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Forum: ARF or RTF

02-16-2010, 05:36 AM

Replies: 3

Toledo Special

Views: 870

Posted By madtrev

Toledo Special

Anyone try one yet??</p>

Forum: Glow Engines

02-16-2010, 02:47 AM

Replies: 2

OLD ENYA 120 4C CARB

Views: 911

Posted By madtrev

RE: OLD ENYA 120 4C CARB

Dealing direct with Ken Enya himself is the way to go. Good prices, fast service (faster than anyone else in Australia) and he keeps contact all the way through the purchasing process. A big tick...

Forum: Kit Building

02-06-2010, 03:54 AM

Replies: 27

Kits?

Views: 2,483

Posted By madtrev

RE: Kits?

You guys want to try to get hold of kits here in Australia. We had a few homegrown manufacturers, I think they're all gone now. Most hobby shops you go into over here think when you ask for a kit,...

Forum: Kit Building

02-05-2010, 05:21 PM

Replies: 27

Kits?

Views: 2,483

Posted By madtrev

RE: Kits?

I agree. Surely the way the asian arf manufacturers have got hold of laser cutting it would be at least an option to just have someone count out the parts for a kit and package this up. Even just...

Forum: ARF or RTF

02-05-2010, 04:55 AM

Replies: 1

modeltech mach racer

Views: 562

Posted By madtrev

modeltech mach racer

Anyone got one? How do they go ?? I intend on putting a piped 45 super tigre on it and running a clipped 9x9 apc prop. I think I will have to clip at least an inch from the prop to get the engine on...

Forum: Glow Engines

02-03-2010, 07:06 AM

Replies: 39

Which Engine?

Views: 3,502

Posted By madtrev

RE: Which Engine?

Saito are very good as are OS and others, but if moneys tight, there is nothing wrong with ASP, SC or magnum 4 strokes. Some of the finer points may not be as good as dearer brands but they still...

Forum: Glow Engines

02-03-2010, 06:03 AM

Replies: 39

Which Engine?

Views: 3,502

Posted By madtrev

RE: Which Engine?

I thought someone already suggested that. I still think a 4 stroke would be better but an LA would be a good 2nd bet.

Forum: Glow Engines

02-02-2010, 06:18 PM

Replies: 39

Which Engine?

Views: 3,502

Posted By madtrev

RE: Which Engine?

Cubs are made for poddering around mid throttle and I dont really think the ball bearing 32 and 36's are "right" for a cub. If budget wont go to a 4 stroke, why not look at a plain bearing 40 like...

Forum: Tips & Techniques

01-31-2010, 07:42 PM

Replies: 34

The Terrible Tank

Views: 5,090

Posted By madtrev

RE: The Terrible Tank

The SLEC tanks from the UK are the ducks nuts. The fuel feed line and clunk you set up and screw in to the front of the tank, there are two pressure/ fill barbs at the top and all the hose/fueltube...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-29-2010, 04:41 AM

Replies: 8

Super tigre GS45

Views: 1,418

Posted By madtrev

RE: Super tigre GS45

Well in the end I banged the pipe on it and wow , does it go! I dont have a tach but I have had to open the needle valve over half a turn and you can hear it come on the pipe. This is with the 9x9...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-28-2010, 02:58 AM

Replies: 13

Where to put this engine!

Views: 1,824

Posted By madtrev

RE: Where to put this engine!

I had 2 MDS's , and both died of the same thing. Broken conrods. With both engines, the little end wasn't bushed and they chewed up pretty quick. If I had 2 conrods, I would still have both of those...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-21-2010, 07:47 PM

Replies: 27

Balanced and Blueprinted

Views: 4,576

Posted By madtrev

RE: Balanced and Blueprinted

I wasnt trying to steal the post and take it to an automotive area, but using this as an example to explain what proper blueprinting was and why all engines arent the same as the original...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-21-2010, 06:11 PM

Replies: 27

Balanced and Blueprinted

Views: 4,576

Posted By madtrev

RE: Balanced and Blueprinted

Yep, You're dead right, It does reduce the compression ratio. This is just one of the areas you pick up performance by blueprinting an engine. These mass produced engines aren't madeas thousands of...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-21-2010, 04:11 PM

Replies: 27

Balanced and Blueprinted

Views: 4,576

Posted By madtrev

RE: Balanced and Blueprinted

Actually Blueprinting refers to the original factory blueprints for measuerments rather than using any tolerances. When the engines were designed, an original set of blueprints were developed for...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-21-2010, 03:54 PM

Replies: 8

Super tigre GS45

Views: 1,418

Posted By madtrev

RE: Super tigre GS45

At the club where I learned to fly, if you turned up with a Super tigre, you had something to be admired. Many of the OS FX's were crapping themselves early so I bought the Super Tigre.
Now...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-21-2010, 05:10 AM

Replies: 8

Super tigre GS45

Views: 1,418

Posted By madtrev

Super tigre GS45

I have a super tigre 45 and consider it a pretty good engine (older made in italy one), but how do they compare to something like a 46FX?
I also have a Bolly carbon tuned pipe for it, how do they...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-18-2010, 08:27 PM

Replies: 2

Enya 155 r4

Views: 1,097

Posted By madtrev

Enya 155 r4

I just got my 155 enya fired up and I can say I had forgot what a good engine it was. Throttling up like electric, idles like a sewing machine, easy to start. Brilliant service from Ken Enya too ,...

Forum: Electric General Discussion

01-17-2010, 05:36 AM

Replies: 3

Using IC props on electric motors

Views: 739

Posted By madtrev

Using IC props on electric motors

I have a SIG Wonder that I have installed a Tower Pro 35A controller and outrunner motor on. I have no other idea about the motor's specs but with the prop I'm currently running, it seems to be...

Forum: Glow Engines

01-14-2010, 11:46 PM

Replies: 39

five-cylinder radial engine homemade from five OS FS-70S II

Views: 30,246

Posted By madtrev

RE: five-cylinder radial engine homemade from five OS FS-70S II

Good work, far more servicable than a one-off design when it comes to parts. When I started looking, I thought you may be able to cant the engines over a bit to create a smaller profile in the...

Forum: Kit Building

01-10-2010, 05:56 AM

Replies: 4

aerotech JU87 stuka

Views: 1,502

Posted By madtrev

RE: aerotech JU87 stuka

I'll try to put up some pics, got to take them first. virtually all of the veneer has gone on the fuse and the wing. getting good balsa could be the hard part for me though, no local hobby store.

Forum: Kit Building

01-10-2010, 02:37 AM

Replies: 4

aerotech JU87 stuka

Views: 1,502

Posted By madtrev

aerotech JU87 stuka

I have an old Aerotech (english kit) of a Stuka thats about 1/3 done and so I'm looking to finish. It has lost a lot of its obeche from the foam peices that make up the shapes of the plane. What I...

Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes

01-09-2010, 04:25 AM

Replies: 10

Speed Stick.

Views: 1,328

Posted By madtrev

RE: Speed Stick.

Thats where you guys in the USA are so much luckier than the rest of the world, The markets cater for you. In Australia, we get dribs and drabs as the importers decide and it takes a while for the...

Forum: Kit Building

01-08-2010, 10:11 PM

Replies: 44

Midwest Super Hots Build

Views: 17,608

Posted By madtrev

RE: Midwest Super Hots Build

They're nearly the same as the precedent funfly. The funfly was my all time favourite plane for any sort of day's flying.</p>

Forum: Extreme Speed Prop Planes

01-08-2010, 09:18 PM

Replies: 10

Speed Stick.

Views: 1,328

Posted By madtrev

RE: Speed Stick.

Cool stick. Where did you get those wheels?????

Forum: Kit Building

01-08-2010, 06:00 PM

Replies: 18

why not use sanding sealer

Views: 6,114