TIEBREAKER-POLL **COX-ENGINE-OF-THE-MONTH** (December 2022)

GallopingGhostler wrote:

And it's another horse race ----- neck and neck, down to the wire!

WOW this looks like an auction!! LOL!
Gentlemen and ladies, come and see!!!...who gives more?!!

While some think that voting, I invite you to see how the Loop 4T has turned out
https://www.coxengineforum.com/t15064p25-new-project-loop-graupner-glow#217495

Congratulations

¡Vaya, qué fantástico! ¡Felicidades, Jim! Resultado fue verificado por foto instantáneo.    
Wow, that's fantastic! Congratulations, Jim! Results were a photo finish.    



Mauricio, la obra de tu motor es excelente, muy ingenioso. The work of your engine is excellent, very ingenious.

Congratulations Jim! This vote has been very entertaining!...it has kept you alert day by day until you reach the end! I'm very happy for you!
Thanks to those who voted for me , I'm glad that the forum is active and enjoy these moments with you!

Congrats to Jim...and...his worthy opponent Mauricio...an EPIC BATTLE !!!

WOW That was close race CONGRADS JIM !! Beautiful Boat !

Thank you for everyone who voted for my Jon boat. Being a lover of the adorable Pee Wee 0.020 engine I would look for any kits designed for that power. These included a duraluminum control line plane, another the Berkeley "Baby Yank" balsa RTF free flight and a number of Guillows kits as well. The Jon boat looked cute and was run a few times at my summer camp. If you look carefully at the picture you can see where the deck was repaired after the boat bumped into a dock and the weight of the engine caused the deck to crack after the impact. I built this model in the early 1970's long before radio control was affordable so the Jon boat went wherever it felt like pretty much like free flight. So stay tuned I have a few more to show in future.

Jim, I have never seen a gold anodized crankcase Pee Wee before. When were these manufactured? Did Cox put those on an RTF, or, were they part of a special promotional sale?

And Maricio, did you do your own gold anodizing of the .051 Tee Dee crankcase?

Good eyesight! However what you are seeing on the crankcase is burnt castor oil that makes it look gold. As the engine is set up to be a pusher, the usual prop blast over the engine is considerably reduced causing the engine to run hotter than it would in the usual tractor configuration. But yes, it DOES look sort of "gold"!

Congratulations JIM!!!…. Neat story on the Jon boat and yes please share some more of your engines:D ….Just to let you know too old Benny, The bent cylinder PeeWee .020 you repaired for me, Still runs just fine

Mauricio!! , Your custom throttles for these small engines are amazing…. Wonderful craftsmanship!!!!

Neat race this month, Thanks guys!!

I had one of this Jon Boats years ago.
Finished over the winter (Christmas present).

That spring I took it over to a friend's house and played around with it.

That friend (Chris Russ) had an idea from my Dumas Jon boat and thought he could do the same with an aluminum flat bottom boat that his parents had behind the house.

Chris modified the flat bottom aluminum boat, made an engine mount in the back, installed a 2-stroke motorcycle engine, with a prop and cage from one of those industrial fans and installed it on the 2-stroke engine.
In the back he had one rudder hook up to turn the boat.

It looked crude but Chris figured it should work like the Dumas Jon boat that I had.

Chris wanted to try it on the river by his house. (It was the end of November)
I suggested to try it in the marsh area (which was covered in snow).

I won out!
We started it up --- gave her the gas and it wasn't moving?
Chris suggested I get out and pull on the rope on the front of the boat to get it going?
I did and it started moving --- right past me knocking me over.
Fortunately, my coat got a good rip in it instead of my skin.

I got up and was watching Chris gliding across the snow.
From my view point I saw Chris move the rudder and the boat tipped over and didn't turn.

Thinking back now, the narrow aluminum boat was top heavy and should have been wider like the Dumas Jon boat.

A pair of young kids who survived a not so bright idea.
We thought it should work like the Dumas Jon boat?

My mom really didn't like Chris so much. I don't know why?
Maybe because of the broken collar bone, gash in the forehead, dislocated fingers (not the same one) and broken hip?
All in about 15yr span when I was young and was with Chris when they all seemed to have happened?

Haven't seen him since he signed up for the military? (1997)

I was SO pleased that we were able to resurrect that damaged engine! Took metalworking to a new level using minimal force and a metal mandrel. And because the engine has a new lease on life, it will be the one to get used rather than saved.

As Bob and a few others here have demonstrated, I love engine rescue stories. It seems to make the engine so much more worthwhile to use when the engine has been restored from its previous debauched state. It is not much different from a child born with a hair lip, has a surgeon restore their mouth to a normal healthy one through surgery, so they can live out a normal, healthy life.

From unloved "orphan" to cherished adopted child.

Hello, in this case it is not a .051 but a .020.
Many years ago there were some houses selling Cox items here in Argentina, all of those houses no longer exist, part of the inventory was bought by different people over time.
A few years ago I saw a sale of some Cox items, and among them were three .020 cylinder, piston and connecting rod assemblies from Cox, a pretty cool find. I immediately bought it.
From there, I ordered the crankcase and crankshaft, needle, venturi and spray bar from Ex Model Engines of the USA, I also ordered the carter body and the glow plug from Cox International of Canada.
I made my own base in aluminum alloy and the throttle control ring in graphited bronze.
Once I had all the parts, I assembled the engine and its operation and ride quality turned out to be wonderful.
Then I'll make a video so you can see it in action!
Thanks again to those who liked the custom Cox .020 R/C!

Mauricio, usted nos dio una historia interesante del motor especial.  No lo supe que el motor fue un tamaño .020.  
You gave us an interesting history of the special engine. I didn't know it was a .020 engine.

También no lo supe que las partes del motor llegaron desde muchos proveedores, la tienda local, las tiendas en los países fuera América del Sur, el Canadá y los Estados Unidos, y propia obra de usted. Also, I didn't know the motor parts came from many sources, the local shop, the stores in countries outside South America, Canada and United States, and your own work.

¡El motor es una obra fantástica! The engine is a fantastic work! ¡Muy bien!

The poor engine bolted to that 2 x 4  wanted to spend it's life flying through the sky enjoying it's life as free as a bird.
It makes me want to cry when I see model engines that have been doomed to live out their lives in display cases and once every 10 years bolted to a 2 x 4 just so it's Evil Master can watch his poor engine try to break free from its constraints....