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True Nostalgia Carrier Engines
bdt-m:
What real Nostalgia PC Carrier engines look like; 1975 era.... y1
First picture Duke Fox signed Fox .36, #2 of the first 3 made. Engine #1 was used to Win the 1975 Nat's.
Second Picture Fox Box
Third Picture The "Temporary Owner's Manual"
We can't expect these 1975 era engines to compete with modern engines; the 20 engine bonus points should be 80-100 to level the playing field.
bill bischoff:
I don't remember the exact details, but we found a Fox factory LH crank that worked in this engine. I'm sure Paul Smith will know which one it is. VD~
Paul Smith:
--- Quote from: bill bischoff on June 20, 2023, 05:32:07 PM ---I don't remember the exact details, but we found a Fox factory LH crank that worked in this engine. I'm sure Paul Smith will know which one it is. VD~
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I fiddled with two or three of those engines with no success. I never witnessed anybody else who got good or even fair performance.
bdt-m:
--- Quote from: Paul Smith on June 21, 2023, 06:25:14 AM ---I fiddled with two or three of those engines with no success. I never witnessed anybody else who got good or even fair performance.
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--- Quote from: bill bischoff on June 20, 2023, 05:32:07 PM ---I don't remember the exact details, but we found a Fox factory LH crank that worked in this engine. I'm sure Paul Smith will know which one it is. VD~
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Agreed, the Fox.36 PC engine was not as good of a performer as expected. To get it to run strong required a very particular propeller combination of diameter & pitch, and even then, it was not on par with a C35 Super Tigre. Besides the 75 Nat's win, the .36 Fox PC engine #1 was never run again (as well as #2 & #3 sitting in a box for 48 years), however; Duke Fox was extremely happy at the fact his engine won the Nat's. #^
Paul Smith:
Hummmm,,
I flew in the 1975 Nats and it looked like ALL ST 35CRC to me. At that time the law of the land was "stock plain bearing throttled engines".
I assembled a Mongoose with one of those Fox Carrier Specials for the local hobby dealer and it just didn't work. That's not to say the others didn't work. Spotty quality was a Fox standard, at least until the Mark III Combat & beyond.
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