i know there are lot of other people out there that have the wasp .26 but i jsut now got mine...and heres what i think of the mill.
as always i RTV sealed the back plate and carb neck/pinch bolt and inspected the internals for metal shavings and what not before firing it up. to anyone thinking of getting the picco .26 make sure you at least check the back plate bolts for tightness, with my mill the bolts were not very tight at all.
break in was easy. was kind of hard to start the first time, had to loosen the glow plug a bit so i could get a good yank on the cord. BTW i had an extra HPI pull-start from an S-25 laying around so i threw that on instead of using the stock wasp starter. have heard the stock starter breaks easy and i know hpi pull starts are very strong. stock needle settings were right on for break-in, i only had to lean it out a bit to get it up to good heat cycle temps.
i have read that the picco .26's were hard to tune. i was able to run a quart today and tuning was super easy, for the high and low end needles. my mill came with the silver LSN installed and also came with a black LSN, i ran it with the silver needle. it stayed at 230 degrees the whole time. this is all on 30% nitro and an OS A-5 glow plug.
power was awesome. after i got the LSN needle to were i felt it was right, the low end power was violent. 1/4 -1/3 throttle was all that was needed and the front wheels were hanging in the air. WOT at 1st gear speeds immediatly meant the truck was tossed into the air like a ragdoll. top speed wasn't alot different than the mills I've ran in the savage..but t got there really fast.
BTW my last mill was an xtm 24.7, and while the picco does have more power, some may not think it is enough a diffrence in power to warrent the 40$ price difference. (xtm 24.7 - 129$, picco .26 - 179$) with that said..i still think the power this mill has is worth the 180$ price tag.
as always i RTV sealed the back plate and carb neck/pinch bolt and inspected the internals for metal shavings and what not before firing it up. to anyone thinking of getting the picco .26 make sure you at least check the back plate bolts for tightness, with my mill the bolts were not very tight at all.
break in was easy. was kind of hard to start the first time, had to loosen the glow plug a bit so i could get a good yank on the cord. BTW i had an extra HPI pull-start from an S-25 laying around so i threw that on instead of using the stock wasp starter. have heard the stock starter breaks easy and i know hpi pull starts are very strong. stock needle settings were right on for break-in, i only had to lean it out a bit to get it up to good heat cycle temps.
i have read that the picco .26's were hard to tune. i was able to run a quart today and tuning was super easy, for the high and low end needles. my mill came with the silver LSN installed and also came with a black LSN, i ran it with the silver needle. it stayed at 230 degrees the whole time. this is all on 30% nitro and an OS A-5 glow plug.
power was awesome. after i got the LSN needle to were i felt it was right, the low end power was violent. 1/4 -1/3 throttle was all that was needed and the front wheels were hanging in the air. WOT at 1st gear speeds immediatly meant the truck was tossed into the air like a ragdoll. top speed wasn't alot different than the mills I've ran in the savage..but t got there really fast.
BTW my last mill was an xtm 24.7, and while the picco does have more power, some may not think it is enough a diffrence in power to warrent the 40$ price difference. (xtm 24.7 - 129$, picco .26 - 179$) with that said..i still think the power this mill has is worth the 180$ price tag.
