Saito 61cc Four Stroke Gas Engine, NEW!

[Bartman]

Click HERE for manufacturer's product page

Release date hasn't been published yet, pre-orders are being taken.

Type: 4-stroke Airplane
Displacement: 3.72 cu. in. (60.9 cc)
Bore: 1.46 in (37.2 mm)
Stroke: 1.10 in (28.0 mm)
Cylinder Type: Ringed, Chromed Aluminum
Cylinders: Twin
Plug Type: CM-6 spark plug
Total Weight: 83.2 oz (2360 g)
Engine (Only) Weight: 73.7 oz (2090 g)
Muffler Weight: 3.53 oz (100 g)
Ignition Weight: 6.00 oz (170 g)
Crankshaft Type: Threaded
Crankshaft Threads: M10 x 1.25 mm
Muffler Threads: M14 x 2 mm
Prop Range: 21 x 10 - 23 x 11
RPM Range: 1,500 - 7,400 rpm
Recommended Fuel: 87-93 Octane
Oil Type & Content: 20:1 gas/oil ratio
Muffler Type: Flexible tube (included)
Starter Type: Bump
Carb Type: Walbro/Saito

 

[49dimes]

Looks like it was designed from the ground up as a gasser! We NEED a carbon cub to fit it to.

 

[Rudolph Andersen]

Dang, now I am looking for the best 50cc/60cc airframe because is nothing like the sound of a four-stroke.

 

[Bartman]

I asked the Horizon customer service guy and he said it's about equivalent to a 40cc two stroke engine. Looking at the recommended prop sizes it might even equate to a 45cc 2 stroke.
no release date though, pre-orders might be getting a $100 savings based on the scratched out $1099.99 price on their product page.

 

[BalsaDust]

That looks purdy. I could build my Midwest cap 232 kit around that. That's a lot of cash for that size engine though.

 

[camss69]

Hmmm..... I would really like to put a gas engine in my Corsair.... Maybe this would work rather than the glow radial...

 

[Rudolph Andersen]

I bet it would be nice in one of PAU's 30cc ARF's. Wish I could afford a new plane. I like 'squint scale' and 4-stroke adds to the illusion.

 

[dhal22]

I'm thinking Cub or Decathlon.

 

[kdh77]

+1 for a Carbon Cub powerplant

 

[Matt]

The aero-works 50cc Carbon cub would be cool and actually pretty scale power