Antique Cox Control Line Plane’s History and flights by NightFlyyer.
Can you watch all the way? If not, don’t try flying dizzying U-Control. What you see is exacly what I saw! My friend Larry at the Roller Skating Rink asked me if I wanted some old Cox airplanes. Of course I said yes. This video shows what is like to stand in the middle of the circle on only 25 foot strings and spin. Using 2 cameras, you will see the perspective and hear the engine noise. Ending with a Modern twist, I hope you enjoy this piece of Model Airplane Nostalgia. Cox Models, a former division of Estes Industries of Penrose, Colorado, was a multimillion-dollar hobby company, was one of the hobby industry’s oldest companies, and is noted for its production of miniature model internal-combustion engines. This company, originally named “The LM Cox Manufacturing Co, Inc.,” was founded in 1945 by the machinist Roy Cox in Placentia, California. Cox grew up in and around his father’s bicycle shop, and developed an interest in mechanical devices. Cox’s first products were wooden pop guns, produced in his home garage. Cox chose wood for his basic material, since metal was scarce during WW II. When metals became readily available in the United States in 1947, Cox turned his attention to new products, beginning with a diecast metal car. This product was developed into a “whip car”, a tethered vehicle which could be manually swung in a circle at high speed. Nitro- and gasoline-powered tether cars with .60 cubic inch miniature engines capable of speeds of 100 mph (160 km/h …
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You looked awesome and you still do dude
Wow, Deja VU!! Thanks Dave!
Cox is what I started on as well. I had an Interceptor car and my brother and cousin had plans; all powered by .049′s. Thanks for the memories Dave!
I flew one today for the first time…man what a rush…im hooked !!!!
I wonder what would if you accidently let go of the cord would the plane just fly away and keep on going or would it just fall to ground? keep up posting those videos i am just a begginer and i just got the apprentice 15e RTF for christmas. Any tips or headers you got for me please post them on my page @ aviationboy98.
great job dave! I have a cox plane that was built in the 70′s but i made it an rc. it flies great! sure beats going in circles!
lol made me dizzy watchin lol
u almost made me puke by going around and around,
my dad used to do this. i never saw the point in it. rc is so much better. this is slow torture.
Looks like you were having a great time flying them old antique line control plane’s.
great video, thanks man!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Wow, Dave…. that was a fantastic spin down memory lane… As a young boy my Dad and I would fly dozens of Estes rockets and a couple Cox .049 planes, and even my youthful eustachian tubes were no match for more than a tank or two on that U-control… It was always a blast when you’d fall over too dizzy WHILE flying and still have this whizzing mosquito hurling around at absurd scale speed, often winding up the control lines on the pilot until (hopefully) it would hit the ground and stop.
control line is lots of fun i built a j3 cub profile with a baby bee and spring starter. it takes a full lap to get off the ground but once its off the ground the handling is great
I still remember my old flitestreak with the shortened wings and hopped up os 29, man that thing could really go. We used to get a couple of us in the circle for some combat fun now and then, it was a real hoot. Thanks for bringing back the old days Dave.
Dave… Absolutely brought back memories of my first plane. A low wing war plane knockoff U – Control line. When I saw you spinning and spinning, it reminded me of how dizzy I used to get flying mine. I too learned the hard way about the 1/2 tank! I was about 10 years old in 1983. Don’t recall the manufacturer, just that it was blue with yellow accents, and once made me puke from dizziness!
@NightFlyyer In México we say ¨remember is live again¨, very nice history…
saludos desde México.
Brings back a lot of memories Dave… I had the Cox PT Trainer (I think it was) and a P-40 Warhawk & a Stuka..
I love Control Line and always will. By the way, when you were big time into Control Line, did you ever happen to come upon a black Nobler with a Fox .35 that looks about 50 years old? Because my grandpa gave his Nobler he built 50 years ago away to my cousin and he gave it to someone else. I REALLY want to find that Nobler for sedimental purposes. Thanks!
thanks that was great
Great flight these are truly some nice lil birds
Just wanted to thank you for this vid i never would have known that back then you had gas engine flyers a friend of mine had something like that when we were kids his mother never let us fly it i now own three helicopters and man i have so much fun i”m looking into buying a parkzone t 28 for my first plane and i have been a practiced pilot, also with my phoenix sim program. Thanks for sharing i love flying and anything to do with planes or heli’s your help has also been very appreciated thanks.
What I started with, PT-19, P-40, and the Stuka!!
Omg! Those things amazing, and what a history lesson
Reminds me when i was a boy We had little foam planes that were battery operated and had string just like those, you had to tie it to the ceiling then give it a toss then it would fly around the bedroom for hours untill the battery run dead lol
Those gas powerd ones look and sound amazing
pitty they stopped making things like this, my boy would love something like that
awesome video
Really cool. You made it way longer than I could have!- Thanks for sharing-TM
That was cool! I’ve heard of line control but that was the first demo I’ve ever seen, thanks for that!
Funny, that would be considered a pretty dangerous toy for a kid by today’s standards. Society is scared of lawn darts but mommy will buy little Tommy the latest Grand Theft Auto video game. I feel my generation is missing something. But gotta love 2.4G brushless lipo RC!
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