Paramotor Maintenance 101 Vittorazi Atom 80 Moster 185 Carb Cleaning - Changing Fuel Lines & Clunk 

In the works!

Id love to see a top end and bottom end rebuild video.

Great suggestion I think we will definitely have to do that soon.

We teach all the maintenance you should need for the basics in our flight training :)

@@aviator I'd probably be coming to you guys when the time comes I'm ready for training

Dude that’s awesome! I never would have thought of that! I’m absolutely doing that from now on. As far as removing low/high screws, in accordance with Vittorazi warranty you cannot turn the high screw as they have a little metal seal on them so if you turn it you’ll void your warranty so it’s best I not show show that plus when you pull the metering diaphragm off the low and high Venturi is right there in the open so you can get them blasted out pretty good and not have to mess with the screws. I’ve rebuilt a few carbs that I didn’t have to tune a thing after I put them back together

What detergent solution?

😂😂 you have no idea how annoyed at myself I was when watching my hands through the edit😂😂 in my defense trying to line up the needle, metering lever and spring is impossible for me personally with gloves on.

… and you’re a man.

I think they came out of the Vittorazi manuals, just printed specific pages! Good eye!

I’ll let Neil confirm but I asked him too, and he said it was a combination of simple green and something else. Will post a link as soon as I can ask him.

I just use dish detergent and water. The hotter, the better.

I usually just use simple green and really hot water. Maybe spray a little carb cleaner in the mix if I’m feeling froggy

You may want to contact Walbro and let them know their videos and manuals are all wrong too….

He should wear some gloves to that cleaner is nasty.

@@577buttfan 😂😂😂😂😂😘

Hey Ryan, that’s a great idea to go with an external pump! Did you end up using a regulator? I have kit I plan on using on my next rig. I think a good consistent external fuel pump would be awesome to have on a lot of motors. Yeah I would probably cap it. It probably won’t make much of a difference other than potentially getting dirt and crud between the pump diaphragm and the pump cover but with that 90• pulse port I can’t imagine much getting in there. Vacuum cap is like .20 cents so might as well cap it

@@fasst45072 I didn’t use a regulator; I had asked Laurent from Air Conception, and he told me the pump used on the Tornado would work on the Nitro without any issues or regulator. I decided to go with the external pump because I was getting that bog down when I would lean over to pick up my risers (my pop off pressure was at 17psi). This pump helped with that - for a while at least. After about 60 hours I’m noticing bog again. It could need a cleaning (which I did at 30 hours of use, but it was pretty lean still). They tend to get oil buildup I’ve been told. Anyway, it still seems to offer as good or better performance than the carb pump. Also, I ended up using a piece of fuel line as my pulse line from the cylinder. I had tried stiffer, solid rubber hose, but I couldn’t see through it to spot oil buildup (which if bad enough can cause fuel starvation and a lean condition). When I changed to using Tygon fuel line in place, I was worried it would be too soft and collapse due to rhe pressure. But it seems fine and able to handle it.

I’ve done that on trips several times.

Also my atom 80 has a wg8 carb. I don't seem to see many atom 80s with that carb

Where in the rpm range are you doing most of your flying? Are you mostly full throttle climbing or just cruising?

@@fasst45072 it's an atom 80 so it's used mostly in the upper rpm zone, which is why adjusting the L hasn't made a difference to the spark colour.

@@louisschoon903 sorry I thought from your first post that you had been trying to tune the high screw. When was the last time to carb has been rebuilt?

@@fasst45072Because it has done this from new, and even now it has only about 17 hours on the engine, I don't think the carb needs rebuilding or cleaning. I've gone through 4 plugs - black with soot. I think they set them slightly rich at the factory, compound that with the hot, humid environment where I live - I think it just needs adjusting leaner, maybe 1/8th, or perhaps a hotter spark plug? Cheers

I’m glad you noticed I totally shoehorned that in😂😂😂

@Butch Grisso...."and Bob's your uncle" is an Andrewism.