David Davis Posted December 1, 2013 Share Posted December 1, 2013 Well done Brian! Very impressive! Now all you've got to do is renovate that Mercury IV, shove the REA and a radio in it, and FTF. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenenglish Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 I've just posted a video of running a rare old engine. It's a French Stab 1.25cc diesel. These were marketed from Autumn 1945, so they are older than any British or American diesel. Notice the excellent throttling, obtained simply by rotating a choke cap, which could easily be operated by an RC servo. You get a superb idle and progressive throttling without touching the compression... You can see it running here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l3ni2JLeaIA This site doesn't seem to have created the link, so you may have to paste it in your browser... Strange... Edited By brokenenglish on 02/02/2014 14:48:14 Edited By brokenenglish on 02/02/2014 14:49:26 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Here you go - Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenenglish Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Thanks a lot. I managed to post a link a month or two ago. Please, where did I go wrong? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted February 2, 2014 Share Posted February 2, 2014 Glad to be of help. There are instructions here but if you press the YouTube button you'll see the following instructions - Please make sure embedded videos are not wider than 450 pixels. To do this in YouTube: Click Share Click the Embed button Scroll to the size boxes, go to "Customised" and type "450" into the width box Copy and paste the embed code into the box below Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted February 19, 2014 Author Share Posted February 19, 2014 Found this article in a old Radio Modeller the other day , think it may be of interest to Dave Bran if no one else ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenenglish Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 For lovers of old diesels, I've just posted a video of one of the first diesels running. The engine is a low serial number in the first series of Dynos (1939/40 vintage). Only a simple running session, but it's a super engine. Here's the url: http://youtu.be/2dSg18Uk-bU Edited By brokenenglish on 24/02/2014 11:58:57 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 24, 2014 Share Posted February 24, 2014 Posted by Martin Harris on 01/03/2013 09:32:22: Nostalgia-wise has to be a DC Merlin, an example of which which I did run up a few years ago just to smell the wonderful exhaust fumes - which instantly took me back to happy days of KK Snipes, Phantom Mites and suchlike.. I'd forgotten about this post but it may have had something to do with me downloading some KK Phantom Mite plans from the 'net and building one for my Merlin last summer. Flew it a couple of times - oh the olfactive memories from the wonderful aroma of burnt ether/paraffin/castor - but I don't remember getting as dizzy forty something years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jolliffee Posted February 25, 2014 Share Posted February 25, 2014 I loved my Diesel Rivers Silver Arrow - I really enjoyed flying C/L combat at least 50 years back - I think I still have it somewhere, though it doesn't work anymore! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul Jefferies Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 Another thread, "Rejuvenating an old engine" went a bit off the subject so, as suggested by one of the respondents, here is a different thread in which you can show off your treasures! I will kick off with this Grayson Gnome ....... In OFW Fisher's "Collectors guide to Model Aero Engines" he dates the Gnome at 1933 though the exact age of this example is not known. It was once owned by Harold Towner and I acquired it, along with several other engines, when his daughter sold them after he died. It had (has) two labels attached to it, one of which says "3.5cc Grayson Gnome 2 stroke petrol engine built by L.H.Sparey from commercial castings". Goodness knows how you are supposed to mount it in a model and as you can see, the needle valve is missing so I have not run it but with a history like that, this engine has pride of place in my collection . Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 04/03/2014 10:02:03 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted March 3, 2014 Share Posted March 3, 2014 As one other the Profi is my favourite engine. Seems they could all do with a clean. Now I fly electric I never use any of them. Like me, they are all old, and not improving with age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Chaddock Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 This HP was originally bought by my Dad and in remarkably good condition for its age. I think it is about 4cc. The only way we could get it to start was on glow fuel (which it did quite well) and then slowly dilute it with petrol 2 stroke adjusting the needle as you went along. The needle was terribly sensitive on petrol with the tiniest movement resulting in it either stopping rich or cutting out weak! The needle taper is really much too coarse. I would be surprised if anybody ever got it started which probably explains its almost 'as new' condition! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 some nice old engines still doing the rounds.......I think that we are spoilt today...we take them out the box-bolt them in and they work -day in/out...with very little requiring doing from us... ken Anderson ne..1 ..... old engines dept. Edited By Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 04/03/2014 10:01:11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Some posts moved to here from another parallel thread. BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenenglish Posted March 4, 2014 Share Posted March 4, 2014 Posted by Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator on 04/03/2014 10:06:27: Some posts moved to here from another parallel thread. BEB Thanks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenenglish Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 Here's another nice old engine. This is a DC Wildcat Mk III, 5cc diesel, made from September 1949 through the early fifties. **LINK** Edited By brokenenglish on 30/03/2014 20:02:20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brokenenglish Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 This engine isn't really old, but it sure is a favourite for easy "no problem" flying of toy planes... PAW 19 RC TBR **LINK** Edited By brokenenglish on 10/04/2014 09:00:46 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ken anderson. Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 .not bad for 1949......diesel as well.......this was an era when we were no 1 in the world... ken Anderson ne..1 ... diesel engine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stephen Grigg Posted April 10, 2014 Share Posted April 10, 2014 Just purchased a saito 45 in lovely condition from Tony Prince and it fits mt Etrich Taube perfectly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
riverlandgirl. Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 AP .09 Hornet, some people hate them, but the 3 I have are excellent. Also OS fp's. I have 2 .15's ,one never started, one still going after 20 years of hard use, and a unused .10 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bill_B Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Despite having a few classic diesel engines from the early 60's (DC Bambi, Mills .75, AM 15 etc.), my all time favourite 'old' engine is my 1980's O.S. .Max 20 FP. It's done such stirling service for me over the years and even though it is on it's third carb assembly due to some pilot induced 'incidents', the wee beastie still performs perfectly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeff2wings Posted April 21, 2014 Author Share Posted April 21, 2014 Got some of my engines out of the display cabernet and run them up , a couple need some work on them but the two that started and ran the best ? the Laser & Merco 4st (they're British you know ) both started 2 nd flick ,the Merco was swinging a 13x6 MA at 8,150 rpm , not bad for a 40 ish year old engine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Concorde Speedbird Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Posted by Erfolg on 03/03/2014 19:36:27: As one other the Profi is my favourite engine. Seems they could all do with a clean. Now I fly electric I never use any of them. Like me, they are all old, and not improving with age. You should use them, somebody put a lot of effort to build them to be used! CS Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Erfolg Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 For me the trouble with IC moors, is that you need a lot of junk to start them. Then their is the issue of oil every where, which has to be cleaned of before putting in the car. And do not get me started about the noise! However they do score with respect to duration, by a healthy margin. Hence I used a RC plane for my "A" test. I do admire the Profi though, as a brilliant bit of sound engineering. The Profi is the bottom right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Martin Harris - Moderator Posted April 21, 2014 Share Posted April 21, 2014 Posted by Erfolg on 21/04/2014 22:59:59: Hence I used a RC plane for my "A" test. I know your club has some funny ideas on the A test but I would have thought using an RC plane would be compulsory! A typo, I assume? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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