would make a very basic tuning video on a helicopter. This was a great chance to go ahead and set my engine up in Murphy (Align 600 Nitro for those that don't know) to run 30% nitro fuel. I was running 15% and the power just wasn't there and I was having to lean it out way too much to get any kind of power. And leaning it out isn't good.
So I transferred my fuel pump over to the brand new, unopened and still sealed bottle of 30% and fueled up the tank on the helicopter. I checked to see if the governor on the ikon was still working and judging by the slow throttle servo movement, it was. I also checked all of the controls and the tail servo again wasn't working. Unplugged it and plugged it back in, and it started working. This is starting to worry me a little.
I took the helicopter outside and that is when I noticed fuel dripping out of the engine. Fantastic. I try to bump the engine over, it's completely hydrolocked. So in order to clean it out without pulling the plug (which is a huge pain in the ass) I decided to try and rotate it back the other way by the fan. What I had forgot was I put a very nice, massive air moving aluminum fan on this engine and when I tried to turn it, it slit my finger almost to the bone. Blood everywhere from such a little cut. I'm telling ya, FRIGGIN MURPHY!!!
So I get it, finally, turned the other way and I lean the helicopter to the rear to evac the fuel out of the cyl. Guess what, the battery in my starter is dead lmao.
Oh yea, and the battery for the helicopter, the Align 1900mah pack, was sitting at 1.2 volts per cell... Yea, I know, you don't have to say it. Simply amazing that it even took a charge. It is a little puffed now though... Friggin Murphy....
So now I have a finger that hurts to hell and back, a hydolocked engine because it's leaking fuel into the engine and a dead starter battery... Just one more thing needs to go wrong....
So I transferred my fuel pump over to the brand new, unopened and still sealed bottle of 30% and fueled up the tank on the helicopter. I checked to see if the governor on the ikon was still working and judging by the slow throttle servo movement, it was. I also checked all of the controls and the tail servo again wasn't working. Unplugged it and plugged it back in, and it started working. This is starting to worry me a little.
I took the helicopter outside and that is when I noticed fuel dripping out of the engine. Fantastic. I try to bump the engine over, it's completely hydrolocked. So in order to clean it out without pulling the plug (which is a huge pain in the ass) I decided to try and rotate it back the other way by the fan. What I had forgot was I put a very nice, massive air moving aluminum fan on this engine and when I tried to turn it, it slit my finger almost to the bone. Blood everywhere from such a little cut. I'm telling ya, FRIGGIN MURPHY!!!
So I get it, finally, turned the other way and I lean the helicopter to the rear to evac the fuel out of the cyl. Guess what, the battery in my starter is dead lmao.
Oh yea, and the battery for the helicopter, the Align 1900mah pack, was sitting at 1.2 volts per cell... Yea, I know, you don't have to say it. Simply amazing that it even took a charge. It is a little puffed now though... Friggin Murphy....
So now I have a finger that hurts to hell and back, a hydolocked engine because it's leaking fuel into the engine and a dead starter battery... Just one more thing needs to go wrong....