The official Riff-Raff thread (never ending engine thread, East/West)

[Banshee]

Yep crappy deal for them for sure.
I had a lovely afternoon today. After a month boat shop calls and says your good to go.
I show up take it home and start loading up to take my done and nephew fishing this afternoon
I decide to function the choke for some reason. It is stuck, pop the cover and there something stuck in it.
Take it back and drop it off sort of mad but sort of cool head.
pulled out the part (obiously the part is needed to run right) so I leave while they scratch their heads.
They call me an hour later says it's good to go.
I show up and it's idling great in the tub.
Load up head to the lake with the little ones.
And you guessed it won't run worth a s**t.
Won't go over 1/4 throttle just Boggs.
Take the cover off and manually it will bog but will go full throttle.
It ran way better before I brought it in and got charged 500$.
I was expecting 350-400. Which would have been cool.
I coulda bought another used running motor for 600$ and not have disappointed the kids.
And been using the boat the last month lol.
So the boat will go back and they will be told I'm not paying anything lol.

Brodie,

I have a beautiful 7.5hp Honda in my Garage that is just sitting there and runs like a DA if you want to use it.

[Bhughes]

I would want to buy a motor that runs and keep it lol. If you wanna sell it I'm interested lol

[Pete]

Trevor, this is what CNRL has running around their plant.

Pete

[Cosmith]

Sitting on the deck, having dessert and a tea and playing with my PowerBox iGyro and the new BlueCom adapter.

Anyone that hasn't used the BlueCom, I highly recommend it.

Able to go into any PowerBox device wirelessly via iPad or smartphone, do updates and change parameters.

No more computers and USB patch cords.

Gotta love technology

That's awesome...I think this is what Flex needs to do for the Aura. Since you are managing all your trims, rates, servo directions etc in the Aura a Bluetooth/WiFi adapter coupled with a smartphone would make it almost as convenient to make changes at the field as it is in your radio.

I'm sure there are already micro USB Bluetooth adapters you could plug into the Aura that would just make it think it was hardwired to a device, now if only Flex would release the software for Android/Iphone we'd be able to do it.

All that said, I have 4 Auras now and I've done pretty well getting them dialled in at home...brought my laptop to the field once. Now that I have a few setups I just copy a similar one, do the fine tuning at home and dial in any trimming mechanically over a few flights.

[Buck Tracker]

For some reason I still have zero interest in trying a gryo, hasn't even crossed my mind really. One thing I wish was when people post vids that tell us if one was used or not.........

[Pschulte]

Yep crappy deal for them for sure.
I had a lovely afternoon today. After a month boat shop calls and says your good to go.
I show up take it home and start loading up to take my done and nephew fishing this afternoon
I decide to function the choke for some reason. It is stuck, pop the cover and there something stuck in it.
Take it back and drop it off sort of mad but sort of cool head.
pulled out the part (obiously the part is needed to run right) so I leave while they scratch their heads.
They call me an hour later says it's good to go.
I show up and it's idling great in the tub.
Load up head to the lake with the little ones.
And you guessed it won't run worth a s**t.
Won't go over 1/4 throttle just Boggs.
Take the cover off and manually it will bog but will go full throttle.
It ran way better before I brought it in and got charged 500$.
I was expecting 350-400. Which would have been cool.
I coulda bought another used running motor for 600$ and not have disappointed the kids.
And been using the boat the last month lol.
So the boat will go back and they will be told I'm not paying anything lol.

Damn that sucks Bodie. I just picked up a motor bike that the dealer charged 1600 to take apart and was going to be too expensive to put together. Got a great deal. 3 hours later I'm the proud new owner of a smooth running jackpot ness addition. Didn't even want a bike but at the price I paid it couldn't be refused. Isn't the first box of parts I've received that had no problems with the contents.

[jeweler]

For some reason I still have zero interest in trying a gryo, hasn't even crossed my mind really. One thing I wish was when people post vids that tell us if one was used or not.........

Dean, there's really nothing in a video that would show if it has a gyro..

[Cosmith]

Dean, there's really nothing in a video that would show if it has a gyro..

Exactly! There's this big misconception that flying with a gyro is going to allow you to do things you couldn't do before. It's just like flying in really still air all the time.

There is a big resistance to trying them, but I haven't encountered anyone that's tried one and didn't like it. The exception of course being a crummy gyro or a poorly setup one. You'll notice that most people who try them end up buying them for all their planes shortly after.

Dean, you should really give it a try and then pass judgement! Too bad you don't live closer, my little 48" Edge is a good demonstrator, its amazing how well it flies in crummy conditions for such a small light plane.

[Daren71]

I would want to buy a motor that runs and keep it lol. If you wanna sell it I'm interested lol

Aren't the 2 happiest days of boat ownership the day you pick it up, and the day you sell it?

[Sibola]

Nothing to do with flying but pretty cool.