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Post  gcb Sun Aug 21, 2011 10:57 am

I was in my LHS shortly after the first batch of Pee Wee .020's arrived in my home town (Lexington, KY) back in the fifties. I snapped one up and quickly built a CL plane for it...which, of course brings up a story:
Having never run one, I totally underestimated its power. The plane had a 12" wingspan and a built-up box fuselage. I was running about 8' of dacron 1/2A line. The props had not yet arrived so I carved down a wooden 5x3.
Started the engine and, since I was alone, held the plane in my right hand and the lines and handle in my left, and launched. It didn't take long to realize that there was MUCH more power there than I had estimated. Turned as fast as I could but it proceeded to wrap the lines around me with the flight terminating when the prop hit my leg. I thought, STUPID,STUPID,STUPID...but fun! I still have that Pee Wee .020 engine, plus a couple of others I have acquired since then.
I never scored a TD .020 though, wish I had.

What is your experience with the Cox .020's?

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Post  microflitedude Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:41 pm

No experience with .020's yet, but I did (thought) the same thing with an .049. Laughing Rolling Eyes
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Post  jetpack Sun Aug 21, 2011 12:46 pm

I ran a PeeWee on my Lil' Satan. If I didn't help it along it would sink eventually, but one strong motor for its size it impressed me.
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Post  gcb Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:02 pm

jetpack wrote:I ran a PeeWee on my Lil' Satan. If I didn't help it along it would sink eventually, but one strong motor for its size it impressed me.

I built a Lil' Satan many years ago, powered with a brand new Babe Bee. As I was breaking-in the engine, a couple of kids came along that were fascinated with it. They asked a lot of questions about modeling and when they finally left, I gave it to them with their promise that they would fly it. I have another kit but so far haven't built it.

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Post  MiniatureAircraftFactory Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:11 pm

I was never impressed with the peewee 020 when i first tried them , so i never used them that much , the TD 020 is so good i have flown for years with the TD 020s

But recently i got the peewee out again and there not that bad , ive got one with a throttle on a 16 inch `Rainbow Bipe` and it flys on half throttle

The td always started and ran like a real mini engine,

The peewee was a bit hard to keep running and was a pain to start compared to the TD
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Post  SuperDave Sun Aug 21, 2011 1:46 pm



The peewee was a bit hard to keep running and was a pain to start compared to the TD[/quote

That very likely means a "twitchy" needle vale adjustment. Did you try different nitro contents?

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Post  GermanBeez Sun Aug 21, 2011 2:58 pm

and i heard of problems with keeping the tank from leaking if one decided to take
it apart, as the gaskets wouldn't fit as well afterwards. any experience with that?
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Post  nitroairplane Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:37 pm

GermanBeez wrote:and i heard of problems with keeping the tank from leaking if one decided to take
it apart, as the gaskets wouldn't fit as well afterwards. any experience with that?
Yup that happened to me once then I figured if idid this when the engine had a small amount of fuel present this happened less.
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Post  nitroairplane Sun Aug 21, 2011 3:39 pm

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Post  GermanBeez Mon Aug 22, 2011 2:17 am

sounds just like my medallion r/c, if i'm in luck and it actually starts up.
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Post  nitroairplane Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:27 am

GermanBeez wrote:sounds just like my medallion r/c, if i'm in luck and it actually starts up.
Do you have a video of tour
Medallion?
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Post  GermanBeez Mon Aug 22, 2011 5:52 am

not yet. i haven't made any videos, but they will be on sometime.
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Post  SuperDave Mon Aug 22, 2011 10:01 am

Beez:

No carburetor, no soul? What are you calling a "carburetor". "Reedies" have no soul?

HA!

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Post  nitroairplane Mon Aug 22, 2011 11:08 am

Maybe he means a FAMT
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Post  SuperDave Mon Aug 22, 2011 7:38 pm

[quote=" I was running about 8' of dacron 1/2A line.

That's WAY too short as you probably realize by now. Sad 15-20 feet would be more reasonable.

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Post  nitroairplane Tue Aug 23, 2011 3:51 am

SuperDave wrote:[quote=" I was running about 8' of dacron 1/2A line.

That's WAY too short as you probably realize by now. Sad 15-20 feet would be more reasonable.

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8 foot is insane must have been seriously fun while it lasted.
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Post  RknRusty Tue Aug 23, 2011 7:55 am

Must be a scary feeling to have a screaming plane wrapping the lines around you. Kind of like being captured in a web by a high speed spider. I'm glad it only hit you in the leg.
I had my ankles tied together by my stooge line once, I felt like I was being mummified. It ran out of gas about the time I couldn't stand up any more.

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Post  SuperDave Tue Aug 23, 2011 8:38 am

With 8' lines, If one wore screw-like footwear they could bore post-holes in the grond!

OMG!

lol! lol! lol!
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Post  nitroairplane Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:02 am

RknRusty wrote:Must be a scary feeling to have a screaming plane wrapping the lines around you. Kind of like being captured in a web by a high speed spider. I'm glad it only hit you in the leg.
I had my ankles tied together by my stooge line once, I felt like I was being mummified. It ran out of gas about the time I couldn't stand up any more.
That would only be relevant if hen was using a black widow
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Post  microflitedude Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:32 am

nitroairplane wrote:
RknRusty wrote:Must be a scary feeling to have a screaming plane wrapping the lines around you. Kind of like being captured in a web by a high speed spider. I'm glad it only hit you in the leg.
I had my ankles tied together by my stooge line once, I felt like I was being mummified. It ran out of gas about the time I couldn't stand up any more.
That would only be relevant if hen was using a black widow

LOL! lol!
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Post  nitroairplane Tue Aug 23, 2011 10:37 am



That is a pee wee i converted to diesel.
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Post  gcb Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:16 pm

SuperDave wrote:[quote=" I was running about 8' of dacron 1/2A line.

That's WAY too short as you probably realize by now. Sad 15-20 feet would be more reasonable.

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Remember that this was ~1957. They had just hit the market and no one (that I knew) had one, nor seen one run. I realized it instantly...back then! Shocked
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Post  nitroairplane Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:23 pm

I learned never to under estimate on a frog 100 diesel when hand starting that thing bit me pretty good now I usually wear a glove flick starting anything larger than a .049.
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Post  SuperDave Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:54 pm

"Chicken"! I've used my "social figure" and have the scars to prove it! lol!

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Post  nitroairplane Tue Aug 23, 2011 5:59 pm

For me i just hate getting cut because i use my hands for so much; flying,building,driving,typing,writing and a while load more most of those things can be done with cuts but my favourite building delicate and interesting models I'd very hard with plasters and cuts. So if I can easily not get them why not?
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