The Engine Shop - 2005/06

JUDGING FROM THE ads in today’s model-airplane publications
and mail-order catalogs, it might appear that electric power dominates
the field of model-airplane propulsion. E-power is popular, all right,
but internal-combustion (IC) model engines are still very much alive.
That’s evidenced by the never-ending parade of new IC engines. At
least two have come out every month in the last couple of years. (I’ll
report on three new engines later in this column.)

The Engine Shop-2004/11

THE ITALIAN ROSSI company has
been famous for high-performance model
engines since 1966. Its founder, Ugo
Rossi, won several World Championships
CL Speed events with his engines. Today
the Rossi company, under the management
of Ugo’s son Alessandro, has been
expanding its product line. Rossi
manufactures a wide variety of model
power plants—among them some of the
fastest-revving car and boat engines ever
made. Some of these turn more than
40,000 rpm!

The Engine Shop-2004/12

I RECENTLY TESTED a pair of newly issued and innovative .40
RC engines. These turned out to be the smoothest-running model
engines I’ve ever handled! One’s a glow-plug type; the other is a
diesel. Both start extremely easily by hand. Since I’ve broken them
in, a finger choke and one or two flips of the propeller are all it takes
to get either of them going.

The Engine Shop - 2010/04

Evolution trainer power system
Since Horizon Hobby released its exceptionally innovative
Evolution Trainer Power System .46 RC engines, I’ve been
curious—and a little skeptical—about its unusual features. Recently
I was able to obtain one of those units to test, and I’m no longer
skeptical!

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