76" Tiger Moth Project.

[bicyclemonkey]

I'm going to be picking this project up again soon. I've spent most of the summer selling the house and moving to the new house. Most of my modeling supplies had been packed away as to keep the old house tidy for unexpected showings. All sold and moved in the new house and ready to start building.

I ended up choosing to go with an RCG 20cc gas from HobbyKing (I bought an ASP 1.20 four stroke just in case, though).



and the pitts style muffler.

 

[colorex]

Moving? I hope the new place has a room for all your planes!

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Moving? I hope the new place has a room for all your planes!

I'll hang some in the garage, some that don't fly much will stay in the storage unit and the giant planes will stay in the new decked-out airplane trailer!

 

[Ak Flyer]

I can't wait to hear your review of the RGC gas engine. I've been wondering if they were a quality unit. I still want to try their 15cc engine on my cub. I would love to hear your opinion of the asp four stroke as well.
I'm a bit pleasantly surprised though, I thought you were sold on going electric.

 

[bicyclemonkey]

I can't wait to hear your review of the RGC gas engine. I've been wondering if they were a quality unit. I still want to try their 15cc engine on my cub. I would love to hear your opinion of the asp four stroke as well.
I'm a bit pleasantly surprised though, I thought you were sold on going electric.

I decided against electric b/c I have a slightly larger Tiger Moth from Hobby-Lobby that's already set up for electric..it already has an electric motor mount and a built in battery hatch. That way I won't have to hack up this model by trying to cut out a battery hatch or glue in a battery tray.

 

[bicyclemonkey]

I can't wait to hear your review of the RGC gas engine. I've been wondering if they were a quality unit. I still want to try their 15cc engine on my cub. I would love to hear your opinion of the asp four stroke as well.
I'm a bit pleasantly surprised though, I thought you were sold on going electric.

I got the 20cc in the other day and the pitts muffler from HobbyKing was a little too wide at the header to fit inside the cowl. It's 1-1/16".

Jtec makes on that's only 1/2" wide that should fit just fine.

I'll take some more pics this evening of the 20cc and some together with the 1.20 4c for size comparison. The interesting thing is that HK sells this 20cc as the brand being "RCG". On the box it states it's made by "RCGF", who are the Aerovate people. I found a lot more stuff on the webs about this engine if you google RCGF

 

[bicyclemonkey]

I can't wait to hear your review of the RGC gas engine. I've been wondering if they were a quality unit. I still want to try their 15cc engine on my cub. I would love to hear your opinion of the asp four stroke as well.
I'm a bit pleasantly surprised though, I thought you were sold on going electric.

Hey, AK, I'm adding side by side comparison photos to the thread you started earlier about HK engines. I thought it might fit better there.

http://forum.flitetest.com/showthre...erience-with-Hobbyking-s-gas-motors-Not-nitro

 

[Ak Flyer]

Cool I just checked them out. I'm getting excited again, but I'm running out of summer. It's going to be an over the winter project now.

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Wow, time flies! It's time to start this one up again!

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Too much wood glue discolored the covering film...More to replace, later.

 

[bicyclemonkey]

I got the firewall lined out for mounting the engine.

Which will be....

The 1.20 four stroke I recently had converted to electronic ignition.

 

[Ron B]

did you use a remote to get that selfie so it wouldn't look like a selfie?

 

[bicyclemonkey]

Timer on the camera there buddy.