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Yeah man, another six inches and that thing would be taller than you! What engine do you plan to use on it? Or does it come with one?

Edit: I see it in the picture.... What is it?


Ron

Cribbs74 wrote:Yeah man, another six inches and that thing would be taller than you! What engine do you plan to use on it? Or does it come with one?

Edit: I see it in the picture.... What is it?


Ron

I asked Howard Shenton, who's finishing the fix-up for me (he still has it) and he said he put a somewhat universal engine mount in it so he'll see what works best. I think there's an OS 46 in it now. I believe that plane is meant for a 46 -60 size engine, and weighs around 60 ounces or so. I'm looking forward to trying it out. Maybe I can fly it to the field.
Rusty

Well in that case I would recommend this one.....  



Double ball bearing, schnuerle ported, will fly most 60 size kits. Piston has one ring. This motor has a long reputation of reliability and durability. Comes with polished spinner nut. Bore: .850 Stroke: .790 Disp.: .459 cu in. Weight: 12oz. 13,500 RPM with 10 -6 prop

Really? What's that called, a Fox .45 or .46 BB?

EDIT: Okay, I found it.
http://www.foxmanufacturing.com/index.php?main_page=product_info&cPath=157&products_id=276&zenid=9694f3952d08c9f44d98166e0be1f9ef

Rosty, did I interpret the plane to weigh 60 oz's? If so, I don't think you will be real happy with flying it using a .46. That's asking a lot out of a .46 . Most Magnum's I've seen weigh around 50 oz's. Just as a guideline, your plane weight should be in and around your engine displacement preferably smaller. These were powered with Supertiger .60's. The beauty of a Tiger is it weighs 11 oz's. The only engine currently available now is the Evolution .60 which is in a .46 size case which weighs 11.5 oz's. Most .60's available in r/c now generally weigh up to 17 oz's. Ken

No, I only read that some Magnums weigh in that range, I have no idea what this one is lugging. I'll just take it with whatever engine Howard puts in it and go from there. As I understand it, he has it set up for easy engine swaps. I also have no idea how long until I actually have it in my possession, I'm just going with the flow.
Rusty

Regarding an engine choice for a Magnum.. and as Ken mentioned.. a "lighter" one; I've yet to hear any mention here on the forum of the ST G-51... possibly because there haven't been any build-threads on models of this size? The guys from N.E.S.T. were using them almost exclusively back in the mid 90's.   

Congrats Rusty

Nice going. That Magnum looks like a big plane.

Enjoy it.

Theo

Thanks Theo. Yeah, I'm going to have my hands full with that one.
Rusty