RCU Forums - View Single Post - K&B Sportster .65 (target drone engine)
Old 10-15-2011 | 11:28 PM
  #17  
1QwkSport2.5r's Avatar
1QwkSport2.5r
 
Joined: Oct 2006
Posts: 10,525
Received 104 Likes on 92 Posts
From: Cottage Grove, MN
Default RE: K&B Sportster .65 (target drone engine)

ORIGINAL: HighPlains

As originally used in the drones, they ran 12-5 Rev-Up props that did not have the logos printed on the the blades that the commercial props had. The props had a 12-5 marking on the hub. One production run was for around 10,000 props.
The two engines I have came from the most recent set of kits before they discontinued the program. The sealed boxes were dated September 1990. I still have 2 props somewhere, but they had no markings of any kind. I'm not 100% certain on the pitch, but they were 12" dia. If I can find one of them, I'll spin one up and compare the rpm just for the heck of it.

I'll have to see if I can find something to use as a sleeve and try my ST carb to see if my engine runs any better. The neck of the k&b carb is .623" and the st carb I have is .590".