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I got a "new in the box" Testors engine with the carbon crankcase and nylon tank a while ago on Ebay. I did not think much of it except for collecting, but you guys make me want to run this thing. It came with instructions that state not to use castor oil based fuel due to varnish and gumming up of the clutch mechanism. The instructions also state to use 15% nitro fuel, but the engine will "respond" to up to 40%! Maximum bhp is supposed to be .089 at 16000 rpm. This engine also came with a muffler as they call it. It is a ring that fits between crankcase where the cylinder screws in up to a large diameter fin above the exhaust ports. The ring has small slots around the top edge and the instructions say to run the engine rich when installed. I probably won't use it. The engine has a bizzare looking propeller on it right now from the factory that looks like tapered paddles. I won't be using it. Filling the tank with fuel is weird though. there is a square hole on the side of the tank that you are supposed to stick a piece of fuel tubing in and fill it. I don't get it. Where is the overflow? How do you know when it is full. I guess you can see the level thru the white nylon, but I'm not sure. I gotta play with this thing because of you guys.
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Well, since everyone else is showing their Testors'...
I've had these for (holy smokes) 30 years now... I don't remember what planes they came from, but I know how I got 'em.
As a wee lad, (9-10 yrs. old) I sold many boxes of greeting cards (from the adverts in comic books) and chose the Testors C/L airplanes as my "prize". I never did fly the planes, but was quite content firing up these little boogers in my bedroom - until I ran out of glow fuel and burned out the plugs (I had a lot to learn about volts and amps). Anyway, one of the planes I remember had a red, white, and blue wing - maybe a Mustang?
After I was done playing with the planes, I sold more greeting cards (my poor relatives) and bought a tether-car dune-buggy thing.. About all I remember about it was it was red, Volkswagon bug-like, and had an .049 that was directly coupled to a single drive wheel via a spur and pinion. I remember the first and last run fairly well... I was in my ma and pa's basement (something about not being allowed to run those damn engines in my room anymore) and I fired this thing up and tweaked that needle 'till it was screaming real good and then the engine abruptly stopped, but the wheel continued to wind down for what seemed like forever... When I turned the engine over, it had ZERO resistance... I learned a lesson that day about the max RPM for an .049 and just how weak the crankshafts are... (I couldn't tell ya if it was a Cox or Testors tether car though.)
Anyway, here's my Testors contribution:
< Message edited by ProBroJoe -- 12/14/2007 12:31:48 AM >
BMatthews, being a fellow Testors/McCoy fan can you explain our affliction? What is it about these engines that we find appealing? Perhaps we have a genetic defect? I have had a LOT of engines go through my hands recently and my Testors/McCoy 049 and series 21 .19 are still here for some reason I can't fathom. My 049 is a little rusty and dinged up but it runs great! Maybe conventional wisdom is just too convenient for us.
Fravits summed it up in fine form.
Yeah they don't put out any more power than a single port Baby Bee but they are just a delight to run thanks to the starter and good natured manners.
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Geeze if I hear that sellin the greeting cards story again I'm losing it. Just how old are you Joe? Running the engines in your room? That would have gotten me ,well,,,,,lets just say I'm older than Joe and the Paddle was still legal.
"Yeah they don't put out any more power than a single port Baby Bee but they are just a delight to run thanks to the starter and good natured manners"
I guess reliability and ease of use are more important to me at this point in my life (almost as old as Joe ) I have enough aggrivation in my life right now, Trust me.
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I have two Testors engines from eBay bit haven't run them yet. I had one in the late 1970s too, but didn't use it much. I believe from the magazines of the time the Testors was more powerful than a Black Widow and cheaper than a Babe Bee. A mounting eye broke off the tank when I dropped it. The ones from eBay have no way of taking them apart. It looks to me that the Testors engins were designed to be cowled in and that Testors didn't care much whether they lasted any longer than the plastic models. I think Cox must have made their riedies more durable than the plastic models could be to promote the sale of separate engines, which might have had a higher profit margin. A company that dominates a field does things differently than one that has to concentrate on competing in the market. The flying model airplane market would have been, and would still be, much smaller if Cox had concentrated on competing with Testors. It seems Cox was more concerned with competing with other toys and hobbies than with Testors. The Flying Around book says that if one buys an RTF he will get a superb (but small) engine.
< Message edited by David Ingham -- 12/14/2007 4:28:23 AM >
Trust me David, the small compact McCoy with the lump o' steel on the front is only as strong as a Baby Bee. I tried to run my original one on a mouse racer back in the late 60's and it just did not stand a chance against the guys running the twin port Cox cylinder reedie engines. ' Wow.... I've been carting this thing around the country for almost 40 years..... Now THAT makes you sit back and think....
I fact I THINK I need to make a FF Dakota bipe for it...
Didn't they do that prizes for Xmas cards deal back in like the 30's? <evilgrin>
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Mines a Sport plane so Max horsepower is moot. Reliable, easy to start,rugged now that's a different category. My Testors/McCoy doesn't have as much power as my Baby Bee (or I have been told as I have no idea)but I just like it better. My Cox to Testors ratio is pretty heavy in favor of the Cox. But that changes daily. Thank You E-8ay!!!! Keeping me from starving. May I voice an opinion on the design elements of the Testors /McCoy 8000 vs the Baby Bee? Or am I gonna get in trouble?
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Castor, its like Vitamin C for glow engines. I am not Dom from Airwolf but I do resemble him.......Unfortunately
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THAT'S IT, JOE IF YOU SEE A GUY LOOKING LIKE THIS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY THIS WEEK I'TS ME!!!!!!! those airsoft BBs can leave a mark ,,sometimes,, ya know!!!!
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What is it about these engines that we find appealing? Perhaps we have a genetic defect? I have had a LOT of engines go through my hands recently and my Testors/McCoy 049 and series 21 .19 are still here for some reason I can't fathom. 
My 049 is a little rusty and dinged up but it runs great! Maybe conventional wisdom is just too convenient for us. 
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Just how old are you Joe? 
) I have enough aggrivation in my life right now, Trust me.
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JOE IF YOU SEE A GUY LOOKING LIKE THIS IN YOUR DRIVEWAY THIS WEEK I'TS ME!!!!!!! those airsoft BBs can leave a mark ,,sometimes,, ya know!!!! 
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