A model airplane engine starting stick is provided with a blade edge engaging roller having a roller surface of a material which will grip the blade edge of the propeller when against the blade edge of the propeller to cause the roller to roll along the blade edge without sliding over and damaging the blade edge as the starting stick is moved with respect to the blade edge to rotate the propeller. The starting stick of the invention includes a handle by which the starting stick can be held and manipulated by a user and a roller attached to the handle to freely rotate or roll with respect to the handle.

A model airplane engine starting stick is provided with a blade edge engaging roller having a roller surface of a material which will grip the blade edge of the propeller when against the blade edge of the propeller to cause the roller to roll along the blade edge without sliding over and damaging the blade edge as the starting stick is moved with respect to the blade edge to rotate the propeller. The starting stick of the invention includes a handle by which the starting stick can be held and manipulated by a user and a roller attached to the handle to freely rotate or roll with respect to the handle.

An Adjustable Offset Mount (AOM) device for engines of a model airplane which includes shim-less components with concave and convex components which are used to easily and accurately correct horizontal and vertical thrust angles.

An Adjustable Offset Mount (AOM) device for engines of a model airplane which includes shim-less components with concave and convex components which are used to easily and accurately correct horizontal and vertical thrust angles.

A small air-cooled internal combustion engine includes an aluminum engine block including a cylinder extending along a longitudinal cylinder axis and a block mounting surface, a piston configured to reciprocate within the cylinder, a crankshaft coupled to the piston and configured to rotate about a crankshaft axis in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an aluminum crankcase cover including a cover mounting surface. The block mounting surface contacts the cover mounting surface. The block mounting surface and the cover mounting surface are both positioned at an angle to the crankshaft axis and the angle is not 90 degrees.

A small air-cooled internal combustion engine includes an aluminum engine block including a cylinder extending along a longitudinal cylinder axis and a block mounting surface, a piston configured to reciprocate within the cylinder, a crankshaft coupled to the piston and configured to rotate about a crankshaft axis in response to reciprocation of the piston, and an aluminum crankcase cover including a cover mounting surface. The block mounting surface contacts the cover mounting surface. The block mounting surface and the cover mounting surface are both positioned at an angle to the crankshaft axis and the angle is not 90 degrees.

An engine block comprising: a combustion chamber, an inlet for introducing a fuel/air mixture into the combustion chamber and an outlet for expelling combusted fuel/air mixture from the combustion chamber; and a piston that reciprocates within the combustion chamber to compress the fuel/air mixture therein, the piston having a closer supported thereon, wherein reciprocating movement of the piston seals the combustion chamber with the closer.

A gasoline engine for a model car comprises a cylinder having a combustion chamber formed therein, a connecting seat positioned on the cylinder having a threaded bore in communication with the combustion chamber, a glow plug having a heater equipped therein and installed in the threaded bore of the connecting seat and a preheating net having a circular frame adapted to form in the connecting seat. The preheating net will maintain its temperature to preheat the injected mixture of gasoline and air which will be combusted completely to increase the efficiency of the gasoline engine.

A gasoline engine for a model car comprises a cylinder having a combustion chamber formed therein, a connecting seat positioned on the cylinder having a threaded bore in communication with the combustion chamber, a glow plug having a heater equipped therein and installed in the threaded bore of the connecting seat and a preheating net having a circular frame adapted to form in the connecting seat. The preheating net will maintain its temperature to preheat the injected mixture of gasoline and air which will be combusted completely to increase the efficiency of the gasoline engine.

A hybrid-electric aerial vehicle is disclosed comprising: an airframe; a plurality of longitudinal booms extending radially from the airframe; a passively charged internal combustion engine operatively coupled with a fuel tank, a generator operatively coupled with the passively charged internal combustion engine; a battery bank operatively coupled with the generator; and a plurality of motors. The passively charged internal combustion engine has an intake engine valve, an exhaust engine valve, and a combustion chamber, wherein the intake engine valve is delayed to provide an expansion ratio in the combustion chamber that is greater than a compression ratio in the combustion chamber. Each of said plurality of motors may be positioned at a distal end of one of said plurality of longitudinal booms and be operatively coupled with a propeller, wherein the plurality of motors is electrically coupled with the battery bank and the generator.