Re: Opinions on GMS and Magnum engines?

Bob,

Is yours one of the remote needle models? The Tower version has the same
characteristic. I have flown several of the standard version GMS engines
and they all performed very well.

--
Paul McIntosh
RC-Bearings.com
"when steel just isn't enough"
"Bob Cowell" <trash_trap@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 11:35:14 -0500, "\"Doc\"" <nospam@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>Howdy all,
>>
>>Anyone have experience with GMS engines and care to comment on them? I'm
>>specifically looking at the .25, .32, .40 and .47 models. Seem to have
>>very
>>nice power output for the price and a decent weight as well.
>>
>>Also looking at the Magnum .28 and .46. Any opinions and real-world
>>experiences with them?
>>
>>TIA,
>>
>>Doc
>>
>
> I have a GMS 47 that runs like a dream on anything that is not moving.
> I screwed with it for a couple of years on a plane and NEVER managed to
> get it
> to stay running for a whole flight.
> Quite often it would die on the takeoff run.
> I pulled it off, tossed it in a corner, and put an OS 46 FX on it which
> has died
> in flight ONCE in two years.
>
> good luck on your choices.
>
> bob
>


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