Michael Rush, AMA #11424 donated an O.S. 61 FR glow engine. Thanks, Mike, for helping to grow the collection! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org/museum
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New Addition: Two glow engines
Meredith Chamberlain stopped in to donate these two engines, both with their original boxes. The engines are a Motori Cipolla .36 Super Combat and an O.S. Max I .15. Thanks, Meredith for helping to grow the collection!
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New Addition: Irvine Engine
Thanks to Robert Sifleet for this Irvine 15 ABC engine in the original box! Thank you for helping to grow our collection Bob!
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New Addition: Blue McCoy 29
McCoy red head engines are pretty famous, but did you know that the made a blue head as well? In 1966 they produced the McCoy 29 Custom RC glow engine with a blue painted head. Thanks to Robert W. Schmidt for donating one to the collection! ————————————————————————— For more information […]
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New Addition: Tartan Twin
Steve Rojecki, flying the Reed Falcon, won the Tournament of Champions in 1984. When Ken Bonnema, (who built the model) donated the model to the museum in memory of Don Chapman in 2011, it was missing its engine. Now, no longer! Thanks to the generosity of Mark Radcliff a Tartan […]
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1910 Jopson Motor: Flight!
The 1910 Jopson Gasoline Motor weighed 7.5 pounds and had a unique wick carburetor system installed in a tank without any sort of pressurization. Could it actually power a model airplane in flight? Yes! …. Or, well, we’re pretty sure. Photographs published in the book Model Aeroplaning: Its Practice and […]
Continue reading1910 Jopson Motor Carburetor
One of the most unique features of the 1910 Jopson Motor is the wick carburetor system in the fuel tank. A small plate on the tank holds a series of wicks that are immersed in the fuel and evaporate fuel vapor into the passing air stream, which is then pulled […]
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New Addition: Erickson MCC-FE 120 engine
Thanks to Gary Fitch, EVP, who helped grow the museum’s collection by donating this Erikson MCC FE-120 engine during his recent visit. What a unique engine! ————————————————————————— For more information on the National Model Aviation Museum, including our location, hours and admission fees visit: www.modelaircraft.org/museum
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1910 Jopson Motor: Before & After
When Art Gaier first received the Jopson Motor it was missing pieces and looking pretty old and worn. After many internet searches and talking to people, he met and started conversing with the owner of another Jopson Motor in England. Between the two of them they had complete parts for […]
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In the early 20th century, as model aviation was spreading as a hobby, there was also a growing interest in gasoline engines. And, of course, many people attempted to make gasoline engines small enough to fit into a model airplane. There were several successes, although none reached the production level […]
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