"The OTHER Kevin in San Diego" skiddz "AT" adelphia "DOT" net wrote in
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On Thu, 7 Jul 2005 01:36:19 +0100, "Beav"
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I can't live with the race rep riding position, so the R1 wouldn't be for
me
anyway, but if you're looking for sometihng a bit more "ooooh" than the SV
650, what about a Triumph Speed Triple? Absolutely astounding bike and oil
leak free to boot.
Not sure where I'd find one, but I *AM* going to the National
Powersports Auction tomorrow to look for another youth ATV. I may
wander inside to the sportbikes and see what's in there..
They're what's known (over here anyway) as "Big Bore street bikes" for some
reason, but they're still a brilliant bike. A pal of mine has one (bought
last month) and another pal has just bought a KTM Superduke and it's amusing
to see the fight for keys when we stop. Depending on the roads we're about
to ride, we all have a preference for different bikes. Mine (The Zed 1000)
beats them both on fast sweepers and on out and out full theash riding, but
the Duke is best on REALLY tight twisties. The Trumper takes everything in
it's stride and sounds wonderful while it's doing it. If I had an inkling
for another bike, it'd be the Triple.
OS are hard to beat, butfunnily enough, hey're not an engine I've had many
of. I currently have a YS 91 in a Futura, but before that I was a dyed in
the wool Rossi man.
Only Rossi I've ever seen was a .21 turbocharged unit in an Associated
8th scale on-road car. I forgot what model it was, but it had a 2
speed tranny and was gawd-awful fast... I want to say RC-500 but
don't hold me to that. Had to have been late 80's, early 90's...
They're still the most powerful 60 on the market. Designed for notro free
ful, they kick serious arse and cheap to run too (being no nitro motors).
Hard to "get to grips with" when you first start using them, but once you
have, they're uneatable and they last forever. 3 year guarantee from Rosi
too. The new Rossi's are often confused with the "NovoRossi" which aren't
the same thing at all and require HUGE amounts of nitro to get their power.
Why? That's the same radio I use, BUT... something I've not mentioned is
that I use an engine gvernor in ALL my heli's these days. Futaba GV-1 and
Robbe CSC2000's. I prefer the Robbe governors, but the Futaba is exceleent
too, and of course, NO farting about with throttle curves matched to pitch
curves, so getting the pitch in a linear movement is perfect.
With the governor method and your PCM 10, you can have 3 seperate pitch
curves set up in less than 5 minutes.
Great. I'll be calling on you to help me out when I'm ready to go.
That deal you mentoned on eBay has a governor in there too. A Throttle
Jockey" it's called, but it does the same thing as the Futaba GV-1 which is
to keep those engine revs exactly where they should be.
I'm not a runryder person and I hate moderated groups, so you're not about
to see me over there. You'll probably run into a few who have some "nice"
things to say about me though:-) Mind you, they're usually the ones who
want
everything done for free and "right now" so they're not my kind of people
anyway.
Sounds like my boss... Do this and this and this and this, do it now
and I'll only pay you for one of them.
Oh yeah, I've had one or two of them over the years too. Thankfully I'm "out
of that" now.
I believe "Horizon" (models or hobbies I can't remember) is "THE" place
over
your side of the puddle, so it might be worth looking at their website
too.
Can't locate that one right off hand. I'll keep digging.
http://www.horizonhobby.com/ That might help
Found that and only saw Raptor accessories/upgrades. heliproz.com
seems to have some pretty nice Raptor 50V2 combos with the OS.50
engine.. Have a gander at this one and lemme know what you think:
http://www4.mailordercentral.com/hel...er=101450HYPER
Good spec, but no electris included. I reckon if push came to shove, it'd be
considered, but the eBay link you sent me seems a beter bet.
Worth the $$?? Well within my budget if I keep the old radio/gyro.
Another $200 for the gov with sensor a few hours of labor and I'm
pretty much ready to start dialing it all in...
If you go for the Throttle Jockey governor, I think you'll be VERY
pleasantly surprised with the cost. I think it's around 50 bucks all in and
the Throttle Jockey Pro even has a "learning" circuit so it adapts to your
flying style. Very "twee" I must say, but it actually works. No need to send
200 bucks on a Futaba gov like there used to be when they were the only game
in town.
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Beav
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