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I have a UEDA 55 twin glow plug engine that I am considering trying to trade for a 4 stroke engine. The UEDA looks as if it has never been run. It may have been mounted. The only thing I can see wrong is that the idle bar is missing. It may of had a strap on muffler. Anyway, I was wondering if someone could give me some type of idea what it might be worth. I am sure only a collector would want it. Thanks.

RE: UEDA 55 Value

The UEDA engines were in the late 60's and were not very successful and in the end not very popular and just faded away.

RE: UEDA 55 Value

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ORIGINAL: w8ye

The UEDA engines were in the late 60's and were not very successful and in the end not very popular and just faded away.

How did they run?

CR

RE: UEDA 55 Value

Probably the best thing to do is put it on the auction site and state truthfully that it is a rare collectors item. I found a statement on RC Universe where one was up to $200 in the auction. I looked over there and it was too long ago and it had been removed from the data base.

RE: UEDA 55 Value

Here is the same thread from 2 years ago

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_49...tm.htm#4959261

and Ed Cregger N2ECW is still on here. PM him or Email him at that Email address he posted.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_39.../tm.htm#393297

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kamakazie frank
The worst engine, again early 70's, I ever owned was a Ueda 60. They should have named it "U-needa-new-60". What a joke.

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kdheath
On a side note, one of my buddies turned up one day with a Magician and a Ueda 40. First Ueda I ever saw outside of a magazine ad. I think they probably imported about six of these motors in the 60's. It had a venturi the size of a storm drain. Would hardly run. We went to the trash barrel, ripped a balsa stick from a wreck, whittled it a little and stuffed it in that huge venturi. Suddenly, he was flying the pattern with it! You just never know....

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Sport_Pilot
The Ueda engines were good </i><P><P>I have only seen two running, and both performed poorly.

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Damnathius
Oh, and then there's the Ueda .61 with the red anodized dual plug head... What a heavy boat anchor that is!

RE: UEDA 55 Value

Had a Ueda 45 in the good ole days.Engine had an exhaust restrictor and airbleed carb if I recall.The engine was eventually bored out to a Ueda 55 with a single plug which eventually led to a twin plug version..Calling it a powerhouse was really stretching it, even the bored out 55. It was what I would call an OS appreciation engine! Got an OS max50 and never looked back.