Rudolph Hart

Just for fun here's your ideal home defence/mother in law appliance

Hobbsy

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Let me check and see if these are the correct pictures, picture #1 is the descendant of the removable head engine. Note little, "wings" on the rocker cover in picture #2 that line up with the top cooling fin and the pin that holds the intake valve seat in place.

PS, my thinking is that the separate head was easier to cast early on but that's a guess that makes sense.

FNQFLYER

Totally of Saitos (well almost) how many of you have aeromodelling books? I was checking out my library for additional space to put a few more books away and found that I had some 30 aeromodelling books from 1935 to the present. Subjects range from a/c construction, conversion of materials to aeromodelling friendly product, engines design, building from scratch and repair), through to fibreglassing, covering, building techniques and actual making of plans, not to mention resource books for scale and product. Those are the ones on the shelves.
Lastly in case I don't get back merry Christmas to all and a happy new year, stay safe and travel well.

Rudolph Hart

Takes me back to the days as a kid when you made your own cloth elevator hinges trev,merry christmas mate.

Dave that makes sense re the casting would chroming have been a factor too? it's fascinating looking at that engine detail.I don't know how they machined the valve pockets back then did that change too when saito went to a one piece head and barrel?

SrTelemaster150

I think they still employed the bronze valve guide/valve seat insert on some of the one piece head/jugs.

spaceworm

Yes, I think my FA-120abc has valve guide/valve seat inserts with it's one piece head/cylinder.

FlyerInOKC

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Dave, judging from that photo you have a serious prop addiction problem!

Hobbsy

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You're right, a couple of them are from 1956 when I was 14 and got a McCoy .36 for Christmas, some on the left end are high pitch props for geared RCV's that I don't own anymore. They were fine quality engines, I just had no suitable plane. I should get rid of all the APC's, I don't use em unless someone asks for some numbers on a certain engine.

PS, I still have that McCoy .36 and a .35 I bought the following year myself. I might get arrested for being a hoarder.

FlyerInOKC

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Your McCoy secret is safe with us! ;-)

Hobbsy

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Thank ya, thankya very much

acdii

All I tend to use, except in a rare case are APC props. Only reason I have an Evolution prop is because they didn't have an APC in that size.

FNQFLYER

You guys aren't hoarders, you don't come close, consider a 8 ton pantech full of just the modelling stuff that has been kept "just in case" followed up with a VT Commodore station wagon (explain to the masses what that is Old Fart) full of engines and accessories plus a 7 foot x 4 foot trailer stacked 5 foot high full of stuff. And that didn't include the workshop tools. Got to thin that lot out some day. Check back and you might see my collection of "working Saito" back more than a few pages ago. Merry Christmas to all.

acdii

I know what that is, sort of looks like a Pontiac or Buick wagon. You can stick a lot of engines in one of those.

Rudolph Hart

I think holdens were marketed as buicks over there trev? and it looks like most saito owners prefer apc props by a HUGE margin...

Dave just read about an electraglide harley over here that's done over 600,000 kms with an engine freshin up or two,never been out of the frame tho.

ps although i ride ducati's i won't condone any harley jokes ok??

Rudolph Hart

Ok i was just kidding about the harley jokes,i love em and reckon i'm due some humour as i work on them all day,it's why i love ducati's so much.

Hey trev in my best james cagney voice , 'whattsa matter wid deez yankees dey got no sense a huma?'

Hobbsy

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Yesterday I received a small order of five Graupners in various sizes, I like them the best, but the Bolly's are fine too. Sportsters are known to go 200,000 to 300,000 miles if given a little TLC in the form of oil changes and filter changes. I now run a K&N washable air filter and K&N oil filters.

As to twin I'm working on it will get two of the old FA .40's, MKII's with rocker covers, and Graupner 10x7's.

PS, I can handle all the Harley jokes you gotts ta tell. I've been riding them for 63 years of and on, this is the first one I rode a 1948 Hummer 125. Harley did not call them hummers, there was a Harley dealer in the mid west who sold hundreds of them, He would give everybody their money back when they traded up to a larger one. His name was Hummer.

Rudolph Hart

That bike is a harley badged aermacchi two stroke? intersting story and here's my harley joke..they go so slow you'd be dead before you got to 500,000,people just don't live that long and stop going on about bollies or you'll get trev all warm and fuzzy.That just won't do at xmas time.

Good luck with the 40's it would be a treat to hear them both running together no matter what prop.

Hobbsy

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Hey Pete, the re-badged Aeromacchi's came later, the Baja 100 and 125 etc, the Sprint's etc. The 125 pictured had a whopping 3.3 hp. The 125's and the following 165' ST's had DeLorto like slide carbs. I surely misspelled that. A 165 is in picture one and a 1962 175 Pacer in picture #2. The 175 had a Tillitson butterfly carb. It had 10 hp. I bought one brand new in 62 in Hi Fi red.

FlyerInOKC

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I almost bought a small 2 stroke Harley when I was in high school but the folks moved before I could seal the deal. I remember it had a little cup attached to the inside of the gasline tank cap to measure 2 cycle oil when you filled the tank.

Hobbsy

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Sure enough, it measured a half pint to a gallon of gas.

FlyerInOKC

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Sounds right going from memory.

blw

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Dan, thanks for the info on the 22 Hornet. All of that is very interesting and makes sense. I should have wondered about the neck shape when first looking at the rifle. Maybe I should think more about the neck improvement but I sold all of of my reloaded equipment years ago. Looked at a Springfield XDS 9mm with 3.3" barrel last night for a purse gun. They are about about $120 cheaper thru BudsGunShop.com.

Dave, don't throw out those APCs as they are fine performing props compared to most others. I don't do static RPM tests as they are useless, so I don't know how they stack up against Bolly Sportsmans or MAS Ks on the bench, but they blow the doors off them in the air from what I've flown. I"ll pay postage if you ever want to mail them to me. In fact, if you have enough I'll swap you a new Italian Supre Tiger 61 maybe.

FNQFLYER

I prefer APC's for "normal" flying. If any one needs a spare prop I give them a MAS, (running down my over abundance of same. I will not use Bolly sportsman props as I personally consider them a waste of money. For competition I use Bolly carbon props (I have a dwindling supply), followed by Graupner (for Texaco) and APC electric for the small high revving 2 strokes and diesels. I have ventured into using APC special application props but are yet to be convinced that they are woth the money. On firearms, I have had a Tikka 222, a Tikka 243 (both good) a Remington 308, a Ruger 270 and a Sako 338. The best was the Sako or the Ruger I kept them both until I gave them to my eldest son. I also had a Miroko o/u 12 guage in 1/4 and 3/4 choke (26 inch barrels) and an SKB in 1/4 and full choke, 28 inch barrels. I left behing in Se Asia an X203 several french / swedish machine pistols and a couple of 45ACP handguns. All now gone but given the state of the world I wouldn't mind acquiring a AK 47, but it is the season of good will so I'll put those aside for now and go flying today Catch Ya. Oh yes Old fart I knew the importer of Ducati's back in the 70's he was a cone head then F/E for Ansett, Bobby Simpson. He was in my year there.

SrTelemaster150

Anyone have a clue what this is?





5-shot 100 yard group.



200 yards.

spaceworm

I think they are Teflon tipped "armor" piercing bullets, capable of penetrating bullet proof vests, and illegal in most jurisdictions. But, I could be very wrong, maybe they are just toy plastic play bullets. Or, they could be these: