Cox Ranger V .049

rsv1cox Thu Sep 23, 2021 9:50 pm

This popped up on ebay first as a "used" engine for $49 with a no sale. Then as a "new" engine for $75. Same engine, same seller. I liked the presentation (NIB) but not the price, so I contacted the seller and told him I would be a buyer at his original forty nine dollar price. He replied with an offer of $49 which I accepted. Looks like a Dragonfly boxed for inclusion with some of their plastic flyers.

Ranger V .049 (0.8 cm³)

Manufactured in 1987-1988 (#29411, ECJ #78)

The Ranger V was used as a product engine for many R/C models distributed by Cox. These models were usually made in China from Styrofoam and came almost ready to fly with these engines. The engines themselves were made in the USA.

This Ranger V product engine was intended to be a replacement for the "Typhoon" R/C model. It came in a cardboard box with spinner, stub screw and two of the black oxide Cox tools. It is similar to the Dragonfly engine which was sold as a hobby engine.

davidll1984 Fri Sep 24, 2021 2:25 am

Yes it looks like a packaging made by kyosho Looks like old fuel inside? Huh...

It looks good this engine is well preserved from dust The silencer is à plus Good Find Thumbs Up

rsv1cox Fri Sep 24, 2021 7:15 pm

I think that it's just yellowed tape David. Will know for sure when I get it. I will never remove it from the package, I have several loose Dragonflys if I ever need one.

Bob

davidll1984 Fri Sep 24, 2021 8:36 pm

Yes we can see it's a piece of adhesive tape Surely there since the day of manufacture We can see with the magnified photo originale cool Very Happy

rsv1cox Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:00 pm

davidll1984 wrote:Yes we can see it's a piece of adhesive tape Surely there since the day of manufacture We can see with the magnified photo originale cool

Yes, got it today. Tape to hold the back cover on. Neat. Goes in my display case unopened.

EXModelEngines Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:22 pm

This was used with the Fairchild 24 airplanes as well.

NEW222 Wed Sep 29, 2021 12:37 am

Wow, is that ever cool. Another I had not known about, nor did I know they came like that. So, was this sold as a stand alone engine, or did this come from a kit from back then?

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