installing reeds and clips

I have one of Ron's Toonie sized diesel burners,, very precise stuff.

Cox International wrote:No, he is originally from Germany (from a town not too far from mine) and had a machine shop there. After his marriage fell apart he sold out and moved to Florida with his son to start a new life.

He still has zee akkzent when speekin' english lol.

Oh I thought his mother was German and father was not and he was born in the USA.
I got my info from his site and other people about the web.

"All Valentine engines are produced in small quantities, and are of high precision, excellent design and high performance.

Valentine engines have been manufactured for over 30 years. The first workshop was in Empfingen-Wiesenstetten / Germany. After this Ronald Valentine started the production in his native country, the USA. Ronald learned to fly airplanes as a young boy, and always was fascinated by the mechanics and operation of engines. After studying in the USA and Germany, he became an apprentice at the University in Stuttgart/Germany, where he studied the practical and theoretical side of engineering. At a young age, he excelled as Master in mechanical engineering at the Daimler Benz School in Sindelfingen/Germany, where only the best students graduated with a degree.

The idea of these small engines is to see how small and compact diesel engines can be built and still be functional. Since the radio control equipment has became so small it became possible to fly most of our miniature engines in planes. "

But I did hear "other" things about him that I would rather not share on the open forum.

Cox International wrote:Ok, I just called him.

American dad, German mom, born in Stuttgart (Germany) and holds dual citizenship.

Cool, sorry for any confusion caused
I also did not know that you were German honestly it appears everyone on here is at least part German including me.

nitroairplane wrote:

Cox International wrote:Ok, I just called him.

American dad, German mom, born in Stuttgart (Germany) and holds dual citizenship.

Cool, sorry for any confusion caused
I also did not know that you were German honestly it appears everyone on here is at least part German including me.

My great-grandmother's last name was Bielefeld. So a tiny bit. More so Irish.

lol same xD
But not genetically Irish I suppose for me.

The name Mullaney is of Irish origin.

That is exactly what I thought when I saw your Youtube name.
I have some good friends in Ireland and they have a similar name "Malloney"

How did a "reed" thread turn into an "ancestry" thread

Cox International wrote:How did a "reed" thread turn into an "ancestry" thread

Not sure but this seems to happen a lot when I get involved :heater:

nitroairplane wrote:

Cox International wrote:Ok, I just called him.

American dad, German mom, born in Stuttgart (Germany) and holds dual citizenship.

Cool, sorry for any confusion caused
I also did not know that you were German honestly it appears everyone on here is at least part German including me.

Norwegian-German here.

lol we should start a "who's German" thread I can count over 15 members here that are part german

Scotch/Irish, pure Mayflower pilgrim here.

Just took apart a Valentine Speed Bee I reedie and the reed is held in much like the Cox circlip arrangement except the groove that the circlip reed retainer fits into is smaller and the circlip itself does not have the bend on the end. Rather, the entire "arm" of the circlip, the part that would have the bend, is angled slightly away from the reed. It takes considerably more pressure to unseat the reed. The reed does not rotate.

I will try to post a pic today.

Bob

I have a little German in me too-Dad's side.

Well since I started this here thread thought I might pipe in and mention I have the German bloodlines as well.

Hope these help

That's neat to see, thank's for the pics Bob.