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10 Steps to Improved Gas Engine Performance

One of the great features that make big airplanes so popular is the bulletproof, user-friendly nature of the Walbro carburetors with which most gas engines are equipped. After a gas engine has been adjusted, its carburetor won’t need to be tweaked for most of—if not the entire—flying season. As an example, my Hangar 9 quarter-scale Piper J-3 Cub PNP is powered by a Zenoah G-20 gas engine, and in its many years of operation, I...

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