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Speed,Combat,Scale,Racing => Scale Models => Topic started by: Bob Zambelli on January 02, 2008, 11:08:01 AM
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I'm helping a friend build a Waco SRE and we plan to power it with an RCV Inline .60.
Has anyone had any experience with these engines?
I used a conventional RCV in stunt a few years back and it worked quite well but I've done nothing with the inline.
Bob Z.
I will post this in the engine section also.
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Bob,
I have the RCV 1.20 for a long term project, but I have not run it yet. I am sure you are aware that they turn the prop at one-half their operating speed which means that they will swing a larger diameter prop and higher pitch than their displacement would otherwise suggest. The power output of these RCV engines is less than other 4-strokes of similar displacement. Still great for scale applications. There have been a number of reviews of these engines in the RC magazines. RCV also has a pretty neat website.
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I have a 1.2 RCV inline. I was using it on a 90" Eindecker. I started easy and ran good but the power output was dissapointing. I have a ST 90 that is much strounger by a bunch. If had it to over I would have used the ST and the Eindecker would still be around. I lost it due to a lack of power. For a fact the Eindecker was heavy at 12 lb but that's why I bought a 120. The RCV is a good engine but lack raw HP.