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Forum: The Clubhouse
01-26-2010, 02:06 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 879
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Not an ordinary Pitts muffler

Thanks, Bruce. It looks as if I may have to have a custom one made/altering a stock item by Bisson. Where I'm having trouble is the going from the down facing exhaust port and everything going...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-26-2010, 04:10 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 879
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Not an ordinary Pitts muffler

Thanks, Colin. Bisson certainly have a large offering. So much so, while scrolling through, I had to remind myself continually just what style I was looking for when they all started to look the...
Forum: The Clubhouse
01-23-2010, 08:17 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 879
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

Not an ordinary Pitts muffler

Can anyone give me the name of a supplier for a Pitts style muffler, for mounting on a side mounted SK 50 glo, the header section to go rearward from ther engine exhaust stack and the cannister to...
01-23-2010, 06:22 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

Hi, Mike. Firstly, let me offer my condolences. You've been double whammied from each and every side. Life is good but then there are some invariable very very painful experiences. I myself have had...
01-22-2010, 06:16 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

Hi Mike & Buzzard Bait. The Rumplestadts are my pride and joy. I took photos of the 2 that Freeair sold me, sent him the pics: he's gone to the extent of enlarging the photos and had them laminated....
09-29-2009, 08:03 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

Hi, Mike. The 2 Rumplestads I bought from freeair have been built and covered as by a professional model maker. Immaculate is not an understatement. While freeair was in the selling mood, I also...
09-04-2009, 07:33 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

Mike, guess who here in Australia, has bought Freeair's 2 Rumplestadts in the post above. No prizes. Only 500 klms from me, still here in Queensland. And freeair could not be more helpful. Just goes...
08-18-2009, 09:44 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

Mike, you're certainly keeping up to speed on Rumplestadt data. There are more Rumpleatadts out there than one imagines. Everyone who builds and flies one is impressed and passes on the word. That...
07-23-2009, 08:16 AM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

So the little Rumplestadt goes into aerial warfare some 90 years later. If I had my Rumplestadt rammed, chopped up etc, the other pilot would be wearing my t/x aerial, and it wouldn't be up his nose....
07-10-2009, 08:57 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Rumplestadt

Hi, Buzzard bait. Yes, I'm sure of my source. The Rumplestadt came out in RCM in July 1970 something. My collection of model magazines start in 1977. The original plans were on microfisch but were...
07-10-2009, 07:40 PM
Replies: 49
Views: 12,375
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

Rumplestadt

Thanks to gittarpikk I now have a fuselage plan for the R.C.M Rumplestadt. I've been trying to track down the plans for years now, with the intent of building another two. I'm still flying a...
Forum: The Clubhouse
03-23-2009, 01:25 PM
Replies: 1
Views: 1,024
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

BALSA USA Phaeton bipe

Does anyone have a kit of the PHAETON BIPE buried somewhere? I'm chasing the original kit, not the larger #2. 20 odd years ago, I built and flew two of these models. Enjoyed flying them. I've...
03-14-2009, 06:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 1,394
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: My idea to save money...

Thanks to RC Universe, one can read of so many diverse opinions. After reading all the posts here, I repeatedly read over and over the options expressed here. After modelling for 50 years, I've...
02-28-2009, 07:21 AM
Replies: 35
Views: 16,287
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Optica OA7??

As kdc above mentioned, I'm the bloke in Oz building the Optica from the Nexus plans. These people were exceptional. They supplied the plans and arranged the supply of the cockpit plastic. I started...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-31-2008, 05:33 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,128
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Parts numbers, to place an order

At last I can post a reply. Last night I could not. First up, many thanks to w8ye and Ken, particularly to w8ye who obviously knows model engines. My questions have been answered and now it's time...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-31-2008, 01:18 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,128
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Parts numbers, to place an order

Sorry no picture yet waiting on son to down load pictures. Without a photo I will try to describe the 46 engine. It has one piece crank case, round head, locking cotter for the carby is located in...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-30-2008, 12:00 PM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,128
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Parts numbers, to place an order

Thanks: and where would I be without Rc Universe and those that give input and feedback to same.
Forum: Glow Engines
12-30-2008, 11:37 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,128
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: Parts numbers, to place an order

Thanks for the 2 responses. After posting this thread, I had a squiz at Just Engines web site to discover "marks" and "Series". Ah ha, I have a can of worms here. Unfortunately, at the moment I'm at...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-30-2008, 05:18 AM
Replies: 9
Views: 1,128
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

Parts numbers, to place an order

I acquired 2 secondhand ASP glo engines. Strange that both these earlier .46 and the earlier .91 have conrod problems. The problems in both cases is excessive play in the big-end bushing on the...
12-20-2008, 05:56 AM
Replies: 0
Views: 528
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

Size/type of a/craft for this motor?

With oily hands from 50 years, I acquired an RC Smart EVO 920 motor. Please remember I'm a "newbie" to electric power so keep everything simple. What size model can I use this motor in, as a...
Forum: Glow Engines
11-01-2008, 01:01 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,982
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: K & B 65 screw/bolt thread type

Thanks everyone. I've bitten the bullet and ordered 3 sets from K & B. (I'm only short of one lousy screw). The postage for 8 oz air to Oz is the same price as the 3 sets. At least my problem's...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-30-2008, 10:03 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,982
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: K & B 65 screw/bolt thread type

Thanks Hobbsy. Would you be Hobbsy from the diesel forum? If so, I too am a model diesel fanatic. Also another motorcycle enthusiast. Until 3 months ago, I had a collection of 40 of the old...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-30-2008, 08:51 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,982
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: K & B 65 screw/bolt thread type

Thanks for the input everyone. Local efforts, state and interstate efforts here in OZ met with a resounding no, we don't have it, we can't get them, but we can have them made. Gees. Like trying to...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-26-2008, 01:34 PM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,982
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

RE: K & B 65 screw/bolt thread type

Thanks jetpack and rcdude7 for your response. I was starting to wondering if some exotic thread pattern was used by K & B. I'll now dig out one of my Cox .049 and try the prop screw. 5-40. ...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-26-2008, 11:05 AM
Replies: 12
Views: 1,982
Posted By SCORPIO_2727

K & B 65 screw/bolt thread type

I aquired 2 K & B 65's off ebay. To bring these motors up to scratch, I ordered and received the necessary parts from K & B Manufacturing in the States. I now find I am one exhaust bolt short. Being...
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