Stuart Quinn-Harvie 1 Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 https://www.facebook.com/marketplace/item/997957991550239/?ref=search&referral_code=null&referral_story_type=post&tracking=browse_serp%3A7faddfa2-c794-41fb-8538-eebf6f28dfda I am fairly sure that this...whatever the hell it is will get sold on ( if it sells) to someone else who will again poke at it a bit, then give up and sell it on in a pointless cycle of deluded commerce, but I have seen worse being urged into the sky ( not very often, admittedly ) and always to at best hilarious and at worst potentially lethal effect. I hope it stays dangling from SOMEONE's ceiling. Or that it gets destroyed in a suspiciously "Omen" type "accident". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simon barr Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Can't see it... what is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EarlyBird Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eric Robson Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Another hopeful, 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
payneib Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 1 hour ago, EarlyBird said: Looks like a salvageable engine with some free scrap balsa thrown in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I've had three Thunder Tiger four strokes, I like them a great deal. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 I have been known to fly worse. Now it’s ugly, might even don a disguise. But ok for a hack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoff S Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 There's an aircraft devoted selling site on FB here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Colbourne Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 Seeing how the engine bearers don't reach the main bulkhead and the rest of the front is held on to it by presumably, four wood screws, I guess the concern is that after a bit of vibration and oil in the joints, the engine could go off on its own leaving the rest of the airframe behind. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PatMc Posted July 27 Share Posted July 27 10 minutes ago, Robin Colbourne said: Seeing how the engine bearers don't reach the main bulkhead and the rest of the front is held on to it by presumably, four wood screws, I guess the concern is that after a bit of vibration and oil in the joints, the engine could go off on its own leaving the rest of the airframe behind. It's not uncommon that engine bearings don't reach the "front bulkhead". That "bulkhead" is often just part no load bearing of a cowl, as this appears to be. The model looks ugly, unattractive & possibly not particularly well built but no worse than many others being sold second hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 Some pieces of junk looking model fly extremely well. Ever heard of rat bikes ? Can be highly tuned good ha dling bike hidden under a disguise of black paint. You cant read a book by its cover and buyer beware. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robin Colbourne Posted July 28 Share Posted July 28 22 hours ago, PatMc said: It's not uncommon that engine bearings don't reach the "front bulkhead". That "bulkhead" is often just part no load bearing of a cowl, as this appears to be. The model looks ugly, unattractive & possibly not particularly well built but no worse than many others being sold second hand. PatMc, I should have just said bulkhead. I mean the pice of transverse piece of wood at the bottom of the windscreen with the throttle pushrod wire passing through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frank Skilbeck Posted July 29 Share Posted July 29 The bearers do actually reach, it should have an engine mounting plate, but whoever built it just stuck some more wood on the inside of the bearers rather than make make up an engine plate. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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