Cornster
Senior Heliman
Location: Thornton, CO USA
| I wasn't able to make it when it started friday, got there around 1pm on Saturday due to having to complete my setup, long story there...another post maybe.
VERY fun!! I will definately be there bright and shiney tomorrow.
Lots of cool people there, MANY great flyers. Will bring my video camera tomorrow and get em posted.
Saw Todd Bennet<sp?> flying. Talk about graceful, but yet very explosive. He is VERY precise. That ship was flying as though it was wired guided on rails. Very nice flying!
One other thing, the whole "Oh no, nitro shortage!! For what ever are we to do?!?!"(at this point you clasp your hands to the sides of your face with a shocked/panic look) fuel thing......have no fear. Buzz and his friends at Magnum fuel have THE ticket!!!
I couldn't get Buzz to really tell me what was in the stuff, how much nitro or if it even had nitro at all. Has a bit sweeter stronger smell to the fuel and the smoke as well. Tuning was very easy. I am running a YS50st w/Hatori pipe. Had to make my low end a bit fatter and fatten up the high end a bit, this could also have been what I needed to do with the 30% I had brought with me today.
Right away when I had the engine idling you could easily hear it running MUCH smoother. When testing throttle response with bumps on the collective (starting at idle and stopping at idle while firmly hodling the head) the response was VERY crisp and 'RIGHT NOW!'. I was pretty happy with this as it seemed to be an improvement on the 30%. Not a HUGE difference, but definately noticable.
Took my ship up and tossed it around a bit, few rainbows, few tic tocs, etc. I wasn't really pushing it too hard as I was still getting my setup tweaked, brand new ship and all.  Anyhow, I had flown 4 tanks previously today so I was pretty familiar with how my ship was 'feeling' today. Right away I could feel more power. Believe it or not, but it's definately there! I couldn't believe it. I had heard Magnum was working on some new blend, but I didn't think they were going to get to the same power of 30%, figured they'd get close, but not the same. Needless to say I am very impressed!! Wasn't like a dramatic, 'whoa!!! This feels like a 90!' kind of jump, but I was now able to do full power climb outs inverted and upright, tic tocs and funnels and my headspeed stayed solid.
This fuel also responded MUCH better to needle adjustments than the 30%.
There was an issue with the engine suddenly quitting when returned to idle after it built up temp. This was fixed by slightly raising the top element in the glowplug. After 'modding' the glowplug all was well.
By the way, this is in no way a marketing pitch for Magnum, this is just my feedback on the funfly so far. I am just giving props to the folks at Magnum Fuels for taking this "Nitro Shortage" as a kick in the pants to make a possibly better and lower cost fuel instead of "Just jack up the price!". This fuel costs the same as 30% BEFORE the "shortage".
What was really funny about the whole thing was how he got me hooked! Just like a drug dealer, lol! I saw him, had wanted to meet him for a while so I introduced myself. Mentioned to him that I heard he was working on a new blend, asked if I could buy a gallon to "test" it for him. He laughed and pointed to the gallon with the handcrank on it and said go ahead and fill up a tank! I burned the first one, asked for a second and got it. Next thing you knew I was walking away with 2 gallons in my hands, lol!
After running those 2 tanks, I can honestly say I did not want to go back to the 30% I had brought. I pumped my tank full with 30%, sat there thinking and staring at it and kept coming back to, 'I really don't want to feel it boggy again, this sucks!'. Thanks Buzz!!
Met a bunch of folks and had a great time flying. I actually witnessed my first 'in person' boom strike. I gotta say, I think it should be spelled BOOOOM strike! Cause man, the raining cloud of debris was huge. Very sorry to whome ever that was, ouch! LOTS of great, hard 3D flying going on. Very fun to watch!
Anyhow, was VERY fun today!! I wish I could have stayed to watch the night flying, had to get home to give my kitty his insulin shot.
See you guys at the field tomrrow!!
My heli:
T-Rex 600N Pro
Mavrick G5 blades (had to settle for these, but they seem to be a decent blade)
YS 50ST
Hatori pipe (the new special one, can't remember the name right now)
13+- pitch
Buzz's new fuel
I fly.....because I can. |
. I also was at the fun fly last weekend... man the most fun u can have standing still!!!
