looking at the radikal

[Joe Bailey]

The only big downside of a gasser is the smell, if you do get a gasser make sure you keep it in the shed or garrage not the house, else your significant other will not be happy.

[Zman39]

coleman fuel is the answer to that!! . The g20 loves it.

[RAV50]

Originally Posted by rcav8tor

Ok now I'm going to let you Century cheer leaders have it.
Because of you cheer leaders I went out and bought a Carbon 550 and set it up the way they talked about on inside heli with a scorpion motor and a 40.00 dollar 5s battery and I love it. Now you cheer leaders are talking up this radikal gasser.
Now I'm probably going to have to go out and spend a bunch of money so I can get in on the fun too. I wish you cheer leaders would take Blade Masters advice and be quiet or bash Century so I can stay out of bankruptcy court. Oh yes i forgot to mention I think it will be even a junkyer (yes that's a word) heli if it were flybarless. Hopefully they will have one in stock when i'm ready. kinda cold up here right now. Sorry for the rant.

+1 - I have always wondered why it takes most of us so long, to finally discover these diamonds in the rough. Something is definitely wrong with Century's marketing.

And I agree - it looks like all this cheerleading has also got me salivating for one of these radical Radikals

[RAV50]

Originally Posted by Joe Bailey

The only big downside of a gasser is the smell, if you do get a gasser make sure you keep it in the shed or garrage not the house, else your significant other will not be happy.

I have also found that my G231 loves camper fuel and another great odorless alterbative.

As a full scale pilot, I thought I would try some 100LL aviation fuel (1/3 the price of camper fuel.

Another big advantage, of both of these, is that they can be kept in storage for a very long time without deteriorating.

[Joe Bailey]

well colemann fuel here in the uk is very expensive the last lot i bought was nearly 40 dollers a gallon.

SOOOOooo this 100LL aviation stuff is oderless?? I can get hold of some if it is, I'd certainly be willing to give it a try. (I take it any airfield flying light aircraft sells it?)

Regards
Joe

PS Just rechecked the price in the uk $78 a uk gallon not good stuff. It's been 9 years since i bought my last bottle.

[gramey]

I see they list a G10 and a CF version of the Radikal although so far I've only seen the G10 version offered for sale. Does anybody know if you can buy the CF version, I'm assuming it stands for Carbon Fibre, and if so where, Century UK weren't the sharpest tool in the draw ulnless that's changed?

[nilknarf]

Does anybody know if the Radikal G20 will fit in any .50 size Century fuselage?

[RAV50]

Originally Posted by Joe Bailey

SOOOOooo this 100LL aviation stuff is oderless?? I can get hold of some if it is, I'd certainly be willing to give it a try. (I take it any airfield flying light aircraft sells it?)

Yes, the 100LL aviation fuel is as odorless as the camper fuel. Yes, any airfield that caters to general aviation light aircraft should have it.

As for the purchasing of it, every country has different regulations, but if you know a pilot at the airfield you can always get him to purchase some for you.

Of note is that one does not necessarily have to by the Coleman brand of camper fuel. I have purchased other brands for less that I even found where more consistant between batches.

[RAV50]

Originally Posted by gramey

I see they list a G10 and a CF version of the Radikal although so far I've only seen the G10 version offered for sale. Does anybody know if you can buy the CF version, I'm assuming it stands for Carbon Fibre, and if so where, Century UK weren't the sharpest tool in the draw ulnless that's changed?

The C/F version has not even been sold here in the USA. I think they listed it just to indicate that it will be available sometimes in the future. When I phoned and asked about it last November, I was told the earliest would be early February 2010.

[gramey]

RAV50 thanks for that, guess I'll have to wait.

[GyroAl]

Originally Posted by nilknarf

Does anybody know if the Radikal G20 will fit in any .50 size Century fuselage?

As the Radikal is so new to the market, I doubt anyone has yet fit it into any scale fuselages.

I would suggest that you e-mail Century and ask them.

[nilknarf]

I did. Just waiting for their reply. Thanks.

[Defi Gravity]

Rave 50
I think if you look into it , you will find most manufactures and even aftermarket Engine builders "Do not recomend" using 100LL. I believe the octain rating is to high and will cause poor performance where Colman fuel is like 55 Octain it runs better.
Also I read that the addatives that they use to stabilize 100LL dont mix well with 2 stroke oil and can cause problems.
Again this is somthing I read, but made sense to me.

Just trying to help

[Joe Bailey]

Coleman fuel is only 55 octane? My motor uses standard uk petrol at 95 octane without any issues. There must be a massive power drop in that fuel.

[Zman39]

Probably no power drop. Highre octane only produces more power if your motor has a high enough compression to warrant it. In these zenoahs, I never seen any difference in power between coleman and gasoline. Corvettes and other performance type engines do need it to prevent knocking. This has been discussed in many threads. Octane is not like "nitro" as far power perfromance is concerned.

[BrokenRotor]

Originally Posted by Zman39

coleman fuel is the answer to that!! . The g20 loves it.

Does using Coleman fuel void the mfg warranty? Anyone know?

I am extremely new to gassers so I have to ask if this is a common practice to run a gas engine on Coleman fuel?

Sorry to be so ignernt, I have just never heard of this with any of the plane guys at my club.

[Rodney]

I ran Coleman in my Pgassers and I run it in my radical as well.

[BrokenRotor]

Originally Posted by Rodney

I ran Coleman in my Pgassers and I run it in my radical as well.

That is very cool, although I have not checked the price of a gallon of the stuff. I like to keep my helis inside with me, so this should work out nicely, and I will get to stay inside too if she can't smell gas fumes. Not sure I could blame the dog for that smell.

[kaotikgraphix]

some of the century fuses fit they have pics on rr in the radikal fyi section and in regards to another post the carbon radikal is for sale in the u.s. i own both the carbon and g10

im going fbl with my carbon g20

[kidphc]

What is the difference between HD head and LT head?