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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OS MAX .15 FP Cleaning

A little over a week ago I went to a flea market type business in my area where I bought an RC airplane that had a nitro engine on it. The plane is balsa and the engine is a OS Max .15 FP. I have been flying electric airplanes for close to two years now, […]

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McCoy .049 Cleanup and Disassembly

About three weeks ago and older gentleman gave me some of his son’s old R/C stuff from the ’80s. Most of it is useless to me, like an old homemade battery pack and some outdated chargers. Amid the pile of stuff was a Testors McCoy .049 engine. The gentleman said that it used to run […]

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