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Old 03-28-2014, 07:39 PM
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Default OH, Look at the size of it!!!!

The Last Fox Eagle ABC 60 Engine on the Planet!!!!

Boy o Boy do I have plans for this one!!!
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Here is another, this one is ringed and 20 + years old. I bought it from the President of the RC Club at Andrews AFB. He was selling it at the big RC Flea Market in Eastern Pa. Lebanon, Pa. I think.
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Old 03-29-2014, 04:45 AM
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The ABC Fox Eagles are on the rarer side. Not something you see very often, no doubt.
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Nice, That was a great find. Congratulations.
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Originally Posted by Hobbsy
Here is another, this one is ringed and 20 + years old. I bought it from the President of the RC Club at Andrews AFB. He was selling it at the big RC Flea Market in Eastern Pa. Lebanon, Pa. I think.
Nice Dustbin muffler, who makes that one?
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That is made by MVVS for the .61, .77 and .91. I got it from Pe' Reivers or Dar, I forget which. I just swapped the m4 bolts for 6x32's and it bolts right on. They have a neat sound unlike any other.
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I remember when those first came out. Ugly as hell, but very powerful in their day.
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Originally Posted by rcguy59
I remember when those first came out. Ugly as hell, but very powerful in their day.
Duke's idea was function over form, no doubt. I'm a "new" kid on the block, but I can see past the ugly.

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Originally Posted by 1QwkSport2.5r
Duke's idea was function over form, no doubt. I'm a "new" kid on the block, but I can see past the ugly.

Broken Wings - before you run that beast, would you be willing to snap a photo of the combustion chamber side of the head button and post it?
I'd rather not needlessly disassemble it.

The Owners Manual/Sheet has the date Jan. 1990 and there's an addendum or "Updated Carburetor Instructions" dated April, 1991... 23 years old and never run.
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Fair enough.

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I'd have no problem doing it if the factory had installed Socket Head Cap Screws.

They're Cheese Head.

According to the instructions that came with the engine, Fox lists two Proto screw drivers and their part numbers. They warn that some screw drivers fit the recess so poorly that they'll cam out the head of the screw.

For this same reason, I use JIS screw drivers on JIS screws.

There are plenty of pictures of head buttons over on the other forum.
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Originally Posted by 1QwkSport2.5r
...before you run that beast, ...
Rosy Retrospection at best. It is a real term, look it up!

Kurt
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I don't bother with "the other forum".

I'll recant my request as it was not realistic.
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Originally Posted by 1QwkSport2.5r
I don't bother with "the other forum".

I'll recant my request as it was not realistic.
WOW! that didn't take long....(Smiles)

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I noticed on the site, RCU, moderated by the technically inept, that you are asking that poor feckless fool to pull the head off his engine.
Perhaps I can shed some light on the subject. The engine he has is an early Eagle IV. As such the head is most likely the one I showed you earlier. That is it has a very large flat squish band with the dome formed by a 5/8 full radius (ball mill) cutter. Do you want a set of drawing to copy this configuration? This head is not as bad as the earlier but similarly shaped head found on the Eagle III with its 1/2" full radius (ball mill) cutter. End Quote....

Tell him that we're all happy for him.
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Thought you were referring to RCG.

Better be careful... It's faux pas to bring up stuff said by former members around here. Besides that, I don't think it was fair to throw that at me.


I asked a question in hopes of learning something... Boy did I ever. Thanks!

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John, the first thing I do with a Fox engine is change the junk screws for Micro Fastener's socket head screws. I do have an ABC .74.
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Originally Posted by Hobbsy
John, the first thing I do with a Fox engine is change the junk screws for Micro Fastener's socket head screws. I do have an ABC .74.
The screws are fine. Just didn't want to take it appart for nothing.
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Its Huge !.
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What does it weigh?
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1lb 6.8oz with muffler on my postal scale.
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22.8 compared to my Irvine 61 red case at 26.7 !! The Irvine is a porker!! Hope it runs good, haven't tried it yet, too much winter.
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I found an NIB Irvine 72 ABC on *bay....It was listed as an "Irving"....
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Did you grab it? I got one similarly but used and in great shape for cheap. I have only run it once but like all my "Irving" engines its super.
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Oh, yea.
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Originally Posted by 1QwkSport2.5r
Thought you were referring to RCG.

Better be careful... It's faux pas to bring up stuff said by former members around here. Besides that, I don't think it was fair to throw that at me.


I asked a question in hopes of learning something... Boy did I ever. Thanks!
Tim, you can ask anything. You offer a lot to RCU. There was an recent incident, probably the one you are referring to, where bogus information was being funneled back into RCU from a banned member. He was banned and therefore so were his newer posts from other sites. I checked on this and there were a few discussions about deleting that material. Some of the advice he gave could lead to problems if other members believed the nonsense, regardless of his refutable claims of expertise.

The irrational rage and vicious name calling without provocation about BW offers a glimpse of the problem we had with this person. It ain't happening here anymore.


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