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This page is a tribute to Arne Hende and the all the reproduction and original model engines he produced. Arne knew what collectors wanted, who was capable of doing the work to the high standard he demanded, and who could deliver reliably at a price the buyers would be happy with. He designed the special modifications and features, managed the production runs and performed quality checks and inspections. So while you could not precisely say that he "built" all these engines, without him they would certainly not exist and that is close enough to being the real builder for most. Today his engines are highly prized by those lucky enough to posses them.
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To the best of our collective wisdom—or lack thereof—the engines made by Arne were:
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The presentation boxes for Arne's engines were made by Dan Vincent who provided the following snippets about the engines;
The Fox .09 came with and without AH SWEDEN on the case. Several collectors asked Arne if he could make a run of cases without the letters so they could replace their original Fox .59 case. Arne’s case maker thought he meant to remove the letters on all sizes of the Fox so he also removed letters from the smaller .09
Arne made a few different Baby Dyno .25 cc engines with the ABC combo. Some had thin beam mounts others had different length shouldered prop spinner nuts. He did offer a steel cylinder that could be swapped out for easier starting. He never actually made a production run of steel cylinder engines but there are a few that were retro fitted. Arne told me the Dyno will pick up about 500 RPM if you put your finger over one exhaust port.
The K&B .15 Series-64 was modifed by Arne Hende’ to an ABC diesel with a flat top piston and a schneurle-ported type sleeve. Arne said he had this example turning 22,500 on the bench using a Topflyte 5-1/4x3 Power-Prop.