Hi,

I was wondering if anybody has any experience with a Silver Swallow 2.47 diesel engine? I have the opportunity to get one and don't know anything about them, or what a good price is for one either?

Any info you can give me on these engines would be greatly appreciated!

Thank You,

Mark

A Good Little Socialist Diesel

See after the text "A Good Little Socialist Diesel" in the site: http://archive.dstc.edu.au/BDU/staff.../index.html#97

Jens Eirik

Thanks for the info Jens!

Good web site...I found another engine on it that I was wondering about too!

The Silver swallow is actually one of the best old style 2.5 cc diesels out there. Years ago I ran a comparison with a number of diesels including PAW, MVVS, ED, ZOM, LLam, Zeiss, Engel, RITM, Kumar, Webra and a few others. I don't have the comparison chart anymore but the Silver Swallow was one of the best in power to weight ratio and it was easy to start as well. One of my favorites and cheap as well!

Max

Thanks for the info Max!

But sadly, I didn't know at the time when I started this thread, that the Silver Swallow wasn't an R/C engine (I would like throttle control). I like small R/C planes and was looking for a good inexpensive diesel for something different at the flying field.

Is there any other good reliable diesels of this size that have a throttle carb for R/C?

PAW engines has both CL and R/C versions. Visit this site: http://www.progress.charitydays.co.uk/

Jens Eirik

MVVS is also an excellent RC diesel.

George

Thanks for the info guys!

You can get an MVVS 12 or 15 diesel from Just Engines or Dar Zeelon
think they pretty well priced too