Electric Cox. I don't know why. Caught my attention.

OhBee wrote:What the heck is that?... Never seen one.

Your guess is as good as mine OB. Ten cents worth of plastic and I guess an electric motor. It's missing one half of the elevator and the canopy, both of which I can replicate. Old NiCad power I would think, but maybe lipo of which I have a selection.

Got your shot yet? So you get your shot, and the shot police say nothing has changed. Still wear a mask, social distance yada, yada.

Y have ruber spinner Not the prop tink its posible To use difrent prop just fit one ?

Sorry I cannot help with the parts needed, but I will definately be watching the rebuild thread. You do those very well, and are very enjoyable.

OVERLORD wrote:From another thread

davidll1984 wrote:

Very interesting how they power the plane through the control lines from a battery held by the pilot- Saves a lot of weight I guess. I'd be curious about what lines they use.
Rod.

2 COX F8F Bearcats in Combat Action

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O85LrJdXy_A

Lest we forget the Cox Electro Charger planes,,that charged up on a old school 6v lantern battery.

Bent 2/56 copper rod inside of those Electro Charger fuselages, to make the battery to motor connections. No insulated wire whatsoever, except on the armature of the motor. I restored a Cox Electro Charger P-51 Fireball. Carefully split the fuselage with a hobby knife, replaced the rotten factory nicad with a small 2 cell lipo pillow pack. Had the decals reprinted locally. Cleaned up the copper rods with white vinegar. Added a carbon fiber rod in the recess of the wing. Put it back together. After a charge, it wanted to leap off the table when turned on. I never flew it, it was to old and brittle'y for that kind of power,,lol.

Pretty nifty PVP, I would have liked to see that.

Looks like the combat guys had wires from their belts up to the handle.  Had to be conductive leads, and very light.

My Son's foam T-38 uses a very light lipo charged from a 4 AA cell charger that sustains it for around five minutes of actual flight.  I crashed the thing nose first into asphalt, fixed it up and flew it again.  




I still have things to repair, haven't touched them since last summer.



The new one may just wind up hung from the ceiling. I like that U.S. NAVY thing.

Bought one of the Hobbyzone Champ RTF's that charged micro lipo's on a DC charger. About 5 minute flights as well. Very subtle little plane. No wind allowed, or say goodbye to it. No ailerons. A big gust caught it and took it across the river I live next to. Had to do some driving to go get it. A school gymnasium aircraft. If you pulled the landing gear off it flew much better, but didn't look like a Aeronca Champ then.

Mines a Flyer! Love it! 1 cell lipo battery. Yep ...5 min flights! Mine charges 200 mah batterys on a usb charger that plugs into an outlet.

Grumman Long Island Iron Works.

Hey Roddie

https://classicwarbirds.net/grumman-cats-review

What can I say? I'm a cat lover.
Bob

Ah, you would have to show me a picture of that Rare Bear Bob.

A little razor saw here, some gold/white paint there and......................