Can I fly my 20% Nitro Helifuel in my plane?

[turkana]

HI
Would like to know the opinions of running helifuel in planes. I am planing to run helifuel with 20% nitro in a Saito 82 four stroke engine, what is the opinion on that?


Regards Pete

[Ronald Longtin]

Saito's love extra nitro and it's fine as long as the oil content is up there, around 20%.

You will most likely have to adjust your needle valve.

[turkana]

Thanks Ronald. Yes oil content is way up there at 20%. I used to fly my helifuel in my Saito 72 I just wanted to hear some opinions.

Regards Pete

[Sempai-mj]

Hi Pete,

Here's a copy and paste from my Saito 120 Manual:

1. Fuel. For maximum protection
and longevity of their engines, Saito
recommends a fuel containing 20%
oil and 10–15% nitro methane. If this
blend is not readily available, the
next best selection is a high quality
2-cycle glow fuel, such as Hangar 9®
Aero-Blend, Omega, Cool Power,
K&B, Power Master, etc. Use of fuels
composed entirely of castor oil is not
recommended. A mix of syntheticcastor
oil is acceptable and can be
found in the various fuels described
above.

[turkana]

Perfect these are the exact specs of my HELI fuel. Thanks