Vintage Cox Radio?
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RE: Vintage Cox Radio?
From a Cox EZBee as LD said. Pressing the button would activate rudder for up to ~1 second, which would then neutralize until the next push.
To answer the question, it is hard to imagine why anyone would ever use such a radio for anything except for an original EZBee. It is little more than a toy radio set, there are easier ways to train someone on RC. No insult intended, it is simply a mass produced el cheapo radio for an ill-fated RTF trainer. The EZBee itself flew pretty well as I recall, I tried out one of these and a proportional version in the early '90's when I worked for a hobby mfg. I seem to remember wondering if the pulse radio actually had any tangible effect on the flight path. Still have two wings downstairs, made of dense foam like ACE wings, with polyhedral and a fair amount of camber.
Aren't these 27mHz? Or were they 72?
To answer the question, it is hard to imagine why anyone would ever use such a radio for anything except for an original EZBee. It is little more than a toy radio set, there are easier ways to train someone on RC. No insult intended, it is simply a mass produced el cheapo radio for an ill-fated RTF trainer. The EZBee itself flew pretty well as I recall, I tried out one of these and a proportional version in the early '90's when I worked for a hobby mfg. I seem to remember wondering if the pulse radio actually had any tangible effect on the flight path. Still have two wings downstairs, made of dense foam like ACE wings, with polyhedral and a fair amount of camber.
Aren't these 27mHz? Or were they 72?
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RE: Vintage Cox Radio?
They were sold up through the mid to late 90's. I had a two channel EZBee with a single stick Sanwa radio and the biggest, slowest mini-servos you'll ever see. I started flying that in 1995, and I can recall both that version and the single channel versions being in the Tower Hobbies catalogue through at least 1998. Maybe as late as 1999 or 2000?
If I remember correctly, the single channel version with the push button radio was called the EZBee Sport.
If I remember correctly, the single channel version with the push button radio was called the EZBee Sport.
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I guess you guy's missed my question. I want to know if anyone use's this type of transmitter in a plane in today's time. I would think it would be for a rudder only plane. It is for sure a Cox transmitter on channel One (26.995)
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I like vintage RC stuff. In fact, I picked up an old Cox 3ch to convert over to FM. Still looking for a bargan newer radio to convert it with. It's for my Cox collection and will be used for flying a balsa 1/2A Schoolyard Citabria...TeeDee powered of course.
I sanded and polished the plastic case and added crinkle paint to the scratched metal back to help restore it. It all fits inside a metallic blue Cox flight box I found which I still have to cut foam for. Looking forward to being at the field with it.
What I like about it besides that is, it is small. Almost toy size which is fine because of the hand launching always involved.
I sanded and polished the plastic case and added crinkle paint to the scratched metal back to help restore it. It all fits inside a metallic blue Cox flight box I found which I still have to cut foam for. Looking forward to being at the field with it.
What I like about it besides that is, it is small. Almost toy size which is fine because of the hand launching always involved.