Originally Posted by krafty

My telephone came in a box.
Ken

Steam powered is it Ken ?

Originally Posted by Twin Stack

Steam powered is it Ken ?

Cela va sans dire.

Hi All.

Just noticed a Clanford Clan .24cc for sale on Aussie FeeBay.

The seller says he built it along with 4 other. Read all about it here-
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Clanford...cAAOSwb5Zd2wTy

I have no conection with the sale, just an interested spectator.

Edit. Added picture

Originally Posted by Aussie Steve

Hi All.

Just noticed a Clanford Clan .24cc for sale on Aussie FeeBay.

The seller says he built it along with 4 other. Read all about it here-
https://www.ebay.com.au/itm/Clanford...cAAOSwb5Zd2wTy

I have no connection with the sale, just an interested spectator.

This is Fiery's friend up at Hervey Bay Qld.

I happen to have this cute little UK made .48cc Clan engine too.

I thought that some here may like to see this ad of diesels that were available from Polk's in 1952, and their prices in American dollars.

I think the specs on the E.D. racer are a bit optimistic.

Originally Posted by wy8w

I think the specs on the E.D. racer are a bit optimistic.

Yeah, and the Comp Special image is of a Penny Slot. Shame they weren't adopted in the States, there are some super engines on that advert!

I suppose the lack of readily available diesel fuel would have played a major part in it, even when diesels were in vogue a few years earlier. America did produce some fine diesels. Back in 1947-48 the UK didn't have anything to match the Mite 099 or Vivell Precision 10 or an Arden 099 with D-E diesel conversion head for power to weight. I've recently brought a Vivell back into running condition and it performs very nicely, even with the un-nitrated fuel containing ether/kerosene/mineral oil of its day. But an Arden 099 with glowplug and hot fuel is superior.

Well model diesel engines were quite popular in the late 1940's into the 1950's here in the USA. The Drone .29 diesel was the champion's control line engine for a number of years. Several other diesel engines were sold and used at the time too, mostly for free flight though. OK and McCoy used to make them too. The Diesels got supplanted by the glow engine in the 1960's. Glow engines became the number one engine to get and use. People used to take their model diesel fuel can to their local pharmacy to get ether added to it. The pharmacist would add the ether to the castor oil in the can and toss in a bit of amyl nitrate too. Unfortunately the government started regulating ether and amyl nitrate. When the government gets involved it pretty much ruins it. Glow engines were becoming popular and the fuel wasn't regulated.

Unfortunately, during this same time period the Gotham Hobbies DEEZIL engines likely caused a lot of people to hate them in the USA. The engines actually got cheaper as time went on. But still none were any good. A few people did manage to get some very few to run, but the crankshaft would bend or break. There was no internet way back then, so word of mouth traveled slowly. But before long every region in the USA knew they were bad though.

Originally Posted by johnshannon

We could, except there aren't any telephone boxes now-a-days.

Johnny

Still some around here, John!

Originally Posted by ajcoholic

Still some around here, John!

Way, way off topic. But, one of the jobs I worked my way through college on was as a janitor. One of the assignments was cleaning said phone booths. There is not a nastier job in the world. There is nothing one or more humans will not do in a phone booth.

Johnny

Earl

Your engine was made by CS in China. It was made after the UK made versions.

How does it run?

Originally Posted by fiery

Earl

Your engine was made by CS in China. It was made after the UK made versions.

How does it run?

Well that is a bummer. I haven't had the urge to run it yet. So I don't know if it runs or not.

Originally Posted by marisd

I suppose the lack of readily available diesel fuel would have played a major part in it, even when diesels were in vogue a few years earlier. America did produce some fine diesels. Back in 1947-48 the UK didn't have anything to match the Mite 099 or Vivell Precision 10 or an Arden 099 with D-E diesel conversion head for power to weight. I've recently brought a Vivell back into running condition and it performs very nicely, even with the un-nitrated fuel containing ether/kerosene/mineral oil of its day. But an Arden 099 with glowplug and hot fuel is superior.

Maris, respectfully, I think your post is misleading. Your nice-performing Vivell is one that you worked on and "put right"!
Years ago (eighties), I tried to run perfectly standard new Vivell and Mite diesels, and I couldn't get either of them to run, and this includes trying all sorts of different fuel mixes, propellers and ether contents...
For anyone that doesn't have your engineering skills (me!), the engine has to run as received, and the ones I tried certainly didn't.

From the same period, any Comp Special or Mills would start easily and run powerfully, while also being sufficiently robust to be fool-proof and crash-resistant (IMO, not really the case with an Arden or a Mite).

However, it's true that the American Micro, CIE and Air-O diesels are excellent, and the Drone of course... It's just that two of the three engines you mentioned were complete duds for me.

Originally Posted by earlwb

Well that is a bummer. I haven't had the urge to run it yet. So I don't know if it runs or not.

They do run quite nicely-but not the easiest starting engines in my stable....

ChrisM
'ffkiwi'