Acceleration ring Cox Tee Dee .010

Andras, thanks for that catalog photo ... that is to say that the .010 was always a star of the group, let's say ... It is not for less!, it's a real gem!
Brad, thanks for making that effect in the photo, I like it!

Brad, what do you think ?? ... is it great for the .010? ... or are we in the right size ?? ...

so the imagination is working!

Yes helps to see the design

Howdy Y'all!  I've been wondering when someone would figure the throttle out for the Cox .010, and it looks like you guys are on the ball!  Would anyone venture a guess as to how much it would cost to make a few of the throttle set-ups?  I'd be in the market for a couple, if anyone could make them.  My eyesight at this point would keep me from flying something that small, but running the engine on a stand with reasonable throttle control would be a BLAST!  Thanks, and Blue Skies!   Blair

balogh wrote:It is from a mini catalogue printed in the early 60-s. There is no Litho mark on it but the vintage tin cans on the back sheet put it back into that era.



Maybe Bob who collects those Mercedes cars knows which year they were first sold?

Looking at the page of engines, the Medallions are advertised as the New Rotary Engines. According to Tim Dannels/Dan Sitter Cox Model Engine Handbook, the Medallion .049, .09 and .15 first appeared November 1961 so I would guess that catalogue as the 1962 issue. I have a 1960 catalogue (which I must get scanned and put in the forum) and the Mercedes does not feature in that. Just my two cents worth.

Hey Space Cowboy if you check ebay you will have better odds locating a throttled
.020 engine that uses a ring, still quite small in size to enjoy at home. Making
a throttle for a TD .010 is very difficult without a CNC machine. By hand it take
quite a bit of fitting / tweaking. I have made three of them, Mauricio has made
some too. You have to file off the lip on the bottom of the cylinder to slide the
ring on. The exhaust cut outs have to be orientated just right for good idle.