KarmaCommando

If a brake toggle meets the prop, you will die unless you have a reserve... if you can even manage to throw it.

There's also the possibility that my shitty tach with crimped-together sensor wires was giving me a poor reading. The motor doesn't at all behave as though something catastrophic had happened. Still, though, i'm going to take a look with my bore scope tonight. Been busy with work Re: starting, most of the time even when it's cold out I just go out and pull the handle and she starts right up. No finnicky stuff at all- sometimes i'll blow into the vent line to prime it a bit if it's been sitting.

I don't blame you. I couldn't exactly recommend the 150 either, at least not until they iron out the kinks. Honestly right now the number of starter ropes I have replaced and the number of flights I even have on it are way too close...

doubledeez, thank you for all the info man! I am glad I found you, because it seems not many other people have done any serious tuning on it. Thanks for your ohm readings, too. My screw actually completely broke off on the plug cap, so I had to splice in a new segment of wire with a new cap- I was very worried this would screw up the resistance, but it looks like it didn't. As for the power fade, this is like a very dramatic power fade- it's from 9000rpm peak (give or take) to 5 or 6k after only 30 seconds- that's a lot. When I flew last, I experimented with getting on and off the gas- it would go back to full power, but on a warm motor it only lasted 4 seconds or so. Keep in mind temps were only about 370. i did talk to EOS, and they verify that the coil used on the base 150 is the exact same as the moster's coil. They also wanted me to pull the exhaust and look at the piston... I don't know my production number off the top of my head, but this problem doesn't sound like piston rings sticking. I have a brand new carb on order. I'll throw that in, and hopefully it fixes it. If not, i'll have a spare. And then that will confirm it's ignition related....

Alright, so I believe my coil spit the bit- I have a really bad power fade after 30 seconds of full power. Resistance of the secondary wire is 8.8k ohms, which I believe is way low. Also, since the cap snapped off in my hand, I have a cable splicer with a different wire and cap. Is the coil used on the base model 150 (not the ICI) the same generic one that's used on the Cors-air and Moster 185 or is it a specialty EOS part? The coil from EOS is $150 plus shipping. The "normal" generic coils are $40....