O.S. .20FP on Flite Streak.

I won this in a raffle a few years ago. I could not get it to behave and fly properly. i didn't expect much as I have bad luck with ARF planes in general. I read up on the proper set up for the plane and the engine and it flew a lot better but the engine wouldn't slow down. I measured the venturi and found it to be for a .46 size engine which would make this smaller engine go crazy. I had a proper size venturi for it and installled it. There was a big change in the needle setting and the engine ran much better.Same prop and fuel. I didn't get a chance ot flight test it today maybe tomorrow.

Time waits for no one.

A month ago I put the YS 120F on the shelf. It runs and that is about as much as I can do with it. The weather has been good and I've got in a lot of flying. i found out that I have been missing an important part of the trimming process. I mark the spot the flaps need to be to stay in line with the wing but not getting the elevator in line with the flaps and that has caused a lot of trim problems. The Mo' Bast has fairings that are in line with both controls and is easy to set up.The fleet flys much better with things in the right position. We are still waiting on the fabricator to bring the hot rod to be fixed. I finally bought a new fuel tank sender and a fuel gauge for the El Camino. I didn't know which was not working and didn't want to wait for the right part to come in. As it worked out the fuel tank sender didn't work. I remoed the tank and replaced the old one and put the tank back in. Not that easy but with a floor jack it wasn't too bad. I found that the sender float didn't touch the bottom of the tank and with 3 gallons it read empty. I took the tank out again and bent the float down until I got a reading with the tank on the floor. Back in it goes. I have a reading one the gauge and I'm h appy until I remember I didn't lock the sender into the tank. Out it comes again and I fix it. Then back in and button it up. We went for a short ride for a bit of gas and the gauge showed an increase and so far no leaks. I had looked for a replacement gauge but nothing matched the original so if it came to that I was going to put the new one under the dash. The whole dash panel has to come out to get at the fuel gauge and I didn't want to take it out. I took it out when I fixed it up several years ago.