Should I fly electric?

As you can see, I like model aircraft internal combustion engines... noisy, smelly, oily... unlike electric motors.

I do have a small electric foamy but I have to charge 4 batteries for a flying session. Its just not the same...

GMS 2000 47

Well I purchased another GMS 2000 engine, the 0.47 cubic inch size, quite a performer apparently. It needed a new carby so the guy sold it and was buying a new one (?). I fitted a carb out of a OS 32FX helicopter engine which was the correct size and no doubt a better carb than the original. The GMS is a budget engine so we will have to see how it performs.

It did amuse me when I emailed a guy that sells GMS engines online about buying a carb for the GMS and he said the same thing, i.e. buy a new engine. Mind you they are cheap but it would seem a waste to scrap a perfectly good engine because it needs a new part.

OS 50SX piston

This is the piston from my OS 50SX which I purchased second hand (?). Bit of a carbon build up which I am removing. Note the small circle in the gap in the piston ring. This is where the piston ring meets and aligns with no ports on the liner. The front on the piston has the circular cut away.