ORIGINAL: hugger-4641
Thanks for all the replies.
A young fellow I have been teaching to fly had this engine in his garage, it belonged to his granddad and he wanted to know if I could help him get it running and put it on some kind of a plane for him. Would it be worth the trouble to find a carb to fit it for use on an RC plane instead of control line?
It looks like the venturi is horn shaped and/or tapered, so getting a carb to fit would be difficult. However, quite a few years ago, I fooled with the idea of using a piece of silicone tubing to connect an RC carb to my Fox .35 combat engine. Although I got the tubing and all set up, I never actually tried it. I bought a K&B .40 RC engine instead. One problem on my Fox was that there was no provision for mounting a muffler. It is kinda hard to see, but it looks like there are holes for through bolts from the far side to the exhaust side that can be used to hold a muffler. Might be hard to find the right bolt spacing. Be sure to use lots of castor in the fuel, these are plain bearing (bushing) engines and need oil.
Or, contact Brodaks in PA and get a UC plane and stuff and fly it in circles. I recently gave away a Ringmaster CL plane because one circle around in a CL plane now, and I would likely trip on my own feet and crash the plane. I flew CL stunt and combat in the earliy fifties.
Good luck.
Regards,
Richard