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Mark Diedrichs Fri Sep 06, 2019 6:30 pm

Just a thought, might be interesting. Great learning experience for the younger set... And us old fa ts. I still like to learn something new everyday.. Finky wants to know.. , Mark

aspeed Fri Sep 06, 2019 7:06 pm

I don't think anything outdid a TD until the Stels and Norvels came out around 1990. Maybe some home made ones. The Holland Hornet was maybe best until the TD came out around 1960?

Surfer_kris Sat Sep 07, 2019 2:09 am

The FOX .049 FAI is also a contender for the strongest engine, came out around 1965 I think?
I don't have any of those myself though...

KariFS Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:09 am

Is this a trick question Very Happy

Define ”best”...

Would it be ”the” engine that served as the entry step to ICE aeromodelling for a countless number of enthusiasts?

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Or maybe even this:

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Or maybe something more exotic?

rsv1cox Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:26 am

I may be a wee bit prejudiced but for me the best .049 glow engine ever produced was the Enya .049 made in both throttled and unthrottled configurations. Introduced in the very early 1960's, it's fit and finish far exceeds it's contemporaries of the day especially when taking into account it's complexity. Curious, Enya did not market it extensively saving that for it's first cousins the .06 and .08.

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Sum Ting Wong with one of the backplates on these NIB examples.

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balogh Sat Sep 07, 2019 7:43 am

This is the very engine that mesmerized me and sent me into the bunch of COX enthusiasts forever, the postage stamp backplate reedie I got from a Western European friend who crashed his Stuka in 1974 and cannibalized the plane, leaving this cutie with me. (The Golberg mount was added decades later courtesy ebay)

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Apart from it of course the brute line of TeeDee-s with the liliputian 010 and the equally unrivaled 020, the 049-s and 09-s will never be surpassed in my hall of famous hero engines.. RC Plane

ian1954 Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:18 pm

Fox 049 FA!

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ian1954 Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:31 pm

O&R Midget 049

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Fuji 049

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McCoy Duraglo diesel

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ian1954 Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:37 pm

K&B Torpedo

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Testors

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ian1954 Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:49 pm

Webra Picollo

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Jaguar

Moth

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ian1954 Sat Sep 07, 2019 3:53 pm

and now for the very worst engine of that era. Abysmal, disappointing, awful, terrible. 30 shillings of my pocket money for an underpowered ............

DC Bantam

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Oldenginerod Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:26 pm

Ian, you claim the last engine as the worst, so does that mean that you have rated them top to bottom best to worst?

Oldenginerod Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:29 pm

rsv1cox wrote:
Sum Ting Wong with one of the backplates on these NIB examples.

Yes Bob, spotted that. The right hand engine has the backplate upside down. That's a problem as there appears to be a cut-out to allow the piston to reach BDC. (As well as the fact thay you can't get to the top mounting screw that way.)

Rod.

Oldenginerod Sat Sep 07, 2019 8:32 pm

ian1954 wrote:Fox 049 FA!

Bob talked about the superior fit & finish of the Enya. You certainly didn't get that with the Fox. Colloquially "Rough as Guts".

ticomareado Sat Sep 07, 2019 9:26 pm

I'm gonna go with

Fred Baldwin's favorite engine: Holland Hornet .049 II

ian1954 Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:08 am

Oldenginerod wrote:Ian, you claim the last engine as the worst, so does that mean that you have rated them top to bottom best to worst?

No - no particular order but you can’t have a best without pointing out the worst!

I have a few of the Enya 049s and they are really reliable little runners.

My favourites are always going to be the diesels. I will post more later today.

It is how an engine fares in a model that counts - looks aren’t everything. Steady, reliable, easy to start .............not forgetting how it sounds and smells. That diesel bark .......... !

KariFS Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:20 am

As far as the aesthetics go, the best looking engine in my opinion is the Space Hopper:

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With the RR-1 following very close.

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Oldenginerod Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:25 am

ian1954 wrote:
Oldenginerod wrote:Ian, you claim the last engine as the worst, so does that mean that you have rated them top to bottom best to worst?

No - no particular order but you can’t have a best without pointing out the worst!

I have a few of the Enya 049s and they are really reliable little runners.

My favourites are always going to be the diesels. I will post more later today.

It is how an engine fares in a model that counts - looks aren’t everything. Steady, reliable, easy to start .............not forgetting how it sounds and smells. That diesel bark .......... !

I'm well familiar with diesel. First engine I ever operated was (my brother's) original Mills P75. Not quite .049 but pretty close. As a 12 year old I never had too much trouble making that thing run. It was a friendly engine which showed little malice.

ian1954 Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:01 pm

KariFS wrote:As far as the aesthetics go, the best looking engine in my opinion is the Space Hopper:

With the RR-1 following very close.

The Space Hopper is an awesome engine but only becomes beautiful when dieselised Cool

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All Space Hoppers are best seen in a crowd

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and they can be regarded as works of art

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ian1954 Sun Sep 08, 2019 2:11 pm

While not the prettiest engine - I have lost count of the number of Frogs I have seen still in very active service

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ian1954 Sun Sep 08, 2019 3:31 pm

Atwood and Holland Wasps

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ticomareado Sun Sep 08, 2019 4:41 pm

Ian is kickin' arse an' taking names today.

ian1954 Mon Sep 09, 2019 12:34 pm

Don't forget the Anderson Royal Baby Spitfire

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