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General control line discussion => Open Forum => Topic started by: Robert Zambelli on November 27, 2011, 08:34:00 AM

Title: Odd engine - What is it?
Post by: Robert Zambelli on November 27, 2011, 08:34:00 AM

From my junk box.
Appears to be around a 45 to 50 size.
New, no markings except a serial number - 515.
Can anyone identify it?

  Bob Z.

Title: Re: Odd engine - What is it?
Post by: De Hill on November 27, 2011, 10:31:28 AM

It is a a D.E.W. It was originally made in Kimball, Nebraska in the early 1960's. DEW stood for the owner, Dale E. Wood. It was not a great success. By 1965, the engine was bought by Ray Kesteloot in California and sold under the Kustom name. On the Kustoms, the word DEW was ground off the bypass and replaced with a sticker.There was a .61 R/C version and a .51 stunt version. There may have been more.

Title: Re: Odd engine - What is it?
Post by: Andrew Tinsley on November 27, 2011, 10:34:54 AM

Hi Bob,
  Has the look of an early Merco49 / 61, but with that head and venturi, it can't be. Anyone else got a clue?

Regards,

Andrew.

Title: Re: Odd engine - What is it?
Post by: Bill Mohrbacher on November 27, 2011, 04:43:06 PM

De got it right.  It is a Kustom; the sticker has fallen off.  The DEW has been ground away.