I found my dads old fox59 paper work indicates it has about 1 hp. I thought an La46 had more power than that. I was thinking of putting either one of these in a stuntwagon. This is going to be a sport plane not any kind of competition. Looking for suggesions Thanks John

Both engines will fly the plane, the Fox .59 will be somewhat uniqe while the LA .46 will be very mundane. I would opt for the Fox .59 myself.

Hi John,

There will be no problems associated with using a Fox .59 in a Stuntwagon 60.  Charlie Reeves did just that, and IIRC, won OTS at the NATS with his.  Tommy Luper, another outstanding OTS pilot has used th eFox .59 with success.  Charlie also uses a Fox .59 Long Shaft in the Big Job he published in FM.  And I will do the same when I get to build my Big Job (if my buddy ever sends me my Fox .59 Long Shaft!  what's three years among friends! I think it is just a matter of slow travel from the West Coast...... LOL!!)

For you purposes "I" would rather use the Fox .59!  Be warned, however, IT IS LOUD!!!!!!!!!!

If it is a "long shaft" version, it will benefit from a support around the front bearing area built into the nose ring.  Charlie did that on his Big Job.  It is a removable thin aluminum plate with an "O" ring inside for the end of the shaft to ride it.

If is the "normal" Fox .59, no such means are necessary.  Very easy engine to run, no harder to use than the OS .46LA.

Big Bear

looks like I need to run the 59 on the bench, see if it needs any work. I did like the idea of using the fox, now I'll give it a go!!  Thanks John

Hi John,

Please make sure the wrist pin is not stick to the con rod before you run it!

Big Bear

Bill
   Should I just take off the back cover to see if anything is sticky, or should I pull it apart to check wrist pin? Thanks John

Hi John,

I am not sure on the Fox .59 if you can tell from removing the back plate, only.  If the pin is stuck to the rod, bad things will happen in a hurry.

Bill

I think that if you remove the back plate first, and bring the crank to BDC that you can then see if the rod will slide on the wrist pin.
Some times, if it is stuck, the heat gun can be directed in such a way as to losen it without removing the cylinder. Also, with the back plate removed, the ol crock pot will work wonders.    Phil

Yep, Brett, many ways to do it no doubt. I like taking the back plate off first thing to determin if the rod is stuck to the wrist pin or not. What ya do from there is personal preference or what happens to be handy.  My heat gun resides beside my crock pot so heat gun is first shot, then crock pot. Wife guards her oven.        :-)

I agree Phil; But if you get one with the eyelet on the crankpin, it does not give the rod any movement. I had to destroy the eyelet on mine to get the rod out as it is a press fit in the shaft. Never had a problem with the later ones, as they don't have the eyelet. Heat in one form or another will work on most of them. I did have one that nothing would work. I heated it, soaked it, crockpotted it, and finally had to press the pin out. This was on a Fox 59 that had never been run. Turned out to be one of my best 59's, and has a lot of air miles on it. I had to make a new rod retainer for the crank pin, as I could not find an eyelet that size.

So I'm going to use the fox, now if I need parts where do I get them.

By all means use the Fox 59. I have one with a lapped version and it flies beautifully. I use a Tatone "Calumet" muffler #EM-6 which is a little heavy but I needed nose weight.  I fly on 67ft. X .018 lines. As an aside, if you need wrist pin pads, Amazon.com has Teflon in .030 thickness in 6in X 6in size for about $6.00. Sharpen a piece of brass tubing of the proper size and your in business. Amazon has a wide array of Teflon in various shapes in convenient sizes.
Cheers, Al B.