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Title: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: Peter Nevai on August 14, 2017, 12:53:19 AM

I know I have been guilty of this, and a relation actually wore out a brand new Enya engine before ti was ever mounted in a model by sitting an watching TV while flipping the engine over and over and over again. I don't know but there is something very addictive about that action. I have since broken myself from that awful habit so there are never any loose model engines with a prop mounted anywhere near a television set. ::)

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: Target on August 14, 2017, 01:05:30 AM

They tell you to hand flip the norvel engine to break it in before starting it. Lol.

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: George Albo on August 14, 2017, 07:13:24 AM

My first .049 from a crashed Cox PT-19.  Flip, Flip, Flip, Flip......loved that popping sound

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: JoeJust on August 14, 2017, 08:22:22 AM

We don't have that problem in our house.  We do not receive any TV transmission. Also, our addition to old movies we get on DVD discs from Netflix are so good that thinking of doing anything but watching is simply out of the question.
Joe

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: RknRusty on August 14, 2017, 09:30:00 AM

Quote from: Target on August 14, 2017, 01:05:30 AM

They tell you to hand flip the novel engine to break it in before starting it. Lol.

Yes they do, and they're Wrong. I think they got tired of so many first-time owners calling about engines they couldn't crank. Here's a post I wrote some time ago addressing that destructive advice:
https://stunthanger.com/smf/12-a-building/cox-12a-engine-question/msg324763/#msg324763

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: EddyR on August 14, 2017, 05:34:28 PM

     Today Don and I were at the Huntersville field and I was flipping the prop on my ST/46 before setting it on the ground and it did a slight POP right on my finger nail. It tried to start. It had not had fuel in it in two months. Darn that hurt.
Ed

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: Andre Ming on August 14, 2017, 06:41:17 PM

I've never worn out an engine doing it... but I too, enjoy the therapeutic effect of flipping over a very "snappy" propped engine. One of my favorites is to flip over a stout Fox 36X... such a pleasing sound!

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: Jim Carter on August 15, 2017, 01:12:55 PM

 ;D If I could I'd like to be flipping one of these: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yqxKC92ZXs on a regular basis!  LL~ LL~

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: Fredvon4 on August 15, 2017, 01:41:49 PM

All I can say is Andre Ming must be one hell of a guy to ever shake hands with

I have a lot of cool engines---- 2 Fox 36x.. one BG liner piston...the other as Duke shipped it

No way I can hand flip either-- in my hands--- without loosening the glow plug

Or perhaps as noted by Peter...Andre has fondled his crank so much it is now pretty loose

Title: Re: My (enter the name of your engine here) the original fidget spinner
Post by: RknRusty on August 15, 2017, 07:31:47 PM

My Cox Conquest .15 has a pleasingly healthy pop. Such a gorgeous(and Badass) engine too
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/gj6oswmkvz4sys5/Conquest15.jpg?raw=1)