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Shell Shocks First Cox Build
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Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
hmmm, i think i have a few of those lying around (year 1 robotics in college)
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Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
shell shock wrote:hmmm, i think i have a few of those lying around (year 1 robotics in college)
Voltage booster or battery? I could use a booster.
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ah ha ha ha... trust me.. you dont want a SS brand booster.... i think i have 1 1/2 working out of 4
i made em my self. if i can find the parts list and diagram, you want a copy?
i made em my self. if i can find the parts list and diagram, you want a copy?
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Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
shell shock wrote:ah ha ha ha... trust me.. you dont want a SS brand booster.... i think i have 1 1/2 working out of 4
i made em my self. if i can find the parts list and diagram, you want a copy?
Is it just a simple step up transformer?
I have made a few in my time Matt if these are what you need they not too hard to make go from 5 coils to 10 and the voltage doubles or from 10-5 and it halves (that is a simple one) but use more coils and you need an iron core.
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shell shock wrote:ah ha ha ha... trust me.. you dont want a SS brand booster.... i think i have 1 1/2 working out of 4
i made em my self. if i can find the parts list and diagram, you want a copy?
Sure, that'd be great.
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shell shock wrote:...I only had 10% nitro, 50% caster on me, so i tried to run it off a tank of that. It ran for like 10 secs (just wanted to make sure it wasnt a dud). man, what a sweet little engine.
Back to the fuel...is this something you mixed yourself with just castor and nitro?
Methanol is the power ingredient in fuel. It is also methanol that has a catalytic reaction with the glow plug to sustain combustion after you remove the booster.
You can run the engine WITHOUT nitro, as a matter of fact many people do. I often run 10% nitro.
George
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gcb wrote:shell shock wrote:...I only had 10% nitro, 50% caster on me, so i tried to run it off a tank of that. It ran for like 10 secs (just wanted to make sure it wasnt a dud). man, what a sweet little engine.
Back to the fuel...is this something you mixed yourself with just castor and nitro?
Methanol is the power ingredient in fuel. It is also methanol that has a catalytic reaction with the glow plug to sustain combustion after you remove the booster.
You can run the engine WITHOUT nitro, as a matter of fact many people do. I often run 10% nitro.
George
Yes it is a key ingredient and engines have been run using other fuel instead of nitro but all these fuels had methanol or ethanol in them, methanol is better.
Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
its a 10% nitro premix outa all the oil, 50% is caster :3
also, update,
i have chosen to rebuild in balsa. same style and shape, but way better built. im not sure how Xjet does it, but i found it way to difficult to keep any tolerance on parts with the core flute.
body 18" length 1.5" width 2" height.
i will try to have pics up tomm
gcb wrote:
Back to the fuel...is this something you mixed yourself with just castor and nitro?
George
also, update,
i have chosen to rebuild in balsa. same style and shape, but way better built. im not sure how Xjet does it, but i found it way to difficult to keep any tolerance on parts with the core flute.
body 18" length 1.5" width 2" height.
i will try to have pics up tomm
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Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
50% caster? or are you saying the oil is 50% caster and 50% syn.? What is the total oil?
As a rule small bore engines like lots of nitro, for a .020, i'd use at at least 15-25% nitro, 20%-25% oil, depending on % of castor.
As a rule small bore engines like lots of nitro, for a .020, i'd use at at least 15-25% nitro, 20%-25% oil, depending on % of castor.
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Mark Boesen wrote:50% caster? or are you saying the oil is 50% caster and 50% syn.? What is the total oil?
As a rule small bore engines like lots of nitro, for a .020, i'd use at at least 15-25% nitro, 20%-25% oil, depending on % of castor.
In all my 1/2a and smaller or vintage glow engines I run 25%nitro 20% castor oil and 65% methanol.
I reinforce flutes using carbon fibre rods and glue it together using a glue gun.
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Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
I had a firebird they were really terrible planes but so damn fun mine got lost in a tree.
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nitroairplane wrote:I had a firebird they were really terrible planes but so damn fun mine got lost in a tree.
I remember learning to fly on one... i kept thinking to myself, im a horrid pilot.. till i got my first real trainer. the slow stick. then i released that its just the plane XP
All in all, once i adjusted everything, it was a pretty good flyer.
Update, started designing the tail section
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shell shock wrote:nitroairplane wrote:I had a firebird they were really terrible planes but so damn fun mine got lost in a tree.
I remember learning to fly on one... i kept thinking to myself, im a horrid pilot.. till i got my first real trainer. the slow stick. then i released that its just the plane XP
All in all, once i adjusted everything, it was a pretty good flyer.
Update, started designing the tail section
I bought it to teach my nephew to fly but I ended up crashing it before he got the chance to touch it lol.
But I was actually a good rc pilot and still managed to crash it.
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nitroairplane wrote:shell shock wrote:nitroairplane wrote:I had a firebird they were really terrible planes but so damn fun mine got lost in a tree.
I remember learning to fly on one... i kept thinking to myself, im a horrid pilot.. till i got my first real trainer. the slow stick. then i released that its just the plane XP
All in all, once i adjusted everything, it was a pretty good flyer.
Update, started designing the tail section
I bought it to teach my nephew to fly but I ended up crashing it before he got the chance to touch it lol.
But I was actually a good rc pilot and still managed to crash it.
My uncle had that one, (still does) He flew it off over the trees when he got it some years ago, about 2 months later it was returned to him in full working order.
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microflitedude wrote:nitroairplane wrote:shell shock wrote:nitroairplane wrote:I had a firebird they were really terrible planes but so damn fun mine got lost in a tree.
I remember learning to fly on one... i kept thinking to myself, im a horrid pilot.. till i got my first real trainer. the slow stick. then i released that its just the plane XP
All in all, once i adjusted everything, it was a pretty good flyer.
Update, started designing the tail section
I bought it to teach my nephew to fly but I ended up crashing it before he got the chance to touch it lol.
But I was actually a good rc pilot and still managed to crash it.
My uncle had that one, (still does) He flew it off over the trees when he got it some years ago, about 2 months later it was returned to him in full working order.
Well maybe I'm your uncle then:)
Well it shows they are resilient doesnt it.
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Dun Dun Dun!
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shell shock wrote:Dun Dun Dun!
When finish it do you reckon you could put a video of it on YouTube ?
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thats the plan ^_^
and with my midterms almost over, i should have it finished by the end of next week. (if the RX ever gets here, damn it canada post, being slow and stuff)
SS
and with my midterms almost over, i should have it finished by the end of next week. (if the RX ever gets here, damn it canada post, being slow and stuff)
SS
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shell shock wrote:thats the plan ^_^
and with my midterms almost over, i should have it finished by the end of next week. (if the RX ever gets here, damn it canada post, being slow and stuff)
SS
Well, taking that into account, I believe I'll hijack one last time with a some memories.
Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
microflitedude wrote:shell shock wrote:thats the plan ^_^
and with my midterms almost over, i should have it finished by the end of next week. (if the RX ever gets here, damn it canada post, being slow and stuff)
SS
Well, taking that into account, I believe I'll hijack one last time with a some memories.
Wow nice I had a red and yellow one.
Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
i had the yellow and black one. try putting a .049 on the back of that! remove the motor...
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Re: Shell Shocks First Cox Build
i think it would be nice with a .020 pusher on it and i nice little throttle ring.shell shock wrote:i had the yellow and black one. try putting a .049 on the back of that! remove the motor...
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hmmm... DO IT!
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shell shock wrote:hmmm... DO IT!
Bah I no longer have a firebird and am going to sell my throttle ring to MF dude.
So Matt.........
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