Little Traveler II .....May 19th, 2010

Kim wrote:Just some photo's of the butcher job I did on an innocent little "Q-Tee" short kit from Fast Eddie at Laser-Works. The idea was to make it an endurance flyer for charity fund raising. We lost the airplane over the Mississippi River on an attempt at a 30 mile cross country flight (with a helicopter as a pursuit vehicle).

Through a combination of turbulence and the copter's inability to fly slow enough to stay behind the little plane, I lost sight of Little Traveler twice...the second time I spotted it, the plane had rolled into a dive and lost it's wing when I tried to recover it. While we lost the plane, we STILL managed to raise $1400 for St. Jude Children's Research Hospital in Memphis.

Once I get back to my shop, I'll be able to post some numbers as to the widening of the fuse and nose. I DID extend the wingspan by one rib bay/side, and if I did it again would add sheeting to the top leading edge for a little more general strength.

Also, I saw an earlier posting that mentioned getting full size plan for the "Q-Tee". If someone could direct me to that site, I'd sure appreciate it! (got another kit waiting).





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Kim wrote:I ran 6-3's of various brands on Little Traveler, and settled on one from Bernie. With the throttle option, you'd have a REAL cruiser, and with most of my testing, the throttle bodies seemed to like the 6-3 as far as getting a lower idle. The 6-2 would be interesting to try also, but I don't recall testing it.

You guys are gonna force me to start on that kit I've got stashed in the corner!

Godsey3.0 wrote:The ring. I don't have any yet with one of these on them. The only one I have has the restrictor on the back.

Godsey3.0 wrote:It can be found on Cox international as either a pre-assembled engine or you can get one and put it on your back plate. This does not work with tanked engines. The engine runs very good if you naturally have it leaned out all the way. That way when you restrict the air both air and fuel is held back thus slowing down the engine. It doesn't idle it down a whole lot but it does drop it to about 5 maybe 4 thousand rpm. Very good way to kill motor too. This is the engine I bought.
http://coxengines.ca/product.php?productid=323&cat=39&page=1
Works even better if you can manage to pressurize your fuel tank. I have a pressure tapped crank case and it helped a lot.

nitroairplane wrote:

Godsey3.0 wrote:It can be found on Cox international as either a pre-assembled engine or you can get one and put it on your back plate. This does not work with tanked engines. The engine runs very good if you naturally have it leaned out all the way. That way when you restrict the air both air and fuel is held back thus slowing down the engine. It doesn't idle it down a whole lot but it does drop it to about 5 maybe 4 thousand rpm. Very good way to kill motor too. This is the engine I bought.
http://coxengines.ca/product.php?productid=323&cat=39&page=1
Works even better if you can manage to pressurize your fuel tank. I have a pressure tapped crank case and it helped a lot.

Ive been aware of the product and how it worked since release but was contempt with my ringed engines but the idea of a little throttled cub or something to fly atthe park would be nice.

Kim wrote:I'm not sure how it works, but for me, it's a ton better than the exhaust restrictor types. This is the reason I installed a steerable tail wheel on LT II. Had it survived, I had one of these assemblies waiting for it.

I've since installed this throttle body on LT I (AKA Minnie Mambo) along with a steerable tailwheel, and have had a big time taxiing it around, and taking off at will.



You will need an adapter...either the plastic plate, or a plywood block with a routed space for the air tube.

Kim wrote:Yeah,
I knew it was purely an air-restricting control, but the theory of it's "throttling" or not was a subject of discussion on the other forum a while back.

It does work, and well.

Godsey3.0 wrote:I would love to have a product back plate for a Pee Wee

Godsey3.0 wrote:Where is the back plate at on his website?