Reed types! What do you use?

I like copper and steel mainly because they are easy to re straighten.

that too.

Admin wrote:https://sites.google.com/site/coxenginecollection/choosing-a-reed

I have some info on some of the reeds out there. I am currently gathering info on the woven Teflon reeds. I will also be posting info on how to make your own reeds out of floppy disks.

Now, the making of reeds from floppy disks is REALLY interesting! I have boxes of floppies that never get used these days, never realised it was possible, (though I always use sections of floppy as hinges for R/C models), hurry on the info!

Wilf

Ivanhoe wrote:

Admin wrote:https://sites.google.com/site/coxenginecollection/choosing-a-reed

I have some info on some of the reeds out there. I am currently gathering info on the woven Teflon reeds. I will also be posting info on how to make your own reeds out of floppy disks.

Now, the making of reeds from floppy disks is REALLY interesting! I have boxes of floppies that never get used these days, never realised it was possible, (though I always use sections of floppy as hinges for R/C models), hurry on the info!

Wilf

Yes...I'd like to hear about that also !

Same!
What is performance like?
May have I do some testing

Please open the link below, it was written by one of the best engine builders ever...I do what he does.


http://coxengineforum.forumakers.com/t753-the-revised-2011-gibeault-mouse-race-program

Cool
And it is great that he is now registered here!

I use the mylar reeds, like Paul Gibeault. Sometimes I make my own from floppy disc material.

Mark, that link was excellent. A lot of really great info. And thanks Paul for sharing all your knowledge and experience. For a guy like you who competes, it's almost like the coach giving the play book to the other team. So I really appreciate what you've put together and shared here.

FlyingGoats wrote:Mark, that link was excellent. A lot of really great info. And thanks Paul for sharing all your knowledge and experience. For a guy like you who competes, it's almost like the coach giving the play book to the other team. So I really appreciate what you've put together and shared here.

Isn’t that great that we have pros willing to share!
It hsn’t always been that way but with sometimes surprising/amusing results. Back in the Dooling and Mc Coy tether car days the new .19 class started to gain popularity. A buddy and I went to a meet. He didn’t have a car so a friend offered an old tired Thimble Drome Arden .199 for him to enter. The fuel formula was the top secret at the time. Well as he didn’t have his own fuel he drained some from the ‘Panther Pi$$’ jug. (A waste disposal jug used for emptying tanks, dregs, etc. and who knows what else). Well his car won fist prize (a new McCoy 19 race car) but as far as I know he kept his fuel formula a top secret!
Al Lenz

A while back there was a thread about fuel and someones friend was adding "secret ingreidinets" and said they were some sort of oil i forget and his friends tried it and damaged there engines.

nitroairplane wrote:A while back there was a thread about fuel and someones friend was adding "secret ingreidinets" and said they were some sort of oil i forget and his friends tried it and damaged there engines.

"Lawn Boy" 2 stroke engine oil.

Yup that was it

http://coxengineforum.forumakers.com/t54-lawn-boy-oil-as-lube-in-cox-engine-fuel?highlight=lawn+boy

http://coxengineforum.forumakers.com/t54-lawn-boy-oil-as-lube-in-cox-engine-fuel?highlight=Lawn+boy

Here it is.