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Saito 180, mounted upside down. (Read 88 times)
DocBill
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Saito 180, mounted upside down.
Jul 18th, 2010 at 7:18am
 
Had not flown my Hanger 9  P51  -- 150 size, with a Saito 180.  Could not get it to start, and then one fellow said ... "turn the plane upside down".  So we took my heavy duty plywood and 2 x 4 plane craddle, and then put the plane on upside down, with the engine now right side up, and then "boom" the engine started right up.  We then turned the plane over and I took er to the skys.

Thanks for helping.
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Re: Saito 180, mounted upside down.
Reply #1 - Jul 18th, 2010 at 1:20pm
 
doc, i had my saito 150 inverted on my triplane for years
no issues
i suspect while yours was parked the glow plug became the oil sump
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