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Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
02-12-2022, 01:38 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,922
Posted By Raddaddy123

It`s ok. when all big nitro engines disappear (...

It`s ok. when all big nitro engines disappear ( PICCO-Novarossi-Ugo Rossi, many of the russian: Kalistratov etc.) it is good to know that there is still a choice for CMB, which in true Italian style,...
Forum: Speed - RC Nitro Boats
02-11-2022, 10:59 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 3,922
Posted By Raddaddy123

OPS engines are still made today (2022) by Mantua...

OPS engines are still made today (2022) by Mantua models Italy. Parts for 60 size marine OPS is also available from same source The boat in your picture is the European endurance (1 hour) FSR-60...
Forum: Control Lines
02-04-2015, 04:21 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 14,530
Posted By Raddaddy123

PWF63: "Just a hypothese" let aspeed try.....

PWF63: "Just a hypothese" let aspeed try.. between us:single 018 steel line don`t havea chance to live even the pull test. the guy will sit on his ass in the middle of the circle.
Forum: Control Lines
01-29-2015, 02:59 AM
Replies: 47
Views: 14,530
Posted By Raddaddy123

why not? just check the tensile strenght of .018...

why not? just check the tensile strenght of .018 monoline wire, so you don`end up sitting in the circle with your ass and your rossi making a hole in a car window, parked some where near the site...
Forum: Control Lines
01-28-2015, 06:31 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 14,530
Posted By Raddaddy123

dear aspeed: you are talking about AMA...

dear aspeed: you are talking about AMA regulations. I am talking about FAI, sometimes things get blurred. There are NO RESRICTIONS except the pull test and total limit to 10cc (61 cu in) in FAI...
Forum: Control Lines
01-27-2015, 09:31 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 14,530
Posted By Raddaddy123

Aspeed: Please follow this thread thru: ken...

Aspeed: Please follow this thread thru: ken Morrisey used groupers to set his British open 10cc record with a sidewinder OS marine based engine (by Henry Nelson)...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-27-2015, 09:15 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Real cool one!!My hint: make three plates...

Real cool one!!My hint: make three plates between the engine and muffler with one hole only to choose the amount of "purr: Different sound with each different hole configuration !!!
Forum: Control Lines
01-27-2015, 12:41 PM
Replies: 47
Views: 14,530
Posted By Raddaddy123

Monoline control is allowed and used extensively...

Monoline control is allowed and used extensively in AMA/USA style Speed, but not allowed in F2A FAI competition, only in FAI record runs. Actually the 2-line "grouped" flying lines with a small...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-27-2015, 05:06 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

You CAN increase the diam of aluminum/silicon...

You CAN increase the diam of aluminum/silicon piston by heating it to high temp. Then you have to drop it in very high heat state to cold water, prefarably salt water. It will "freeze" in expanded...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-27-2015, 12:17 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Both "tools/ First air remedies" are used...

Both "tools/ First air remedies" are used frequently, the rod lower bearing squeeze being the easiest. I have a russian tool for pinching but I must say, it takes lots of experience and patience to...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-26-2015, 05:32 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Answer to both CombatPigg and MJD: We in...

Answer to both CombatPigg and MJD: We in Finland do most of the different model flying varieties as in the USA. Maybe the main difference is that we have very few contest classses and...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-26-2015, 12:34 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Thanks, we are.. In the aftermath of WW II we...

Thanks, we are.. In the aftermath of WW II we were on the losing side ( with germans) but Finland and our capital Helsinki was never occupied, the only contry Russia didn`t capture. Now when russians...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-26-2015, 10:41 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Answer: We had a flood of USSR stuff coming over,...

Answer: We had a flood of USSR stuff coming over, some of it..just pure junk, something quite ok. The specialty guys like those"Professionals" could sell their stuff legally, but the resources like...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-26-2015, 01:56 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Combatpigg: Sure, that was the case! I was...

Combatpigg: Sure, that was the case! I was racing against the "professional FAI pilots" quite frequently as I live in Finland Some 50 kilometres away to the south is Estonia , over the Gulf of ...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-25-2015, 09:32 PM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

H MJD: Thanks for the additional info, you are...

H MJD:
Thanks for the additional info, you are absolutely on the right track ! Small "pylon like speedsters" are PEERFECT enviroment for a "better" MDS. The fact I tried to warn and point out is:...
Forum: "1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes
01-25-2015, 10:44 AM
Replies: 96
Views: 21,612
Posted By Raddaddy123

Hi, I live in Helsinki/Finland.. That`s 150...

Hi, I live in Helsinki/Finland.. That`s 150 kilometres to St Petersburg. We have , over the years had hundreds russian /soviet engines carried over here, especially after the fall of Soviet CCCP...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-25-2015, 06:18 AM
Replies: 24
Views: 5,931
Posted By Raddaddy123

HI, i am Jukka vatanen, in Finland- I have been...

HI, i am Jukka vatanen, in Finland- I have been flying nitro speed C/L models since the late 1950´S. With FOX 29 R "bathtub" and lately also with Dooling 29 engines, stock as they come, but also...
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