I still have my Cox Navy trainer (I forget the number) in a box
somewhere, along with a coupla cars.
--R
On 11/11/13 11:22 AM, Dan Penoff wrote:
My sister had a boyfriend who gave my brother and I his "old" Cox two cycle
airplanes.
I took the PT-19 with the rubber bands that held it together. My brother got a
Stuka dive bomber.
I flew the PT-19 all the time. Fly it into the ground? Boom! Parts separate and
you just put them back together, maybe break a rubber band at worst.
My brother was afraid to fly the Stuka, fearing that he might crash and destroy
it.
After he had watched me fly (and crash) the PT-19 for several months I finally
convinced him to let me try and fly the Stuka.
We set it up, get it running, and off it goes into the air with me on the
controls. About a minute into the flight, one of the control lines breaks and
it lives up to it's namesake and dives directly into the ground. The results
were not pretty.
Fortunately, my flying skills were not at fault, since there was nothing I
could do to recover with no controls.
And just to clarify, these were the Cox brand planes that you flew in a circle
with the control lines. Made you dizzy as heck until you got used to them...
Dan
On Nov 11, 2013, at 10:33 AM, Craig <[email protected]> wrote:
On Mon, 11 Nov 2013 08:32:17 -0500 Dan Penoff <[email protected]> wrote:
I do recall the little stationary steam engines that ran off an alcohol
burner. Always wanted one of them.
I had one. I think we used fuel pellets in it, too.
I'll bet a lot of people here built models. I built a lot of planes...
Yup, and missiles and tanks, too. I also built balsa/plywood/fabric model
airplanes and flew them, both control-line and R/C types.
Craig
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