Norvel Engine FAQ
09-09-2014, 11:17 AM
#528
Looking for a bit of help here. I'm having some difficulty registering and ordering from the NV Engines web site. Is the site up and running, and is NV still open for business? Thanks for whatever enlightenment any Norvel-head can provide.
Dave Mo...
Dave Mo...
09-09-2014, 11:17 AM
#529
Looking for a bit of help here. I'm having some difficulty registering and ordering from the NV Engines web site. Is the site up and running, and is NV still open for business? Thanks for whatever enlightenment any Norvel-head can provide.
Dave Mo...
Dave Mo...
09-30-2014, 06:29 AM
#530
As a follow-up, I was able to contact NV Engines and place an order. The email I used for Alex was [email protected]
Dave Mo...
Dave Mo...
07-16-2019, 07:27 PM
#531
For posterity of ye ole Norvel. AME .061
Fact a non modified AME series engine will work with a tuned pipe:
Published on Aug 10, 2015
.061 AME Norvel on a Profi Tuned Pipe
Non SPI version with 150 deg exhaust timing
APC 4.2x4 2oz of bench running prior to first flight
In the hand best peak 24.8k / 96F summer day
Best level pass 28.6k from down wind. 108 mph pitch speed.
12oz all up weight 5ch plane with flaps
88sq. in 28in span
Fact a non modified AME series engine will work with a tuned pipe:
Published on Aug 10, 2015
.061 AME Norvel on a Profi Tuned Pipe
Non SPI version with 150 deg exhaust timing
APC 4.2x4 2oz of bench running prior to first flight
In the hand best peak 24.8k / 96F summer day
Best level pass 28.6k from down wind. 108 mph pitch speed.
12oz all up weight 5ch plane with flaps
88sq. in 28in span
07-17-2019, 09:01 PM
#534
Yes I have a CS .8 to 1cc pipe could try too the Profi pipe is similar to it very light weight a bit more dia. can recommend.
Here is a bench run of my set up shows a bolt on sportwerkz header worked out very well with the Norvel and AP .06
Really the prop is too big to run on the pipe statically but needed to know how the engine would handle the load of
the beefy APC 5x3 after the flight test with the 4.2x4 I was looking at more thrust potential.
Published on Aug 13, 2015
Reads from 23.5k average to best 23,740 rpm using a audio tach. 16oz thrust / 68 mph pitch speed / .18 HP / 134w
4.8k - 5.2k idle noted after the review with settings dialed in for lower readings using the RPM app.
Here is a bench run of my set up shows a bolt on sportwerkz header worked out very well with the Norvel and AP .06
Really the prop is too big to run on the pipe statically but needed to know how the engine would handle the load of
the beefy APC 5x3 after the flight test with the 4.2x4 I was looking at more thrust potential.
Published on Aug 13, 2015
Reads from 23.5k average to best 23,740 rpm using a audio tach. 16oz thrust / 68 mph pitch speed / .18 HP / 134w
4.8k - 5.2k idle noted after the review with settings dialed in for lower readings using the RPM app.
07-17-2019, 09:08 PM
#535
And the AP with a bit longer MRP for best static on the ground.
Published on Jun 13, 2015
AP .061 Wasp on a Profi 1/2A tuned pipe with a Sportwerks header pipe.
Best noted peak 26.3k rpm / engine is new and has about 3oz of fuel ran thru it.
APC 4.2 x 4 / 122w / 99.6mph / 10oz thrust / 20% castor 25% nitro. Spins a APC 4.5x4 at 23.47k
And flight vid to confirm unloaded results.
Published on Jun 28, 2015
Skorch Flying - AP .061 - Profi 1/2A Tuned Pipe Best pass noted so far 24,793 rpm on the pipe APC 4.5x4 / 94mph
Tuned pipe length set for 25k unloaded (9.8in) from center of the convergent cone to the piston face. 5ch plane 11.8oz less fuel.
Static peak 22,609 rpm / .136hp -102w / 9.3 oz thrust / 86 mph pitch speed.
Published on Jun 13, 2015
AP .061 Wasp on a Profi 1/2A tuned pipe with a Sportwerks header pipe.
Best noted peak 26.3k rpm / engine is new and has about 3oz of fuel ran thru it.
APC 4.2 x 4 / 122w / 99.6mph / 10oz thrust / 20% castor 25% nitro. Spins a APC 4.5x4 at 23.47k
And flight vid to confirm unloaded results.
Published on Jun 28, 2015
Skorch Flying - AP .061 - Profi 1/2A Tuned Pipe Best pass noted so far 24,793 rpm on the pipe APC 4.5x4 / 94mph
Tuned pipe length set for 25k unloaded (9.8in) from center of the convergent cone to the piston face. 5ch plane 11.8oz less fuel.
Static peak 22,609 rpm / .136hp -102w / 9.3 oz thrust / 86 mph pitch speed.
08-07-2019, 07:45 AM
#536
What's up
What 1/2A engines are folks using for sport flying now that Norvel, and Cox TeeDees, are out of the picture ?? Mos folks I know are using old versions of those engines but they will eventually wear out/die out. It's hard for a company to start up these days in competition with electrics so I suspect their probably won't be anyone new come along. !/2A diesels are popular in Europe and the U.K. but they are a tough sell in this country. Will Brodak small engines take over ? They will have to have their supplier up their game a bit. CS of China has the expertise, manufacturing capacity and ability to take over this market but will they ? How about your thoughts?
08-07-2019, 01:49 PM
#537
Cox International still sells the Cox stuff and reproduces some of the easier stuff. Norvel Engines are still sold under the NV Engines name. I can see the days being numbered though. An OS LA .15 here is $140 at the hobby shop.here. Profi and Fora make .049s and .15s and some others. They are very good and really not crazy expensive considering the rising OS price, and the better Russian/Ukraniaan designs and quality.
06-23-2021, 09:18 AM
#539
Here's the website. Don't see an address on there. Airplane engines Never dealt with them, heard different stories, most, but not all good, some delays etc.
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