GETTING STARTED
Gas engines are fairly easy to operate. If you can operate garden equipment and chainsaws, there’s no reason you can’t properly set up and run an RC gasser. Your basic gasoline engine operates using the “fire triangle” principal, meaning it needs air, fuel, and heat to run. Take any one of these away and it will not run. These three fire elements are brought together using the engine’s ignition system, carburetor, and spark plug. I like to install a new engine on a test stand and adjust it before bolting it onto my airplane. It is then much easier to work out the linkages, fuel line attachments, test various propellers and set the top end for maximum power using a tachometer.
