ORIGINAL: 704hank
Bill
I was in the air force from 1964 to 1968 so I guess I have been in the hobby as long as
you have and I never got a bad McCoy Red Head. I still have one that runs great that
came back home with me. I do not know why you had such bad luck with them.[:-]
Hank
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My "problem" with the Testor's McCoys was self-induced.
I flew mostly by myself, with my little brother acting as my stooge. I was not aware of break-in back then. No one else that I knew was familiar with the concept either. It was out of the box, onto the model and then peaked out for max rpm.
Not until I was in the Air Force and was in Arizona (Buckeye Southwest Regionals - 1966) did I discover that engines carrying the "Stunt" designation had to be broken-in properly AND ran in a fast four-cycle. I had never heard of either practice before. Apparently, most others that ran these engines hadn't heard of them either. I attribute the poor reputation for those engines as being due to our ignorance.
I never had one of those painted head engines let me down as far as breaking any major component (or minor - now that I think of it) just from being ran improperly.