Christie's auction- very cool

[MarcusCordeiro]

Well, see for yourselves, check the bar on the right side...

http://www.christies.com/lotfinder/lot/an-in-line-glow-plug-engine-4223172-details.aspx?pos=10&intObjectID=4223172&sid=&page=3

Marcus

[Dan McEntee]

Nothing really new. The RCV brand of engines have been around for a while. Don't know their availablity now. We did order in a few on special order at the hobby shop I work part time at.  The Russian "Aero .35" is one that is quite collectable. Think of a Fox .35 with the cylinder laying down. If I remember the story correctly, there was a USSR control line scale modeler that dominated the worlld champs for years with a twin cargo model that had these engines in the so no cylinder was sticking out of the cowlings, simulating a turbine engine. He even engineered reverse pitch prop function so he could demonstrate that as one of his control options. One year at the SIG contest, Glenn Lee had a double size copy of the Aero .35 that he built was really neat, but I don't know if he ever ran it. It's a nice, novel way to power a model, but like the Wankel, if it was any better, we all would be using them.
   Type at you later,
    Dan McEntee

[bill bischoff]

I think you are getting two engines mixed up. The Aero 35 was American made, and had the cylinder below the crankshaft, with the glow plug facing forward. It has some sort of weird connecting linkage that stirred around in a ball and socket. The Russian engine was much simpler by comparison. It had the cylinder laid back and everything was on the same longitudinal axis. It used simple bevel gears to transfer motion.