News from the Front

Wow...
It has been a couple of weeks, and it only seems like hours!! Lots of things happening on the RCGF Engines front lines.

First off... Thanks to all the guys who are writing me about their RCGF engines, and the posititive experiences you are having. PLUS...the "things you would like to see" stuff in future engines is absolutely the best. Your ideas have all been heard - loud and clear... and the factory is examining ALL of them.

In fact let's talk about the current batch of improvements that are coming NOW.

1. Carburator orientation - When you get the engine, the carb is mounted with the low and high speed needles facing up - in the same direction as the cylinder. Many of our models require that the engines be installed inverted. Now the needles face downwards.

What modelers did not realize - and that is our fault for not promoting this - is the carby can be upbolted and a moved 180 degrees, so that it is facing up again. This is also great if you plan on using a Pitts style muffer.

Now here is the other part. The carburator can also be rotated 90 degrees in any direction. That means that now you can move the carby in 90 degree rotations to suit YOUR needs. Right now you will have drill and tap the holes if you wish to use the 90 degree rotation option. The factory will be drilling and tapping these holes now. The good thing is that the factory also makes the adapters.

2. Spark plugs - All engines can be retrofitted to use the CM-6 spark plug. These are 10mm
plugs. Our standard plugs are 14mm. Starting in December, we will be outfitting all the twins - 50cc Twin, 100cc and 150cc engines with the CM-6 plugs.

The biggest advantage is the size of the plug. It is about 1/2 the size of the standard plug. This plug provide modelers with a smaller footprint. This will allow more "in the cowl" installations for models with narrower dimensions.

Upgrade kits are available, so any RCGF engine can take advantage of the smaller footprint size. Though not confirmed yet, we may be putting the CM-6 plugs into our 20cc engine as a standard . Stay tuned for lots more information on this.

The factory has really been working with us on getting these great updates out into your hands.