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"ULTIMITE COX 010: it has a clutch, E starter, throttle, exhaust, aluminum tank, aluminum venturi, gearbox with forward and reverse, and now its on a custom drawn and printed stand"
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Where I started
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Where I started
Most everyone has a story about starting out with thier first cox ready to fly controline plane. Well when I was a kid there wasn't much money and no amount of begging resulted in a cox plane on Christnas or birthdays. Finaly on one such occasion, (don't remember which ) I was the happy recipient of a Wen-Mac v tail Beechcraft Bonanza! Oh boy! Out of countless Suday afternoons of trying , I got it to fly a tank of gas ONCE! It was totally out of control with a hand launch...we had no hard surface to ROG from and hand launched everything. Because of this I had removed the heavy tricycle landing gear. Now thinking about this I suspect that really screwed up the CG! After ONE finally successfull flight I think I sold it to a neighbor kid for probably 5.00. Add in some lawn mowing money and I bought myself a new P-40 flying tiger....the tan one with the inverted engine. I never flew it because I didn't want to wreck it. I had that P-40 until I left it in an outbuilding with some other planes in the midst of a move in 1987. Hadn't flown since the 60's and was tired of moving a bunch of stuff I never used. Now I'm wishing I hadn't done such a stupid thing! Now 32 yrs. later I am back near the area where I left them. Old building where I left them in the attic is still standing...don't know who lives there now....not sure I want to be an idiot and stop in and ask about looking for them ,or see if they are still there!
Anyway...after my Wen-Mac debacle I got into building and flying combat wings. Lil Satans and Voodoos. Left my last new unflown Voodoo behind in that move also with a new .35 engine on it.
There's a morale to this story...NEVER abandon or sell stuff you no longer use! You'll want it back when you get older!....And by the way...anyone ever seen a Wen-Mac v-tail Beech Bonanza? I never have. Mine was red and white. They must have been substantialy cheaper than the cox planes in the day,otherwise I may have never gotten into controline to start with! Just some reminising from a now OLD phart! Thanks for bearing with me and my story.......Steve
Anyway...after my Wen-Mac debacle I got into building and flying combat wings. Lil Satans and Voodoos. Left my last new unflown Voodoo behind in that move also with a new .35 engine on it.
There's a morale to this story...NEVER abandon or sell stuff you no longer use! You'll want it back when you get older!....And by the way...anyone ever seen a Wen-Mac v-tail Beech Bonanza? I never have. Mine was red and white. They must have been substantialy cheaper than the cox planes in the day,otherwise I may have never gotten into controline to start with! Just some reminising from a now OLD phart! Thanks for bearing with me and my story.......Steve
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OhBee- Platinum Member
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Re: Where I started
Welcome back to your childhood! I "took" a 35 year hiatus and returnred a few years ago hoping to drag my two boys away from their cellphones/gadgets.
Both successfully built, and flew their own. Both complained the whole way through. Both left the hobby as fast as they entered it.
I chose to stick around. Now the closet in the garage is my Hobby Closet, complete with A/C and decent lighting. Their planes hang in the closet so I can fly them if I choose. The stash of kits has grown. I have two models roughly 85% completed. Once they are done, I move on to revisit the P-40...this time wrapped around a .15 engine.
Also in the room is my N-scale railroad with roughly 25' of track on a 2x4 cookie-cutter table. I may try to involve my boys in my 45 yo AFX stuff too.
Getting older means the responsibilities relax a bit, and we can enjoy our childhood again!
Good for you, I say.
Both successfully built, and flew their own. Both complained the whole way through. Both left the hobby as fast as they entered it.
I chose to stick around. Now the closet in the garage is my Hobby Closet, complete with A/C and decent lighting. Their planes hang in the closet so I can fly them if I choose. The stash of kits has grown. I have two models roughly 85% completed. Once they are done, I move on to revisit the P-40...this time wrapped around a .15 engine.
Also in the room is my N-scale railroad with roughly 25' of track on a 2x4 cookie-cutter table. I may try to involve my boys in my 45 yo AFX stuff too.
Getting older means the responsibilities relax a bit, and we can enjoy our childhood again!
Good for you, I say.
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Re: Where I started
Great story Ohbee. After 32 years they are probably dust or long gone, but horses couldn't keep me from knocking on their door and checking.
At least two of my C/L planes are somewhere in the woods of NH. Fly-a-ways or more accurately I just disconnected the lines and let them go. I would love to find them again. Last one I saw circling high above when the wind took it somewhere.
At least two of my C/L planes are somewhere in the woods of NH. Fly-a-ways or more accurately I just disconnected the lines and let them go. I would love to find them again. Last one I saw circling high above when the wind took it somewhere.
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Re: Where I started
The more I think about this the more it bugs me! We ever get any decent weather I am going to HAVE to go make a fool of myself. 32 yrs...yeah not much hope. But at least I'd know and could let it go!
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