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Cox Engine of The Month
Cox Addiction
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Cox Addiction
Hello everybody, My name is Charles, and I have an addiction!
I keep buying batches of grimy, unloved Cox motors, to bring back to life.
Latest lot arrived yesterday. This is after gentle spray and external cleaning with Ballistol and some soft rags.
its a fierce addiction, yet fiercely rewarding.
At some point - I should sell off some of the motors, to refinance
Anyhow, its better than loose wimmen, booze and dancing.
I keep buying batches of grimy, unloved Cox motors, to bring back to life.
Latest lot arrived yesterday. This is after gentle spray and external cleaning with Ballistol and some soft rags.
its a fierce addiction, yet fiercely rewarding.
At some point - I should sell off some of the motors, to refinance
Anyhow, its better than loose wimmen, booze and dancing.
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Re: Cox Addiction
Charles, I love the looks of the Babe Bee converted into a longer flight runner with the Kavan Tank Extension, a tad bit longer flight than the 8 cc tank Golden Bee. Also you scored with the Tee Dee and parts Tee Dee, kudos.
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Re: Cox Addiction
DO NOT SEEK THEROPY !! You will OK Just keep coming back to COX ENGINE FORUM Nice looking bunch of engines .
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Re: Cox Addiction
Don’t worry, we all have the bugcstatman wrote:Hello everybody, My name is Charles, and I have an addiction!
I keep buying batches of grimy, unloved Cox motors, to bring back to life.
Latest lot arrived yesterday. This is after gentle spray and external cleaning with Ballistol and some soft rags.
its a fierce addiction, yet fiercely rewarding.
At some point - I should sell off some of the motors, to refinance
Anyhow, its better than loose wimmen, booze and dancing.
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Re: Cox Addiction
If you really want a hoot regarding collecting humour, then read this thread started by @Ian1954.akjgardner wrote:Don’t worry, we all have the bugcstatman wrote:its a fierce addiction, yet fiercely rewarding. At some point - I should sell off some of the motors, to refinance. Anyhow, its better than loose wimmen, booze and dancing.
https://www.coxengineforum.com/t6548-pfeffer-addiction-well-addiction-in-general
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yes ,Funny and well written. And True, I’m currently on a hunt for more MCcoys, the engines, not the band , although they are pretty good too !GallopingGhostler wrote:If you really want a hoot regarding collecting humour, then read this thread started by @ Ian1954.akjgardner wrote:Don’t worry, we all have the bugcstatman wrote:its a fierce addiction, yet fiercely rewarding. At some point - I should sell off some of the motors, to refinance. Anyhow, its better than loose wimmen, booze and dancing.
https://www.coxengineforum.com/t6548-pfeffer-addiction-well-addiction-in-general
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Re: Cox Addiction
Eye candy Charles for you, me, and all of us - Give me your tired, dirty, yearning to breath free engines.
Magnificent Obsession it may well be.
Magnificent Obsession it may well be.
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Re: Cox Addiction
2 of the bees are now running!
here's one
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U8hxcCaBwRU
i hope to get on the tD's later this week
here's one
https://www.youtube.com/shorts/U8hxcCaBwRU
i hope to get on the tD's later this week
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Re: Cox Addiction
cstatman wrote:Hello everybody, My name is Charles, and I have an addiction!
I keep buying batches of grimy, unloved Cox motors, to bring back to life.
Latest lot arrived yesterday. This is after gentle spray and external cleaning with Ballistol and some soft rags.
its a fierce addiction, yet fiercely rewarding.
At some point - I should sell off some of the motors, to refinance
Anyhow, its better than loose wimmen, booze and dancing.
Just promise you're gonna put those engines into service and not into some glass display case! Breaks my heart to see "collections" of things when there are some of us out there still building planes and shopping for these motors
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As far as what one does with their engines once they become their property, this is of course their perogative. But, it sort of reminds me of when I saw the first model airplane take flight, free of its own, a majestic sight to behold. I was 10 or 11 at the time.Droobie wrote:Just promise you're gonna put those engines into service and not into some glass display case! Breaks my heart to see "collections" of things when there are some of us out there still building planes and shopping for these motors
Aircraft have always fascinated me. I am of the school that I enjoy seeing an aircraft take flight even if it is not 100% authentic (for example, pre-1956 Cox engines using new cylinders, piston and head or sporting an aftermarket throttle). I look at that and say, "that engine still lives and and is living proof of its legacy."
@Droobie , to the forum! Could you share a little bit of yourself in the Introductions Section? If nothing else, maybe a model airplane war story?
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Just promise you're gonna put those engines into service and not into some glass display case! Breaks my heart to see "collections" of things when there are some of us out there still building planes and shopping for these motors.
Wasties............?
ebay, flea markets, Facebook market-place, craigslist, etc. are full of them at reasonable prices They are not an endangered species.
Hoping that these pictures didn't "Break your heart". Where are you located? USA?
Welcome to the forum.
Bob
Wasties............?
ebay, flea markets, Facebook market-place, craigslist, etc. are full of them at reasonable prices They are not an endangered species.
Hoping that these pictures didn't "Break your heart". Where are you located? USA?
Welcome to the forum.
Bob
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No need for all the hand wringing, my apologies. Everyone can do with their Cox as they see fit.
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Droobie wrote:No need for all the hand wringing, my apologies. Everyone can do with their Cox as they see fit.
No apologies necessary, we are family here. It's the old "Different strokes for different folks" thing.
Some 70+ years ago and for many years thereafter I had my time in the circle, then for me, it became less fun. Didn't diminish my love for the sport though.
Post pictures when you can.
Bob
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Good idea Andras
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Thanks Levent, actually the idea was conceived in a pre-Xmas conspiration between my wife and daughter, and I do not know where they found the thumbnail graphics...maybe on the net? The rest was just finding a company making customized cases for Samsung mobile phones...
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I like my sportsman alot beeing a easy starter and good response runner , Enjoy catsman
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I try to learn something new every day. Someone once told me, that was a good key to not becoming a doddering old senile fool. Well, that and cutting back drastically on the bourbon
I'm a HUGE fan of Ballistol as a cleaner and rust preventative.
https://ballistol.com/
Well, some feller on the interwebs suggested getting an old tin box, any kind really, as long as it has a lid.
cutting up rags, putting them IN the tin box, which you have properly labelled. then filling it with your favorite oil
i cut old t shirts and some microfiber towels, they are layered in the box, doused with Ballistol.
So now I have a smallish square tin box that once held christmas cookies or something
NOT the Royal Dansk round butter cookies box, we all know those are for sewing supplies and childhood disappointment (not cookies, needles and thread)
Awesome to open box, and rub down engine to remove external castor, dirt, and leave protective film.
I learned something new, and maybe pass on to all ya'll.
Also I need to take a pic of the motor after run, after heat, after wipedown. looks even cleaner
I'm a HUGE fan of Ballistol as a cleaner and rust preventative.
https://ballistol.com/
Well, some feller on the interwebs suggested getting an old tin box, any kind really, as long as it has a lid.
cutting up rags, putting them IN the tin box, which you have properly labelled. then filling it with your favorite oil
i cut old t shirts and some microfiber towels, they are layered in the box, doused with Ballistol.
So now I have a smallish square tin box that once held christmas cookies or something
NOT the Royal Dansk round butter cookies box, we all know those are for sewing supplies and childhood disappointment (not cookies, needles and thread)
Awesome to open box, and rub down engine to remove external castor, dirt, and leave protective film.
I learned something new, and maybe pass on to all ya'll.
Also I need to take a pic of the motor after run, after heat, after wipedown. looks even cleaner
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"I try to learn something new every day. Someone once told me, that was a good key to not becoming a doddering old senile fool"
Are you trying to tell me something.
Are you trying to tell me something.
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