Ronald Valentine Nano Bee

ZACATTACK Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:34 pm

Does Ron still make these 1 gram .003 engines for the public? Dont see them on his site..I believe these were named Blitz .003?? One sold on e-Bay for $500 and stated it is the smallest Diesel engine in the World!! confused

I would like one of these!! Cool!! Cool

**Cribbs74** Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:37 pm

Write him and ask him, I am pretty sure he does custom work.

Jaspur_x Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:37 pm

cribbs74 wrote:Write him and ask him, I am pretty sure he does custom work.

I didn`t want to be waiting around for a response to my Q as some were when I wished to purchase an engine he didn`t have listed for sale on ebay, I asked him a question on an ebay item of his and got a reply while others were were still waiting for a prior email reply from him.
I had my engine I requested in hand before the other guys even got their replies. I don`t recall the cause for his slower response to emails but I got the job done by going to the scourse of his interests so to speak.

Just a helpful tip Beer Cheers

John Goddard Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:29 am

He does have quite a l.....o...............n................................g
Waiting list once you get hold of him.
Very Happy

jmcalata Mon Feb 18, 2013 2:56 am

This Valentine engine is plus small, ten times smaller. Shocked

.00038 cu in !!!!!! Paranoid

nano - Ronald Valentine Nano Bee 36489410

Site web:

http://www.ronald-valentine-engines.com/

I buy last week in ebay a pretty spin for Tee dee .010 Small Cox Logo

nano - Ronald Valentine Nano Bee Kgrhqf10

http://www.ebay.es/itm/370731018432?ssPageName=STRK:MEWNX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1439.l2649#ht_1505wt_754

Cheaper than small diesel engines. Smile

Only $4,45

Regards
jmcalata sunny

Jaspur_x Mon Feb 18, 2013 8:17 am

John Goddard wrote:He does have quite a l.....o...............n................................g
Waiting list once you get hold of him.

And yet I bought both my speedbee049 and superpeewee020 at the same time,recieved them in the same box by merely contacting him through ebay to order my superpeewee that he didn`t have listed once I aimed at buying the speedbee that was listed on ebay.

John Goddard Mon Feb 18, 2013 9:15 am

I know J but that's for stuff he's got 'in stock' I'd guess.
I started chasing him I think late September for a
Bespoke. I know I'm getting close now.
Very Happy

ian1954 Mon Feb 18, 2013 12:14 pm

If you want one of Ronalds creations then keep an eye on his Ebay shop.

http://stores.ebay.com/Ronald-Valentines-Hobby-Shop

Visit it regularly!

He often puts engines like the Nano Bee on there as "buy it now". There was one in the last fortnight and it was snapped up very quickly! "Now you see it, now you don't". If you dither and procrastinate you will miss it.

All his engines are hand crafted, not in any way "mass produced", and he is a perfectionist. They are the "jewels" of Model Engine engineering and worth waiting for!

Minature masterpieces!

ian1954 Tue Feb 19, 2013 3:10 pm

There is small, tiny and minute!

I have seen the clamour for Cox "Tie Pins", I am tempted to have my ear pierced for these!

nano - Ronald Valentine Nano Bee Tiny10

mitchg95 Fri Feb 22, 2013 12:47 pm

Hello, I contacted Ron about the nano bee
He says the bee is $500.00 plus shipping
Cant afford it now... maybe i could get the piston and connecting rod just to look at until i save up enough money for the whole engine

shell shock Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:52 pm

it would kill me to own one of the Nano Bees'.. the urge to run it, would be to great

mitchg95 Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:54 pm

shell shock wrote:it would kill me to own one of the Nano Bees'.. the urge to run it, would be to great

I would love to run the nano bee, but like my other engines.... i would never run it lol, i have not started a cox engine since before the teedee tach race

shell shock Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:57 pm

all those engine...

mitchg95 Fri Feb 22, 2013 3:58 pm

just looked at the quaker flash plan even closer.... uses a peewee with 5.250'' prop
might just build this for one of the peewee's that i have so that i can fly one, and another scaled down version with the same trim scheme as the larger for the nano bee

shell shock Fri Feb 22, 2013 8:29 pm

Looks like a fun build. Take that .02 out and let it scream

ian1954 Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:12 am

Get one while you can!

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rare-Valentines-Blitz-0-05-cc-Model-Diesel-Engine-NIB-/390549516809?pt=US_Character_Radio_Control_Toys&hash=item5aee90b209

nano - Ronald Valentine Nano Bee Blitz10

nano - Ronald Valentine Nano Bee Blitz10

I have run one of these wonderful creations.

It is hard to imagine that it was created manually (no CNC) on one of these:

A Triumph 2000 lathe

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=Triumph+2000+lathe&hl=en&rlz=1W1MXGB_enGB524&tbm=isch&tbo=u&source=univ&sa=X&ei=AuwsUfO0I-mX0QXQu4CABw&ved=0CD0QsAQ&biw=1673&bih=843

The box proudly displays "Made in U.S.A." even though Ronald used a British lathe!

microflitedude Tue Feb 26, 2013 11:55 am

That's actually not as much as I thought it would be.

mitchg95 Tue Feb 26, 2013 12:20 pm

Im thinking of actually getting this engine instead of the nano bee...
http://www.ronald-valentine-engines.com/75_Orkan_28.html
I did some research, first looking for glow engines with a similar size cylinder for. 40, 100, 120? no 180 size Affraid or WOW!

then found the discplacement of the engine which is 28cc, could have just looked at the name lol

ian1954 Tue Mar 05, 2013 1:59 pm

You could always try one of these

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_SO7PCnVCv0

This one is the Diva .098, of which there are many variants, and there is also the Rova series. These are the easiest minatures to start off with.

matterest Fri Aug 17, 2018 2:56 pm

Does anyone know why Ronald Valentine's website is down?

1/2A Nut Fri Aug 17, 2018 3:19 pm

I know he sells stuff on ebay I have bought from him recently last month.

https://www.ebay.com/str/Ronald-Valentines-Hobby-Shop
He lists his sales line as: (386) 462-2006

Cox International Mon Aug 20, 2018 12:59 pm

matterest wrote:Does anyone know why Ronald Valentine's website is down?

He told us some weeks ago that he did not renew the domain as it was not worth maintaining the site (mainly getting spam).

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