I have a couple of old Cameron engines in my collection,  .15 &  .19,   anyone have any experience with these and can say how good they are.   My .15 appears to have very little use and the .19 is still NIB.

Dalton H.

Hello Dalton,
  Floyd is correct in his comments. The early side port Camerons on spark, looked very much like the Ohlson 19 and 23 sideports. But that is where the resemblance ends. They were of excellent construction and materials, a quality product, quite unlike the Ohlsons and more powerful to boot! The first of the FRV glows were made for the Cox car operation, before Cox started to make the famous line of Cox engines. The later .15s were again very well made but not exactly powerhouses. They came in both lapped and ringed versions. The Cameron brothers stayed in engine production for a very long time, closing down in the late 60s if my memory is correct.
  Enjoy the engines for what they are, a very well crafted and long lasting product. if not quite in the top league for performance. I would not part with mine!

Regards,

Andrew

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  Thanks for the information,   I notice they are a bit smaller than other .15s and .19s I have.   I think both are still new , might build something over the winter to play with them a bit.

They are very light engines.  I learned to fly on a Cameron 19.  I used one to power a Mackey Profile in Classic at  the 1998 VSC.  A friend had a 15 on a Jr. Magician and was very happy with it.  The 19 came out in 1952 so is an OTS era engine.