Now for something really different!

“The Plane” has been used to test 4S engines from the SAITO .30 up to the .56. Also Enya and OS 4S engines. It flew (and won expert profile) with the RCV .58. We also tested a very early Rustler-Merco.
Time for something different.
Spent a few evenings, added two nacelles, fit it up with three OS .26 4S engines and got ready to have some fun.
A goofy experiment? - Possibly
A bit crazy? – Probably
A unique sound? Definitely!
A crowd pleaser? Absolutely
Fun to fly? Count on it!

The first flight was with two engines and I did the entire pattern. It flies as well as it did with any single engine. .015 x 64 ft lines.
Adding the third engine and 1 ½ ounce of tailweight and the package is complete. Quite a bit of pull with three. .018 x 67 ft lines.

Lots of fun, something different. I’ll bring it to the GSCB field on 21 Nov.

What!!!!!???? No Z-tron and retracts....

I like the concept......you've succeeded in spending more $$$$ than a tuna pipe plane, too!

See Ya

Not really - Wing mounted engines were $50.00 each NIB at Lebanon, middle engine is borrowed!

Maybe I should remove two of them and put on a Fox .35 and a Diesel!

It isn’t pretty but I bet it’s a hoot! I’d love to see (and hear) that baby fly.

NOT PRETTY????

>NOT PRETTY????

It’s a BEAUTIFUL monster. I wish I had one.

As beautiful as a box of frogs

Regards

Mike

I'd love to see you start the engines!!!

Hamburger!!! if you make a slip.

Electric starter, remote glow plug connector.
I started one engine at a time, set it properly, shut it down. After all are set, I start all three, top up the tanks and it's ready to go.
Bob Z.

I like it!!! Sure would like to see it in the air.

Have you tested the Saito 40 4 stroke? I have been thinking about getting one and giving 4S CL a try.

If you have tried it, did you just wire the throttle open or install a CL venturi and NVA?

It looks like there is enough wing left to add a couple more engines (smiles)

A quintuple - must try it! Anyone have a couple of OS .26s I can borrow?

Bill - the SAITO .30 and .40 are my two all-time favorite engines. Dee Rice has had some very good results with the .40 on his Oriental Plus.
The SAITO line seems to be about the most popular brand for 4S control line flying - many top flyers are using them.
I use the carb wired open or remote controlled and I'm pleased with the results. Others prefer a custom made venturi. I'm really just a sport flyer and it may be that for all out competition, the venturi just simplifies things a bit. Matter of choice.
BUT, bottom line, I highly recommend the SAITO .40 as a very reliable and economical all-around engine. We have used it on planes ranging in size from the Brodak Nobler to the Oriental Plus - also, many are finding homes in the AF/ARC planes.
I maintain an information exchange list for those interested in 4S powerplants. If you want on, let me know
Bob Z.

You may need a special permit for that.

Hi Bob, greetings from Las Vegas. O.K. now I dare you to put a Brodak 40 on the inboard, a 4S in the center, and a pipe motor outboard (for tip weight). Talk about your head-to-head-to-head engine comparisons!

Bill Ervin

"My lost-foam building jig got lost in the mail."

Bill - loan me a piped .40 and you're on! I need the pipe too, of course.
Maybe I could use the one from the ARC Smoothie.
Bob Z.

If it pulls too hard, you could always get a left-handed prop for inboard wing. That outta take the right rudder right out of that setup.

Pretty cute, wonder what it would look like with about 10 teedee .010's on it?

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>If it pulls too hard, you could always get a left-handed
>prop for inboard wing. That outta take the right rudder
>right out of that setup.
>
>Pretty cute, wonder what it would look like with about 10
>teedee .010's on it?
>
>From somewhere near Parkville, Mo.
>William Crane
>AMA 6733

Bill, I don't know about TD010's but I seem to remember a plane years ago that had 8 or 10 049's on it. The article was complete with a picture of the plane. The motors were all on top of the wing and arranged in push/pull configurations. Still would have been hell trying to get all of them going at once and the noise would have to have been indescribeable
Dennis

Bob, the pipe is "in the mail", however you'll have to get your own tobacco. may I suggest a mild Cuban blend.

Bill Ervin

"If it ain't broke, keep fixing it until it is."