Follow The Traveling Engine!

Fantastic report. I can't think of a better place to show off the Traveling Cox Tee Dee .049. Maybe we should try alcohol, LOX, and castor oil. Call it Redstone Model Engine Fuel
Thanks Greg and Nick.
Rusty

Thanks! Awesome pictures! That engine got to see it all!

Well it sure has been to some very interesting places and this is another , glad to see ya'll got to run the engine also and to take it on vacation !! O what more fun could there bee . Good fun guys . Eric

You're welcome guys. We were honored to have a chance with it.
Greg & Nick

Who would like to see the Traveling Engine TD .049 go on another tour? It's sitting here in the arctic north and could head south at any time!!

Sure! Lets get it going again! Sign up here: https://www.coxengineforum.com/t5562-the-traveling-engine-sign-up

I could do it again. I've built three planes that it could go in since the first time round. Besides, I forgot to write anything in notebook the first time.

The Forgetful Mark

So I added some goodies to the kit. I added a pressure backplate, bored and polished venturi, two GloBee flat coil heads, and a red Valentine spinner.

I bored the Venturi to 9/64 then polished to a mirror finish.

I replaced the used head with a NOS high compression head.

I also replaced the piston. There were stress fractures starting around the top of the piston where the ball socket base is. It was in need of a reset but it was too late for that.

So it’s ready for its second tour. Get signed up!!!!!

Whoever wants it I can send it out.

Where do we sign up at? I'm in.

The Bewildered Mark

Where do we sign up at? I'm in.

The Bewildered Mark

batjac wrote:Where do we sign up at?  I'm in.

The Bewildered Mark

Sign up here

https://www.coxengineforum.com/t5562-the-traveling-engine-sign-up

The TE 1 is back on the road. It arrived at it's destination today in MI.

And so, the Traveling Engine returns for some more laps around the hill.  It (and I) enjoyed much friendlier conditions this time around, flying through the dead calm of a Springtime Missouri evening...with nary a snow drift in sight.

Once again bolted to the pylon of my 2M Bird of Time Sailplane, it was launched with a GoPro camera on each wingtip of the old model.  This was a bit of 'the spur of the moment' as the winds suddenly settled just as the sun was going down, and I was losing my light by the time everything got charged up.

Still, we took our shot, and got some pretty good footage for the effort, and may try to put in some more flights before the engine is mailed to it's next fan.  I intend to make up one video, featuring both the W.S.T.E. and it's .049 sibling, and post it on both threads following these castor slingers.

In the meantime, here are some still captures from the GoPros.  

Have I mentioned that I love this hobby??!!
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The Traveling Engine and 2M B.O.T. are almost invisible against the clutter of my very crowded shop.



"Hello old friend!"




Cruising high over the hill.   The folks over in the subdivision are probably once again wondering what the strange old guy across the valley has going on.









Coming back Home.


No 'drift diving' on this touch down.


Once again thanks to Jason for putting this old Tee Dee 'On the Road Again'!
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Video of the Traveling Engine's previous visit to the hill:



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t-rkwNsEq3s&t=3s

I remember that first flight and i thought to myself (That man is a dedicated crazy) LOL , I still got a laugh out of that big glove coming around to do a tweek on the needle before launch. Man it just don't get no better . Thanks Kim !!

getback wrote:  I remember that first flight and i thought to myself (That man is a dedicated crazy) LOL , I still got a laugh out of that big glove coming around to do a tweek on the needle before launch. Man it just don't get no better . Thanks Kim !!

Thanks Man!!!!
I was mumbling a couple names for myself as I trudged through the snow...but the shop SURE felt good when I got back to it!

Can't forget the original Traveling Engine! Looks like it enjoyed another visit at Kim's. Kim, you take some of the best pictures, can't get enough of the aerial shots! Thanks again!

Looks like that replacement piston it working well. Have any issues getting it running and holding a needle setting?

Great pictures as always.

Jason_WI wrote:Looks like that replacement piston it working well. Have any issues getting it running and holding a needle setting?

Great pictures as always.

It ran great Jason! I haven't counted the flights yet, but think there were five in in total before it got too dark, and the Tee Dee ran all the fuel out each time. After the needle was set on the first flight, all following were just fueled and chucked into the the air.

Thanks again for this fun project!!!

Okay, I currently have the .049 Travelling Engine.  If all goes well, I'm going to fly it tomorrow on my Skyray 110.  I put the engine on my trusty Redneck Engine Test Stand to mount the APC 5.7x3 prop I plan to use and do a quick needle set before I go out tomorrow.  Prop tracks perfectly.  A quick clip to prove it really did run here.



The 20 Second Man Mark

Way to go Mark bee looking for the vid. hope things go well !!

You got her running nice! Good luck with the flight!

*** SIGH ***

The wind was kicking up when I was at the field, and I didn't want to risk it on a 5 1/2 ounce plane. I'm only flying over grass, but I still didn't want to risk stuffing it on an upwind gust. I'll try again soon.

The Scaredy Mark