Need a little help from my friends

[Paul Taylor]

Ryan started flying his Ron B. SpitFire again and it is just a fun little plane. Norvel .061
This puppy will stunt!



Problem is it has a very small tank and there it not a lot of room for anything much bigger.
I think someone posted once about putting a tank on the inboard side and have it feed the outboard tank. (Saddle Tanks)
1.-Anyone know if that will work with this setup.


2.-Also what is a good 1/2a starter? -------You don't want to know how we start this thing now.

Thanks
Paul 

[Joe Messinger]

Hi Paul,

I've had good luck with inboard tanks mounted on Ringmasters.  A clunk tank works well.  Not sure if anything else would function correctly.  I just drilled a hole through the fuslage and hooked up the fuel supply line.

Regards,

Joe

[Joe Messinger]

Paul,

P.S.  I overlooked the part (your question) regarding feeding the outboard tank with the inboard.  Boy, I don't know?  Seems like that would require  uite a bit of suction. Maybe tank pressure on the inboard?  Perhaps you'll have enough room for the right sized tank inboard and wouldn't need two tanks?

Joe

[dave siegler]

Paul,

First of all how big is that tank?  I would expect about 1 oz needed for that motor.  Go down to the 1/2 A section and look for balloon tank.  Not a bladder....

see

http://stunthanger.com/smf/index.php?topic=6076.0

On a starter, I made one.  Then got a real one Norvel cheap.  I like the homemade one, I would have given it to you, if I'd have known.  it is a motor from an old drill, and   some PVC pipe.  Cost me all of about 3$ plus junk I had.  I like it better than the Norvel one, nice and light and is easier the engine.

http://www.clstunt.com/htdocs/dc/dcboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=247180&mesg_id=247180&listing_type=search

[John Crocker]

A sullivan 1 oz plastic clunk tank should be all you need and should fit nicely in the same space as that wedge tank.

As for starters, I had a Sullivan 1/2A hornet starter and burned it up after 3 times in the field.  found a high torgue starter that is made for .049 -.60 (I know, huge range).  It does not spin fast enough to start up my Norvels unless you open the needle 5 or so turns, but will fire it right up at that rich setting.  Run it on a car battery I had laying around the house and can go for a month or better without recharging.

[Paul Taylor]

Maybe I am calling it the wrong thing.

I need a good 1/2a glow clip.

[ray copeland]

Paul, i use a the old style sullivan yellow clip with 2 AA  1.2 volt digital rechargeable camera batteries in a radio shack battery holder putting out 2.4 volts for all my cox, norvels, ok cub motors .  The amperage seems to be perfect. Works great and is hot enough to start a flooded engine and been using this setup for over a year and have never burned up a glow plug. Fly with this setup everyday on the 1/2 a's and for bigger engines can just reverse the top clip.  Ray

[John Crocker]

The Cox clips will work on them with 2 D batteries.  I do recommend DuraCell Bats, they seem to put out a little more power and last longer.

If you can't find a decent single clip, just get you some wires and alligator clips, worked well for me when I was younger and my Pops still swears by em.

[dave siegler]

Maybe I am calling it the wrong thing.

I need a good 1/2a glow clip.

I use the yellow Sullivan ones but they are junk.  They keep falling apart.
The problem is that cylinder is anodised and you can't clip to that. It has to just be on the head.

I like this one, but you have to grind on the bottom clip to fit that engine.
http://www.hobbypeople.net/gallery/237448.asp.

[Garf]

I have the tiny push on clips AHC used to sell before Cox came out with theirs. I think it was made by Anderson.

[Bob Disharoon]

Ebay has some 1/2a starter clips right now, I think

[Roger Vizioli]

Paul,
Check your e-mail.
Roger