TDs Ready to Fly

This sounds like FUN! I hope that the two of you get some good flights in!

Went great! We had a fantastic afternoon. I did find different ways to crash some planes, but they have all been repaired tonight and are ready to fly tomorrow weather permitting. The TDs performed amazingly!!! Pressure is awesome for constant revs, pointing up, pointing down, looping, inverted, they just rev the same which is awesome.

My 42 foot spectra lines were fantastic to fly with and I have absolutely no doubt they will fly 50 ft spectra which I have put together and fly tomorrow. The longer lines give soooo much more sky to fly in and try to find some of the skills and maneuvers I could once do with ease. The planes never lose tension and come back at me which is great. And they are certainly fast Lol. but I guess when you build from mostly 2mm and some 2.5mm balsa and keep the size down and are careful with glue, paint etc, it makes a big difference. Funnily enough they are still quite strong, ive finally built a design that works very well for my flying style and what I enjoy. I think I might need to stay with going inverted off the top of loops rather from just past the top of wingovers.

The good thing with the TDs is they are very light for their power output. The surestarts are quite a bit heavier and I think it make a difference. My surestarts are slightly modded and rev very close to my TDs although I run my TDs on a conservative needle around 20K RPM. I can get my modded surestarts almost but not quite to 20K RPM but they are never as consistent a flight as my TDs. Typical Reedie. Lol. There are only two good ways to aspirate a two stroke. Rotary valve effectively what a TD has and direct Piston ported. Direct Piston ported makes awesome violent horsepower probably not suitable for model engines but was great for two stroke GP Race bikes for those that could handle one Lol.

didnt get dizzy, but lots of wingovers and loops helped with that. running long 1 and 1/2 oz tanks which makes for a good flight time. The TD certainly eats fuel when running on pressure but its worth every cent. the exciting thing is there is no warning when it is going to run out of fuel. due to the pressure being so constant there is no lean run at the end, its just runs normal and then stops. Fortunately the plane glides well and is fairly easy to recover from the motor stopping pretty well any where.

At some stage I will post my plane design and also the specs for my unconventional TD's that work so easily even for beginners. Same with my slightly unusual Surestart setup that revs very very well and starts so easily. The mods are easy very simple but probably not conventional and not in line with standard wisdom. Ill keep working them and when Im very confident I will post the specs. I know the revs I can get out of both, but its not worth the hassle at the moment. Lol. Anyway as I said I needle them both back and can still fly 42 ft lines and Im sure 50 ft lines.

My best ever day sport flying without flying combat!!!! For once it all came together, my own plane design, my own brewed fuel, my own unusual engine mods, and 42 foot spectra lines.

Yabby

At some stage I will post my plane design and also the specs for my unconventional TD's that work so easily even for beginner

Include pictures of your pressure setup too, i would like to see how you did it.

Sounds like a Fun day of fling with less crashing and starting to get back into the swing on things Look forward to the tutors on engines and planes .