Re: Encased in carbonite!

pkrankow Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:47 am

It looks like you could have sawed off more...but the picture could be misleading because these engines are so small.

I was flat shocked holding a .049 teedee next to a stunt tanked reedie. The teedee is tiny, but really it is comparing the tank to a lack of tank in that case.

Phil

sdjjadk Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:13 pm

dinsdale wrote:Acetone won't have any ill effect at all on the metal. It'll probably eat any plastic bits though, and might effect any "O" rings.

Luckily, Bernie sells replacement parts. I'll be watching this. Popcorn

Jason_WI Wed Jul 17, 2013 7:47 pm

The only replacement parts might just be a carb body of which I have a couple of spares. The entire bottom of the crankcase is exposed and 3/4 of the venturi. Just one glob stuck around the cylinder yet.

I changed the acetone as the old stuff looked like ghostbusters slime!

sdjjadk Wed Jul 17, 2013 8:36 pm

Jason_WI wrote:The only replacement parts might just be a carb body of which I have a couple of spares. The entire bottom of the crankcase is exposed and 3/4 of the venturi. Just one glob stuck around the cylinder yet.

I changed the acetone as the old stuff looked like ghostbusters slime!

WingingIt74 Fri Jul 26, 2013 8:32 am

Any update?

Jason_WI Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:17 pm

Freed from the carbonite tomb.

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pkrankow Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:19 pm

Pretty! Have you run it yet?

Phil

Jason_WI Thu Aug 08, 2013 11:25 pm

pkrankow wrote:Pretty! Have you run it yet?

Phil

Not yet but soon. I'll post a video

**RknRusty** Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:13 am

Are the innards clean?

Jason_WI Fri Aug 09, 2013 12:22 am

Spotless. None of the resin was in the crankcase.

**RknRusty** Fri Aug 09, 2013 4:03 am

What a beauty, I'm glad you liberated it.

sdjjadk Fri Aug 09, 2013 8:59 pm

Sweeeet! Looks like a new engine.

**Cribbs74** Fri Aug 09, 2013 11:06 pm

For some reason I can't see the whole picture. Just the top half. I assume it looks good judging by the comments. Let's hope it runs well! Good job Jason.

Ron

Jason_WI Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:16 pm

Tried for an hour tonight to get this engine to run. Mad

Changed glow head, NVA and the fuel. Would pop and run backwards as if it was flooded. It wasn't flooded. I took it totally apart tonight and looking at the crank the crank pin is on the wrong side of the intake port. The carbonite engine has a right hand crank (clockwise) installed! No wonder it always wanted to run backwards. I don't have any reverse pitch props so I will swap out the crank and retry tomorrow.

duke.johnson Wed Aug 14, 2013 9:44 pm

Reverse rotation engines are great for keeping the lines tight. I have a couple Wiley .36 carrier engines like that.

pkrankow Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:01 pm

Pair it up with a regular rotation and go RC twin!

Phil

**Cribbs74** Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:31 pm

What are the odds of that? I have never seen one of those funny cranks. I guess when you have a billion engines you are bound to run across a few. Wink

Jason_WI Wed Aug 14, 2013 10:41 pm

Cribbs74 wrote:What are the odds of that? I have never seen one of those funny cranks. I guess when you have a billion engines you are bound to run across a few.

I don't think Cox made a billion engines. lol!

I do have my fair share though.

The spare crank I have is the later thicker crank web version for the later engines and this is an early crankcase..... DAMMIT!