RE: Diesels are dead - apparently!
There are people on YouTube runnning diesels WITHOUT ether using Amsoil. Here''s a link to a guy with a paw 06 on 20% castor, 80% kerosene and 2% Amsoil. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfH8j_NBvRE&feature=related Is this the way to go? Others are trying vegatable oil mixes....
Posted on: 4/16/2008 5:50 AM by Author "sunspot" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Diesels are dead - apparently!
Hi Dzl, just saw your post. I'll check out the link you found. Thanks for your help and interest.
Posted on: 4/11/2008 6:29 PM by Author "sunspot" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Diesels are dead - apparently!
Thanks for the advice. I'll have to find out if it's possible to get the ether here in the UK. I was surprised how anti diesel the model shop owner, his customers, and shops I rang were. Not powerful enough and only good for vintage models with lots of dihedral was repeated several times. If that is the general view that's why they've disappeared I guess (along with the fuel). At the end of the day I want to fly models so I might have to find alternative power sources. I won't give up yet but if running diesels becomes too much hassle mine will go into the cupboard on the shelf of 'things I used to use'.
Posted on: 4/11/2008 6:27 PM by Author "sunspot" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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Diesels are dead - apparently!
As I mentioned before I'm new back to modelling after a long break (25 years). I visited my nearest model shop to get diesel fuel for my old DC dart and paw to be told he doesn't stock it because diesels are dead! It seems he might not be far wrong in my area (southern England) as none of the half dozen model shops I called or dozens viewed on the web sell diesel fuel. I eventually found two web sources 100s of miles away and prices about 2.5 times higher than glow. One wanted to charge over £30 GBP to deliver (inflammable liquid surcharge of £22 for any volume), the other £8.99 for up to 4 UK gallons. You can guess which I chose and I get about a gallon for £45 to my door. As glow fuel from my local shop is £15 a gallon and there is no guarantee I'll be able to get diesel at all in the future I feel I'm probably wasting money and time on diesels. I was thinking of an Enya ss25 D in an r/c trainer, should I just go electric? How does everyone else get their fuel? Do you all have the same problem or is it just the south of England?
Posted on: 4/11/2008 11:39 AM by Author "sunspot" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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RE: Newbie - PAW 40 - Enya 25 ?
Hi Ployd, Thanks for the suggestion. It does make sense to learn on somthing someone else has built. So I think I'm tending towards the Enya 25 diesel and an ARTF - any ideas about a good one? I'll have a browse at the local model shop and see what they come up with (if you can call 25 miles away local - used to be one in every town when I was growing up). I've also seen the Enya 41 four stroke diesel - this seems very nice (if expensive) have you had any experience with it?
Posted on: 4/8/2008 1:56 AM by Author "sunspot" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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Newbie - PAW 40 - Enya 25 ?
Hi everyone, I live in the UK and am returning to aeromodelling after a long break. I used to fly co2 and small diesel free flight models in the late 70s and early 80s - nothing very serious and I have an old dc spitfire and dc dart somewhere. I can't quite determine why, but I've never been drawn to glow engines. Maybe it's the hassle of glow plugs, batteries and fuel proofing. Maybe it's the old aeromodelling books I used to read which were always about diesels. Anyway, I've a longing to fly a diesel r/c plane and have aquired an old digifleet r/c set, I've now got to choose an engine (diesel of course) and a plane. I've read that the Enya 25 SSD and PAW 40 are good, but I'm basically a newbie and would really appreciate any suggestions anyone here may have. I'm hoping the venture will be successful enough to prise my son away from his computer console! Thanks in advance to anyone willing to impart knowledge.
Posted on: 4/7/2008 6:24 AM by Author "sunspot" in the forum "Everything Diesel"
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