Here you'll find a collection of tips and recommendations you might find helpful when you set up your DL50 engine equipped airplane. If you have a tip to share with your DL50 brethren, please forward it to support@dlusa.net

EASY CHOKE SETUP...

        Here's an easy, inexpensive and lightweight way to set up a manual choke lever for your DL50 engine.

        Attach a leftover servo arm to the engine mount bolt and run a servo control rod through it to the choke arm. Attach the control rod to the arm with a ball link or nylon link so as not to create radio interference.

COWL VENT / COOLING OPENINGS...

        As a general rule, you need to have 3 times as much air outlet area as you have inlet area, for proper engine cooling. We recommend that you open the front of your cowl enough to expose all the cylinder cooling fins to incoming air. Cooling might also be improved by blocking some of the stock cowl vent area or by constructing baffles to direct incoming air to the cooling fins.

FUEL FILTERS and FUELERS...

        While inline fuel filters are beneficial to long engine life, they can also be detrimental if too restrictive. Some fuel filters are too restrictive for proper fuel flow even when they are new. If you use a filter between the tank and carburetor, make sure it has a large enough capacity for proper fuel flow.

        Fuelers that have spring operated seals can malfunction enough to cause an air leak that will affect proper running of your engine. Fuelers that have no moving parts such as fuel dots or the Slimline Excel fueler are less prone to air leaks and thus more reliable.

LINKS TO OTHER SETUP RESOURCES...

            Gas Engines....    GO

            Trimming Your Airplane....    GO

            Radio Setup....    GO

            Prop Balancing....    GO