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[gazza131]

hey Andy, do you have a web addy for ripicorn, coz i ordered mine though "fast boys" and the postage was £6.00 ?

[gazza131]

i have a model shop near by -but they dont sell fuel, as they only sell electric heli's

[Andy from Sandy]

Here you go

Rapiconfuels.co.uk

[gazza131]

cheers andy, ill try the 4litre's i've ordered and then give optifuel a go

[heliward0]

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[Ross Northcott]

cheers andy, ill try the 4litre's i've ordered and then give optifuel a go

You should choose the fuel that suits you and try not to change, if you change to a different fuel you may need to retune your engne etc

[gazza131]

thanks for that, ill keep that in mind

[quinnj3]

I was flying using Contest 10 just because it is cheap and because I'm only at the same stage as yourself with a shuttle as well. The members at my club are telling me my engine is running far too lean and getting too hot, but if I use a richer needle setting the engine bogs down and stalls. I have been advised to use duraglo 10 instead. I have now bought Duraglo 15 but I'm yet to try it out.

My first gallon was some kind of 30% mix. Very expensive but it never gave any bother at all. Now I have the Contest 10, I find the heli harder to start and also less reliable.

I'll let you know how I get on with the new fuel whenever the weather clears.

[wayne123]

What ever you do stick with one make of fuel, a lot of our club use optifuel only because one member buys it in by the shed load, me being different I started with rotor rage not cheep at £23 a us gallon not 5 litres but I did switch to coptermix and had a lot of problems with reliability once I switched back to RR all was and still is fine.

You may be able to get a good deal on fuel with a more local shop if you always have a box of 4 gallon bottles at a time.

The bottom line here is stick with what your happy with.