An update from us, and a message to Keith!

[@germancast55]

Happy to watch you again guys, we missed you. It is good to see that builders and glow fuel flyers are very well alive, please keep the channel working. As other fellow modelers wrote, please share your glow fuel formula and sources.

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks for the kind words!

[@Rudy7408]

You guys are the grass-roots of our hobby. Please keep up the great work!!!

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks Rudy! Much appreciated!

[@davesunderland1]

Glad to see you’re dropping videos again, pushed me to try glow. Joined some local clubs and seem to have started collecting models 😂

[@paulc99]

Love your videos!!!!! I will forever fly internal combustion; gas or glow, although I do prefer gas. Never been a fan of electric foam toy planes.

[@johnleseur3753]

I personally would like to thank all the guys out there who gave up on glow, who made new and used glow engines so affordable. Rcgroups is just packed with great deals on gas, and glow engines.

[@rickrader1649]

Good to see you guys back…I fly mostly glow and love it!

[@angryaardvark5011]

I'd definitely be interested in learning how to make glow fuel. Your Polaris looks great, looking forward to seeing it fly.

[@mbmrc5241]

Make sure you subscribe so you know when the video is up!

[@charlieg8018]

I have an old Great Plains PT40 with an OS 40 FP glow. Also interested in your glow fuel formula. Thanks and keep up the great work!

[@martinkolm1796]

The glow fuel video is done and will be uploaded very soon

[@martinkolm1796]

Oh by the way that fp 40 is a great engine very underrated they will run forever we have several and love them

[@RC-Flight]

Wow haven't heard from you guys in while!! nice to hear from you!!!! I fly 90 present of the time with glow and gas second then electric third! I love flying glow can run 3-4 times longer then electric. I can refuel and fly again all day long, no waiting to charge batteries. Love my two stroke and four stoke engines. I get bored flying electric, don’t get bored flying glow. Your topic for this video, is the exact reason why we need people like you making these glow videos, please keep making them! Yes please do a video on making your own fuel. I made three jugs this winter.

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks pal, glad to hear from you!

[@n1114v]

Made my day to finally see a new video from my fellow glow burners! I used to fly with Keith years ago at a lot of different events, very talented Builder and great flyer but always full of himself, I see that hasn't changed. I would really appreciate it if you could do a video explaining how to make glow fuel, because I'm going to have to start making my own eventually

[@mbmrc5241]

We could definitely do something like that brother! Thanks for the comment. We appreciate the kind words!

[@RC-Flight]

Not only is he full of himself, he’s full of something else that starts with the letter S!

[@martinkolm1796]

I will definitely do a video on fuel it’s simple and relatively inexpensive

[@n1114v]

@@martinkolm1796 that would be great!

[@jonbennison8249]

Find a good supplier of Methanol / oils and Nitro (not that its always needed) and you are almost there. I look forward to the mixing video as well. I mix my own but I'm always keen to see how others do it. One of the old boys at the club adds 5% Acetone to his blend, it seems to smooth out performance on his YS.

[@mdtidwell6095]

Glow’s got Soul! I guess that’s why you can buy an engine sound kit for your electric plane. 😂

[@martinkolm1796]

Excellent point lol

[@travisrussell7750]

Glow forever! It's great to have you back.

[@martinkolm1796]

I forgot to mention in the video but if you look at a model aviation magazine from the glory days of glow look at the advertising index and compare it with the advertising index in 2024 I think you can see the difference that his victory has made way to go “you won”

[@stevebarr9604]

Nice plane and good to see you doing videos again!

[@JDDupuy]

I flew glow and gas from 1976 to 1999 before taking a break from the hobby. Never had a problem with tanks or tuning. Engines always ran perfect. Been flying electric for 15 years and it's fun but not the same. Batteries take special care. Built 2 new glow airplanes this past month. Felt good to fly glow again. Gas is next. Everyone can do their thing in this hobby which makes it great!

[@martinkolm1796]

Sir your 110% correct as long as your enjoying the hobby that is all that is important thanks for your kind words

[@georgeanast8199]

Glad to see you guys back, missed your videos, I’m old school also, I would love to see a how to on your fuel mixture and where to get the chemicals. Thanks

[@jimpayne5198]

Thanks for the new video!!! A guy gave me a SS 90-120 that was crashed HARD with a super tiger 90. I rebuilt the fuselage, wing and landing gear. What size prop do you have on your plane?? Did you make the canopy, or order one? Thank you for keeping glow alive!

[@martinkolm1796]

Glad you got her rebuilt 😊 I’m using a 14x6 prop on 10% nitro. I got the canopy from a guy on eBay who makes them it was a perfect fit and descent quality thanks for the comment

[@budmcfly3311]

Awesome you’re back hi from Australia

[@martinkolm1796]

Hello in the down under, hopefully we can keep a little more up to date with things

[@JerryKenning]

NICE TO SEE YOUR POST AND THAT YOU ARE STILL HAVING FUN. AS A GLOW FLYER MYSELF I WOULD APPRECIATE LEARNING YOUR SOURCES AND FORMULAS. YEARS AGO I THINK I READ ( PERHAPS IN RCM ENGINE COLUMN ) ABOUT PUTTING A TINY AMOUNT ( FEW DROPS ) OF ARMOR ALL INTO A GALLON OF GLOW FUEL. THE PURPOSE BEING TO LESSEN FUEL FOAMING. IT THIS TRUE, DO YOU DO THIS, AND/OR AM I OFF MY ROCKER?

[@martinkolm1796]

I have heard of the use of armor all I personally have never done that. In most cases foaming is not a issue however some of our higher performance planes, just to insure there is no issue we will use one of dubb jetts bubble free tanks you can check them out at Jett engineering this is a tank that has a bag on the inside you use a syringe to pull the air out (vacuum) then you fill it up using a syringe this insures there is no air in the tank sounds harder than it really is. But unless your running hi performance Q500 it’s not necessary great question and thanks for the comment

[@donaldhoppe1470]

Similar to other posts, great to see you guys back posting new episodes

[@michaelcasella4774]

Glow is not dead in this hangar. I’ll always fly glow. I really hate electric the batteries are an absolute pain to charge then storage then they go bad and you’re out 100s$ in batteries. Nothing beats glow. So glad to see you guys back! I love glow and love your videos!!!!!

[@martinkolm1796]

Everyone has there own thing, I love to take my senior telemaster out with her old os 90 four stroke and cruise around for 45 min to an hour can’t beat that sound. in my opinion you just can’t get that with electric

[@mbmrc5241]

Keen observations!

[@edsherrod5216]

I've missed you guys! I like to see the reviews even though I no longer fly glow - it is just interesting and you guys always tell it like it is, and I appreciate that. I have guys at my field who tell me that I ought to get a real plane anytime I show up with either a glow plane converted to electric, an ARF, or just an electric foamy. Not cool but they just can't tolerate seeing an electric powered plane. I hope you keep doing what you are doing and I'll keep watching (and drooling because you have some great builds and info on your channel)!

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks friend. We love your feedback. Thanks for being a loyal subscriber.

[@agp7073]

Man so glad to see a new video post from you guys! I love the content and couldn’t agree more with your comments. Unfortunately the field in my area where I live now is a city park and combustion engines aren’t permitted. Keep your channel going, building and flying RC planes!

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks buddy! We appreciate it.

[@michaelfergusonsr.8574]

Hi guys so glad to hear you today!! Glow is not dead. I love glow and have been around since the early 80's love your channel and look forward to all your content...

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks Mike! Please subscribe if you haven’t already! We have a lot of good content if you like this!

[@michaelfergusonsr.8574]

Oh yes I am subscribed love your video's peace my friends 😊

[@eddieatencio9223]

I'm a glower nice to see a video from you guys I would like the formula and contents of making glow fuel. Thank You, Eddie Atencio

[@martinkolm1796]

We will be releasing a video on the old school model works Polaris after that I will do a video on how we make fuel

[@robertcovell2787]

I miss you guys and wish you would update more often. I am with you re glow. I just finished an OSMW GHOST with K&B .40 and I love it! Also have 2 Astrohogs with K&B .61 and Saito .82. I have a Fourstar 62 with an OS .91 FS, and an Alien Arrowmaster biplane with a K&B .61. There are still a number of guys in our club who run glow and there is no disagreement between us and the electric guys.

[@martinkolm1796]

I’m happy to hear you still fly glow but most importantly I’m glad to hear you’re club doesn’t have any problems with either and that’s the way it should be. It’s not a competition it’s about enjoying our wonderful hobby. thanks for sharing with us and we will try to keep up to date

[@DougS-yg3mh]

You guys make wonderful videos! I cant wait for your video on making glow fuel. In my area I have a hard time finding glow fuel, was buying from Red Max but they are no longer doing glow fuel. I'm having a hard time finding glow fuel in Pittsburgh PA. You guys are the kind of people I would like to fly with as I'm an old glow guy and we have the same outlook about glow power as you do. Not exactly sure of your location but I would enjoying flying with you someday. Keep up the good work!

[@martinkolm1796]

We are doing the video on glow fuel later this week and actually I’m about 45-50 minutes from the Pittsburgh airport appreciate the kind words and would love to fly with you

[@JKinFW5775]

How much fuel do you make to get the price to $20/gal? I would appreciate a list of vendors you use. I was glad to see you guys posting again. BTW Matthew, I’m about half way of completing my Pinwheel 60. I was inspired by your build and had to build one.

[@martinkolm1796]

We are going to do a video on fuel mixing and the products we use. We use a lot of fuel I get enough to do 24 gallons. This is typically is what we use per flying season we generally will reload in august. I just had my pinwheel out mine had ST S61K and it was scary fast hadn’t flown it in 2 years didn’t remember it being that fast lol

[@Extra300goldberg]

My eyes lit up when I received a notification that you uploaded a video! Yes - thank you for pushing back on the "glow is dead" line. I just rebuilt my ST SK 90 that I bought new in 1991. It has always been reliable in my CG Extra. Do you recall what RPMs you are getting in your Super Sportster? I don't understand the comments "glows are unreliable". I never had that issue.. tuning is easy. As always, love this channel!

[@mbmrc5241]

Thanks for the response Scott. Your kind words are appreciated. Thanks for sticking with us!

[@martinkolm1796]

My ST S90-K on 13x6 is running 12250 rpm on 10% seems to be at its best in sportster with 14x6 at 11960 rpm

[@SpaceCoastStreetRippers]

Glow isn't dead! This is the vid that earned my sub. Electrics are soulless. Honestly, I dont even like the guys that fly them. I know you guys are probably busy earning a living, but I think we're all looking forward to your next video. More small throw and go's... Can we get some small bore four strokes?

[@threefiftyone4726]

My favourite excuse is " I don't want to take 1 min to wipe oil off my plane " but they will spend hours babysitting lipo chargers and just as much time discharging when they can't use them all. I think some of the hate for glow engines comes down to jealously. They don't have the skill and patience to run them so they hate on the people that do have those skills. I fly both I actually have converted electric planes to glow and some glow planes to electric it all depends on what I need at the time. I rather spend my time flying than worrying about what the guy next to me is doing. Love the vids guys keep them coming

[@mbmrc5241]

What a great response! So valid. Thanks for the kind comment. Please subscribe if you’re already not!

[@thercbarn5001]

Hey guys, i keep up with you on fb. I wish i could build as fast as you guys do. I have a few electrics but mainly glow. We need to get together sometime! You should bring those quikee out to ama at the end of the month for pylon racing school. It's a great time! Still need to get my twin ss90 up in the air. I got a st 60 blue head from ya for the project. Hope to see you soon! Mike Csaplik

[@mbmrc5241]

Nice hearing from you Mike! Miss seeing your comments! Thanks!

[@thercbarn5001]

@mbmrc5241 your welcome. Got so bored I had to start my own channel lol.

[@dwaynejosefski2725]

Agree glow is not dead. Plus the individuals who had trouble with setting up and tuning glow may have gone to electricity. This has opened up a new group of people who don't know how setup electric from scratch thus they fly RTF ARF taking all guess work out for them. I am happy for them as long they're happy just don't knock what we like as we all do this for fun!

[@furball5553]

MBMrc & glow power rules the air long live glow 😊 way to long just turn the camera on let roll miss this channel 👍✌️

[@mbmrc5241]

There will be more videos coming partner! Thanks for the great comment!

[@joelzwerk4162]

Really great to see you two again. Have been looking forward to your return. I also would like to see a video on mixing your own fuel. Always looking to cut costs. Anyway, I could not agree with you more about Dr. Shaw's comment about winning. I also found it to be a very condescending statement. Shame on him! And I let them know about it by leaving a comment in that regard. I find it very rewarding to get an engine tuned and running properly. And I don't have to babysit the batteries when they're charging up. Anyway, good to see you again, and thank you for all you do for the hobby.

[@martinkolm1796]

Thank you so much for the kind words for my son and I the internal combustion engines are a large part of the hobby for us

[@stevejohnson1871]

I still love glow engines.

[@mbmrc5241]

So do we Steve! Thanks for the comment! And please subscribe if you haven’t already!

[@jimsodowsky1298]

Welcome back. Electrics are okay BUT Glow is better. I personally don't care too much for the epo/electrics as you're not getting the full hobby experience from beginning to end. Nuff said..

[@mrfourtysevenman]

I was just watching yesterday and wondered why it's been a year since you posted. I listened to that podcast AND I met Keith Shaw twice past year and had the pleasure of watching his 1985 black magic twin fly. However when he said glow is useless and dead I thought for days about how incorrect he was I have 30 planes and less than 5 of them are electric. He also said nobody wants to tinker with needle valves because today is cold and yesterday was muggy. Really? We build from blueprints and raw meterials but we draw the line at turning a little dial?

[@martinkolm1796]

That comment is hilarious but very true those needles turn hard

[@gregloglisci1481]

Yeah, you’re 100% right when it comes to gas or engine Electric motors are nice. I think they’re best discipline and Model aviation has to be control line but as far as RC airplanes, they are very limited. and I agree with you again on the point that most people in this hobby do not know how to tune a glow engine and they come With all kind of excuses, other than the excuses that they’re just stupid and do not know how to tune An engine I have a Midwest Airow sport 40 with an Enya 40 SS BB it flies for a half hour flawlessly modulating between high speed and low speed you can never do that with an electric plane. I can run my plane flat out For the whole tank and it loves it. There’s no puffing of batteries Or batteries bursting in flames, I don’t have to worry about how much time I have left just not the way to go when it comes to rc when it comes to control line stunt, it is very nice. They’re only seven minute runs or 10 minute. I don’t know which one it is. It’s one of those two though and they have a constant speed speed controller, which acts like a break on the down slope as the plane is Going into a dive, the prop actually slows down because the speed controller wants to keep it at a constant speed, which makes the plane very predictable into the next stunt when you’re flying the pattern Another problem, I see a lot why people shy away from glow engines not only the fact that they don’t know how to tune them they also over prop them And the reason they give for that is because they don’t want over rev the motor and hurt it which forces them to turn in the needle to get more power out of the engine so they can takeoff, which means they’re cutting off the fuel and lubrication that it needs to stay cool and overheat the motor and then turn around and say that is a piece of shit in which they are the ones that actually turned that motor into a piece of shit right in front of their eyes

[@mbmrc5241]

Very well thought out comment Greg. I appreciate the positivity. Please keep up the good fight, and don’t be afraid to subscribe if you already haven’t.

[@marcmears3398]

Lipo batteries are a pain to take care of. You can't let them discharge or they will be ruined and you need different size packs for different size planes. I fly 2s for all my parkflyers the only advantage here is no noise to disturb the neighbors. It's to bad that so many manufactures of glow engines have gone out of business, I miss Fox, super tiger etc. There is no money in it for them any more because the electrics have taken over the business.

[@robertgordon5562]

I can't wait until you fly your Polaris.

[@mbmrc5241]

It will be coming soon friend! Thanks for the comment. Subscribe if you haven’t already!

[@sceadu498]

Who is this Keith Shaw?

[@martinkolm1796]

He is a fantastic builder who has put a lot of effort into electric flight and has been very successful at it he is known as the godfather of electric flight. He is also very full of himself and has forgotten what this hobby is about (that’s it in short form)

[@richardrottenberk7133]

Glow is the only way to go. I'm sick of changing batteries

[@mbmrc5241]

Right on Rich! We feel ya! Thanks for the comment!

[@RC-Flight]

i hate it when you think the forecast for Saturday is going to be rain. But you wake up Saturday morning to discover the forecast has changed to sunny and you didn't bother charging up batteries because of the earlier forecast. That is why i like glow, grab your plane and go. Or the revers forecast says it going to be sunny so you spend hours charging up batteries the night before only to wake up to rain. Then you have to go through the task of now discharging those lipos.

[@stevesp38]

I do not know who this "Keith Shaw" is you gentlemen refer to, but I have to tell you that he is flat out wrong about electric being "dominant". I fly gas and glow. There is nothing like the sound of a 4-stroke glow or gas engine. I have a Great Planes Giant Big Stick XL with a 60CC Saito radial on it. You just cannot get that sound from an electric. Sorry to burst your bubble Mr. Shaw. Whoever you are. Thank you guys for your videos.

[@martinkolm1796]

Very glad to hear that. thank you for the comment and I will bet that radial is sweeeeeet I would love to have one

[@stevesp38]

Hey Martin. It is an awesome engine. I put an MRS exhaust ring from Germany on it and it has a deep throaty sound. I love that engine and it has tons of power.

[@earlforthun3838]

Electric is ok but I prefer glow over electric is over rated I race on road glow and we run 30 minutes mains with pit stops and refueling can’t do that with electric

[@johnleseur3753]

It is great to see you guys are back. You hit it right on the nose, most guys who gave up on glow, and went to electric never really took the time to learn how to run and tune glow engines. Some guys would cheap out and buy cheap off brand engines that where hard to tune. Anyway it's great to see you back, I might have to fly in and fly with you guys. Any chance to see you guys at Joe Nall?

[@martinkolm1796]

Really appreciate the comments, it’s true I have picked up quite a nice selection of used glow engines. I also believe you are correct with some of the cheaper engines were really hard to tune and keep tuned and that is why I primarily use OS, Saito, Supre Tigre. I also think a lot of people are just straight up lazy

[@johnleseur3753]

Joe Nall 2024, any chance?

[@martinkolm1796]

At this point I would say no but something could change

[@bullydog464]

It looks like Sig has jumped on the woke bus they no longer sell kits I guess they are going into the electric arf business also I give them another year and they will be gone too

[@martinkolm1796]

The owner of our local hobby shop talked to the owner herb rizzo about the kits allegedly he told him they were going to be producing kits again along with some new stuff , yeah will see!!! Thanks for the comment

[@bullydog464]

@@martinkolm1796 I didn't know about your channel until Andy Gideon told me about you He puts out some good videos

[@martinkolm1796]

Yes he does and he seems like a good dude