First Flight F6F Hellcat and Moki 250 Radial Engine 

+Aditya Ramachandran Thanks. Me too. I look forward to flying it again when the weather gets a little warmer around here.

Thank you Charles.

Thanks. Actually I am using Bel-Ray MC1. It is a synthetic 2 stoke oil and can be mixed from 50 to 80:1 I find that it runs very clean in my other engines and have been using it for about 4 years with great results. Until it breaks in Moki Radials will turn any 2 stoke oil black and leave a lot of residue. I am familiar with Klotz and used to use it on my fist gas engine. Most of use use Amsoil now but I prefer the Bel-Ray because it runs so clean with much lower carbon build up.

Hellcat

It was probably a bad decision. I was only considering that the wind was pretty much down the runway. I didn't realize how turblent it was. It was a good day though.

@@LouCetrangelo as I'm sure you know, the warbirds are so unforgiving. I live in central Texas and wind is just a fact of life here. Still I usually wait for calmer days to bring out the warbirds. Good luck to you though.

Hi Patrick: Thanks. It's very close. We are in the middle of one of a sod farm. At the south west corner is an art structure called the "star gazer".

Thanks Lou I grew up in Sayville But I used to fly out there a lot I live in maine Now Keep up the nice work

I used the Hellcat that is currently hanging at the Steven F. Udvar Hazy Center in Washington DC for my color and markings. I believe that it was on the USS Yorktown at one time. I didn't know there was a similar color scheme for the USS Enterprise.

Actually the prop hub should be red but I couldn't bring myself to paint over the mirror finish on the aluminum hub. 😉

@@LouCetrangelo well shucks, what do those guys from the Smithsonian know?

The video was taken in the USA in New York State, the town is Eastport. My clubs field is about 75 miles east of New York City on Long Island. Where do you live?

@@LouCetrangelo thanks for responding. I live in Southern California city of Temecula and I fly models as well

Thanks Bill. I didn't expect it to rev up at that point. Actually with the big Solo prop it's hard on the blades to flip start it. I used a big starter after that. I really enjoyed the build though. I'm now working an 100" T-28 now of my own design.

Yes that is true in most cases. This was my second Moki. The first one is a 215cc in a Stearman. Until they have a few hours to break in the exhaust is very dirty. It comes out as thick black oil. It was funny on the first flight of my Stearman my buddy was straddling over the stab as i ran it up. I tried out the smoke pump and all the black oil came out of the collector ring on to the grass and his new sneakers. It left the outline of his sneakers on a black background that stayed for weeks. Not to mention ruining a good pair of shoes. 😬

Hi Bobby you are so correct but they sound assume and look really cool.

That wasn't necessary. He said he knew it was a rough landing and he's getting used to the new bird here. Don't be unkind, that is an awesome plane made by someone who is really talented.