Originally Posted by
j.duncker
There is a dedicated glow engine forum Glow Engines - RCU Forums
They will soon tell you if you have a hidden gem. But I think the answer will be 20 -30 $ for the 2 st and a little more for the 4 st [ Orange fuz]
Your 72 meg gear will be fine, most clubs are still OK with it. New batteries would be good though if the old ones have been flat for a long time.
As others have said you should find someone to check them over for safety and then buddy box with you for a few flights. None of the models look extreme and look OK as a first nitro low winger. IMHO though the chance of a low airtime pilot with only foamy experience getting them off the ground and back down to a safe landing is almost zero.
Thanks for that link, I'll try to get all my engines posted up there for identification tonight!
Even if I get $20-$30 per engine on the 2st, I have near a dozen of them, and a few 4st engines, all in plastic bags. If I sell most everything off, and get enough for an Avistar Elite or some other decent trainer, I'll be happy. In fact, it was a NexSTAR .40 that I flew in the past. I was able to take off, flew a few figure 8's, and brought it back in for a decent landing. I've got maybe 8 cumulative hours of Nitro flight, which is still not enough for me to be comfortable. (Even with no crashes.) The learning curve for me was that it was noticeably faster than the EP Foam stuff I was used to, needed more room for T/O and landing.
Do you guys think it would be better to remove the engines from the planes I have, and just sell them like that, or try to sell the assembled planes locally with engines, servos, etc? Since I'll probably order something RTF, are the Futaba Txs I have worth selling, or should I just junk em? (They do power on, but I haven't tested them beyond that.)