Smoke Tips - Fast and Direct
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Here, we'll give you a few tips on R/C aircraft smoke systems and references to recent articles on the subject.
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Some tips:
- Use large gas engines. You get better smoke than with small glo engines. Probably a function of engine exhaust volume and temperature.
- B&B (Bennett) mufflers, pump and valve are my personal preference. Custom mufflers, with more hot metal and mufflers with an L shaped exhaust chamber design (Pitts style) are superior.
- I push 40 oz. oil thru my engines in an approximate 10-min. flight with a G-62. So the flow rate is approx. 4 oz./min. I use std. 1/8 I.D. Tygon tubing on the B&B smoke pump with no flow restrictions.
- Others with whom we have spoken have mixed opinions on mufflers such as Slimline's with internal pre-heat smoke oil coils. I do not use pre-heat coils.
- On custom mufflers, the commercially available 1/8 smoke oil injection fittings have proven very effective as oil injection nozzles.
References:
- Super Smoke Systems, D. Printz, April, 1994 R/C Report
- Smokin, Al Tejera, May, 1994, R/C Report
- Smoke Em, Dave Patrick, in Aerobatics Made Easy, March, 1994 Model Airplane News
- VHS Video Smoke-On by Gulf Stream, available from Goldberg Models (This video is no longer in production as of 12/2000. See your hobby shop or library.)
- B&B Specialties, Dick Bennett, 219-277-0499. Use him for G-62, smoke valve, smoke tank, smoke muffler, etc.
Happy Flyin and SUPER*DRI Smokin!
Rev. 12/00
