How Many Here still Running Large 2 Strokes On Glow Fuel

[Santa Cruz]

I continue to run my O.S 160FX engines. They are powerful easy maintenance, and just reliable engines. I have been using them the last 12 years or so. As a matter of fact a few years back O.S quit manufacturing them because more guys were turning to gas. Sad to see that. So i got a hold of my zone director who buys up estates of R/C gear. I really wanted another one.

I asked him if he could get me one, he said, the day i called him, he thought there was 1 in the gear he just purchased a couple of days before. He said he would get back to me, next day he sent me a couple of pics, we came to a price and i snapped it up right away. He was telling me, he had many that wanted to get their hands on one. I am so happy to have it. I have 3 of them on three of my fav planes.

Here's a pick of the one i got, was like new, maybe a tank of fuel was run through it at the time.

 

[LitterBug]

I prefer the cleanliness of electric. We do have a handful of gassers at the field.

 

[bisco]

i haven't run glow since 1968

 

[Mr Man]

I'd like to give it a shot some time, probably buy a used model from a hobby shop

 

[Santa Cruz]

I like the larger 2 stroke glow engines they sound great. The O.S 160s the Moki 180s nice engines.

 

[Santa Cruz]

I'd like to give it a shot some time, probably buy a used model from a hobby shop

I encourage you to give it a go.

 

[LitterBug]

I have an OS .40 Max FP that has never been run. Bought it when I built a Sig Kadet kit from sticks back in the 80's. Had it in an ARF at one point too. Never flew either.

 

[Piotrsko]

I have an OS .40 Max FP that has never been run. Bought it when I built a Sig Kadet kit from sticks back in the 80's. Had it in an ARF at one point too. Never flew either.

Drool.... one flip starts, runs until the tank is visibly empty, flies .60 planes and reliably idles.

 

[Bricks]

Still have a few glows around what killed them is the price of glow fuel I have converted many from glow to fuel, way way cheaper to fly and a lot less clean up. There is nothing that smells better then a running glow engine.

 

[bisco]

i had an os max .35, ran exactly as piotrsko describes. a thing of beauty. also had a different make, smaller.
extremely hard to start and poor idle. drove me crazy

 

[Santa Cruz]

Still have a few glows around what killed them is the price of glow fuel I have converted many from glow to fuel, way way cheaper to fly and a lot less clean up. There is nothing that smells better then a running glow engine.

I have very little cleanup, practically zero, using the Pitt style muffler. But you are right about the cost of glow being more expensive than gasoline. I paid $50 a gallon this year. The year before it was $25 the cost for me is due to tariffs. I am told by my friend and shop owner , he can only get it now in the quart sizes, no longer gallon. The cost will be $35 a quart, i burned 4 gallons last year do the math.

I have been in the hobby will be 35 years next year, so i will run glow til i leave the hobby. Too old to turn my engines over to gasoline now. And the extra cost not worth it for me.

 

[LitterBug]

NEW old stock

 

[Piotrsko]

Thing of beauty. Have its smaller brother: a 19 but is missing the front mount hole left side.

You guys do know that hot rod shops can make or get fuel? Bit cheaper but not by much.

 

[Bricks]

Thing of beauty. Have its smaller brother: a 19 but is missing the front mount hole left side.

You guys do know that hot rod shops can make or get fuel? Bit cheaper but not by much.

I tried to get our club to start making our own to get real good pricing ethanol needs to be bought in 55 gallon drums, nitro methane in 5 gallon lots. Then just need any good 2 cycle synthetic oil with maybe just a touch of castor oil to help in case of a lean running engine.