Well i am wanting to try my luck at smoking up the sky

What are some of the pumps that are out there that yall like

You actually don't need a pump.

What you will need to get good smoke is an engine that puts out hot exhaust. Glow engines aren't really good at that but if you routed the smoke plumbing in or around the muffler can do an acceptable job. That is, if the glow engine is a larger one.

Almost every smoke setup I've seen was driven by muffler pressure. The ones that worked best were on gasoline engines or big glow engines and had plumbing that either went into the muffler or was wrapped around it.

What engine do you plan to use?

I use a windshield washer replacement pump from JC Whitney.

Good info here: [link=http://www.rcuniverse.com/magazine/article_display.cfm?article_id=455]Got Smoke?[/link]

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">i was looking at these from hobby lobby. does anyone have any experience with them and know how to make them work? the website doesn't say anything about lighting them on fire and punching the throttleor what to do with them. how do they work?

http://www.hobby-lobby.com/small_smo..._1414_prd1.htm</span>

Thats pretty pricey for only 5 cartidges. You can buy the windshild washer pump for about 20 bucks and make your own smoke fluid or buy it by the gallon. There are a lot of threads debating this subject

this is just a thought but could a guy take one of these windsheild washer pumps and wire it with a speed controler and make his own programable smoke pump

Yep

being a little pricey is fine. i'm just curious how you make them smoke.

how do you do the smoke pump setup with the windshield motor setup thingy? i know nothing of the pumps and plumbing on the likes. i'm building a SMP from sig and think i want some kind of smoke poring out of it somewhere.

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">never mind... found the thread link at the beginning. you do need an extra nipple on the exaust though? with the smoke going to it from the pump? do i have it right?</span>

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">so with heating the oil, if i get brass tubing and wrap it around the head of the motor a couple of times, this is essentially going to heat it up before reaching the port i tap into the muffler. are there any adverse cooling reactions on the engine head from the brass tubing being wrapped around it? there would still be the heat sink fins on the top of the motor for cooling the head. uuuumm... i have an O.S. .40 FX that i will be using, with a bisson pitts muffler. with throttle setting being the variable for amount of time in the air flying, would i really need a 10 oz. tank (for the smokeoil)to get a few minutes of smoke time, or would a 4 or 6 oz. tank be enough? the inside of the SMP is kind of tight.</span>

Yes, you need to add a nipple on the muiffler. Read the "Got Smoke" article again, it's all in there

<span style="font-family: Comic Sans MS">i got it. i got carried away reading the thread. </span>

BBrown2828,

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_71...m.htm#10191666

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_33...tm.htm#3374366

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/fb.asp?m=2443479

thanks for all the help guys I took my don harris older pump and put a speed controler on it today and it works fine I would like to thank everyone fore there help