steve mildoon

Lost my plane today, flew it on wednesday at the local club all went sweet as a nut, today fueld it up,pre flight check etc, took to the air and all was fine, about 2 mins into the flight it rolled on its own and then went virtical as thou ide rammed the elevator back, then it went into a downwards roll, i corrected it as i needed to land asap, it didnt respond and flew off into a tree where now only the fire brigade could recover it, well im well miffed as i cant recover it to check it out, can only think of two things, interefernce or duff receiver, tx is still fully charged.

Hi martin the fuel is optifuel, 12%mix, ive flew on friday without any problems, out of curiosity i fueled the plane up back home and it would not run without the ingniter on, looking at the rear of the fuel can it says batch number 24/410 expires 24/12/11 thats the label attached to the fuel can. must say something i havnt seen myself before. hope that helps. now on model technics 15% mix.Edited By steve mildoon on 28/08/2011 15:07:19

Hi all, update, looked at my fuel this morning and noted a label with date of dispatch its dated 24/4/10 use by 24/12/11 just brought some new fuel 15% nitro mix as some of you have advised trying nw fuel. using the same plug that was already in, i fired it up and she runs sweet as a nut, yipeee i can fly at last, a massive massive thankyou to you all for your help advice and intrest. best regards all, steve m

Morning all, peter im going to try some more fuel today the fuel i have is right off the shelf, not sure if fuel has a shelf life but its worth a shot. i will go throu a few things that have been posted to me and see how we get on, i will post the outcome later.  

Hi john, yes ive just joined a club so im sure someone out of the 100 or so members will have something, all your post have been truley appreciated and at the end of the day all i want to do is fly, its just not expected of a new engine to have so much trouble, although it was a cheapy engine i suppose you get what you pay for, never had any problems with o.s, asp, irvine. will keep you updated, thanks again to all who have posted..think its going to be a night cap to end a frustrating day!

just checked the carb seating seal and head screws, fuel draws up the line when finger over carb and prop turned. re checked mixture setting, glow plug glows well, still no go.

 Edited By steve mildoon on 24/08/2011 20:10:08

Hi all and thankyou for the replys, sorry i did mean to mention its a brand new engine,,,, dave i have a Model Technics Firepower F7 glow plug in right now and thats the third one ive tried but still stops running, to be honest for all the engines ive brought over the years this one as me stumped well and truley, the fuel is 12% nitro mix so that should at least light the fuel up a bit better, just lost a bit, stages of brain ache kicking in.

Hi guys, would appreciate some help please, just got into flying again and just brought a SC25 engine, now the big problem, i cant get it to run on its own for more than a few seconds, the things ive gone throu are endless, tried new glow plugs, still no good, changed fuel pipe,checked tank pressure, been throu the lean and rich settings very finely as per manual and tried my own variations, checked rear crank gasket for leakage, thats fine, checked needle mixture seal,A ok,had the tank out and tried it a bit higher as i thought it was to low,clunck in tank lies correctly on the bottom,even tried more fresh fuel and as all added up to a few seconds of running, now its doing my nut in, but runs fine on high and low revs with the glow egniter on,HELP!