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RE: Whats in your engine locker??? - 2/24/2006 5:35:10 AM   
Kmot



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ORIGINAL: GWILLIE

I collect and FLY Foxes.

You're my hero!

How long ago was that picture in your profile taken?

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RE: Whats in your engine locker??? - 2/24/2006 10:58:18 AM   
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OS .61SF - hasn't been run in 10 years and may never be again - very good engine

OS 1.20 ( 4 - stroke ) - presently unemployed but looking - nice scale engine but noooo powerhouse

OS 1.60 ( 2 - stroke ) - currently unemployed but looking - you can't buy a better engine in this size

Saito .56 - currently unemployed and resting after 8 years in a FF Ultimate - my buddy a 10 1/2

Saito 1.00 - sitting in a box where it belongs - garbage

Saito 270 - bench run only waiting for a ride - awesome engine can't wait

YS .63 ( 2 ) - the good one is in my FF Ultimate, the bad one ( never worked right ) is in a box waiting to be operated on

YS 1.40 - is in a Typhoon pattern plane, about 500 flights and still snortin'

MVVS 1.60 ( gas ) - is in a Balsa Nova 120, I have no idea why I bought this thing, too heavy and blows black goo all over my plane - I don't sell engines but I think I will make an exception

Quadra 42 - has not been used in 12 years or so, too heavy - a great engine in it's day

Brison 2.4 - is in a Topflite P - 51, has been with me for 10 years and still kicking -

Taurus TS52 - N.I.B. but headed for a W/M 27% Ultimate - I have great expectations for this engine -


Well there you have it, only 12, maybe I need some more.


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RE: engine collection - 2/24/2006 12:48:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Quit telling us how many you have and what kind, start posting pictures so we can take a look at the little jewels.

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RE: engine collection - 2/24/2006 10:52:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hello; Since my last post on this thread I bought 2 more Saito 50's and another 45, and a Saito 100 single, oh yes and another surpass 26, and another Enya 46. I think that's all for now . . . . . .

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RE: What's under the hood Kid... - 2/24/2006 11:14:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Doc. do you know which version of the .46 you have yet, my Enya .46 MKII was my first RC engnine.

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RE: What's under the hood Kid... - 2/25/2006 5:41:42 AM   
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Status: offline 		Hello Torque Wrench; I have 2 mark II's and one mark I with a homemade front bearing housing to bring it up to mark II spec's. The pictures tell it all. Oh I should say that I sold the mark I already. It went back to the guy that machined the front housing.

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RE: engine collection - 2/25/2006 5:54:04 AM   
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The Enyas aren't the only antiques in those pictures. The aluminum spinner loks like a genuine Froom brand, (although with a custom back plate) and it's probably older than any of the engines shown.

Bill.


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RE: engine collection - 2/25/2006 5:59:11 AM   
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Here's another genuine Froom, again with a custom back plate. The engine, the spinner, and the airplane are well over 40 years old.

Bill.

PS: The back plate was the weak point of all stock Froom spinners, way too thin. wr.



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RE: What's under the hood Kid... - 2/25/2006 1:52:01 PM   
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Status: offline 		Doc, I see one of the .46s has a vent tube on the cam box, was that from the factory? My cams and timing gears in my .46 got very rusty over the years so I drilled the carb mounting bracket bolt hole all the way through and shoot Corrosion X in there after a flying day is done, same with my .53.

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RE: What's under the hood Kid... - 2/25/2006 2:10:36 PM   
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Status: offline 		Kmot,

Picture was taken about Feb. 1955. I was 11 at the time. Plane is a Consolidated Wowee and the engine (which I still have) was an OK Cub .074. Fox didn't make 1/2 As back then; that's why the Cub.


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RE: What's under the hood Kid... - 2/25/2006 4:17:46 PM   
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Status: offline 		G, I was 13 in 1955, I still have a SpitFire .049, McCoy .35 and .36, an OK Cub .024, and I think I still have an .020 and an .010, I'll have to look.

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RE: What's under the hood Kid... - 3/3/2006 11:22:51 PM   
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Status: offline 		I won`t tell how many engines or radios I have, my wife could find out. After my first EBay transaction I have not been able to stop and I have found real treasures.

Regards,

Alfredo

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RE: engine collection - 3/4/2006 12:48:22 AM   
shupid



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Status: offline 		hey funflyer can i have a couple??

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RE: engine collection - 3/5/2006 2:27:22 AM   
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Status: offline 		Not counting my CO2 and Jetex, about 175, from Cox .010 to a Fox .78. About 3 diesels and 1 4 stroke. Still have my first, a Cub .099 I bought about 1949 or 1950.

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RE: engine collection - 3/5/2006 2:38:34 AM