Cox Corsair - No guts no glory

Ha, Glory! I flew the thing.

First time since I flew a Cox PT-19 in the field beside the house about five years ago with Mark taking pictures of me falling down dizzy drunk.  

No Mark this time, used my rinkey stooge instead.  This is the same Corsair that had the troubled engine that I sent to Ron, who promptly got it running.  So, we replaced the engine and Mark flew it this last Spring.  But, it had a 3 blade Wen Prop that wasn't up to the task, so I replaced it with a Cox 5/3.

Mark had to whip it to get it in the air and it flew a lazy round and round.  The Cox 5/3 did a much better job, took off after a 10 foot roll and flew actually so well that I attempted a wing over after several circles.  Wouldn't you know, the engine quit at the top of the wing-over and became a lawn dart.  So did I, falling to my knees but not the prone position I assumed with the PT-19.  Shook it off and inspected the pieces.  Broken prop but otherwise all is well.

Bench test showed promise, so I set up the stooge.




Straining at the leash.  Got to admit, I let it run there about 30 seconds burning off fuel before I let it go.



Net result.





But it's a start.