Usually there are flyers at Whittier Narrows both weekend days from about 9:00 till Noon.  I believe that John Wright and Joel Chesler also fly on Wednesdays.  Our next contest is the weekend after next, a 2 day affair, the Palmer Memorial.  We are flying the 1cc models on Saturday.  For details, go to KOTRC.org

Only Stan Tyler is flying an electric, and that only occasionally.  You can find out more on the electric forum section, I expect.

Sorry, not familiar with the "Stinger" motor.  Is it a version of the Cox RTF engine?  Perhaps a clone of the original Killer Bee?  If so, I would do a minimum of 40' lines, probably 45' with cautious flying and cut the lines shorter as needed.

I am too far away to attend the contest but, if you have the plane ready to fly.  The guys may give you some help during a lull in competition or after days rounds are flown.  I know a few of the guys/gals from attending the VSC in Arizona and they are a great bunch.   

well I was going through my cox stuff and found another baby bee back plate that has a good fit on the needle. It's one of the grey plastic ones that has one vent with a nipple and one vent that is just a small hole next to the other. I never liked the plastic ones so it is probably brand new.I refaced the rear of the crank case and lapped it to the tank. I used a small piece of fuel tubing to replace the worn out o-ring and replaced the pick up with some new tubing. I did get the cylinder to seal with some rtv. No more leaks but It still doesn't want to run a full tank. The guy I got it from had tried to re-port the cylinder and opened it up to far, It actually has a small hole where he ground through the cylinder wall. To bad because it started out as a #7 texaco cylinder. I'm going to try it on a bladder and see if that helps. I got my order from Cox International today, lots of new spare parts and a new stinger motor. I'm really happy with the parts fit on the stinger.The block and cylinder are soaking in some castor oil right now.I will start breaking it in on sat. It looks like it is infact an easystart crank assembly with a estes td sub inducion cylinder and piston, and a #325 head. Kind of a venom want to be. But it should be a screamer maby as good as a venom if I put a td head on it. I aslo got another sub induction cylinder & piston might try it on my baby bee, might keep it as a spare and order a easy start cylinder for it if I can't get the #7 to work.

My baby ringmaster came out nose heavy and I had to add .5 oz of lead to the rear of the fuse. with the baby bee on it. I'm thinking that if I use the backplate that came with the stinger and a bladder mounted on the wing I can remove at least .25 oz from the rear and take the weight down to 4.25 oz. I'v been looking all around the house to find something to put the bladder in. So far it looks like it will be one of those travel asprin bottles
holds about 3/4 oz. of fuel. If all goes to plan I wil maiden it on tue or wed.


   

2-1/2 minutes on the Black Widow/Golden Bee tank with a hot front end is pretty typical.  The Texaco could get way more, but had a .063" dia. venturi and a head with extra fins for cooling.  It could run an 8" prop (real slow) for well over 5 minutes.  Couldn't power anything but a very light freeflight, though.