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Title: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: LARRY RICE on May 27, 2008, 09:18:38 AM: This is a prototype of a kit that is do out in about two months from Black Hawk Models.....note the Gilbert engibe in it?
Larry
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Jim Thomerson on May 27, 2008, 09:47:26 AM: Is that the Phantom that I think it is? Of UK origin? Are we going to have Phantom racing over here also?
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: LARRY RICE on May 27, 2008, 01:49:02 PM: Yes, Jim, that is it. It is the counter-part to our Perky. I can see races between the two models. There is another picture in the Speed section.
Larry
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: dankar on May 27, 2008, 04:49:56 PM: Now that looks great. I was tempted with a Perky but to ugly. This looks real good.
Dan #^ :o ;D
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Dalton Hammett on May 28, 2008, 06:35:21 AM: Hi Larry ---That looks great.. I have been using the Gilbert .11 engines for trainers for kids to fly. Usually
in a Sig Buster or Shoestring. The engines do pretty well and seem to be easy to start - I have been very
lucky to have been able to buy NEW engines and can get parts easily. I have one of your Tenderfoot kits I am going to put a Gilbert in.

I am very interested in you kit when it comes out.

Dalton Hammett
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Alan Hahn on May 28, 2008, 10:47:58 PM: That tail sure reminds me of a Ringmaster! It is a cool looking old plane. But I need to get my Perky finished first.
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Robert McHam on June 01, 2008, 09:02:02 PM: Anyone else using Gilbert engines?

Robert
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Mike Lauerman on June 09, 2008, 12:39:26 PM: Oh, I love that! My next kit! I have two .11 Gilberts, haven't fired them yet. (they are new ones also)
What a beautiful airplane! P47 Jug-ish, wing is gorgeous. Upright engine, Ringmaster-type elevator. This one will nostaligate me every time I pick it up!
Thanks for the Heads Up!
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: dankar on June 10, 2008, 01:13:55 PM: I have a nice Webra 1.5CC Record Diesel should work well.
Cheers,Dan y1
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: dennis lipsett on June 17, 2008, 07:58:34 AM: Quote from: dankar on June 10, 2008, 01:13:55 PM
I have a nice Webra 1.5CC Record Diesel should work well.
Cheers,Dan y1

Dan,
The Webra 09 diesel is a nice engine but i think that if I get one of these I'm going to use my Webra 12 RE. I'll need 52 ft lines just to keep up with it. Should be fun.
Dennis
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Dwayne on June 20, 2008, 01:26:37 PM: I had one of those, an .074 I think only ran it once then it got lost in a move...rats!
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: dankar on June 26, 2008, 12:15:19 PM: I don't know for sure but I heard Johnson made the engines for Gilbert.
Dan
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Dalton Hammett on June 26, 2008, 01:07:58 PM: ***For information, A man named Stephen Brown in York Haven, Pa. apparently bought a wharehouse
that had new Gilbert equipment stored in it. I bought a number of new engines and parts from him and
received everything fine includingf original Gilbert glow heads. The only thing I haven't been able to get are
the spinners that snapped into the Gilbert props.

Dalton Hammett
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Dennis Moritz on June 26, 2008, 08:49:33 PM: Weird goes with weird. Putting a Gilbert in a P39. Kismet. (Fate.)
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Robert McHam on July 11, 2008, 02:15:59 PM: Quote from: Dennis Moritz on June 26, 2008, 08:49:33 PM
Weird goes with weird. Putting a Gilbert in a P39. Kismet. (Fate.)

If you think that is weird, try wrapping your head around this:
How about two Gilberts on a Grumman Skyrocket? I have been toying with this idea enough that I thought I would take a pic or two and show them around. This picture shows the idea best. For more pics check out my build thread.

Robert
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Dalton Hammett on July 11, 2008, 05:59:56 PM: ****That is neat. I'd like to see that one in the air. I had thought about two of them of an old
Sterling Lighting kit I have but havn't gotten around to it yet.

Dalton H.
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Richard Grogan on July 11, 2008, 11:28:43 PM: Has anyone done a Gilbert glow head mod to make it take short standard plugs? I have a NIB .11 but haven't ran it because of the weird glow head.(I have one spare) Doesnt look like it would be too hard to do..
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Dalton Hammett on July 12, 2008, 06:21:15 AM: ***Dave Evar in Cleveland said he could do one for me if I send him a head and an engine to use to
center it properly. I haven't done it yet because the heads have been lasting quite a while and
right now are fairly easy to get.

Dalton H.
Title: Re: WERE DOES A GILBERT ENGINE GO?
Post by: Robert McHam on July 12, 2008, 11:30:58 AM: Quote from: Richard Grogan on July 11, 2008, 11:28:43 PM
Has anyone done a Gilbert glow head mod to make it take short standard plugs? I have a NIB .11 but haven't ran it because of the weird glow head.(I have one spare) Doesnt look like it would be too hard to do..

Probably would not be hard to do but since it hasn't been made yet, why not go with a turbo plug instead?
I have read plenty about conversion heads for the Cox engines and most swear that by using the standard type plug you lose 1,000 RPM! Using a Turbo head adaptor negates that loss because the plug seals at the bottom by using a tapered seal.

That question should belong in a different thread as you can see it can lead away from its original purpose. We don't want to hijack the man's thread!

Robert