1/2A engines from tower???
08-24-2003, 11:17 PM
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1/2A engines from tower???
i was just looking on tower's web site,and found that the cox engines were $40.00-60.00...then i checked the c/l cox airplanes... you can get a whole airplane(engine,and airplane)for 30.00 bucks...now,is this the best way to get a .049 from tower hobbies...OH, has anyone tried to convert a c/l airplane to r/c???i'm not really sure it can be done...
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08-24-2003, 11:26 PM
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1/2A engines from tower???
The RTF models will probably have the "product" engine in them so you won't get a tank type backplate. But otherwise the RTF option is obviously cheaper. Go figure....
Aside from the one possibility of the foam winged stunter types (they used to have a Messerschmidt stunter) this is a non starter. The others are all too small to take the extra weight of the radio and the mods needed to add ailerons would be considerable. Many of the 18 to 20 inch span models have very small fuselages as well. As many have proven over the years they are made more to crash than to fly. Other than the PT19 which is a fairly decent beginners model...... not that it's easy to fly but at least it can be rubber banded back together for another try.
I've had a couple of Cox models (PT19, Mustang and stunt Messerschmidt) and found it ironic that these "trainers" required very skillful pilots to fly them. Of them all the only one that I liked was the Messerschmidt.
Aside from the one possibility of the foam winged stunter types (they used to have a Messerschmidt stunter) this is a non starter. The others are all too small to take the extra weight of the radio and the mods needed to add ailerons would be considerable. Many of the 18 to 20 inch span models have very small fuselages as well. As many have proven over the years they are made more to crash than to fly. Other than the PT19 which is a fairly decent beginners model...... not that it's easy to fly but at least it can be rubber banded back together for another try.
I've had a couple of Cox models (PT19, Mustang and stunt Messerschmidt) and found it ironic that these "trainers" required very skillful pilots to fly them. Of them all the only one that I liked was the Messerschmidt.
