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Post  ticomareado on Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:27 pm

I got the power head to some kind of Wen Mac helicopter. Preliminary forensic suggest zero run time. This thing has a quirky gas tank set up and I don't see how it won't sling all of its fuel out in flight. Also NV is really different from any Wen Mac NV I've seen. (I am not referring to length of stem bit the need itself)

What's the scoop on this thing and is there any sort of helicopter I might be able to build for it ?

https://www.ebay.com/itm/vintage-Wen-Mac-Mark-II-0-49-gas-airplane-engine-with-prop-/202806497082?nma=true&si=yTJXWwjaNmrnMt0e3Pp0drXxBQw%253D&orig_cvip=true&nordt=true&rt=nc&_trksid=p2047675.l2557
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Post  Oldenginerod on Fri Nov 08, 2019 11:36 pm

Interesting Huh... Doesn't look familiar. I originally thought it might be from the Flying Platform they did, but it's not that. Don't think I've ever seen a Wen Mac helicopter. I can't tell from the pictures how the tank is filled. Certainly a mystery to me.
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Post  Marleysky on Sat Nov 09, 2019 1:19 am

The so called “rare” dog food flyer. Wen Mac Frisky flyer.

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https://www.ebay.com/itm/RARE-Wen-Mac-Friskies-Flyer/223311376026?hash=item33fe652e9a:g:ocUAAOSwF0VcL5j4🇸🇨USPSPriority!49306!US!-1

Whats left after a nice high flight, spinning down to shattered plastic, the remnants which you now own.. lol!
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Post  Mark Boesen on Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:21 am

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Post  Oldenginerod on Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:23 am

The instructions on the ebay listing say that you can control it in a circle, stunt, land etc. Anyone know how it's controlled?
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Post  Mark Boesen on Sat Nov 09, 2019 2:31 am

that's a typo...it's a free flight. The box uses the same printing as the C/L models, apparently nobody thought to change it. However it could also be tethered by tying a string around tank collar.
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Post  Levent Suberk on Sat Nov 09, 2019 4:39 am

Inventor of this interesting model is John W. McRoskey. It's patent here:
https://patents.google.com/patent/US2949693

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https://patentimages.storage.googleapis.com/74/47/ee/dee7e49481ac2a/US2949693.pdf
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Post  ticomareado on Sat Nov 09, 2019 9:29 am

Thanks everybody for all the archival research work. I guess I'll just clean the exterior of this item up, lube it good, print copies of the archives y'all have provided and box it all up for a time capsule. I got the thing for $14.80 postage incl. from San Francisco. I guess someone was desperate for rent money or something.
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Post  ticomareado on Sat Nov 09, 2019 10:01 am

The marketing people at Wen Mac sure made some wild-ass claims about this thing and how "anyone" could get it into the air in two minutes and telling dealers to "buy 'em by the gross". When I was in the toy and hobby business, I met all kinds of folks who couldn't even get in out of the rain in under two minutes, kids who could destroy an anvil with a box of toothpicks and dads would take anvils back to the hardware store demanding a refund-- you name it.
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Post  getback on Sat Nov 09, 2019 11:15 am

YOU were in the Toy Hobby / Buss. ? What year and where at ?
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