OK Mike, what a cryptic message...

OK, after some dinking around, I got it to run.  The fuel tank didn't feed; when I pulled the back off, I found the sealant that had been used around the joint (to stop leaks I suppose) had found its way into the end of the pickup tube...nicely sealed. 

I put a balloon tank on it and it started and ran fine...well, as far as I know. It ran smooth anyhow. And it does sound like a deranged mosquito. I tach'ed it at 24k which seems a little low for an .010? The paper that came with it seemed to suggest 27-28k as more the norm. But I'm using old 15% fuel too, maybe with higher nitro the rpms will come up. (Mike, how much time is on the engine?  Is it broken in? Does it need to loosen up more?)

 I ran it in my basement and it set the smoke alarm off! You wouldn't think such a tiny little thing would produce that much exhaust...

Anyway, I'm still sure it will fly my Queen Bee just fine. I just have to work out a way to get my little balloon tank on there (really a "finger" tank...using a finger from a latex glove. Works well with the .020s too).  If you recall the Queen Bee design, the bellcrank is immediately behind the firewall...no space for a tank.  I'll figure something out.

--Ray

P.S. By the way, Mike how did you get the thing mounted in its sidewinder configuration?  The one mounting screw is directly behind the cylinder. Can't mount the tank first and then the engine, it attaches from the back...I can't see a way to do it other than removing the cylinder which I didn't want to do. (Shhh, don't tell anyone, I ran it with just one screw holding it to my test board.)  I'll change it to upright, or inverted, for the Queen Bee.

When I was a kid, I used to run the prime out of an .020 held in my hand to impress my friends...when I'd do it in my bedroom my mother would have a cow.

I have the .010 mounted on my Queen Bee; I think I'll try the (unsealed) integral tank first.

--Ray

Hey Ray
I ran the .010 only on the bench mayde three times to break it in. Never was in a plane. I intended to put it in a really tiny pearl FF model but never got around to it. Yes the tank will not hold fuel I tryed many times and sealers. as you know. Did I send a wrench with it as I found one for it on my bench last night? I ran it on 25% sig fuel and yes the head seal was bad thats whay I took it out. The glow head is the one that came with it. I thought I had some more but can't find them. If I find them I'll send them to you. So the glow head is a little suspect I'd get a new one and see if that helps the little jewel run better. Brodak and I think S&S hobbies list them. As for mounting I used allen screws and a ball end driver.
 Worked for me.

P. S. I don't think it's completely broken in.

Thanks Mike...I kinda suspected maybe the .010 wasn't yet run in entirely.  I'll run a few more tanks through it and see if it picks up any rpms. 

You did send a wrench, thanks, and some extra props (tiny! 3x 1.25!). Yeah, any glowheads you run across, send 'em on...we'll keep everything of an .010 nature together. 

$12 + for a glowhead.  Hmmmmph.  Maybe Galbreath ought to make some .010 conversion heads for the Nelson plug...no, I think the Nelson plug is bigger diameter than the cylinder!

--Ray

Hey Ray
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