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Engine basics => Engine set up tips => Topic started by: Mike Griffin on June 17, 2009, 03:35:48 PM

Title: Brodak .049
Post by: Mike Griffin on June 17, 2009, 03:35:48 PM

Can anyone tell me either pro or con if they have had any experience with the Brodak .049 engine?  I want to put one on a pod that will power my sailplane.  Or does anyone have any other suggestions for .049 engines and where I may find them.

Thank you

Mike

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: Rod Lamer on June 17, 2009, 04:18:03 PM

ME TOO! I'm in the  market for a gently used one, .049 or .061, standard with muffler.

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: john e. holliday on June 18, 2009, 07:14:37 AM

The ones I have run great on the bench and are easy starting.  Haven't got them in the air yet.  Will soon tho.  DOC Holliday

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: Rod Lamer on June 18, 2009, 06:31:27 PM

Tease me some more John...LOL

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: john e. holliday on June 19, 2009, 07:20:07 AM

I am in the process of geting tank on the plane.  When the wind get below twenty I will fly it.  DOC Holliday

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: Don Curry AMA 267060 on June 19, 2009, 04:05:24 PM

I have one on a Jr. Flight Streak. I had a problem at first wiht poor fuel draw. I removed the spray bar and found a machining burr in the hole. I used a small wire to flex it a few times until it broke off then flushed it out. The engine runs fine now and is fairly easy starting cold but floods easily when warm or hot. I let it coll a little between flights and it starts fine. It does not have as mush power as the high performance Cox engins but is a very nice sport flier.
Don

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: Alan Hahn on June 19, 2009, 08:14:25 PM

Quote from: Mike Griffin on June 17, 2009, 03:35:48 PM

Can anyone tell me either pro or con if they have had any experience with the Brodak .049 engine?  I want to put one on a pod that will power my sailplane.  Or does anyone have any other suggestions for .049 engines and where I may find them.

Thank you

Mike

If you are concerned about the power, you might consider the 061 version. I'm guessing that externally it is about the same as the 049, and for your application there really isn't any reason to stick with an "official" 1/2A engine.

At least with the Norvel 049/061 pair, the 061 made a lot more power and was a bit friendlier in applications than the 049 where you didn't need to worry about official displacement.

Title: Re: Brodak .049
Post by: Larry Renger on June 22, 2009, 04:56:00 PM

Much has been written in the 1/2 A forum about this engine.  Do a search.