meninspex

Thanks Mr Cox, I'd just come to that conclusion myself. I think it is a Space Bug with the tank removed.

meninspex

Thanks Mr Cox, I'd just come to that conclusion myself. I think it is a Space Bug with the tank removed.

Mrotar

sign me up, if its not too late.

1QwkSport2.5r

Welcome to the club Mrotar - it's never too late! As soon as Steve gets wind of your arrival, he can give you a club number if you choose to have one.

stevegauth30

Sure will, as soon as I get home. Right now I'm at the field burning some nitro. Ooooohhhh that smell.

Mrotar

thanks guys,i have been a glow engine junkie for 30 years!

1QwkSport2.5r

You have double the time I do. Kudos! Love the smell of nitro in the morning.

I'm oiling engines for storage today. I cleaned several up with Dawn Power Dissolver to make them pretty outside, just need to keep them pretty inside. Still scouring the Internet for a carb for my Enya .15-IV for my hovercraft project. I just can't bring myself to spending more for a carb than I spent on the engine itself.

Broken Wings

My Feedback: (20)

Did you look in the "box-o-stuff" I sent you? I'm pretty sure I put a couple Enya carburetors in there...

1QwkSport2.5r

There are several Enya carbs in there, but they're all too large for the .15.

stevegauth30

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heres the latest and greatest. I feel like at some point I forgot to add someone, so if that's you, let me know. I'd be glad to add you now. Welcome Mrotar. Your #88.

stevegauth30

Ok, that's odd. Don't know what that is. I'll try again.

stevegauth30

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stevegauth30

No clue why it's like that. Hmmm.

1QwkSport2.5r

Bad PHP code. Something else (among many other things) the IB programmers need to work on. It should read [.color=Red] text [./color] minus the periods. I used red as an example.

stevegauth30

Sounds like Chinese to me. Lol. I didn't get to burn as much nitro today as I wanted to. My OS 55 AX wasn't running for crap. Last I ran it I lawn darted it into the soft dirt at the edge of a corn field. I cleaned it out pretty good, but possibly not good enough. I'll give it the glow head treatment and it should run fine. Always was a great engine for me. Twill be again. Could also be tank placement. I couldn't quite get it inline with the carb. I'll clean it and throw it on the bench. Either way, it was good to coat my hands with glow fuel. They needed it.

stevegauth30

I've got a question . I broke down my recently buried OS 55 AX for a thorough cleaning of the glow head variety. I don't really see a need to remove the crank and replace the bearings. Both front and rear feel brand new still. Engine only has maybe 50 flights. Everything looks perfect. Piston, sleeve, the whole 9. All looks good. My question is, being that I never did this before without removing the crank, what's a good way to clean inside without destroying the bearings? Usually I'd give it a good bath in dawn power dissolver, but not sure if that would affect the bearings or not. Would it?

Quikturn

My Feedback: (12)

If you don't want to remove the crank and bearings I would recommend cleaning it out with raw glow fuel and then use a can of compressed air to dry it.

stevegauth30

I can do that. Thanks. I'm thinking I may have found the cause of the poor running. All four screws on top of the cylinder were barely hand tight. That would cause loss of compression, no?

aspeed

Yes maybe a bit. I would clean the combustion chamber on the head while it is off, and spin the crank to see if the threads got bent in the crash, and it is running free. When I have it down that far, I take some acetone (maybe the DawnPD even) and a scotchbrite pad on the cylinder and maybe a bit on the piston (and head) to get the varnish off. Then clean with fuel, or kerosene, or whatever, and an air gun. Just what I do. If you don't feel safe, then don't bother.

stevegauth30

That's pretty much exactly what I did. I have it back together and on the test bench. Just getting ready to put some fuel to it and fire it up. I'll report in a bit.

stevegauth30

Well I'm happy with the results. She idled reliably at 1600 and maxed out at 13500 with a MAS 12 x 6 on 10% nitro. I have an APC 11 x 6 that I'll try out, but as far as I'm concerned it can go back in service. Thanks for the help brothers.

Rv7garage

My Feedback: (10)

That's a nice idle rpm there. How was the transition- crisp?

stevegauth30

Transition needs a little tweaking, but definitely reliable. Tad rich on the low.

Rv7garage

My Feedback: (10)

Yeah, well. Better that than flameouts! Happy flying, all. And happy New Year, while we're at it. Lordy- its 2015 already??

stevegauth30

No kidding. Hey, weren't there supposed to be flying cars and all by now? Where are they?