Engine Test Stands

At one time I had four Cox engines running simultaneously from a common fuel source made from a 35mm film cannister on this elevated board. The sound was incredible.

The other is an old Carl Goldberg stand

Hi lousyflyer.
Welcome to the fourm.
Put your feet up, I think you'll feel at home here.
The CG test stand is my old faithful.

[quote="lousyflyer"]At one time I had four Cox engines running simultaneously from a common fuel source made from a 35mm film cannister on this elevated board. The sound was incredible.

The other is an old Carl Goldberg stand

Welcome to the Forum lousyflyer!

Hope you like it here !!! I can see the guys reading your post now, and saying "Hmmm, multiple Bees???!!!! Well, how about 7 or 8 running at the same time !!!"

8 little .010's having a nice conversation (3:31 in)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFk3oKcGNo

Often thought about having all my stock running at the same time. Plumb them into a full gallon just to have a shot at hearing them all run. Class 5 tornado,,lol.

PV Pilot wrote:8 little .010's having a nice conversation (3:31 in)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yAFk3oKcGNo

Often thought about having all my stock running at the same time. Plumb them into a full gallon just to have a shot at hearing them all run. Class 5 tornado,,lol.

Yeah...this is dangerous thinking!! Turn away from the light !!!!!

I've successfully made a new E-Z Just stand out of scrap maple I had here. I changed the top wood clamps to steel. I just may make them out of wood again. My old stand is covered in so much oil I'm afraid to touch it. My bolts were pulling through the bottom block. I've seen these stands run anything from a Spitzy to a Saito .72 four stroke swinging a 14" prop.

Kim, I don't know if you recall ever coming across a F-82 twin that used 9 Cox Babe Bee's. I believe it was American Modeler. I could be wrong. I just gave some mags away and I think I gave this one away by mistake. The plane uses the F-82 profile layout with 84" wingspan. The mag had a girl holding the plane while it was on it's wingtip. Another pic showed the pitcrew of about 12 people. While some were running others were all refueling. I bet that sounded awesome. I'm sure that had quite a bit of power as well. Ken

Only problem I've had with the EZ-Just is that the wing nuts get in the way of mufflers on small engines like the Norvels and the MP Jet .061. I ran them without mufflers. Later I opted for the Norvel tank mount on a board. That handles Norvel .049, .061, and TD.

So far, 50 years of oil hasn't ruined my stand...but then, I use castor.

George

I must confess that all my test stands look like the one George posted in his third pic --- nothing more than a piece of plywood with a notch cut to accept the engine. For 1/2A beam mounts, I usually use one of the NORVEL tank mounts; for reedys, just a piece of plywood screwed to the side of a block.

andrew

George, I believe the real reason why mine went south was due to the loss of the roll pins that engage the engine lugs. I eliminated my wing nuts and went with hex nuts. I would really crank down on it especially when running some big blocks. This just pulled the carriage bolts through the bottom block. The bottom block really became oil soaked probably causing it to get soft. I'm really going to coat the new one with urethane real well. Ken

shawn cook wrote: I've successfully made a new E-Z Just stand out of scrap maple I had here. I changed the top wood clamps to steel. I just may make them out of wood again. My old stand is covered in so much oil I'm afraid to touch it. My bolts were pulling through the bottom block. I've seen these stands run anything from a Spitzy to a Saito .72 four stroke swinging a 14" prop.

Kim, I don't know if you recall ever coming across a F-82 twin that used 9 Cox Babe Bee's. I believe it was American Modeler. I could be wrong. I just gave some mags away and I think I gave this one away by mistake. The plane uses the F-82 profile layout with 84" wingspan. The mag had a girl holding the plane while it was on it's wingtip. Another pic showed the pitcrew of about 12 people. While some were running others were all refueling. I bet that sounded awesome. I'm sure that had quite a bit of power as well. Ken

Nope...I'd remember that !!! I'm still sorting magazines and will scan that if I see it !

I also had to swap out a wingnut for a standard hex to get enough clearance. Same thing with the stands I got from MECOA, but I haven't gotten around to adapting them a bit to make them easier to use. Still, really like their "Retro Look" though.

Kim wrote:

shawn cook wrote: I've successfully made a new E-Z Just stand out of scrap maple I had here. I changed the top wood clamps to steel. I just may make them out of wood again. My old stand is covered in so much oil I'm afraid to touch it. My bolts were pulling through the bottom block. I've seen these stands run anything from a Spitzy to a Saito .72 four stroke swinging a 14" prop.

Kim, I don't know if you recall ever coming across a F-82 twin that used 9 Cox Babe Bee's. I believe it was American Modeler. I could be wrong. I just gave some mags away and I think I gave this one away by mistake. The plane uses the F-82 profile layout with 84" wingspan. The mag had a girl holding the plane while it was on it's wingtip. Another pic showed the pitcrew of about 12 people. While some were running others were all refueling. I bet that sounded awesome. I'm sure that had quite a bit of power as well. Ken

Nope...I'd remember that !!! I'm still sorting magazines and will scan that if I see it !

I also had to swap out a wingnut for a standard hex to get enough clearance. Same thing with the stands I got from MECOA, but I haven't gotten around to adapting them a bit to make them easier to use. Still, really like their "Retro Look" though.

seems to me that plane was on the cover of RCM magazine during the 1980's. when i travelled during the early 80's i purchased all the model airplane magazines to pass the idle time, but usually only read the RCM.
happydad

p.s i built one of the wooden engine test stands out of a 1 1/2inch x 1 1/2inch wooden stake left over from my wifes garden. it took less than 1 hour and cost about $2.00 including hardware with wingnuts.