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Old 11-28-2013, 06:08 PM
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Are spare or reproduction tanks available for the ME engines?
Old 05-16-2014, 08:53 PM
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ME Snipe.

My thanks to David Owen for sourcing the original replacement nylon F/F tank.
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Old 05-17-2014, 08:32 AM
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So that's what that's for. I'm surprised they used plastic for a diesel tank.

I put a PAW carb on mine, yours looks like it came with a carb.

I ran mine, puts out OK power, but the coolest thing, (other than the dual exhaust), is I've had it idle for fifteen minutes then gunned it an it accelerated perfectly.
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Old 05-18-2014, 02:59 PM
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I ran my Heron (red head) at the weekend with the mufflers on. SOOO quiet, the mufflers though are made from copper tube, the look original though. This engine is destined for a 40" Simplex witrh R/C assist.
Old 05-18-2014, 06:20 PM
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Pretty sure the AM engine review said the Mufflers were plated brass.

My test stand configuration prevents muffler installation. The exhaust holes on the mufflers are the smallest I have seen for an .09 c.i./1.5 cc engine.
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Early ME Snipe with silencers installed.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rWbMpGUOlbY
Old 03-12-2017, 01:45 PM
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Default Making a tank.

I just started a tank for mine.
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Old 03-12-2017, 03:24 PM
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Nice. The nylon tanks fitted to later examples split along the moulding seam sooner or later.
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I rounded off the tank, then put fuel lines in. I mount the tank with a 4-40 rod, the tank threaded on, then a nut and a locking nut, all sealed with some red silicone.

Now I have to design and build a 50's style plane. I'm thinking of maybe somewhere around 4' wingspan.
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Great work on the tank! Any figures available for running with the PAW R/C carb?
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I got 9000 rpm with a JZ 8x4 wooden prop. It would idle at 3000 rpm slowly coming up to 4100 rpm, then it held 4100 rpm for over 15 minutes.

After extended idling, it puffs white smoke for a second when I give it throttle.
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Originally Posted by soarrich

Now I have to design and build a 50's style plane. I'm thinking of maybe somewhere around 4' wingspan.
https://www.vintagemodelcompany.com/deacon.html

Mmmmm.. Veron Deacon
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That's pretty much what I was thinking, but it's $111 to my door.

Being a scratch-builder I would make it an elliptical wing, no lifting tail, maybe a "V" tail. I do have all the RCM&E plans for the last 5~7 years, I have thought about doing a Barnstormer Baby, it's for a BabyBee .049.
I built this for my PAW 55: It needs a bigger stab.
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The Deacon would be ideal for a Snipe, plans are on Outerzone. Wing sections are on the plans and the fuselage is largely square so is an easy plan build.
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Originally Posted by fiery
Nice. The nylon tanks fitted to later examples split along the moulding seam sooner or later.
Interesting that this thread is still got some life in it after being started in 2010.

I took my ME Heron out of my Tomboy Free Flight model a few month ago. After cleaning I noticed that the nylon tank had indeed split along the seam.

Might try a Delrin one next.

As for the cylinder gasket problem, an old friend showed me a trick awhile ago. Rather than cutting a paper gasket, clean the flange and give it successive coats of automotive engine gasket goo, leaving a day or so between coats so that it dries thoroughly. Worked very well with on a Taipan mk13 "blackhead" diesel.

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Old 04-03-2018, 05:26 PM
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I hate the nylon tanks on Snipes and Herons, the feed pipe sticks out the side and is most inconvenient when mounting the engine. The early anodised alloy tanks were much nicer. Cost cutting I guess.

I picked up a used set of silencers for my best Snipe. They are original, but are 'fabricated' from brazed brass, different to the silencers supplied with the later engines shown in the photo's above. I'll post a photo at some stage.

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