S.M.A.L.L. 2017 !! The Boys Are Back in Town !

Just in case anyone needs a Cox Engine starting guide video for SMALL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx8lpO5d4rE

BWAAA !!! Walked a mile in THEM shoes !!!!

Just 32 days and counting!

With SMALL and the Sig R/C Fly-In a little more than a month away, I had to spend some time around running Cox engines last weekend to hold me over.

Here's a link below to my RCGroups blog with lots of photos featuring 1/4 - 1/2A free flight models at Lost Hills, CA, last weekend. Pretty impressive models and a great bunch of folks.
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/member.php?u=263724

NOTE: Be sure to click on Continue Reading in each post to view all photos.

Tony

xplaneguy wrote:Just in case anyone needs a Cox Engine starting guide video for SMALL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx8lpO5d4rE

I am a loner whenever I fly and may be much poorer equipped (cold beverages included) but my COX engines start much faster though.

Man there is some Jet Freaks out there , nice pics looks like a Blast !!

Most of those jets are mine, so they call me...Mr. Jet Freak!

xplaneguy wrote:Just in case anyone needs a Cox Engine starting guide video for SMALL.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bx8lpO5d4rE

That's hilarious. It was a Tee Dee too, the easiest engine ever to crank, assuming it has some compression. In this case, I think there were too many boots in the outhouse.

However, I think flying our beloved tiny planes only once a year contributes to the problem too. I say this after watching one of my revered modeling minds struggle with a Tee Dee on an immaculately build 40 year old Golden Hawk out at the fort. He regularly flies every kind of engine ever built since 1940, always with easy dependable starts, but is madly ham-handed with the needle and (over)priming methods on the baby engines.

One day, I just couldn't sit quietly any more and he agreed to let me have a go. I closed the needle, turned the venturi pointing down, and rocked the prop a few times to push the fuel back down the bypasses and out of the combustion chamber and onto the ground. Then flipped till it showed life. Opened the needle, back-flipped, and off she lit.

I think Tee Bee is one of our old RCGroups buddies and that was a great video.

Maybe I should flood the snot out of a TD and do a serious video on quick flood recovery. It works as well on flooded big ones too.
Rusty

xplaneguy wrote:Most of those jets are mine, so they call me...Mr. Jet Freak!

Holy crap you must have your own hanger for the models Mr.

xplaneguy,congratulations are in order,I think I saw your picture in the latest issue of Model Aviation,I also enjoyed the video of you flying the A-10,Daryll

Yeah Boy !!!

Eric-We have a 30' x 90' hangar next to our home and I desperately need to thin out the fleet...it's out of control! There's foam everywhere!!!

Thanks Daryll and Kim! The A-10 is a kick to fly!

The award photo was taken by my daughter Evelyn, so it's all her fault for granting use to Motion RC.  I wonder if she made anything on that deal?? Hmmmm!! Heck, she must have....Motion RC used it in the June issue of Model Airplane News as well. All kidding aside, she took a beautiful photo. Great job Eve!

To be honest, I still feel a bit weird about awards since I don't seek them or fly competitively. I just love the hobby and thank God every day for good health and financial means to still enjoy model aviation, almost weekly. I know how proud Evelyn was seeing Dad in magazines and receiving awards, so I have to put my hang ups aside and just inspire her to reach for her dreams and make them reality.

For the record, you guys inspire me all the time, and it's hard to put into words how thrilled I am to have friends around the world who love Cox Engines as much as I do. That is truly a blessing!

It's a big foam ARF





You can buy them here:

Claims to be the Largest foam electric A-10 Warthog in the world per this link.
1,700 mm wingspan.

https://www.motionrc.com/products/freewing-a-10-thunderbolt-ii-super-scale-80mm-edf-jet-pnp


HUGE 2,700 mm indoor A10 test flown outside.




Here is the 2nd largest  2,500 mm wing span additional 800 mm more wing.




Turbin Jet indoors crazzy!

Actually, the Motion RC website clearly states, "Motion RC and Freewing Models are very proud to announce the world’s largest and most definitive foam electric PNP A-10 Thunderbolt RC model aircraft in the world!" PNP means plug and play, which is ready to fly out of the box with little assembly model. There are other larger A-10's out there, mostly scratch-built or turbine fiberglass models but not in the mass production foam electric PNP class. This model is the largest in that arena.

Yeah, those indoor A-10's are sweet!

xplaneguy wrote:Actually, the Motion RC website clearly states, "Motion RC and Freewing Models are very proud to announce the world’s largest and most definitive foam electric PNP A-10 Thunderbolt RC model aircraft in the world!" PNP means plug and play, which is ready to fly out of the box with little assembly model. There are other larger A-10's out there, mostly scratch-built or turbine fiberglass models but not in the mass production foam electric PNP class. This model is the largest in that arena.

Yeah, those indoor A-10's are sweet!

In a low, quivering tone, 'Look away Kim, just look away...'

Don't look away, join in!

xplaneguy wrote:Don't look away, join in!

Aw just kidding...there are SO many toys and SO little time !!!

Isn't that the truth! I'm planning to retire early just to have MORE time for travel and toys, before I get too old and can't see. Wish me luck!

xplaneguy wrote:Isn't that the truth! I'm planning to retire early just to have MORE time for travel and toys, before I get too old and can't see. Wish me luck!

Sight and mobility (as much of thumbs as the legs)...what it's all about.  Not 'he who dies with the most toys wins', but 'he who can play right up to the end'.

Man, do I get philosophical at the end of the day when I'm totally shot...

New Age Kim

Kim wrote:

xplaneguy wrote:Isn't that the truth! I'm planning to retire early just to have MORE time for travel and toys, before I get too old and can't see. Wish me luck!

Not 'he who dies with the most toys wins', but 'he who can play right up to the end'.

Best quote ever!!!! Thanks New Age Dude!

Kim wrote:

xplaneguy wrote:Isn't that the truth! I'm planning to retire early just to have MORE time for travel and toys, before I get too old and can't see. Wish me luck!

Sight and mobility (as much of thumbs as the legs)...what it's all about.  Not 'he who dies with the most toys wins', but 'he who can play right up to the end'.

Man, do I get philosophical at the end of the day when I'm totally shot...

New Age Kim

Philosophical or not, shot or not, I agree. As much as I have to constantly move toys in the garage, if I never played with them then they would have just been another source of work. Well said Kim!

A little more than a week until SMALL....I can't wait!