These guys have fun

Oldenginerod Fri Sep 27, 2019 8:05 am

Looks like these guys are having fun. They try a little bit of everything. Also, note some of the Cox items at their swap meet. If you look closely you'll see bottles for sale that say "IPN". Where did they get that?
The old Isopropyl Nitrate. Just what the diesel guys need. lol!

getback Fri Sep 27, 2019 11:39 am

Thanks Rod , that makes my morning ! Beautiful countryside there (Australia ) ? The plane are very amazing too , nice colors in most of them , i see there very lite weight structure for FF and all that diesel sound I looked up the Isopropyl Nitrate a type of cetane booster . Clapping

rsv1cox Fri Sep 27, 2019 12:04 pm

Thanks for sharing Rod. Thought I would watch a minute or two, wound up watching the whole thing.

Enjoyed the tabled Cox Corsair, Cox must have sold a billion of the things, the Testors BD-5 and the four strokers. Also all the hand flippers, didn't see a chicken stick, tough guys those Aussies.

Mike1484 Fri Sep 27, 2019 4:33 pm

I like diesel day ! Thanks for sharing .

Mike1484

Oldenginerod Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:02 pm

rsv1cox wrote:Thanks for sharing Rod. Thought I would watch a minute or two, wound up watching the whole thing.

Enjoyed the tabled Cox Corsair, Cox must have sold a billion of the things, the Testors BD-5 and the four strokers. Also all the hand flippers, didn't see a chicken stick, tough guys those Aussies.

Yeah, it's just nice to see their field box contains nothing more than a syringe of fuel. No batteries, clips, starters etc. Fuel it up, give it a flick and set it aloft. Nature does the rest. These fellas just wander around launching planes into the air. Occasionally you'll hear a warning about an incoming plane that failed to gain altitude. My wife's first comment was "why don't they wear helmets?"

Tough maybe! But also dumb sometimes. What was with that timber louvre door with an engine attached? Did he really think that was going to launch itself from the ground? Still, good for a laugh!

rsv1cox Fri Sep 27, 2019 10:07 pm

5:43 and 6:05 marks Rod. Could have been me.

Bob

ian1954 Sat Sep 28, 2019 12:34 am

Just imagine the wonderful diesel smell with all thos engines being run in close proximity,

IPN was the successor to amyl nitrate after amyl nitrate was banned from sale at the chemists. That has now been replaced by DA nitrate which is only available from model fuel suppliers for collection only.

That looked like a really fun day.

Oldenginerod Sat Sep 28, 2019 3:26 am

rsv1cox wrote:5:43 and 6:05 marks Rod. Could have been me.

Bob

Those guys seem to be happy to launch a plane while running at far less than optimal. I'd be cranking them up a little more myself, but maybe that's why I wouldn't do Free Flight- Too much chance of a fly-away.

getback Sat Sep 28, 2019 1:45 pm

Yes those guys have some tough fingers , makes mine hurt just watching some of them , I was thinking the same thing with the non-power , low rpms Rod but thinking about what you said about the fly-away makes since , i guess Very Happy