Mamselle by Vic Smead

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30 Sep 2012 00:36 #16 by The Beard

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I can get a gudgeon pin for £1.50.a conrod is a fiver,a piston is £24.50,Ive bought a new engine a newly designed SC 15A

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02 Oct 2012 23:37 #17 by The Beard

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I do tend to rush into things,im now thinking the piston is ok and have ordered a conrod.There is a hole in the piston than Im not sure which direction it should point in.There are 3 holes or slots in the liner,not sure which one lines up with the one in the piston.

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03 Oct 2012 00:10 #18 by Eric

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A hole in the piston???
I hope you mean at the bottom, or a cut-away skirt for the valve porting! If the hole is in the top, it is deceased, unless you mean that there is a shallow recess milled into it. That should point to the exhaust port, I think.

if you are calm and collected when all about you are going berserk - you've missed something important!

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03 Oct 2012 00:33 #19 by The Beard

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Its a hole drilled in the side of the pistin Eric,I have a 25 stripped and it hasnt a hole in the piston.But you think it should point towards the exhaust port,thanks.

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03 Oct 2012 00:35 #20 by The Beard

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This little fellow arrived today but the holes dont quite line up to the mount holes otherwise it would be fitted,might still go in there yet.

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03 Oct 2012 01:43 #21 by Eric

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A hole in the side of the piston - it might be a transfer port, then, and goes on the opposite side to the exhaust, so the fresh charge of fuel gets squirted into the combustion chamber, via the fat duct in the casing.

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03 Oct 2012 01:51 #22 by The Beard

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Thanks Eric we will soon know the new conrod should arrive tomorrow

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03 Oct 2012 18:39 #23 by Sarah-Jane Smith

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there's a holeeeeeeee in your piston dear beardie, dear beardie........ :woohoo:

I wish I was a glow worm, a glow worm's never glum.
Cos how can you be grumpy when the sun shines out your bum?!

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03 Oct 2012 19:16 #24 by Eric

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Then fix it, Dear Sarah, dear Sarah, fix it!

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03 Oct 2012 19:22 #25 by Sarah-Jane Smith

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Bunged him with filler dear Eric dear Eric, I bunged him with filler dear Eric...that hole :whistle:

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03 Oct 2012 23:27 #26 by The Beard

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Its ok Ive hidden it in the liner,just rebuilt the engine gonna see if it goes.

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03 Oct 2012 23:29 #27 by The Beard

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I had to put the battery on charge and I popped the engine in just to try it,I know about the lose bolt Eric,but downloading how my rebuilt engine faired when I tried to start it.

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03 Oct 2012 23:42 #28 by The Beard

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Here we are my rebuilt 15 Thuder Tiger GP,new gudgeon pin and conrod

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Thanks: Sarah-Jane Smith

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03 Oct 2012 23:46 #29 by The Beard

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Can now tighten the loose bolt,fit the cowl and we are ready to fly again,Havent tried the new under carriage out yet either

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10 Oct 2012 07:13 - 10 Oct 2012 08:41 #30 by The Beard

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Took Mamselle to the field but she still does U turns on take off.The rudder is ineffective on the groung, Ive a mod to try.If that doesnt work maybe a steerable tailwheel.However the flight was excellant handed to a mate to photo and discovered I had left the battery in the charger.A collegue did take photos and will E mail them to me.

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