1946 Super Cyclone .604 (10cc) Vintage Spark Ignition Engine 

I have one of these and I just can't get over how good they look

I loved this. I have one from my father. He was multi-champion in Canada around that time of the engine.

I inherited one these from my late father, remember him bench running it when I was a child in the '60s. Also have a green top Taplin twin and DC tornado twin. Not really sure what to do with them as my children are not interested. Do not want to throw them in the skip, thought about mounting on wooden stands and offering to a museum.

Great sounding engine. Look forward to seeing this great engine on a nice vintage airplane.

Now that brought back memories. My dad used to fly those. Had one in a scratch built Firebird from the 1939 AMA year book

Sounds great, love to see it in a nice vintage model, full power straight up.... Thermal hunting glide.

Nice video. I fly a couple of them. Two on control line planes, and one on an old free flight converted to R/C. They are fairly light weight engines for that time, compared to many others. I have been using stove fuel mixed with Walmart Super Tech 2 stroke non detergent oil 3 to1. It runs cooler and cleaner than anything I have tried. I have been running it for several years with seemingly no wear issues at all.

very cool

Great video dude..well done

Good video Mark, very smooth at the lower RPM's.

fantastic, what a lovely engine

Hello Sir , Excellent engine, please, could you show your next video about the connection cdi and what voltage for this Super cyclone 604 engine.Thanks.

This is the engine shown on my current build plan Mark, that's the Mercury IV, sounds fantastic, perhaps I need to fit a sound card to go with the electric motor?

Great engine. Have an Ohlson and Rice 60 that I'll have to try. Have you got a plane to put it in?

Interesting little engine. It is the fisrt I've seen with the exhaust on the left (right, depending your POV) side. Using typical petro fuel(s), It would be cheap to run compared to todays 2 cycle model engines...

What a fantastic Engine,--Mark-can you get these running on a "glow-plug"-instead of a "plug & coil"-set up ??

What a beautiful motor. I love the sound of spark ignition engines, that crackling sound. We're you running the motor using electronic ignition or condenser ? Lovely find Mark.

Hi Mark I know nothing about these motors. what it the front leaver - throttle ? What is all the linkage attached to this leaver. The next leaver I get, that is mixture. It's not nitro ? Just 2T ? Then how does the ignition work, does it have some sort of pickup like a lawn mower and have a spark box /cdi/coil . in 46 they they didn't have RC transceivers and servo's, so what was it used with ? string hand lines

Hi Mark. What do you use for your coil and condensor on these engines ? I have a bantam 19 like the sort in your diamond demon that I would like to get running so was wondering what / where you get the old school items to get it running

Be careful not to over tighten the timer; they’re quite fragile compared to the Anderson. And, any alcohol in the fuel will eventually destroy that pristine tank.