The manufacturing tolerances that need to be held to make these things work are incredible.

When I was 13 I had a great skill of wracking my finger in the spinning prop trying to start the engine. Man did that hurt!! The engine was in a purple Cox Mustang Control line airplane. The plane completely made of plastic, The best I was able to do was to get it to do one complete circle without crashing it into the ground.

“In the thousands of an inch” - today’s engines are 2/10000ths if not tighter

Growing up in the 70s, I learned the fine art of how to sting curse words together trying to get/keep these little SOBs running. Those were the days.

I always wanted to make an RC P-38 using .049s because they are cheap and can run either left handed or right handed.

What is we have an old engine with the spray-bar missing? How do we make a start if we have no spray-bar. Might there a DIY substitute we can try?

I sure miss flying there. Many NW sport races, Won and lost on that circle.

I want one 😭

Wow

I had these as a kid in the 60s . You got really good at taking the fuel tank off to clean grit from the reed valve. If there was even the tiniest speck of grit in there the reed wouldn’t seal and the motor would not run. In the later 70s I flew RC planes and on my smaller planes I used the TD engines which were rotary valve and not as temperamental about dirt.

I don’t agree that they are “too large” and should be cut, unless the model is very small.

Clean video. Thanks. This should not be titled "make CA hinges", this should be more appropriately titled "install CA hinges".

Wow! lovley advert, I had these engines as a kid, I have one now in the garage, it's never run, I must fish it out and try it

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Very cool 👍👍

Best game ever

I got mine about 30 years ago. Since moving I cannot find it, damn.

Very intresting and applyable thanks you give soloution of my problem

Laughable

thank you! i always wanted to know how these worked.

Awesome video, I just bought two of these at a yard sale.

You gotta love plane simple old fashioned ways of doing things. Thanks!!!

I thought there engines ran only a minute this one last about five.

What joystick did you use?

Hi Mike! Chris at Tammies Hobbies here. I've lost your phone number so give me a call, I have another CL engine lot if you're interested again?

Wow... that Carl Goldberg scribe beats the pants out of that Great Planes garbage...

any way to make that testor engine radio controled?

Is that PicaSim running in there?!

Damn, you really nailed that hinge video!

very very nice, very fun too, very steady engine run also

What size prop is that? Looks pretty large for an 049.

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it flies rock solid.

looks Great , are full size plans available ?

looks good flying. are there any plans posted anywhere ? i am a member of Rc Groups but not the Stunt Hanger yet

how much did u pay

how much

Thats pretty cool. Care to share the plans for this?

Please tell us the particulars. I'd like to do a system like this for a twin if possible.