ffkiwi

Indeed-besides its about time some of my little jewels actually started earning their keep-and I have plenty to choose from. The only issue in this case is how much prop clearance there is-the wee elfin runs nicely on a 5-1/4x3 Topflite-or the DC equivalent (the notorious 5-1/4x3-1/2) but the Schlosser is better on a 6x3 or 6x4-which might be a bit tight for clearance on the engine pod.....

...notorious? Well Hefin Davies toured the US in the late 50s visiting some of the key manufacturers-such as Cox etc looking at their production methods. This was just before the UK 1/2A revolution took place-in late 59-which saw four new indigenous British glow 049s appear on the market in quick succession-one of which was the long lived but otherwise unspectacular DC Bantam-which survived all through the 60s till 1971 when it was replaced by the much better DC Wasp. ...and the other better competition-such as the AM049 and KK Cobra 049 fell by the wayside after only a couple of years.....the secret to the Bantam-gutless wonder than it was, was using DC's 5-1/4x3-1/2 prop-which seems to be a direct copy of the Topflite 5-1/4x3 nylon....possibly even made under license from topflite-who knows.....but it sounded great on the Bantam-though in practice was so soft and flexible it washed out to about zero pitch and made the Bantam look-and sound-good-the Bantam was extremely low priced when it entered the market and sold for a lower price than even Cox could manage in the UK. It was my first ever new engine-I got it as an Xmas present from my mother in 1970-and still have it. About the same power as an OK Cub-but a lot less fussy to handle-and keeps running when you launch the model-unlike a lot of Cubs!

..end of anecdote!

ChrisM
'ffkiwi'
Over the years I've found it to be a very good load for the very small diesels such as the Bambi, Elfin 0.25, ED Baby 0.25 etc.