Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
09-09-2010, 01:43 AM
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RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
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BTW, I like the strategy used on the Proctor EIII (or at least one that I read about) where the engine is build into a removable tray along with tank and servos.
BTW, I like the strategy used on the Proctor EIII (or at least one that I read about) where the engine is build into a removable tray along with tank and servos.
09-09-2010, 11:52 AM
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The removable engine/radio unit also makes it clear what a model really is: It's an engine with a plane strapped on!
09-09-2010, 01:08 PM
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RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
Yeah the removable unit would be really versatile.
Look at the fun you would have scaling up a Tupelov to insert that combo in. [sm=75_75.gif]
Look at the fun you would have scaling up a Tupelov to insert that combo in. [sm=75_75.gif]
09-09-2010, 01:20 PM
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RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
And if you are afraid to fly with your radial you can always throw her in a car.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TIdQFnUvCA&feature=related[/youtube]
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TIdQFnUvCA&feature=related[/youtube]
09-10-2010, 04:28 PM
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And as a matter of fact, with the current Yen to Euro exchange rate it will actually cost me about $100 less than it would have, if I had ordered it a month ago!
09-18-2010, 09:40 AM
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RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
You need to get one of those, Bob.
Its a excellent kit and Randy's build thread is a great help for anyone starting to build one.
Lots of interesting color schemes for that one too.
Its a excellent kit and Randy's build thread is a great help for anyone starting to build one.
Lots of interesting color schemes for that one too.
09-18-2010, 11:40 AM
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RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
I don't know........with my experiance......I think you could get the Hanriot & have it finished before you are able to finish the Camel.........LOL
09-28-2010, 02:15 AM
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Well, boys...I DID it! I just sent payment today (910 Euros: 836 for the engine + 74 in shipping to Japan). As I said above, some things you just have to do! Should take about a week for the bank transfer to clear and then a week or so more to ship the engine from India to Japan.
...of course, it's going to take me a year or longer to build anything I can put it in. [:@] Still, better to buy it now than later.
As I said above, some things you just have to do! Should take about a week for the bank transfer to clear and then a week or so more to ship the engine from India to Japan....of course, it's going to take me a year or longer to build anything I can put it in. [:@] Still, better to buy it now than later.
09-28-2010, 03:41 AM
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RE: Seidel 7-70 radial: Help me decide!
ORIGINAL: abufletcher
...of course, it's going to take me a year or longer to build anything I can put it in.
...of course, it's going to take me a year or longer to build anything I can put it in.
I wish you a lot of fun with it Don,
Frank
09-28-2010, 04:40 AM
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I was encouraged by the eBay sale of my Leica this summer, when I ended up getting almost $300 more than I bought it for over 10 years ago. And assuming I don't drive the engine into the dirt from a great height, I fully expect to be able to resell the Seidel, if I ever want to, for at least 3/4 the purchase price. Or even if it's just half...it still a good deal in terms of the joy of ownership what whatever period. As with the Leica, there's really no rational reason to buy a Seidel (or really any other radial engine).
BTW, one of the most common reasons you'll hear from people considering buying a Leica rangefinder is "that Leica sound."
BTW, one of the most common reasons you'll hear from people considering buying a Leica rangefinder is "that Leica sound."
09-28-2010, 03:57 PM
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Don there's lots of reasons, first to mind is wanting one.
Don there's lots of reasons, first to mind is wanting one.
(You must be a secret Californian.) 
