Did someone say NITRO? Thrust test of Saito 100 4 stroke & Cox 020 Tee Dee. Saito Disassembly & why. 

Thanks so kindly. I appreciate your long time viewership and you.

Thanks so very kindly Dean. I appreciate you.

Yep, and it should really haul my Aeromaster around pretty well. Thanks much, Doug.

Right on. I am anxious to fly it. Thanks much.

All Right. I try for sure. Thanks so kindly, Scott, and Semper Fi.

You are also a long time subscriber. Thanks so kindly and I appreciate you.

I agree. Thanks so kindly.

Thanks so much. It does sound good. I appreciate you.

Glad to hear that Dave. I appreciate you. Thanks much.

Hey John. We do for sure. Thanks so much and fly easy.

Right on , Charles. Thanks again for sending these. I enjoyed the troubleshooting, and success of getting it to run again. I appreciate you for sure. Happy flying.

@@NightFlyyer Dave check out the DIY video of making a throttle using a dubro front steering wheel assembly for the test stand !! It’s in my videos

Hi Romin. Yes it does sound good. Cant wait to try it on my Aeromaster. Thanks much.

Right on!

Thanks so kindly,Tony.

So far so good. Heading for my 21st treatment in a few minutes. I appreciate you. Thanks much.

I'm with you for sure. I am also not a fan of also trying to fly pattern while there are 5 guys in the air with their hovering airplanes. You know, if you fly a helicopter, hovering airplanes comes naturally easy, but they think it is impressive and don't mind hogging the field. Thanks much and stay well.

Thanks kindly.

I thought that too, but it just wouldn't suck fuel either way. And Charles made a comment above that he took it apart and didn't put it together right, so that was that. Yep, vibrates like a Harley. Thanks LLoyd.

If it WAS set up for CCW rotation, it WOULD have required a cam swap to get it to run in the CW direction... No amount of re-timing a cam made for CCW rotation would allow it to run in the opposite direction. It would require a totally different cam, specifically made for reverse operation. The same cam can't be used interchangeably.

@@davelowets That's right. Only Cox 2 stroke reed valve engines or similar, could run either direction.

@@davelowets Your right, I looked into that. There is a different cam available for CCW. It looked like the lobes could be moved via a setscrew, but maybe not. Also there are some that claim you can swap intake and exhaust port for reverse rotation, however screw sizes don't seem to be interchangeable. Have you tried any of the above?

@@lloydromeo3860 No I haven't... I don't have any experience with that exact model 4-Stroke, but I have done alot of work on many others, and I've never seen cam lobes that can be adjusted with a set screw, but that doesn't mean that they dont exist... 🤷🏻

Right on.

Thanks.

Well, I have been flying for over 65 years and we called it gas. So many "woke" people said I was wrong, so I use the word nitro. I run 20% Nitro in my engines and they all run well. We used to mix our own fuel and sometimes I used 40% nitro in my pylon racing days with Caster but changed to Klotz Oil synthetic which is cleaner. I have a Saito 120 in my Big J-3 cub and it runs great as well. A standard glow plug will not work, as it has to be long enough to reach in the chamber, and then it will stay hot. As you saw, this 100 idles perfectly. But In my planes, I always install a glow driver on board anyway. Never had a dead stick with that setup. I have had several 4 strokes, including the OS 46 and I loved them, but they were destroyed in the fire, and I especially miss the Kalt .45. So thanks for the encouragement and know the term Nitro was probably invented by the woke crowd that thinks Hovering airplanes and hogging the field, is cool. Hovering airplane is really easy, for us Heli Pilots, but that is the fixed wing flyers way of saying they can hover. I miss the old days too. LOL. Thanks.

@@NightFlyyer Ok thanks, that is a reasonable explanation. As I said, the Saito 56 is the only four stroke I have problems with and I do run the correct OS-F plug. All of my other four strokers , 5 in total, run great! On board glow is an option but one I'd rather avoid if possible. 20% nitro is out of the question. I will not spend good money on any more than 10%, but then I'm flying glow exclusively so the cost of fuel is a big factor. I don't own a gasoline or electric plane. Not that I'm opposed to them, just that I have box full of great engines. 2 and 4 stroke so why not use them? My favorite 2 stroke is K&B .61. I have four of them! I have to limit myself to what I can squeeze into my car so my 1/4 J3 is as big as I go.

It is a early Cox as I found out.

Just adjust the Tare Weight to zero on the scale after mounting the engine. (this eliminates any weight differences) Then the result is accurate. Engine forward or back creates the same thrust. But you can contact Candela Research center to find out more. Good Question!.

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