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Forum: Glow Engines
11-14-2019, 08:01 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Have you checked for the possibility tha the...

Have you checked for the possibility tha the shaft might be slightly bent or otherwise out of line!
Forum: Glow Engines
09-20-2016, 10:09 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Now, THAT makes sense. And I agree about Fox...

Now, THAT makes sense. And I agree about Fox over OS. I once traded a Fox baffle .15RC for an OS .30 RC and $5.00. The other guy got the better part of the deal. I have a couple Fox .19s that...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-20-2016, 07:36 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

A Fox wearing out in 5 minutes of running? None...

A Fox wearing out in 5 minutes of running? None that I ever had. I did have a .35 Stunt wore out after about 40 flights, but that was flying off the sand at Wheelus AFB in Libya.
On the other...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-20-2016, 07:33 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

A Fox wearing out in 5 minutes of running? None...

A Fox wearing out in 5 minutes of running? None that I ever had. I did have a .35 Stunt were out after about 40 flights, but that was flying off the sand at Wheelus AFB in Libya.
On the other...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-26-2016, 06:35 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

I had a bad experience the first time I tried...

I had a bad experience the first time I tried synthetic fuel in a couple Iron steel engines, a Fox .59 cl modified with an old Johnson Automix carb, and a (sorry bout that) McCoy Redhead .35. The...
Forum: Glow Engines
12-26-2015, 09:51 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Smile Oh well, with 59 Fox engines ranging from the...

Oh well, with 59 Fox engines ranging from the non-fai .049 up through a .78 rc, I guess I have enough to last for a while. Now, if I can just find a place close where I can fly CL.
Forum: Glow Engines
12-24-2015, 09:01 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

I ran into this problem with trying to get...

I ran into this problem with trying to get mufflers for the older Fox .45's (and a large case .40.). The older muffler was no longer available, only the newer up or down slant. So I just bought...
Forum: Glow Engines
10-12-2015, 07:29 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Been a while since I last posted on anything. ...

Been a while since I last posted on anything. Had to pack up and move South. Finally found a workshop with a couple bedrooms and a kitchen attached. Still unpacking.
After reading over about 30...
Forum: Glow Engines
04-30-2014, 10:13 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

My former club invested in a sound level meter. ...

My former club invested in a sound level meter. Loudest plane we ever measured was a Byron P-51 with their quiet mount and a Quadra (42?). Over 120 dBA slow scale at roughly 100 feet distance and...
Forum: Glow Engines
02-10-2014, 10:23 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

I remember someone stopping at our department...

I remember someone stopping at our department with a big oil leak in a diesel engine component. Oil was pumping out a shaft bearing seal. He brought it to us thinking it was our product, till we...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-22-2014, 10:27 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

My first .15 Schnuerle engine was kind of a bear...

My first .15 Schnuerle engine was kind of a bear the first couple days. It was so tight, I used a heavy plastic screwdriver handle as a chicken stick. With Red Max Castor.Synthetic blend, 10%...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-20-2014, 08:33 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Around 25 years ago, one of our club members...

Around 25 years ago, one of our club members decided to try an Eagle II, even though he thought it was one ugly brute. Also in spite of a number of Fox haters. He put it into a Midwest Mach 1,...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-18-2014, 10:30 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Guys in my club who used sealed bearings (I was...

Guys in my club who used sealed bearings (I was the only Fox user) to stop the oil throwing from behind the drive washer were often replacing a set of bearings every season, if not more often. With...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-15-2014, 10:13 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

When I was spending a lovely 18 month all expense...

When I was spending a lovely 18 month all expense paid vacation at Wheelus AFB, we used to mix our own fuel, with methanol donated by the base paint shop, and medicinal castor provided by the medical...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-14-2014, 05:59 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

The only time I ran into trouble with thick fuel...

The only time I ran into trouble with thick fuel was one time I tried using a brand that was popular in it's day during a cold Northern Ohio February. The brand was Francisco. I'm not sure 60 years...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-15-2013, 08:02 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

Since burning up a couple old engines using...

Since burning up a couple old engines using straight synthetic oil fuel, and since most of my engines could probably be considered old, I have been using mostly Omega 10%, with roughly 6 ounces of...
Forum: Glow Engines
09-02-2013, 07:47 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

I don't remember if I mentioned this previously,...

I don't remember if I mentioned this previously, if so, it was at least 5 years ago. I was having a lot of fun flying a Stickler QM with a Fox .36RC Schnuerle engine. Getting about 13800 with an...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-22-2013, 08:21 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

I remember a couple CL Combat columns in the old Model Builder magazines.
One, flyers could buy a Fox .15 Schnuerle BB for about $35, or a Nelson for $150 for a few hundred more RPM.
Second one,...
Forum: Glow Engines
01-21-2013, 10:34 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

Maybe the thing I like best about flying in the winter here on the Sunny South Shore of Lake Erie is not having to contend for flight stations and frequency clips. Haven't missed a month flying...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-02-2012, 08:41 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

I think I'm going to have to try some 5% fuel on the Eagle IV I have on a Tower Super Sportster 60. Been flying it about 12 years, just getting to the point where I can start it first flight of the...
Forum: Glow Engines
06-01-2012, 10:20 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

Well, I've been tied up with other things for a while, and haven't been on RCUnivers much for most of the time. I did spend some time not too long ago, kind of updating some of my Fox engines. ...
Forum: Glow Engines
02-06-2012, 07:41 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

I remember a couple Fox haters in my club really set their hooks in this recommendation as something that had to be done on all Fox engines. Frankly, I never ran into anybody ever felt they needed...
Forum: Glow Engines
02-05-2012, 09:37 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

Thought I'd send this along about the Fox carb needle initial adjustments.
Also, for years I've been wrecking those odd ball slotted nuts fox uses to retain their needle springs with needle nosed...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-16-2011, 07:29 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

Interesting. That price list is for Sept 2010, but the website doesn't seem to list the Super Stunt .35, the Stunt .40, or either .46 or glow .50s. Maybe they're still in the pipeline, not yet...
Forum: Glow Engines
03-16-2011, 02:06 PM
Replies: 5,192
Views: 569,161
Posted By 50+AirYears

RE: Club FOX!

I wasn't considering modifying any of the pipe dimensions, just slipping a thin aluminum sleeve over the back end of the pipe without doing anything to the outlet or body. Kind of just containing...
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