ANyone have any ideas for an EASY to build engine test stand?

A wood saw horse works well if the engine is not to large.

I did a search for test stand in the 'tips & techniques' forum
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_180/tt.htm
and it returned 4 pages of results. Lots of comments and photos of what people have done.


In 'questions & answers'
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/forumid_154/tt.htm
the same search returned 3 pages

Thanks Carellh

I've heard only good things about the VMar Engine Test Stand available from Richmond RC:

http://www.richmondrc.com/vma/storec...vma_ets120.htm

At $17.95 plus shipping and handling it is quite reasonably priced.

I got one of these,EXCELLENT bit of gear,use it on .40-2.2 motors

http://www.pspmfg.com/EngineTestStandDeluxe.html


Cheers

This one was built of 1/2" aluminum mount and oak fuel tank rail.

http://pages.suddenlink.net/arlyn/P0002779.JPG

i used a comercially available engine test mount bolted to a 12mm piece of plywood with a tank held up on a block of wood behind with a rubber band around it. so far ive tested a 52 Surpass, OS MAX .15, OS 46LA, OS 40LA and MDS .40 with no problems (apart from the MDS, but that engine never ran right to start with)

i may be able to get pics tomorrow

I just built this tonight to test my new 4-stroke. And MAN it rips!

I have a stand bolted to the top of a folding sawhorse. The back leg brace of the sawhorse is stuck through a concrete block. No problem with the engine tipping the mount forward into your lap.

Came up with an idea..will try to build this week and post pics. So far spent 5.25 in materials. That should be it.

I usually just put it in the plane and crank it up.