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Forum: Engine Conversions

09-28-2017, 07:36 AM

Replies: 13

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

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Posted By Rooster353

Finally found the Giant Big Stik XL you were...

Finally found the Giant Big Stik XL you were referring too.
Impressive!

Great Planes Giant Big Stik XL 55-61cc Gas/EP ARF (http://www.greatplanes.com/airplanes/gpma1225/)

Forum: Engine Conversions

09-25-2017, 07:52 AM

Replies: 13

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

Views: 2,376

Posted By Rooster353

I hear ya. My solution to trepidation came...

I hear ya.

My solution to trepidation came 30 years ago when a friend was going to throw away his crashed airplane.
Instead he gave it to me, and I repaired it into an ugly flyable beast....

Forum: Engine Conversions

09-22-2017, 12:19 PM

Replies: 13

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

Views: 2,376

Posted By Rooster353

Thanks Av8tor, I'm with you on the...

Thanks Av8tor,

I'm with you on the satisfaction from the work required to convert an engine.
The highlights of last week's flight were the positive comments from the peanut gallery about how...

Forum: Engine Conversions

09-18-2017, 08:17 PM

Replies: 13

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

Views: 2,376

Posted By Rooster353

Av8tor, I appreciate the offer. Let me see...

Av8tor, I appreciate the offer.

Let me see what I can scrounge online first. I'd hate to disassemble a perfectly good engine for this project, and I won't have anything to put it in for a while.
...

Forum: Engine Conversions

09-18-2017, 07:34 AM

Replies: 13

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

Views: 2,376

Posted By Rooster353

Thanks Av8tor. You're absolutely right....

Thanks Av8tor.

You're absolutely right. Those new 30cc short blocks are just crying to be converted.

For it to be economical, I'd need to stumble across a worn out parts only 30cc in order to...

Forum: Engine Conversions

09-08-2017, 10:56 AM

Replies: 13

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

Views: 2,376

Posted By Rooster353

Dynaflite PT-19 84"

Successful 1st RC flight since Katrina.
84" wingspan PT19, 30cc gasoline rebuilt Homelite engine.

Did not need shovel, no witnesses.

The PT19 was acquired used from another member who did a...

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