Proparc Saito 72 Hop-ups!

LAST EDITED ON Apr-25-04 AT 01:36 AM (CDT)
 
I thought I would post pics of my past Saito 72 control line activities. I finally got access to a scanner. The 50k limit is a killer, but here goes.
More pics will be coming forthwith.
These Hop-ups are guaranteed to:
1. Lower your lap times alot
2. Provide a massive increase in drive into and out of corners
3. Make the use of 5lb. balsa irrelevant
4. Guarantee you will make the 8 minute time limit even if it takes you seven minutes to start your Saito.
5. Circumvent the FAI no nitro rule. Nothing in the books about "no nitrous."

Milton Graham/Proparc

Proparc,

And why would I want it to go faster?

Check out page 10 of the 2002-2004 of the AMA rule "General" #1 Gaseous Boosts. Models in which gases other than air at normal atmospheric pressure enter their combustion engine(s) shall not be premitted in any sanctioned competion. This is not to be interpreted as to rule out supercharging or other methods of increasing the density of the air (or air/fuel mixture) entering the engine. The intentis to restrict the use of compressed gases (oxidizers or fuel) on board the aircraft.

>I thought I would post pics of my past Saito 72 control line
>activities. I finally got access to a scanner. The 50k limit
>is a killer, but here goes.
>More pics will be coming forthwith. (snip)

>Milton Graham/Proparc

You josh with us, right Milt? 8 cylinder headers and all those valve springs?

On the pictures, you need to compress them, not make them smaller in size. 640 x 480 is a good size for the web. Large enough to view, small enough to keep from having to scan from side to side to top to bottom. And easily compressed under the 50K limit.

Trouble is, you were attempting to put up 17 pictures on one post. The 50K limit is needed to keep me from having to constantly buy more disk space, but also to speed up downloads. 17 x 50 and we are up to a potential 850K download on one post. For those on dial up (the majority of viewers including myself--no other choice for me) this slows things down immensely. I would ask that you limit the number of pictures on each post for this reason and also get or learn to use a compression utility which will bring the larger pictures into the size limit.

I can e-mail you a freeware program that will do a very good job of this.

I did not see the Paul Dunstall "Full Race Cam."

LAST EDITED ON Apr-25-04 AT 12:11 PM (CDT)
 
>I would ask that you limit the
>number of pictures on each post for this reason and also get
>or learn to use a compression utility which will bring the
>larger pictures into the size limit.

Thanks a lot Leonard. I will post some pics when you email me the compression utility. Your site is one of the fastest. The more knowledge you hit me with concerning posting to the web, the better it will enable me to post high quality pics which I enjoy immensely when someone else posts.

While my Saito 72 testing I did back then was very serious, I picked Edelbrock brand automotive parts on purpose for levity due to the average age of our forum based on a past survey post. Isky cams, Hurst Shifters,Edelbrock carbs, Glass Pacs, flame paint jobs etc, should be familiar to a lot of them.

The RSM Merco was very graciously sent to me by Bill Hummel for test as a result of an inquiry by me into the RSM Merco. Against the my Saito 72, I found the Merco to be somewhat smoother and posessed a more traditional 2/4 break as Derek Pickard in Stunt News describe it. It weighed 14 oz exactly on my digital scale. But it terms of shear raw grunt, it was no contest.

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My, that had me going for a while. Took me a few seconds to realize my leg was being pulled.

I like the use of cutting board for the test mount. The SPAD people cut up cutting boards for use as engine mounts in their planes.

I actually put the cutting board in the dishwasher after I use it to clean it. That is the truth!