WANTED!!! cox engine with blue striped tank and gold finned case

Yeah, a RR-1 is not the cheapest Cox engine out there. You said you had a "Gold Bee" at one time which I assume you mean a "Golden Bee", Golden Bees usually sell between $20-30 if you don't want to pay the $100+ for a RR-1 (when one shows up).

http://www.ebay.com/sch/?_nkw=cox%20golden%20bee&clk_rvr_id=445318713498

Mark, thats the engine! I can't believe how fast you guys replied even with the engine I was talking about! HOLY COW more than a $100 for a cox engine, I was expecting $20 at the most haha. I remember seeing baby bee engines selling for 5 bucks each at the gas station down the road from my parents house, I think thats where I got my gold "golden bee" when I was about 9 or 10 years old. In those days my older brother who was born in 1948 had a bunch of planes that he built. He was just getting burnt out on model planes when i was starting to get into them so he gave me that engine above as well as a bunch of other plane stuff. I think him and his friends blew the other engines and planes up with silver salutes if i remember correctly. I'll think about the golden bee as I did start out with one of those. I also used to buy babe bees to play with, i don't remember ever flying one but i may just get one of those since they seem to be even cheaper. Thx guys. Larson

If you want that blue/gold engine look you can save some money and build one from parts. It wont be a RR-1 but it will look the part.

Blue tank:

http://coxengines.ca/8cc-aluminum-fuel-tank-for-cox-049-stunt-version-blue.html

Gold Crankcase:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-crankcase-golden.html

You will also need the following to finish the engine

backplate:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-black-widow-golden-bee-backplate.html

Tank gasket kit:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-babe-bee-gasket-kit.html

Tank screws:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-fuel-tank-screw-long-4.html

needle valve:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-needle-valve-309.html

pickup tube:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-fuel-tank-pick-up-line-3.html

spring:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-fuel-tank-line-spring-3.html

piston/cylinder:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-cylinder-and-piston.html

glow head:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-glow-head.html

crankshaft:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-crank.html

drive plate:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-drive-plate-babe-bee-round.html

spinner:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-aluminium-spinner.html

Welcome to the Forum Larson.
The price of some engines has jumped up quite a
Bit recently. I think the days of the 100 dollar rr1
May be behind us now, certainly it is a very rare
Beast. The Golden Bee is a very pretty engine
Especially the older ones which can still bee picked
Up cheaply.

Since we are on this topic, what makes the RR-1 different? Besides the obvious aesthetics. Sorry I've never owned nor held one.

It is a rotor engine instead of a reed engine. It is supposed to be more powerful because of this, but I don't really know since I don't have one either.

Phil

I picked one up on eBay last year for over $500 but I think it's probably more of a novelty than a high-performance engine. Dunno for sure but it went into my collector box.

For Larson, if you want an "exotic" engine, have a look at the limitied edition "Blue Bullet" here:

http://coxengines.ca/cox-.049-engine-blue-bullet.html

That little baby would look awesome in your kit and makes for a great display set

They perform quite well, mine turns just over 18K with the stock low comp head and #1 cylinder.

http://m.youtube.com/index?&desktop_uri=%2F#/watch?v=Zw6SW7jRe4M

On my Li'l Satan, the RR1 left the Black Widow in the dust.
Mudhen souped it up for me too. I haven't flown it yet since he sent it back to me.

inflation really did a number on cox engines since i was last flying. Thanks for the information and ideas, i like the fact that I could make one from parts and have it look like that "rr-1". I never took it apart so i never knew it was different internally from all the other engines i had. now that I recall, all my others liked to start either forward or backwards but that "rr-1" never started up backwards, even when I tried to start it backwards. Could that fuel rotary valve cause it to only run in 1 direction?

Thx Larson

Larson Kishner wrote:inflation really did a number on cox engines since i was last flying. Thanks for the information and ideas, i like the fact that I could make one from parts and have it look like that "rr-1". I never took it apart so i never knew it was different internally from all the other engines i had. now that I recall, all my others liked to start either forward or backwards but that "rr-1" never started up backwards, even when I tried to start it backwards. Could that fuel rotary valve cause it to only run in 1 direction?

Thx Larson

The location of the holes/ports on the disc valve will only let it run in one direction. Kind of like a TeeDee.

If you flip the tank upside down it will run backwards. I had that issue when I first got mine.

Recallin' Rolla