"Ed Cregger" <ecregger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> "Bob Cowell" <bobc@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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>> On Wed, 2 Jul 2008 07:31:07 -0400, "Ed Cregger"
<ecregger@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> wrote:
>>
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>>>
>>>Many folks, because of previous exposure to OS "no break-in" engines,
>>>attempt to fine tune and fly a Super Tigre engine long before it is
ready
>>>to
>>>be put into service. These are the folks that end up complaining about
>>>those
>>>miserable ST carburetors.
>>>
>>>Marketing will not mention just how long an ST engine needs to be
>>>broken-in
>>>because of a possible loss of sales, so they let their customers bumble
>>>around making confetti of their models because of an improper break-in
>>>regime. All marketing cares about is profit. Not their customers' well
>>>being
>>>or enjoyment of their purchase.
>>>
>>>Super Tigre engines are fine engines, but none of them come ready to
fly
>>>right out of the box, like OS. Trying to break-in an ST engine in the
>>>air,
>>>unless it is ABC, is pretty much a waste of time and nearly a sure bet
to
>>>destroy your model, unless you are very experienced and are accustomed
to
>>>deadsticks and their requisite landings.
>>>
>>>This does not make ST engines a bad buy. It simply means that one has
to
>>>learn something new and employ a test stand for break-in. Once
>>>accomplished,
>>>an ST engine will last many decades of fairly rigorous use. Not done
>>>properly, the engine can be ruined in no time flat.
>>>
>>>Once the engine is broken-in, the carb that comes with ST engines
>>>suddenly
>>>changes into a *****cat to adjust and operate. Surprise!
>>>
>>
>>>Ed Cregger
>>
>>
>>
>> Ed:
>>
>> In your estimation,
>> Does this apply equally to the new oriental ST engines as to the older
>> ones
>> Italian manufacture?
>>
>> bob
>
> ------------
>
> Bob, I suspect that the Chinese are making the engines a little better,
or
> they have switched to softer metals, because I have heard that the newer
> Chinese engines take a little less time to come in on the average. I
have
> no scientific proof of this at all. But lots of folks are re****ting, via
> the web, that the engines, while not as readily broken-in as OS, are
> better in this respect than they were back in "the old days".
>
> I'm not knocking Italy's Super Tigre's efforts either. CNC machinery
> hasn't been around all that long, so the Italians may not have been set
up
> as well in this regard as the current Chinese manufacturers.
>
> These are simply my impressions and nothing more.
>
> Ed Cregger
This last ST45 I bought woud NOT turn over by hand when I got it. I added
oil and rotated it without a glow plug until it got better. It's one of
the
higher RPM ST45s at the club now.(we race 'em)
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