**VOTE-ON-THE-NEXT-COX-ENGINE-OF-THE-MONTH** (March 2017)

**Admin** Sat Mar 04, 2017 12:12 am

Vote on your favorite engine! Poll will run for 5 days!

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"Cox Gassers Aero Thrasher .049"

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"Mighty TD .010 "

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"Double throttled Tee Dee .051"

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".049 Baby Bee on Scratch Built PT-19 Balsa Airplane !!"

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"His very first model, Sterling Beginners Ringmaster with Babe Bee."

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"Original 1962 PT-19 trainer (reverse colors) with Babe Bee."

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"Tee Dee .049 cleaned up and ready for reassembly."

**Cribbs74** Sun Mar 05, 2017 8:35 pm

Don't forget to vote!

akjgardner Mon Mar 06, 2017 5:02 pm

GET YOUR VOTES IN GUYS

balogh Wed Mar 08, 2017 3:35 pm

Roddie

I congratulate you in advance. I wonder if the cylinder pointing towards the center of the flight circle instead of outward when the centrifugal forces would help the charging of the cylinder, is the optimum setup?

Andras.

roddie Wed Mar 08, 2017 7:10 pm

balogh wrote:Roddie

I congratulate you in advance. I wonder if the cylinder pointing towards the center of the flight circle instead of outward when the centrifugal forces would help the charging of the cylinder, is the optimum setup?

Andras.

Thanks Andras.. but "it ain't over yet".. Laughing

That airplane was a great flier, back when I was first learning. Back then it had a Golden Bee with upright-oriented cylinder. I haven't flown it with the external tank.. or the cylinder facing inward. The engine was just thrown-on there when I felt like taking some "snow-photos" one day. It was more to show-off the skis than anything else. I've never flown it with the skis either..

Here's another that was taken a year earlier (2014)

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The skis are my own design.. and are fairly lightweight (8gr./pair)

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akjgardner Fri Mar 10, 2017 5:30 am

Oldenginerod Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:02 am

akjgardner wrote:VOTE

I think maybe the 5 days is up??

getback Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:37 am

Well 35 votes is kind of a standard , but still dont make sense to me why (it dont cost nothing ) there are no more Shocked

balogh Fri Mar 10, 2017 6:45 am

getback wrote:Well 35 votes is kind of a standard , but still dont make sense to me why (it dont cost nothing ) there are no more

Ya all are free to add a few more on #3 Fishing

**Admin** Mon Mar 13, 2017 2:18 pm

Time got away from me.

I SEE WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Congratulations to roddie and his plane with what looks like a product engine (I'll have to ask him about it before putting it up)!

**VOTE-ON-THE-NEXT-COX-ENGINE-OF-THE-MONTH** (March 2017) Roddie10

I'll get the picture up shortly! cheers

getback Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:26 pm

Congratulation's Roddie !! Barbie Head on skies !! Babe Bee .049

roddie Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:28 pm

Admin wrote:

I SEE WE HAVE A WINNER!!! Congratulations to roddie and his plane with what looks like a product engine (I'll have to ask him about it before putting it up)!

Thank You Jacob, Yes.. it is an .049 product engine. Thanks also to all who participated and voted. The airplane is of my own design and has functional flaps. The control-linkages were taken off years ago for some paint touch-up. I have them in a paper bag somewhere here.. Rolling Eyes

balogh Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:30 pm

Congrats again Roddie. András

PS.: and thanks to those who cast their votes on mine. #3

roddie Mon Mar 13, 2017 3:34 pm

getback wrote:Congratulation's Roddie !! Barbie Head on skies !!

Thanks Eric! Thumbs Up

My wife doesn't like the look of the girl-pilot. "She has no neck" she says.. Laughing

Well.. she came from a craft-store with a "wire-neck" that was perfect for poking-down into the fuse to anchor her! She's lost a lot of hair over the years though.. but heck; so have I! Laughing

In a few years, I'll re-name her "Sinead"..

akjgardner Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:06 pm

Congrats Roddie.Iv.e got two girls so I probably have a couple dozen of barbies locked up in the basement somewhere. Hey that sounded a little creepy. ha ha

dckrsn Mon Mar 13, 2017 4:25 pm

Kudos Roddie. Well deserved win.
Bob

Marleysky Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:02 pm

WOO-Whoo!

Congratulations on the win. I'm sure after a few flights the pilots hairstyle would match her new name!!

rsv1cox Mon Mar 13, 2017 6:09 pm

Thumbs up roddie. Congratulations on your win.

Bob

roddie Mon Mar 13, 2017 9:49 pm

akjgardner wrote:Congrats Roddie.Iv.e got two girls so I probably have a couple dozen of barbies locked up in the basement somewhere. Hey that sounded a little creepy. ha ha

Ha ha!... Thanks Joe.. I won't tell... I have some G.I. Joes.. locked-up.. What?

(never mind..) tongue

I've found more fun things that I've sourced for models at old craft-outlets than could be imagined! Wheels are one of my favorites! Pilot-heads.. are another.

This little guy is made from 3 pieces; his "head".. a "top-hat".. and a dowel-rod to mount him in the cockpit. (penny-items) He adorns one of my self-designed little profile 1/2A C/L "beaters" built 20+ years ago.. that hasn't seen sky yet.. I named it "The Magician". The wind-screen is just a piece of clear plastic sheet glued-into a slot cut with a razor-saw.

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It utilizes the "flat-framed" wing-construction that I've previously posted about.. and an engine-cowling made from the old quart-size soda-bottle bottoms. Remember them? They're in the foreground of this photo below.

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The nose is sized to fit just inside the cowl.. and the recessed-engine-mount is for a simple horse-shoe backplate/.049 reed-valve engine with a rather "large" external wedge-tank. (see the cut-out for it, behind the engine-mount) The cowl and hardware for this model is also stored in a bag.. waiting for final assembly.

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Probably weighs less than 6oz. all-up.

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KariFS Tue Mar 14, 2017 12:46 am

Congrats Roddie! Another great design... And the Magician, wow Smile

Maybe you should sacrifice one of your old leather gloves, cut the thumb off and make your pilot an old-style helmet lol!

MauricioB Tue Mar 14, 2017 6:34 am

Congratulations Roddie !, I'm happy for you!

Kim Tue Mar 14, 2017 8:04 am

GO RODDIE !!!

OVERLORD Tue Mar 14, 2017 10:41 am

Congratulations Roddie

!!!

roddie Tue Mar 14, 2017 11:36 am

Thanks very much everybody! I feel a little guilty.. having won with a plain-old "Product-Engine"... but as has been discussed before; sometimes it's the "theme" in which the engine is presented, that attracts votes. Maybe it was the skis.. maybe the "blonde-gal" pilot.. the model sitting in the snow.. ? It certainly wasn't the engine alone.. Laughing

Kari.. I like the "leather-helmet made from an old glove finger-tip" idea! A piece of ribbon for a scarf would also look cool.. blowing in the breeze! A pair of silver or gold "sequins" glued/sewn to it, might make great-looking goggles too! I just might try that!

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