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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Peter Nevai on December 22, 2020, 12:41:57 AM

Title: 1948 model competition video
Post by: Peter Nevai on December 22, 2020, 12:41:57 AM

Check it out
https://www.youtube.com/watch?fbclid=IwAR1pPoXDJEAgopSwAXQSFx_ivw3IkpcIUPAkn_tO9pznHDKSNbeqxGtcKJg&v=SmB42jsImj8&feature=youtu.be

Title: Re: 1948 model competition video
Post by: gene poremba on December 22, 2020, 04:09:06 AM

 I have seen that video several times before, but i never get tired of watching it. I spot something i missed every time i watch it. Glad you posted it, it made my morning......Gene

Title: Re: 1948 model competition video
Post by: FLOYD CARTER on December 22, 2020, 11:07:57 AM

Contests in 1948 saw the first widespread use of the new-fangled glo plug.  A close examination of the engines in the video show a mix of glo and spark ignition.
From that time on, records were quickly broken, and model performance took a big jump upward.

Title: Re: 1948 model competition video
Post by: Dennis Adamisin on December 23, 2020, 11:01:15 AM

Have seen this vid a few times before, however this time I watched it to the end and saw a fellow Ft Wayne Flying Circuits club member, Mr. Kenneth Kimmel, called out as a major award winner.

Going to look for 1953(?) Plymouth International, Dad was a timer for speed...