Non Cox .049s

Kielcraft bought the wenmac and sold as the cobra, Frog had the same engines as DC in the glow the wasp with radial mount fitted was the frog venom

MiniatureAircraftFactory wrote:Kielcraft bought the wenmac and sold as the cobra, Frog had the same engines as DC in the glow the wasp with radial mount fitted was the frog venom

No I am sure the cobra was in fact cox based but there was a wen mac too.

Yup here it is.
http://modelenginenews.org/ad/kkcobra.html#t8

MiniatureAircraftFactory wrote:Kielcraft bought the wenmac and sold as the cobra, Frog had the same engines as DC in the glow the wasp with radial mount fitted was the frog venom

Ah, that's right, the old memory isn't reliable after 40-odd years!

Ivanhoe wrote:

MiniatureAircraftFactory wrote:Kielcraft bought the wenmac and sold as the cobra, Frog had the same engines as DC in the glow the wasp with radial mount fitted was the frog venom

Ah, that's right, the old memory isn't reliable after 40-odd years!

No the cobra was cox based!

nitroairplane wrote:

Ivanhoe wrote:

MiniatureAircraftFactory wrote:Kielcraft bought the wenmac and sold as the cobra, Frog had the same engines as DC in the glow the wasp with radial mount fitted was the frog venom

Ah, that's right, the old memory isn't reliable after 40-odd years!

No the cobra was cox based!

OK, so who had the Wen-Mac clone? I know there WAS such a thing!

Yes there was and I am sure it was KeillKraft but it is not the cobra!
This is the cobra http://modelenginenews.org/ad/kkcobra.html#t8

AM had wenmac engines, they say made over here to wenmac designs

http://modelenginenews.org/ad/am049.html

Im still sure KK did the wenmac under some name or the other

microflitedude wrote:

Ivanhoe wrote:

dckrsn wrote:Er, uh, then there's this. Match?

Does anyone know a way of mounting these so you can actually use them? I've seen a video on YouTube of someone running one, but I can't see how he has it mounted.

I know Kim strapped his down with a metal tie to a board, can't find his thread though.

I gouged out a hardwood block and used a piece of steel strap to hold it in place. Gonna do the same (with a little more finesse) for flying mount to use when I get the much-promised Q-Tee flying !

MiniatureAircraftFactory wrote:AM had wenmac engines, they say made over here to wenmac designs

http://modelenginenews.org/ad/am049.html

Im still sure KK did the wenmac under some name or the other

That's the puppy! I knew I wasn't THAT senile!

Well, it's not a Cox engine, and it's also not an .049, but here it is anyway...my slightly bedraggled OK .074 !

DC Bantam, KK Cobra, AM .049, Frog .049

British(?) 049s, the (?) is because there is a lot of controvesy as to whether the AM 049 was actually made here, or made by McCoy and just "Badged"

Ivanhoe wrote:
British(?) 049s, the (?) is because there is a lot of controvesy as to whether the AM 049 was actually made here, or made by McCoy and just "Badged"

Being involved in the UK model trade for 25 years, ive seen a lot of this, i believe parts were made in the USA and maybe put together there and supplied as badged as AM , but they may have possibly been put together here as import duty on parts was lower than complete items and to anyone it would look like manufacturing here with all the boxes of parts

in the mid 90s we used to import glowplug parts from USA and assemble them here with our own supplied element as it was cheaper than buying assembled glowplugs on the import tax

This is why we now specify formulated, 100% manufactured, packaged and distributed by StarLoc adhesives on our adhesive products so people get the idea we actually manufacture them 100%

MiniatureAircraftFactory wrote:

Ivanhoe wrote:
British(?) 049s, the (?) is because there is a lot of controvesy as to whether the AM 049 was actually made here, or made by McCoy and just "Badged"

Being involved in the UK model trade for 25 years, ive seen a lot of this, i believe parts were made in the USA and maybe put together there and supplied as badged as AM , but they may have possibly been put together here as import duty on parts was lower than complete items and to anyone it would look like manufacturing here with all the boxes of parts

in the mid 90s we used to import glowplug parts from USA and assemble them here with our own supplied element as it was cheaper than buying assembled glowplugs on the import tax


This is why we now specify formulated, 100% manufactured, packaged and distributed by StarLoc adhesives on our adhesive products so people get the idea we actually manufacture them 100%

StarLoc eh? I've bought a lot of adhesives from you at one time or another!

Wilf

Here's my latest acquisition, OK Cub .049 B with pull starter..



I fitted a new (genuine) pullcord, only to find that the recoil spring that is supposed to pull the cord back in after starting is broken. Since I think my chances of finding a new spring, and instructions for fitting it, are probably very low, (Although I will contact OK Engines and try) it's unlikely that I'll be starting it with the cord.

wow there are some really nice engines on this thread

Am looking to mount new Cox .049 in Wen Mac Corsair and Testors P40 RTF plastic airplanes. Presant engines are old(60's 70')w/ few parts available. Anyone done this?

MMT wrote:Am looking to mount new Cox .049 in Wen Mac Corsair and Testors P40 RTF plastic airplanes. Presant engines are old(60's 70')w/ few parts available. Anyone done this?

I think, as we all advised you in your other thread about this, the idea of fitting Cox engines into non-Cox RTFs is really a non-starter. As several of us suggested, sort out the original engines, or replace them with better examples of the same engines
To fit a different engine would probably entail nothing less than cutting off the entire nose of the model, and somehow grafting a radial mount bulkhead in it's place, and even then there is no guarantee the models would fly properly.

Wilf

Ivanhoe wrote:

MMT wrote:Am looking to mount new Cox .049 in Wen Mac Corsair and Testors P40 RTF plastic airplanes. Presant engines are old(60's 70')w/ few parts available. Anyone done this?

I think, as we all advised you in your other thread about this, the idea of fitting Cox engines into non-Cox RTFs is really a non-starter. As several of us suggested, sort out the original engines, or replace them with better examples of the same engines
To fit a different engine would probably entail nothing less than cutting off the entire nose of the model, and somehow grafting a radial mount bulkhead in it's place, and even then there is no guarantee the models would fly properly.

Wilf

i agree with wilf, dont replace the origonal engine with another brand engine, to much damage will occur when trying to mount the new other brand motor

You know there's always that challange thing/angle? We used to call it 'kit' bashing, like taking plastic model cars and putting part from one on another. Last night for fun I grabbed a basket case Wen-Mac Corsair and a Tee-Dee and with a little work and JB Weld it could be done...and you too could have a overpowered rocket.

Speaking of Spitsy's :

Mark Boesen wrote:You know there's always that challange thing/angle? We used to call it 'kit' bashing, like taking plastic model cars and putting part from one on another. Last night for fun I grabbed a basket case Wen-Mac Corsair and a Tee-Dee and with a little work and JB Weld it could be done...and you too could have a overpowered rocket.

I've got a Wen Mac Aracobra/Kingcobra that may get a Tee Dee .049 grafted to it's nose. I know it'll just be a faster "rock-on-a-string", but would like to see it fly with a bit more authority!