dreamwever

Hello everyone can anyone give me info on a Maloney engine thanks.

STUKA BARRY

I had one of the first in the Country back in the early 80's. It was a very reliable slug. I had it mounted on a Giant Dragon Lady. What kind of info are you looking for?

flyinwalenda

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Makes a great display piece as it looks nice but compared to similar engines of it's day it was overweight and underpowered . They were reliable and on the right airframe would fly it scale.

dreamwever

Thanks for the help. I have a balsa usa 144 in J-3 needs nose weight anyway can you tell me what gas ratio they used maybe prop sizes or is their a web site to go to.

thepamster

I had that engine. Its a pig. That 125 is too small for that plane anyway. Not sure which kit that is but the 1/3 scale J3 balsa usa requires 45-75cc engine.
Anytime you need engine nose weight, go Zenoah magneto.

STUKA BARRY

Holy Cow..... A Maloney wont even taxi a 1/3 scale Cub let alone break ground. What you need is a Zenoah G-62 or if you order the BUSA Super Cub cowl, then a Zenoah GT-80 will fit with the CM-6 plugs. I have a Proctor 1/3 scale J-3 with the GT-80, very smooth running engine with lots of power for those scale Hammerhead stalls. A very relaxing plane to fly.

dreamwever

thanks guys thought it was a 125 cc motor. can you tell me what cc it is just for us dummy's.

earlwb

The Maloney 125 is a 1.25 cubic inch displacement engine which is something like 21 cc in metric terms.

Hobbsy

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It would turn a 15x8 propeller at 7,200 all day without so much as a hiccup. It was very frugal on fuel too. I got rid of part of that weight by removing the big heavy ignition coil and installing a C&H SynchroSpark ignition. It now ears a Davis Diesel head and I removed the flywheel too.

ARUP

Remember 'the rule of six'. That is: 0.6 cubic inches is ~10cc's or a Zenoah G23 has ~1.4 cubic inches. You divide or multiply by six. You are herewith, henceforward, now with, hereto and forevermore not a dummy when it comes to 'guesstimating' engine size as invested to you by me from the school of hard knocks for ignoramouseseseses!.

dreamwever

thanks Hobbsy and ARUP. Hobbsy your right about the ride their always to short. thanks on the prop size can you tell what fuel mix 32/1 or what you use. ARUP thanks for the reminder on the cc, school of hard knocks is always can be a bitter pill sometimes.

Hobbsy

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DW, I think my Stihl trimmer uses 40 to 1 and that's what I run in everything, Chain saws etc. Of course I throw a little castor in there just for the smell, it doesn't take much.

Arup, I learned my rule of six back in 1957 when they called Sportsters by both 61 and 1000, my 1200 Sportster is 73.2 cubic inches, so its pretty close. It's actually 1203 to be precise.