Well done excellent instructions. As someone brought up on diesels and later to glows I hope you have de mystified the process for new converts. I accept electric is the future but my heart goes with internal combustion.😊
Conor that was an excellent video and I enjoyed it very much. You explained everything perfectly and in nice detail and also in a simplified manner so that new pilots to the RC hobby could understand. Well done and happy landings. Kind regards Aidan.
Thanks a million Aidan! I hope it will inspire some flyers to explore IC engines. Hope you have managed to get a few flights in, great to see the updates on your channel. C.
Conor, reacquainting my self with the sport again after many years, appreciate every aspect of the production...funny enough first plane off the rank Boomerang! Keep up the good work mate!
Really nice introduction to the basics of glow engines. I think a great service would be to shoot a video (or a series of them) for the person possibly interested in glow engines for model airplanes. My first question would be is every internal combustion engine used by a model plane a glow engine? Are there other types of fuel engines that model airplanes use? If a person had to keep their plane inside their house and not their garage would an internal combustion engine stink the place up? Are their different sizes of glow engines?
I could be incorrect but it looks like your cylinder sleeve is rotated from where it should be. My MDS .40 has one opening in the sleeve for the exhaust side and the other sides have that type of split opening seen here.
Hi I have a important question….. I have a .46 magnum xl 2 stroke engine that for some odd reason keeps rotating backwards. It has never done that before and the prop gave me a painful cut because of it. It also has trouble staying alive and I just don’t know what to do. Do you know or have any clues on how to fix this problem?
Try to start it with a starter. Maybe your fuel tank is places wrong, so the engine gets flooded. Glow engines can start backward, when they have too much fuel in them.
@@piratelechuck1911 It is not nitromethane. Glow fuel consists of mostly methanol, some oil, and 5-30 % nitromethane( 5-20% is fine for most engines) The nitromethane aids combustion when combined with the rhodium element of the glow plug. Some glow engines will run with FAI fuel which is 0% nitromethane, and the 30% is primarily for helis and some cars. “Nitro” is just a buzzword that developed in the RC car community, and was derived probably from top fuel drag racing speak.
@@piratelechuck1911 Nitrotane is a brand of glow fuel produced by Losi, a popular RC car brand. It’s blend makeup is just as I described. Again, they are using the word Nitro in their name because it is a popular buzzword.
Hi, the engine is an MDS 78. Engines like this or from other brands should be available from your local RC hobby store, or online. I have an entire series on how to build from plans, you should check out! ru-vid.com/group/PLe-iUPi8flS6mozybM6IbL0hoC0ltbpHu
I hv watched those videos. Description doesn’t give type of materials , and construction not clear for me. But it’s good video. I will keep watching over and over again till I get everything right . Thnx
Have a look at the comments to this video, there's a full list of the materials used. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ORbrF-aIA7s.html Take your time to understand the plans you use, and read RC magazines, they are very good at describing construction methods. Hopefully these videos give you guidance to help you in your build.
