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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:03:43 PM EDT
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:07:57 PM EDT
[#1]
Dad got me one and it lasted a few seconds before it hit the storm drain cover.
I remember it being pretty damn fast. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:08:35 PM EDT
[#2]
I loved those things.
The neighbors hated them. 
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:09:33 PM EDT
[#3]
.049 nitro methane fueled insaniac toys...
loved my P40 War Hawk |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:09:43 PM EDT
[#4]
They were very hard to control and had a very short life due to crashes
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:12:28 PM EDT
[#5]
Fun fact, they make control line cars too.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:12:52 PM EDT
[#6]
My brother got a brand new Stuka and Dad hooked the controls up backwards. Of course Dad had to fly it first and it went down when it was supposed to go up. Nose dive straight into the dirt and exploded all the plastic pieces, my brother was crushed.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:12:54 PM EDT
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I doubt mine survived the first 30 seconds.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:14:11 PM EDT
[#8]
For the first flight my dad says "I'll try it out for you to make sure everything works right". That flight lasted 5 seconds, it never flew again, due to its somewhat expected unairworthiness.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:15:19 PM EDT
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This is the one I had. Everything was rubber banded together so when it crashed, it wouldn't break.
https://www.ebay.com/itm/224539718600?hash=item34479c33c8:g:riEAAOSwX2Ng9PHB |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:15:35 PM EDT
[#10]
What’s up with the homos wearing helmets and knee pads? LoL. My former 8yo self laughs.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:16:07 PM EDT
[#11]
First engine I ever tore down and reassembled was a Cox .049
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:16:18 PM EDT
[#12]
I had one when I was around 11. An AT6 model.
Couldn't get it to work. 
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:16:57 PM EDT
[#13]
I'm an RC guy, I get too dizzy for control line. Those guys are weird
 CONTROL LINE COMBAT AT THE BMFA NATIONALS BARKSTON HEATH - 2019 |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:17:43 PM EDT
[#14]
Quote HistoryQuoted: First engine I ever tore down and reassembled was a Cox .049 They make a tiny one called the Tee Dee 0.01. not sure if it is still in production but was 15 or so years ago when I was into RC planes. I wanted one just for the novelty of having the (at the time) worlds smallest production internal combustion engine. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:18:06 PM EDT
[#15]
Quote HistoryQuoted: They were very hard to control and had a very short life due to crashes Loud AF too |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:18:08 PM EDT
[#16]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fun fact, they make control line cars too. Those tether cars are insanely fast. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:18:48 PM EDT
[#17]
I had a P40 War Hawk and a Stuka dive bomber. Spent more time working on them than flying. Damn glow plugs.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:23:16 PM EDT
[#18]
I had the cox spitfire airplane model and buddy had red baron biplane model
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:25:23 PM EDT
[#19]
Oh come on. All these posts any nobody reminiscing about the great smell of the airplanes burning fuel? Better than Hoppes No. 9!
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:27:35 PM EDT
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I had the Corsair. I wonder if it's still at my parents house.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:27:43 PM EDT
[#21]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fun fact, they make control line cars too. But nobody said you had to use the control line. We used to set ours free in the road, thankfully the curbs kept us safe |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:28:22 PM EDT
[#22]
I had the P51. Never could get it to fly.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:28:30 PM EDT
[#23]
For my 10th birthday, Dad bought me the Stuka first. He crashed it immediately destroying it. Went back to the store and got the trainer. He broke it too.
Now that I recall, I guess I never got a present to play with. Just got to look at pieces of broken dreams. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:29:29 PM EDT
[#24]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh come on. All these posts any nobody reminiscing about the great smell of the airplanes burning fuel? Better than Hoppes No. 9! And all that castor oil kept you regular |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:29:51 PM EDT
[#25]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh come on. All these posts any nobody reminiscing about the great smell of the airplanes burning fuel? Better than Hoppes No. 9! I can still smell that slightly oily sweet smell. I had a stuka as well a p40. I also have a nice scar on my right hand at the base of the thumb where I managed to intersect will the propeller while adjusting the needle valve. Ah, great memories |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:30:10 PM EDT
[#26]
I had a PT-19 trainer, a P51 Mustang, and two home built. Once I learned on the trainer, it was loads of fun. Could never afford the rc models.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:30:34 PM EDT
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Dad got me one and it lasted a few seconds before it hit the storm drain cover. I remember it being pretty damn fast. Ours came with rubber bands that kept it together so we could salvage it after the inevitable.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:32:02 PM EDT
[#28]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Fun fact, they make control line cars too. I had one of those. It's a miracle that we never lost any fingers. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:32:41 PM EDT
[#29]
Remember the sound as you watched someone else flying one? Errreeee gets quieter, then louder, errrreee then a couple more turns, goes high, over corrects, then crashes.
Good times 
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:32:48 PM EDT
[#30]
Dad bought me a Stuka Dive Bomber. Then he broke it.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:34:01 PM EDT
[#31]
Quote HistoryQuoted: For the first flight my dad says "I'll try it out for you to make sure everything works right". That flight lasted 5 seconds, it never flew again, due to its somewhat expected unairworthiness. This makes me smile. My God, how I can relate to it both as a father and a son. As a father, I always think, "shit, I'm such a failure. At least he could've enjoyed 5 seconds of flight." As a son I always thought, "shit, I'm such a failure. I never would've lasted a second." |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:34:12 PM EDT
[#32]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had one of those. It's a miracle that we never lost any fingers. Those blades were sharp and hard to see at speed. Flesh wounds for all... |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:35:50 PM EDT
[#33]
I had a Cox PT-19 Trainer that I could barely fly. Those flights usually ended in crashes.
Google 'Cox PT-19 Trainer' and look at the prices!! Some are $350.00!!  |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:36:06 PM EDT
[#34]
I think ours was the Corsair. It flew well when we could get it running, which wasn’t often.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:37:52 PM EDT
[#35]
Yep, we lost one at Charleston Air Force Station. It was a fun watching it fly off after the string broke.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:38:04 PM EDT
[#36]
I had a friend with one.
Fun for about 1 minute. Then you're tired of just spinning in circles. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:38:24 PM EDT
[#37]
Quote HistoryQuoted: For my 10th birthday, Dad bought me the Stuka first. He crashed it immediately destroying it. Went back to the store and got the trainer. He broke it too. Now that I recall, I guess I never got a present to play with. Just got to look at pieces of broken dreams. I feel kinda bad laughing at your destroyed dreams, but holy shit is that funny. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:40:12 PM EDT
[#38]
Smashed a bunch of them.
They did lead to my brother becoming a world class RC competitor and founding his own Model airplane company. 
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:40:30 PM EDT
[#39]
Wasn't the engine called a thimble drone?
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:41:37 PM EDT
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: This is the one I had. Everything was rubber banded together so when it crashed, it wouldn't break. https://www.ebay.com/itm/224539718600?hash=item34479c33c8:g:riEAAOSwX2Ng9PHB I still have mine somewhere. My bro has the P-51.  Attached File |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:43:43 PM EDT
[#41]
Quote HistoryQuoted: Oh come on. All these posts any nobody reminiscing about the great smell of the airplanes burning fuel? Better than Hoppes No. 9! By a long shot! That's one thing I miss now. Really nice when someone brings a glow plane to the field and we can smell the old smells again... just about everything is electric or gas now  Convenient, but it's missing something. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:43:48 PM EDT
[#42]
I had a Cessna 151, never could keep the engine running long enough to get off the ground. Stupid spring loaded starter.
Later I got a RC glider powered by an . 049 cox engine. Flew it once, crashed upon landing.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:43:53 PM EDT
[#43]
Those things few terrible. I had the P-39.
I don't think any of the RTF ones used a TD motor. Those were a lot more powerful. Come to think about it, I still have 2 of the little spring start 0.049s in the package. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:45:00 PM EDT
[#44]
I had the P-40 version. Running on a line got boring. We would let er rip down the road. Didn't last long.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:45:35 PM EDT
[#45]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had the Corsair. I wonder if it's still at my parents house. I did too, it exploded gloriously 30 or so years ago. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:45:37 PM EDT
[#46]
I had one. Hard to start, hard to fly, got dizzy and fell down often. The fun factor just wasn't there.
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:45:43 PM EDT
[#47]
A longer line set stops spastic spinning.
Cox Black Widow .049 is best .049. Fuck Teedee .049! I had the Cox Red Baron, which was a solid red .020 powered version of their Pitts Special. Later, I built kits from balsa and tissue. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:47:27 PM EDT
[#48]
 Car Wash Takes Employee for a Ride || ViralHog |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:49:14 PM EDT
[#49]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I had a Cessna 151, never could keep the engine running long enough to get off the ground. Stupid spring loaded starter. Later I got a RC glider powered by an . 049 cox engine. Flew it once, crashed upon landing. The little engines is where most of us learned to use the term COX sucker. |
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Posted: 7/23/2021 4:49:39 PM EDT
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Christmas day, Santa brings me a yellow airboat style cox car. We wait for the temps to warm a little. Noon we head out to the local school parking lot. Santa drives the spike into the tarmac. Spins the blade, screams to life, and starts its circle track course.
Faster and faster it goes, round and round. After a few loops it decides that it's a plane now, not a car. One or two feet off the ground, the spike pulls out and we are off. Goes about 50 yards or so at a thousand mph and try's to knock down a curb. The curb was not amused. Thanks for the memories and my shortest owned toy.  Attached File |
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