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4/26/08 1.0cc Profi Sample Arrived
A first sample of the 1cc Profi has arrived. It is reported to
be 3000 rpm higher than the latest .8cc. Testing will begin on
4/27/08, watch here for results.
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4/26/08 .8cc engine has arrived
The newest version of the .049 has been tested and it screams!
Previous 1/2A combat prop was 31,000, now 34,300rpm. FF prop was
28,000 now 31,300. This engine should make a huge difference in
1/2A Combat and FF events
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3/29/08 Important News As of today
normal pricing for the Ninja 500 is in place. All orders placed at
the introductory price have been logged and delivery will be made the
middle of April.
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1/1/08 Happy New Year Everyone See pictures
of the newest Profi F2D combat engine, first engines have shipped to
customers all over the world. Reports back indicate it is as fast as any
F2D engine available. And it is 1/2 ounce lighter than the competition.
This one will be a big contender at the 2008 World Champs being flown by
Michael Willcox and others
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12/3/07 Profi Q500 Wins Race in South Africa
This was the first race for the Profi Q500 in South Africa and true
to form it brought home the win. Pilot and details to be added as
soon as I get them.
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12/1/07 More F2D Combat engines are on the way
Profi has completed more F2D engines and shipped to us. Get
your orders in if you are wanting engines for the coming year.
11/26/07 Tom Strom Wins 428 race in Washington State with Q500
Profi, Also fast time The weather was not good with temperatures
barely above freezing but Tom toughed it out bringing home first place
and the fast time of the meet, congratulations Tom. The weather did slow
all the models down somewhat but the best pilots and most reliable
equipment always rise to the top.
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11/15/07 All Q500 orders are shipping from stock
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10/15/07 Q500 Parts pricing is posted Testing has shown that this engine is very easy on parts but all parts
are in stock now
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10/15/07 Profi F2D 2.5cc engines to arrive very
shortly After an excellent outing in the Ukraine the
Profi F2D has been pronounced FAST. Existing backorders will ship
as soon as funds arrive.
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10/15/07 Q500 backorders as well as new orders
have been shipped. Watch for yours on your doorstep
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10/06/07 Michael Willcox is competing in the
Ukraine today Michael with some other US F2D combat
competitors are competing in a big Eastern Europe F2D competition this
weekend. As reported Michael is using the Profi 2.5cc F2D engine
against the hottest engines in the world, let's see how it falls out. Of
course combat matches can go either direction but the best flyers always
seem to rise to the top.
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10/06/07 First Q500 engines have shipped All existing orders are ready to ship pending order confirmations and
receipt of funds. Send your information as soon as possible.
Introductory pricing is no longer in effect and the standard price of
$425.00 will apply to all new orders.
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10/05/07 AMA and NMPRA have approved the Profi
Q500 for racing The engine is now eligible for competition in
Quickee 500 class 428 racing anywhere in the US. Thanks everyone for
your help.
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10/05/07 QA of Q500 engines has been completed
Engines are very nice and all engines exhibit exceptional quality
control. These first production engines are much nicer than the
prototypes used in testing. Flight test were perfect with speed equal or
better than the prototype engines
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9/10/07 Factory delivery of the first Q500 engines is
scheduled to leave next week. Q500 engines should be shipping
to customers before the end of September. Let's hope there is time to
get them into a couple races this month! This is very close to the
original ship date, lets hope all arrives quickly.
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9/10/07 Profi F2A engines Qualify 1-2-3 at the US F2A
Speed Team Trials Again this is great news for the Profi
factory. Carl Dodge, Chris Montagino, Bill Hughes all used Profi F2A
2.5cc tuned pipe engines to win positions on the USA 2008 World
Championship team, the US is looking stronger all the time!
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9/03/07 Profi F2D and Michael Wilcox make the US F2D
Worlds Team for 2008 Michael tells me that there were 40
pilots competing at the team trials. US team is made up of Andy
Mears, Richard Stubblefield and Michael Wilcox. This is just about
as strong a F2D team as you will find anywhere! Congratulations Michael
on your first outing with the Profi engines.
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8/31/07 Profi F2D Combat engines in action at the US
Team Trials Watch Michael Wilcox, past World Champion, fly the
latest version. Michael's testing was very good and he was very
optimistic. Photos page will have pictures of this engine soon.
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8/16/07 Q500 is still on mid September Delivery
Schedule New Profi designed mufflers for the Q500 have been
completed, other work is in progress. Also a few F2D engines are
en-route for control line combat. Be sure to list your name on the
backlog.
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8/1/07 Excellent Response from all over the
Globe Many people have asked to be placed on the backlog
list for the first delivery of Q500 engines. Q40 version testing
should take place this fall and winter. Test flying continues with Nitro
and FAI fuel. Some prop combinations work very well with FAI fuel.
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7/10/07 Profi 2.5cc engines win top three in
F2A at the US 2007 Nationals today! In a really closely fought
battle Chris Montagino topped Bill Hughes and Jim Booker for 1st Place
at the Nationals. Only .08 seconds between first and third place!
Now that is close. However we won't talk about the rather slow
speeds achieved due primarily to our not knowing how to compensate for
the Muncie, Indiana weather. It was great fun, Dave Cotton ran an
extremely good competition and there were no breaks in the action from
the start to the final flight. Thanks also to all the helpers and the
AMA for a great show.
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7/2/07 Profi Q500 pricing is now established
As an introductory incentive all orders placed on the backlog
list prior to the first delivery of engines will be $385.00. All
subsequent orders will be at $425.00. Parts prices are still to be
determined. Current expected delivery of the first engines is
expected to be mid September. Please feel free to put your name on this
list. So far testing performance has been exceptional.
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6/15/07 Put your name on the backlog list!
People interested in the new Q500 engine should put their name on
the backlog list. No money required, no firm commitment until the
engine is ready to ship. Requests for the engines from the first run are
adding up.
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6/12/07 Added Photos and Drawing Images on
Photo page I have added a number of images of the Q500, the
Q40 and the 049. Check the photo page. The drawing Images
were done in a Cad view file format and I will be happy to email them to
anyone wanting to be able to use all the features from those viewers,
just let me know - info@flycontrolline.com
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6/10/07 Wow! Profi Q500 Turns 1:05 First Race
Time Two Q500 motors were entered in a North West Q500 428
race this weekend. Heat times ranged from 1:05 to 1:09. This is
the fastest time ever for the region. And 4 seconds faster than the
fastest competitor. Profi almost lapped the entire field of entries. And
the worst part...it was leaving a smoke trail the entire race, pilots
didn't want to run it to lean! Thanks for the tests Tom Strom and Tony
Huber!
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6/5/07 Q500 Profi to race on 6/9 and 6/10
in Washington state. More Profi Testing has been completed this past
weekend with excellent results. Let's see if we can get some heat times
for an accurate comparison. Watch for results next week.
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5/10/07 Profi 6.5 cc (.40cu in) Quickee 500
First production samples have now been flown. After various prototype
engines were tested minor changes were made and the latest results are
very positive. The engine is very fast, very smooth, and very
easy to run. It has some interesting features borrowed from Profi
world record holding F2A speed engines and promises to be a great
challenger for the new Nelson engines. See the new Q500 page (tab above)
for more pictures. Delivery date is currently late summer. Send an
email to the address above and put your name on the backlog list, no
money required until delivery.
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3/16/07 New F2A engines for 2007 have been
shipped. The photos are very interesting! This is a radical
departure from the previous Profi designs. Initial quantities are
limited but more engines are being completed at this time.
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3/15/07 Profi .8cc and 1.0cc are in Process.
New Sleeve material and other minor changes are producing more power
and performance overall. 1cc should be excellent for International
class FF as well.
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2/13/06 Email to
info@flycontrolline.com
was down for a few days last
week. All is working now.
- 2/13/06 Regarding F2A ready to fly models. Ok, here
is the deal. I need to know if we can get orders for at least 10
models together. This is a real world class model built in Russia.
400gram weight, composite material, much technology. It appears the
cost is going to be $1000.00. If you want to be serious about the
F2A class you need this kind of model. Most of us have heard the
rumors of the very fast Profi engine times coming from Russia. Well
this is the model. Please email me if you are interested. I
need to get an idea if we can do this. So far every project I have
gotten together with you all has been a success. Can we do it again?
Send me a note with your thoughts.
- 2/12/06 Jim is 2nd Place at Efest!! Yikes, control line
guy flying electric RC indoor Combat!! It is true, the Efest at
Champaign Illinois was a blast this weekend. 200 pilots showed up!
Steve Kalif of AMA called my name as Ted Nowlin after my "stage" name that
appears on the full page Model Airplane News ad for JR radios with my ugly
mug being front and center! We have to do something in the winter
and what else would a control line combat guy do? None of the girly
3D flop around stuff! RC combat indoor is a "last man standing"
event. I will post my combination on a new page for combat stuff in
the next few days. Watch for it! If you want electric power RC
equipment just let me know, I have everything!
- 2/11/06 Turbo Glow Plugs available now.
In support of the new Turbo heads for the .049 I have Turbo glow plugs
in two heat ranges available now. Medium is $4.00 and the Extra Hot
is $5.00. Quantity discounts are available.
- 2/10/06 New PROPS for the .049.
I have added a couple pictures on the photo page of some props for the
.049 engines. The brown prop is available now at $4.00 each.
Discounts for quantity purchase are available. This prop works very
well on the Cyclon and Fora engines as well. Also when setup
properly it really works on the VAMkII .049. Just trim to get
31,000+ and fly!
- 1/30/06 New F2A Ready to Fly Models available again.
As many of you know the Profi RTF model has not been available for a
few months now. I have been working to bring a new Premium top end
model to the rest of us in the world. It looks like we might get one
soon. Lighter weight, fastest ever but count on the price being
somewhat stiffer. Again, please list your order on my backlog as I
need it for leverage in this case!
- 1/30/06 Profi F2D 2.5cc engines coming soon. Profi
has advised me that the very latest and fastest ever F2D combat 2.5cc
engines will be finished shortly. Anyone wanting combat engines
please get me an order, no money but I need your names on my backlog.
These are also exceptional engines in Free Flight and AMA Team Race
events.
- 1/29/06 More .049 Profi engines in process. Profi
is building more .049 engines as well as a new .061 (1cc) for the free
flight guys. Please enter your orders to get on the backlog.
Initial quantities are limited.
- 1/28/06 Turbo glow plugs now available. Turbo plugs
to go with the new turbo head available for the .049 are now available.
Two heat ranges. Medium @ $5.00 each and extra hot @ $6.00 each.
There are many heat ranges available at the local hobby shop so you have
plenty of choices to get the right setup as opposed to the single heat
range Nelson style plugs. No performance numbers for the Turbo head
yet.
- 12/24/05 Not Quite Christmas, but I hope everyone is having a great
Christmas Eve. I have Turbo plug heads available for the Profi
.049 and I have plugs as well. Lots more tuning opportunities with
the Turbo plug head. The Nelson plug head is still standard with the
engine.
- 12/23/05 Merry Christmas to everyone everywhere!! Thanks for all of the support with the new .049 from Profi. The
engine is running great and people are figuring out the propeller and fuel
combinations. Mine is turning 35,000 on the ground in the Combat
model. Weather in mid America is not conducive to test flying!
Most F2A engine parts are available right now. Rods and
Piston/Sleeves are available. I will post a parts list for the .049
as soon as I get parts! Best thing to do if you want an .049 is let
me get your name on my backlog, no money required till they are ready to
ship
- 12/22/05 Profi .049 next deliveries should be end January
or first February. I have not found the time to get the web site up
to speed but have been shipping all the .049 engines I can get my hands
on. All F2A engines are sold at this time, next delivery is
undetermined right now. Also hoping for new F2D engines but no news
yet.
- 10/26/05 Hello to the new web address!! Beginning
today we are up on the web with a registered domain name,
www.flycontrolline.com
and also a new email address,
info@flycontrolline.com
It looks like the whole site is working so now it is time for more
content. Watch for the new Profi F2D 2.5cc combat engines to arrive
shortly, also more .049 engines are on the way. And other things are
now in the works!
- 10/18/05 New Photos posted. Check the new photos on
the home page. All the parts are shown but look at the crankshaft!
Yes that came from this engine! It does not look like a crank from
an 049. Also note the venturi is an insert rather than part of the
casting as on the original photos. Very nice. Piston and
sleeve are beautiful. Please anyone having flown the engine please
send info and I will post!
- 10/15/05 All back orders for the Profi 049 have been shipped.
There are now a few engines available for sale. Engine tests
have been very positive. On previous 31,000 rpm prop (from my VAMkII)
rpm has exceeded 36,000 using 30% nitro! 35,380 rpm using 15%.
Prop is 1/2A combat 4.4x2.75. This is very encouraging to say the
least. This engine does not like to be propped below 30K, it falls
off rapidly. I think the speed of 1/2A combat just moved up 10mph.
- 9/29/05 Good News! New Profi 049 engines arrived.
These are very interesting, 10mm crankshaft, aluminum sleeve, very nice
fit. Profi workmanship is evident throughout all components.
Engines will be shipping immediately to all backorders. Please
anyone not wanting to take their backorder let me know as there are other
people wanting engines. No test runs yet but I will get one mounted
and post info as soon as possible.
- 7/25/2005 Good News! At least part of this
site is working. Latest news is the pending release of the new Profi
049. This promises to be a great product for Profi. The
pictures of the first version are on the home page. I will add more
photos when available as well as updating the information I have.
Right now the price has not been finalized but should be competitive with
the Fora and Cyclon. Reservations are being taken on a first come
first served basis. Quantities to be made are very limited but a few
are still open for the first delivery. Get your name on the list, no
need for money until engines are available. First version will work
for 1/2A Combat, profile proto, 1/2A Racing and 1/2A Free Flight, all AMA
categories which require the .049 engine size. A speed tuned pipe
version will come about sometime in the future!
- 7/24/2005 I will continue to add content to the current
site and hope it will assist many of you with your endeavors. Watch
this Newsletter for breaking news as it comes in! New products will
be introduced as they are available.
