whitch cox engine have i got???

rlangaard Thu Sep 06, 2012 4:44 am

Hi People!
I was wondering if you could help me recognize a cox engine i found.
I have no packaging so i do not know what type it is.

It was bought new from a norwegian hobby dealer about 10-15 years ago.

whitch cox engine have i got??? 20120910

The only engine i found pictures of on the web that i think looks the same are a Stunt Bee, but i'm not shure..

Thanks in advance for your help.

microflitedude Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:03 am

Hey, welcome to the forum!

The Stunt Bee was put together by Cox International in Canada - they have only been around for a few years.

What you have is a post 1996 Estes era .049 Black Widow. You are missing the starter spring and cam. Not necessary though.

You can find it on this page ~

http://www.mh-aerotools.de/airfoils/cox_bees.htm

microflitedude Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:05 am

Here is the picture from that site.

whitch cox engine have i got??? Cox_bl10

rlangaard Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:08 am

ah!
thank you very much!

if you take a look in the corner of my picture the starter spring is there.. Wink

It's just not mounted on the engine! Smile

I have a large can of RC Car Nitro fuel. can i run the engine on that? Just add castor oil?

I have been searching the web for what fuel to use, but everyone has different opinions.. Wink

microflitedude Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:13 am

I am doing the same thing. Do you know what the oil percentages are? You should have 20% oil, at least half of that percent should be castor.

This is a handy tool for finding the correct amount.

http://www.nitrorc.com/default2.asp?Introduction=http://www.nitrorc.com/fuelws

microflitedude Thu Sep 06, 2012 7:15 am

If you want to go an easier route, Sig Champion 25 is a good fuel. Also GlowPlugboy 1/2a Rocket Fuel.

John Goddard Thu Sep 06, 2012 9:53 am

Hello Mate
Welcome to the forum.
I'm not sure what availability of castor based fuel is like in Norway, certainly a lot of the other guys
on the Forum in mainland Europe seem to struggle to get hold of it....
These guys in Holland seem to have it though,-

http://www.redrc.net/category/products/engines/fuel/

Best of luck
Very Happy

GermanBeez Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:36 am

hi, and welcome!
about that starter spring and cam, it's best if you don't buy them, because they will scratch up the engine's finish.
good luck!

John Goddard Thu Sep 06, 2012 10:56 am

GermanBeez wrote:hi, and welcome!
about that starter spring and cam, it's best if you don't buy them, because they will scratch up the engine's finish.
good luck!

Yo Beez
Did you find any castor based over there?

GermanBeez Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:00 am

There's one brand that still sells some as a run-in fuel, and that's Graupner.
But i purchased it a while ago and coxaddicted told me something about it not being available anymore, so i'm
unsure of whether they still make it =/

John Goddard Thu Sep 06, 2012 11:16 am

It'll be a shame if they don't, anything from Graupner's gotta be good.
Very Happy

rlangaard Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:21 pm

thanks for the warm welcome everybody!

castor based fuels are almost impossible to come by here, so I guess I'll be mixing my own. Smile

this engine will not be flown much, so I think I can live with mixing it myself. Smile

Kim Thu Sep 06, 2012 6:25 pm

rlangaard wrote:thanks for the warm welcome everybody!

castor based fuels are almost impossible to come by here, so I guess I'll be mixing my own.

this engine will not be flown much, so I think I can live with mixing it myself.

Yes Sir! Welcome to the forum! MAN! What's wrong with castor?!! I'd send you some if I could !!!

ahrma_581 Fri Sep 07, 2012 11:48 am

GermanBeez wrote:about that starter spring and cam, it's best if you don't buy them, because they will scratch up the engine's finish.
good luck!

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microflitedude Fri Sep 07, 2012 12:25 pm

What kind of plane is that?

SuperDave Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:39 pm

It's, without question, a Cox .049 and most likely assembled from assorted parts.

nitroairplane Fri Sep 07, 2012 6:58 pm

As said it's a Black Widow.
Surfer_Kris lives in Sweden and can probably tell you where he gets fuel, and it can't be that hard to get it over the border.
Indra

SuperDave Sat Sep 08, 2012 10:49 am

Nitro:

A BW with a hex drive plate?

Hmmmmmmmmm.......................

ahrma_581 Sat Sep 08, 2012 11:35 am

microflitedude wrote:What kind of plane is that?

It's an old Thunder Tiger 'Mr. Mulligan' electric. Kind of gutless; I think the battery was toast, so all it could do to float around 3' off the deck. If that.

Swimming against the tide, I electric to glow converted it with a ratty BW I got off ebait. Note rubber plug where tank had been drilled for external tank. I also filed the hex drive round: the points were all rounded off and nasty looking, and not like it is NIB anyway.

Waiting for a calm morning to try it. Throttles nice on the ground tho'.

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