Testors McCoy .049 Update

It’s been close to eight months since my first blog post which was the cleaning and restoration of my Testors McCoy .049 engine. If you follow my Facebook page you probably know that I got some fuel for this engine Thursday I think it was. The fuel I ordered was SIG Champion 25 which has […]

Posted in .049 Restoration Tagged broke, burnt, fail, glow, head, mccoy, plug, testor

DIY 1/2A Engine Glow Clip

As you may know I have a small 1/2A engine – a Testor’s McCoy .049. I have been wanting to start it ever since I got it back in the spring. Well yesterday I ordered some fuel for it! I ordered a quart of Sig Champion 25 which has 25%nitro and 20% oil (1/2 castor […]

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JR Radio to USB – FAIL

This week’s post is different than all of my other blog posts. Normally I show you something that I have made that worked like I had hoped. . . .well not this week. I planned on showing you what I had been working on at the end of last week and over the weekend but […]

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Tip: Cut Holes in Foam

  There has been many times I have needed to cut a smooth hole in a piece of foam. When I am building RC planes I normally want to cut a smooth hole to run a pushrod or wire through the foam. When I need to do this I don’t want to just shove a […]

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