RE: SuperTigre 3000 Conversion
my guess 7200 -7300 with the MA martin
Posted on: 10/31/2009 7:57 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: SuperTigre 3000 Conversion
Hobbsy maybe a quick cheap fix would be a ring from Frank Bowman you know the drill get the glaze off the liner toss on the ring martin
Posted on: 10/31/2009 7:18 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Sliver swallow fuel
1/3-1/3-1/3 mix is not needed 33% castor is not needed use Davis 1/2A mix available in qts martin
Posted on: 10/30/2009 6:05 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: OS LA 46 conversion
Mr Cox I do see your point. on the glow site guys go thru ball bearings like M and N candy with diesel as you know we just do not have the corrosion issues . Good quality plain bush engines go for a long time PAW as only one example. Good fit from the start and high quality bronze mean a lot. Some of the cheap imports may lack both. going back in time one US maker that comes to mind is K and B. I bought a used Kand B 20 from with a davis head from Davis how old? how many run hours?? Easy starter , quiet, excellent running engine my OS10FP and my OS10LAs and TT10s with DDD diesel heads are the mainstay of my electric to diesel park flyer conversions martin
Posted on: 10/24/2009 7:40 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: OS LA 46 conversion
Mr Cox I think you may have overlooked my point, I do have as you know Irvines also the OS 32AX and OS 46AX engines with DDD heads but pricy My point was the OS46LA a plain bearing engine is a great strong conversion for less $$ and a great quality lower cost engine it is well made durable, and just a little weak in the power department on glow but really is a powerhouse on diesel My Irvines of course as many glow conversions run at full power at about 75% throttle open this is typical of most glow to diesel conversions and is pointed out in the Davis instructions with his heads. my OS LA 10s are an other example of a lower cost engine that as shines as a DDD conversion The results speak for themselves ( John Pavlicks review Dec 08 fly RC) and the Hobbico trainer flights compared to the Apache martin
Posted on: 10/24/2009 9:37 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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OS LA 46 conversion
Hi gang. about 2 weeks ago I mentioned that Bob Davis came down for a visit to socialize and do some flying. He brought down is Hobbico trainer 62" span with his OS46LA diesel conversion. We went to Cleremont (Fl) to my bother in-laws who live on 5 acres, He has a flat pasture that was closely mowed enough to fly off.I brought my VMAR apache ll with with the Irvine 53 DDD conversion. The apache started life about 10 years ago with an Irvine 40 diesel and was a sedate flyer. I re-engined it with the Irvine 53 conversion nad it became a whole new animal The Hobbico with the OSLA46 was a real surprise. It did as well as the Apache with the Irvine 53 conversion, both planes are around the same weight 5lbs+ Remember the OS 40LA is a wimpy plain bearing engine , well made, reliable but wimpy with its smaller carb, OS punched it out to 46, we now have the the OS46LA, better but still no powerhouse,with its smaller carb not a great breather on glow. The diesel conversion is a whole new animal, turns a 12x6 at around 10K, verticals, no slow down , great strong loops inside and outside, inverted no problems. Being an Irvine freak this opened my eyes when a plain bearing 46 equaled the umph of my Irvine 53 conversion the exhaust was hose down the side of the landing gear to keep the plane clean John Pavlick did a review on the OS 46 LA conversion for pattern in the Dec 08 Fly RC magazine. After seeing what it could do in a trainer again a whole new ball game By the way the engine OSLA 46 engine and head are on ***bay for about $140.Had I seen this engine earlier I may have bought fewer Irvines nad more OSs martin
Posted on: 10/22/2009 7:21 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Just Engines (JEN) .37 with Purple pipe
just checked my shelf of spare engines and there was a JEN 37 ringed with the standard muffler I did a short run a couple of years ago on 5% nitro fuel and it is a smooth runner nice response no bad habits do not remember the props or RPMs I believe they had a diesel head available for it at the time and matt pinnock thought it would be a good combo will check with JE and see if they have the diesel head still available martin I have a couple of the JEN 56s with diesel heads could not be better the Jen line are excellent engines forgot have the 91 too good value for the money
Posted on: 10/18/2009 9:56 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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visitor Robert Davis
Finally after a long absense BoB Davis has come to florida for a visit with me we will spend the weekend together and I WILL FINALLY GO FLYING AGAIN WITH the BIGGER ONES NOT THE PARK FLYER CONVERSIONS WE WILL BE IN THE AIR WITH THE IRVINE 53S CONVERSIONS THE APPACHE ll AND MY SONIC 500 LOW WING maybe more WILL HIT A COUPLE OF LOCAL CLUBS Guess mall time for the wives (that might cost a few bucks) WILL TRY AND GET SOME PICS martin Bob of course will get some stick time here in sunny FLA plenty of planes to choose from my room full of choices and did not need to order his 1/2 A fuel got via personal delivery
Posted on: 10/8/2009 11:47 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: MP Jet Classic 0.40 Diesel
greg that makes a lot of sense with many of they guys looking for an engine for the smaller electrics arfs out there martin my lightnin bug will wear the tt07 davis conversion no powerhouse the engine is not noted for a lot of umph and Davis no longer produces that head
Posted on: 10/5/2009 9:55 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: E-Flite DHC-2 Beaver Anybody putting one together???
Mine is done did the same cowl trick with screws did a few mods It is powered by an enya 25 diesel mounted on its side pitts style muffler exhaust out the bottom engine is completely cowled in added black pin stripes to outline the doors and added the boarding steps. hope to get it in the air soon martin
Posted on: 10/3/2009 11:01 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "ARF or RTF"
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RE: Diesel Fuel Powered?
JIM kero or diesel or gasoline will not keep a glow plug lit as soon as power is removed from the plug it will go out a catalytic action between methanol is need to keep it glowing keeping it on all the time course might work but do not think you would have a good running engine throttle response etc martin
Posted on: 9/23/2009 9:31 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Your favourite diesel
Hobbsy my PAW 40 wears an MVVS 40 carb being it had the old style PAW carb. The newer issues (PAW) have the ( improved carbs??) but a MVVS or iIrine they are not martin
Posted on: 9/11/2009 9:58 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Your favourite diesel
Irvine 53 (UK) davis diesel head Irvine 40 diesel (UK) 2nd reasons??? simple top notch quality no issues think I have 5 of each This is a tough call depends on use (size of aircraft) In my return to RC after many years my first was the Irvine 40 diesel at least 10 years ago and they are still going , then looking for variety of sizes I bought many glow engines from 10 thr 61 and they became diesel with the installation of davis heads in the smaller size the MVVS 15D wins as a factory issue martin most of you guys have been flying the classics for years I was absent from the hobby during that time frame
Posted on: 9/10/2009 8:53 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: How will the engines survive in future?
my one flying electric is slow stick,( upgraded to brushless) can fly it in the street in front of my house, have a couple of small brushless motors controllers lipos still in the box my assorted small planes ( electic conversions) have either OS or TT10s with davis diesel heads these are my PARK flyers as stated before quieter than some electrics fuel flip and go, and a PAW 06 the rest 15 to 60 diesel or 4 strk glow martin I am not anti-Electric is has has profound positive effect on our hobby it gets many people flying who never would some will explore and use IC engines as they gain expierence when you get into the big stuff in electric you will invest more per power unit than IC An other thought the engine makers such as OS, TT, Saito, to name a few are popping new engines every few months even in todays economy I do not think they would invest in new engines unless they thought there was a market
Posted on: 9/9/2009 9:58 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: ASP Engines
ASP is marketed under the brand name of Magnum in the USA whether you use HiTec or JUst Engines UK is a decent Engine the 25 from JUst engines is 39 GBPs remember you have to knock off the 15% VAT tax does not apply to US sales thats about 34 GBPs times the exchange rate to USD even if around 1.5 (guess) maybe 52 to 55$ price range all mine came from Just Engines 2 and 4 strk great service and fast delivery martin
Posted on: 9/6/2009 7:32 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Carb substitution
It might be worthwhile to E mail Just engines in the UK the ASP carbs are good and less than half the price of OS I have a couple and no issues I got rid of the OSMX32 rear carb setup due to a space issue in mountting the engine it is now a front ASP carb martin
Posted on: 8/25/2009 9:47 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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dYING NO CHANGING YES
With the massive impact of electrics many ready to go in the box complete with radio (shake the box 3 times charge the battery and fly).This aspect maybe should be considered recreation not a hobby many of these folks go to the park, maybe play a little ball, run, and fly they are not hobbyists < they do not read Hobby mags or go on this site but are having fun At the other end large scale has grown by leaps and bounds and this is big bucks I for one love the selection of electric ARFS since I buy just the plane and in go my 06s thru ,10s for IC either glow or diesel martin
Posted on: 8/23/2009 11:06 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum ""1/2 A" & "1/8 A" airplanes"
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RE: What planes are your Diesels in?
JMP Blackfoot very nice design and well made It is obvious that several sizes these could be made to use any 09, 10 0r 15 size engine and by simply bolting the unit to the planes fire wall you now have a very strong mount easy to interchange martin
Posted on: 8/22/2009 7:50 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Saito .72 plastic backplate reinforcement
Great the service rep at Horizion gave a line of bull. said it was aluminium still the same piece martin
Posted on: 8/15/2009 5:26 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Saito .72 plastic backplate reinforcement
Dave guess will have to see what shows up next week I was told by the service rep it was aluminum martin 8 bucks does seem too cheap
Posted on: 8/15/2009 4:54 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Saito .72 plastic backplate reinforcement
For those of us who want the quick way out just called horizion hobby the 82B aluminum back plate to replace the plastic one is Saito part # SAI- 7217A it fits the 72 and 82 series engines it is $8.00 I just ordered 2 to ugrade my 72As martin
Posted on: 8/14/2009 9:46 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: comparison of Saito 82a and the new Saito 82b
I have 2 (NIB) 72a"s before they see a plane if the rear metal cover did fit they will be converted from the plastic ones ,martin All my 2 strks are diesel or conversions however have 2 Saito 56s and a 91 besides the new 72s and a Saito 40 in a waco bipe
Posted on: 8/12/2009 9:26 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: comparison of Saito 82a and the new Saito 82b
Hmm I wonder if the 82B metal rear cover would replace the crummy plastic one on the FA72 ???martin
Posted on: 8/11/2009 10:06 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: Is there any new engines being made?
As Stated in the parts list they do list a different number for the piston, liner these are steel and iron not ABC , and of course the diesel head head and contra everything else is the same block, rod, crank, carb, very intresting they also show parts for a rear rotary induction system pictured next to the regular rear cover it also shows the glow head has button glow insert they made the most out of the basic engine martin Jack on mine (diesel version) it is a steel l liner and iron piston and iron contra vs ABC in glow Also like its bigger brothers you can rotate the cylinder/liner assembly for right left or rear exhaust before running in
Posted on: 8/6/2009 4:54 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Is there any new engines being made?
Mr Cox I just looked at the parts list on my MVVS15 and the exploded view they show the 15 glow and the diesel parts used for same I do no read czech they show multiple part numbers for the liner piston contra and head (the only difference I note) the rest are the same thus with these now a diesel martin
Posted on: 8/6/2009 1:40 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Is there any new engines being made?
The enya 11,15,25 and MVVS15 can be classified as conversions (factory of course) I have the Enya 11,25, and MVVS 15 these are modern design high quality engines. the one issue is availablity MVVS at least for now out of production still a few left from the sellers in Europe , Enya no USA supplier you get from overseas UK or down under With Davis conversion heads from .10 and up and the base engines available OS , TT, ST, to name a few you have a modern diesel engine I really do not see any issue For the Classic folks PAW and its clones available With Davis out there I really do not see any issues with modern diesel engine availabilty martin
Posted on: 8/6/2009 1:26 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: OS 10FSR conversion to diesel?
I have 20+ Davis heads 049 thu 1.08( the 1.08 is on OS) there is no way the contra in his head can get stuck On a like note the Irvine factory heads on rare occassions have dropped contras so have RJLs to my knowledge it has never happened with Davis martin
Posted on: 7/31/2009 9:52 AM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: irvine
Check out Just Engines UK have bought many engines from then over the years super service An irvine 53 may be less than $120 US dollars depends on exchange rate US dollar/GBP the price is GBPs must be reduced 15% we do not pay the VAT tax in the USA (multiply price in GBPs by .85 than use the exchange rate) martin
Posted on: 7/30/2009 9:15 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Glow Engines"
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RE: TT10 with new davis diesel head
ROCKETBOB..It is a scaled down version of the big tele >It is designed for electric being the slab side construction I just added an other firewall to the first of 1/8 ply and used a plastic beam mount forget the brand Dubrow, sullivan?? and used 4 cap screws with blind nuts 4/40 the 9x4 zinger I think turns in the mid 9K range. I have yet to fly it my wifes son did for a project with some small tele-metering equipment GPS, altimeter etc and I assume a means of sending data to the ground. It did its thing according to plan and will get it back it of course in its orginal state minus the telemetering stuff. It was a very easy conversion . chopped out the battery holder and just made a new one to hold the tank and added a micro servo attached to the inside of the fus side to run the throttle martin Mrcox note the RPM
Posted on: 7/25/2009 7:20 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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TT10 with new davis diesel head
ok looks like we got the pix up load fixed TT10 with Davis conversion nice smooth top still the easy thumb screw compression adjustment pitts muffler thus side mounting exhaust out the the bottom will cowl in nicely in the VMAR nouvo 1300 electric conversion sort of telemaster looking 51 inch span taildragger should be a nice combo full house controls will be great in park or regulat field getting my full bush plane build up beefed up main gear bigger wheels for any field martin this #2 TT10 davis head first in a goldberg tiger 400 electric conversion I really like the nice back angled carbs The next one is the OS10A davis head going in the VMAR cub to replace the cub which was lost due to a wing failure they are all quiet in fact less noise than the stock electrics and just fuel flip and fly long flights no battery charging and changing I did have other choice a PAW 09 and its clone a Sharma 09 I prefer modern conversions for my flying styles Just added the mini telemaster conversion this has on OS10 davis conversion it was used to carry some small telemetering equipment at the University of Central Florida (UCF) as a team project by my wifes son who just graduated with his degree in engineering martin Note exhaust piped to back QUIET Head on of tiger 400 electric conversion OS10 davis head
Posted on: 7/23/2009 9:33 PM by Author "AMB" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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