My friend Harry wants some recomendations on .15 size small Glow engine. What brands are still out there. I know Norvell was a good one. Thanks Capt,n

I like Fox engines, they still make the .15BB engine in RC and CL versions. Made in the USA.
You can get the Magnum 15XL from various sources.
      The ASP version as well.
OS has a .15 engine too both the .15LA and the .15CV-A.
Thunder Tiger has a .18 engine as well.
Enya still has a .15 but it is harder to get here in the USA.
MECOA might still be making the COX Conquest .15 engine from time to time.

of course there are still lots of used .15 engines out and about.

OS and Magnum still have decent sport .15's. What sort of application - looking for yer basic muffled sport engine?

K&B has a sportster .20 that is light and has a spyder mount system.

MVVS is still up and running .15 engines.

Magnum .15 is great especially for the price.

Here's one on a spad bipe.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3VmSuPf5Kbw[/youtube]

In my opinion, the Magnum XLS (or ASP) has the best specs / price ratio. Mine turn around 18k on an 8x3 MAS prop. It out flew my OS .15 CVA, which a lot of folks consider the "gold standard" for .15s. I've had a couple of Norvel .15s but they never performed as well as the smaller Norvel engines, and the muffler connections were designed by Lucifer... Enyas are also good, but mine aren't as strong as the Magnum and cost nearly twice as much. Here's an ASP for $45: [link=http://www.hobbypartz.com/72p-s15a.html]ASP .15[/link]

I've never tried a Fox or MVVS, but have read good things about them.

EG

Yes...that Magnum XLS sure looks like a nice .15cc engine. Thanks guys for taking the time to help. Capt,n P.S. any other engine ideas...feel free to post about them.

I have the ASP XLS .15 and the AP .15. The XLS is a strong and great running engine. If a even lighter weight engine is needed the AP .15 is great, less power than the XLS but also more compact and about 2 oz lighter, and it too throttles and runs very well

Just to let you know Fox Manufacturing will take in a clunker engine, any brand, in trade for a new engine with a 50% discount off of the retail price. So thus you could get a Fox .15BB RC engine for about  $52.50 US then with a trade in.  The clunker does not have to work, as damaged or worn out engines work for the trade too.

IMO the older ASP's and Magnums were good. But I have had a bit of a prolem with a Magnum .30. The carb barrel was overly hardened and the throttle lever screw threads on the barrel broke off too easily. Not the same quality as my ASP .91 and 1.2.

In the past the Fox engines have had periods of low quality, but that doesn't seem a problem now. I would seriously look at their .15. Keep in mind though it will need all castor fuel.

The Fox .15BB has got to be the heaviest .15 engines there is though.

The Magnum/ASP likes to rev, while the Enyas can take larger props without any problem.

Sorry, but the Fox is lighter than the Enya at 6 ounces VS 6.35 ounces. Why even bother with forign made stuff when there is good American made product?

Well here are the weights of my engines (without muffler);

Fox .15BB RC; 180g = 6.34 oz
Enya 15V RC; 165g= 5.81 oz

the mufflers are about the same for both i.e. about 32g= 1.1 oz

Mecoa has a trade-in program on K&B engines. They have an Aero .18, wt 6.05 oz w/o muffler; muffler wt 1.9 oz. $69 with trade of any engine .10 or larger. Made in USA.

http://www.mecoa.com/trade/trade.htm

The Magnum / ASP .15 XLS engine Weighs 6.8oz w/muffler and 5.9 oz W/O muffler.
That might make them pretty huge in relation to the other engines unless you are looking at a MVVS .15 or Rossi .15 or something.
The Chinese put on a huge carburator with a large intake bore, so you have to let the engine rev up higher than the other engines do, otherwise it would have poor fuel draw with larger props on it. But they do run pretty good, if you let them rev up good and don't try to load them down with too big of a prop.

Fox's website says the .15's weigh 6.0 ounces, so I am not sure if they have changed anything or not.
My Fox .15's run just fine off of 5% nitromethane glow fuel, with 18% oil with 5% or 50% castor oil in the blend. You want at least a little castor oil in the fuel. I have been running Omega brand label fuel lately.

I think the older Fox .15 Schnuerle bushing engine is more lightweight than the ball bearing version. But I haven't tried weighing one recently though.


I was pleasantly surprised as to how well this old Fox .15 Schuerle bushing engine ran and idled without a muffler on it. The Tach I was using had problems with the shade though. i have a better Fromeco Tach now.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CVehnv0uBfg[/youtube]


Here is a Fox .15 BB RC engine on my little Sportster type of plane. it is way overpowered with the engine too. I can do nice slow rolls and four points at about 1/2 throttle.
I had to run the engine extra rich for a number of flights at first, since it was new. Gradually I leaned it out more and more over time. But it still needs some time on it though.



Here is my H.O.R. combat plane with a fox .15 on it too. This one is a old old engine but well broken in now. Still runs really good and pulls strong. I actually have to richen it up a little more to keep it under the max RPM rule for the combat class.



Now I did get a couple of Magnum .15 engines back when Hobby People had them on sale cheap. I was pretty satisified as to how well the one I ran did.
I haven't put it on anything yet. Myfox engines have been working just fine instead. so these are a just in case of a really bad day flying combat and I kill a few engines in the process.
here is a short video of me messing around with one last year.
[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ExQM-DkRN4[/youtube]