FEATURING
The
mini-SHADOW
from England
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FEATURING The mini-SHADOW from England |
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Chuck Griffiths
sent this article on
the Mills .75 powered mini Shadow from a 20-year old copy of the English
magazine, the Aeromodeler. He wrote .... I too have a Mills .75 NIB (new in box) that needs a plane, and I think this one is perfect, just hoping it's legal. Chuck This 1937 design is legal as far as the1943 cut-off date in the US. But since it is not on the SAM list of approved Old Timer designs, you will have to produce documentation to satisfy the contest CD. Better yet.... |
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Take your Shadow to Old Warden, England. You will get an unforgettable welcome as an American flying an English design. Even more with the beloved Mills .75. You can trade copies of the Aeromodeler, the world's finest magazine, which focused on aero modeling, not commercial promotions. You can see Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, St James Park and the Leicester Square Theater District -- all within walking distance. Or, like the Londoners, you can use the Underground to zip around this great city. |
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The Mills .75 diesel was the first engine
for many English modelers. With no spark plug, contact breaker etc. and a
self contained tank it was considered the simplest and easiest starting
engine around. You just primed it. Then you reduced the compression by turning the lever on the top half a turn ACW. It would burble and burp, and then speed up as the prime burned off. That's when you cranked up the compression to the running position. The compression setting was like the a spark ignition advance/retard. If you didn't back it off for starting it would backfire, then fire forwards, then backfire again ad infinitum... while it tried to shake your plane to pieces. |
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| The faithful Mills 75 |
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