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ENGINE REVIEW: SAITO FA-125a

PHOTOS BY DAVE GIERKE & DERON NEBLETT A ìSUPER SPORTî ENGINE Saito's powerful FA-125a is one sweet powerplant. Assembled piston, connecting rod, wristpin and Teflon end pads. Clockwise from lower left: wristpin, piston (with compression ring), connecting rod and wristpin end pads (resting on the conrod). Saito continues to astound the model-airplane engine industry by producing new, lightweight and more powerful 4-stroke designs for the RC market. Its latest offering is the FA-125aóa small-block design...

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