Yesterday was a great day to fly, winds around 5 mph! I just had to put some flight time on my Rave, however, disaster struck. The first flight was great, motor running smooth and a bit on the rich side. By the end of the flight, it started to lean out a bit. I checked that idle needle (fuel flow) and it had moved just a little or so it would seem. I turned it out an 1/8th and everything [once again] was fine.

At the end of the second flight, during an auto, the motor died slowly,...

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I managed to get a couple of flights before our club board meeting yesterday, on my Rave. I am really liking flying right side up backwards, a lot less cleaning to do! My boom and tail has very little oil residue. My Rave is running great…so far. Just need to look into a couple of things…rpm sensor, a small vibration issue, and I would like to transfer the Rave to the DX8 radio. However, the weather is nice again and the desire to run out and put in more flying after work is great! But I have several...

Yesterday was a blast! The weather was great and a little breezy. I brought the Rave, Compass 6HV, and Protos 500. I finally had the time to workout the motor issues with the YS 3D motor. After several failed attempts, I just couldn't get this motor to run right. It would start and run, rich on spool up, then lean out once in idle 2. Had a couple flame outs! I wound up draining my starter trying to get this motor to run right. So I placed my starter on charge, and while it was charging, I put in...

Well it finally happened. The carb on my 3D+ came loose on the second flight, and went lean in flight which resulted in ruining the piston! So this time, I’ll order a new piston and ring, buy all new loctite [red and blue], and silicon gasket sealer. I will rebuild it and try it again, and if that doesn’t work…I’ll buy a new motor.

So far the parts ordered for the Thunder Tiger motor comes to $65.99 [piston, ring, connecting rod (just in case)]. I also ordered a piston, ring, and...