basslord1124
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A guy i went to school with messaged me out of the blue asking me that him and his dad had some planes they were wanting to sell (apparently they used to fly together) . So I ended up venturing down to his dads house to check things out.
He had a few more but I was more focused on these in the pics.
The Stick and P51 both used nitro engines. Can't remember the sizes unfortunately. The guy was telling me that the Stick style plane had a separate wire so that the glow plug always stayed lit in extreme maneuvers. The sport plane (Yak I'm guessing?) uses a 20cc gas engine.
Just wondering for those who are more familiar with IC powered models like these what your thoughts are and any other info that you think might assist me. As you all know I've mainly been flying FT and electric models.
From talking to him it seems most all were Tower Hobbies kits (he said the Stick one was a Carl Goldberg model), wings are obviously included just not in pics. I saw some hangar rash but all seemed pretty solid. It kinda looked like they were fixed up back in the FM radio days too. And all of them seemed to be in the 60"+ wingspan category.
Can't say I want all 3... actually I do, but my wallet isn't that fat at the moment. I may just get 1 for now and then maybe a 2nd one a little later. We shall see.
My choice would be to leave the gas one as gas, the nitro ones I'd be tempted to switch over to electric. But then a part of me would want to give nitro a shot... I just hate how expensive glow fuel is in relation to gas. Ugh I'm a little torn. He was offering $150 each for the nitro planes, and $250-$300 for the gasser.
Thoughts? Opinions?
He had a few more but I was more focused on these in the pics.
The Stick and P51 both used nitro engines. Can't remember the sizes unfortunately. The guy was telling me that the Stick style plane had a separate wire so that the glow plug always stayed lit in extreme maneuvers. The sport plane (Yak I'm guessing?) uses a 20cc gas engine.
Just wondering for those who are more familiar with IC powered models like these what your thoughts are and any other info that you think might assist me. As you all know I've mainly been flying FT and electric models.
From talking to him it seems most all were Tower Hobbies kits (he said the Stick one was a Carl Goldberg model), wings are obviously included just not in pics. I saw some hangar rash but all seemed pretty solid. It kinda looked like they were fixed up back in the FM radio days too. And all of them seemed to be in the 60"+ wingspan category.
Can't say I want all 3... actually I do, but my wallet isn't that fat at the moment. I may just get 1 for now and then maybe a 2nd one a little later. We shall see.
My choice would be to leave the gas one as gas, the nitro ones I'd be tempted to switch over to electric. But then a part of me would want to give nitro a shot... I just hate how expensive glow fuel is in relation to gas. Ugh I'm a little torn. He was offering $150 each for the nitro planes, and $250-$300 for the gasser.
Thoughts? Opinions?
). If you do convert them to electric, you'll be paying a LOT more for your electric gear (motor, ESC, batteries, etc) than you will for the glow fuel you will need to run them over the next few years. Big electric setups get expensive fast, and with every electric conversion I've done I've been disappointed with the performance as I typically had to add a bunch of nose weight. The models come out a pound or two heavier than they should be. Additionally, it's a headache to set up! You have to figure out where to put the batteries and how to access them. I love glow, but I do have the privilege of finding glow fuel for $10-$15 a gallon at swap meets, and when I run out I mix my own for about $20/gallon. That makes it a lot easier to run glow engines.
