DLE 85

[jhelber08]

lol I ain't took any but initial pull out the box happiness pics.View attachment 16984 View attachment 16985

That was my first gasser. I bought it used with an evolution 80 and thought it was friggin awesome until somebody let me fly a 35% with a da120. It's a good flying plane though...it would be fun to slap a da100 on it! I think I was running a vess 26c and switched to a mej 27 10. I would imagine the 85 would run about the same.


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[ChickenBalls]

That was my first gasser. I bought it used with an evolution 80 and thought it was friggin awesome until somebody let me fly a 35% with a da120. It's a good flying plane though...it would be fun to slap a da100 on it! I think I was running a vess 26c and switched to a mej 27 10. I would imagine the 85 would run about the same.


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I'm hoping she's a good un, teach me a little, I'm already dreaming 35% PAU Viper GP123, just got to hit lottery, or find sugar mama that is into short balding old man.

 

[jhelber08]

If I'm a good boy I plan to do one of the kit vipers next year..If you find one let me know cause I pulled all my hair out with the suspense of Terry's little teaser.


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[Terryscustom]

I'm hoping she's a good un, teach me a little, I'm already dreaming 35% PAU Viper GP123, just got to hit lottery, or find sugar mama that is into short balding old man.

Can't wait for you guy's to see it at Nall. Actually I bet an 85 would haul around the kit version pretty well but 100L / 111 / DLE120 is just too much fun to pass. Not looking good to have one of my kit versions there this year though.

 

[jhelber08]

We have a few guys at the field who are crazy about weight savings(like only use 2 screws per servo crazy) and fly lightened 35%ers with da 85s. I will admit that they do fly good with that setup but I prefer a slightly heavier plane with the get out of jail free power of a 120. However they fly the less aggressive, low n slow type of maneuvers and this size engine is really all you need for that...hell one of them had that h9 Sukhoi with an os55 in it and it flew decent.


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[ChickenBalls]

We have a few guys at the field who are crazy about weight savings(like only use 2 screws per servo crazy) and fly lightened 35%ers with da 85s. I will admit that they do fly good with that setup but I prefer a slightly heavier plane with the get out of jail free power of a 120. However they fly the less aggressive, low n slow type of maneuvers and this size engine is really all you need for that...hell one of them had that h9 Sukhoi with an os55 in it and it flew decent.


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Yeah manual says 58 - 85cc on Sukhoi, I tried to find a used 100, but someone steered me away, and I settled for 85. I think I'll be happy with it though. The 100 idea was to move forward into 100cc, after Sukhoi, but like my bud reminded me, if I went 100cc, like you, I would want the 120 foamy power.

 

[49dimes]

I LIKE POWER! and CHEESEBURGERS!!!! I really liked the "get out of jail free" power description.

I can't think of how many times brute power has saved my ass. And I am not just talking planes here lol.

 

[Red Raider]

The 6400 rpm on my DLE 85 is all the power I think my P-51 can handle. After running it on the test stand, I'm going back and adding some triangle stock to the firewall.

 

[Red Raider]

My test stand is 3/4 inch plywood reinforced with a back piece and side braces. It's bolted to a steel tool stand that probably weighs 45-50 punds. That engine will turn it over at half throttle. The last time we ran it to set the needles and take readings, I used cargo straps attached to a very large tree to hold the entire contraption in place. I was a little concerned about the straps!! they only have a 1600 pound rating.

 

[ChickenBalls]

Gots some Falcon happiness in mail today, get her drilled, and installed, see what #'s we can get out of her Sat.