What is involved (i.e. price, parts, etc.) in converting a remote control engine to a control line engine? Anyone have any useful sites or experience on this topic?
RC to Control Line Engine Conversion
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Dan,
It's not too hard to do. Just remove the carbrator and add an appropriate venturi and needle valve. Some engines are easier to get parts for than others. Some of the re-workers, like our forum host can produces venturi's for you that are appropriate for the model and size of engine.
Jim Pollock 
You can get pretty good results just fixing the carb open.
LAST EDITED ON Dec-29-03 AT 08:11 PM (CDT)
Unlike an R/C engine, which must be labled as such, a Controline engine does not need to be so labled, and in fact, it may be used for Free Flight, Tether Cars, etc, without increased risk, and no legal repercussions. Well, hardly any.
Steve
Unlike an R/C engine, which must be labled as such, a Controline engine does not need to be so labled, and in fact, it may be used for Free Flight, Tether Cars, etc, without increased risk, and no legal repercussions. Well, hardly any.
Steve Edit: Sorry...one of my pet peeves is ads for "R/C Wheels", "R/C glue", "R/C piano wire", etc. When I flew R/C (before I graduated from High School) we didn't have throttles, and didn't seem to need them. One channel. One click for right, two for left. What would Andy Rooney say? Is it the lawyers?
>Unlike an R/C engine, which must be labled as such, a
>Controline engine does not need to be so labled, and in
>fact, it may be used for Free Flight, Tether Cars, etc,
>without increased risk, and no legal repercussions. Well,
>hardly any. Steve
>
>Edit: Sorry...one of my pet peeves is ads for "R/C Wheels",
>"R/C glue", "R/C piano wire", etc. When I flew R/C (before I
>graduated from High School) we didn't have throttles, and
>didn't seem to need them. One channel. One click for right,
>two for left. What would Andy Rooney say? Is it the lawyers?
>
>http://www.nwskyraiders.com/index.html
>Controline engine does not need to be so labled, and in
>fact, it may be used for Free Flight, Tether Cars, etc,
>without increased risk, and no legal repercussions. Well,
>hardly any.
Steve >
>Edit: Sorry...one of my pet peeves is ads for "R/C Wheels",
>"R/C glue", "R/C piano wire", etc. When I flew R/C (before I
>graduated from High School) we didn't have throttles, and
>didn't seem to need them. One channel. One click for right,
>two for left. What would Andy Rooney say? Is it the lawyers?
>
>http://www.nwskyraiders.com/index.html
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Steve, it is unfortunately the R/C industry today, just as in the 40's and 50's it was the C/L industry that fueled the hobby. If the controlline part of the hobby again gets large enough to be really noticed the products might be labled for c/l and R/C.
Hey it could happen! Dennis