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Another version of how not to build a model engine
crankshafter:
NickG
"Incidentally, if anybody is interested Hemingway say they supply a similar model electric coil to John's and they supply the TIM 6 in kit form, but they'll cost you an arm and a leg"
The coil they supply is the Exiter.
I recently lost one of my legs/hands :bugeye::lol:
cs
NickG:
:lol:
But as long as your model engine works it was worth it right?! :thumbup:
Nick
crankshafter:
NickG
Time will show. The coil and TIM6 will be used on a Hoglet Twin that I have under construction. You can see some of the parts of it at my Avatar.
Hope to have it running before newyear.
cs
bogstandard:
Nick,
I think they are supposed to run off 3.6 volts, but I used a small 6volt 4ah sealed lead acid, and they give out around 7volts, and I had no trouble with them at all. The engine would run for hours using that battery.
I actually bought a Tim 6 circuit board kit from the US, half the price, and made up some of the cards myself. Made about a dozen of the units for friends for about 2 squid each. I gave all the rest of the bits to make them to a friend not too long ago. I think the coil was about 20 squid, again from the US.
If anyone is interested in making their own coils and magnetos, the late Bob Shores book (of which I have a copy), Ignition Coils and Magnetos in Miniature is a must. It tells you how to make them from scratch, at very small cost.
John
crankshafter:
John.
You are rigth. The Tim4 is for up to 4 volt and the Tim6 up to 6volt batt.
Actually Hemmingway kits get them from US of A. ( made by the well known Jerry Howell)
CS
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