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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 10/21/2006 1:59:34 PM   
EASYTIGER


 

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The tooling for the plastic CL planes must still exist, doubt cox just tossed it....


ET, I hope you are right, but wouldn't bet on it. Once the front office puts in all the numbers, i.e., how much does it cost for storage of the tooling as opposed to what we can get for scrap, the answer is obivious. They only see today's bottom line. As an aerospace retiree, I have witnessed the same thing happen to millions of dollars worth of tooling, spare parts, rocket engines and yes, even entire Apollo Launch vehicles.
al


Very unlikely they were tossed. Ever notice how many plastic models from the fifties and sixties get reissued? The tooling changes hands, everybody knows is has value, and it does not take up a lot of room. Doubt cox tossed it. But who knows? The thing is...there is enough Cox plastic planes out there to satisfy the market for a long, long time. Did they stop making ALL the plastic planes? I don't think so, I saw recent ones in the hobby store the other day, like the PT19.

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 10/21/2006 4:00:23 PM   
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Status: offline 		Great thread!

Unfortunately, many of the original molds have been scrapped. A good friend and fellow c/l collector has visited Cox personally to inquire about re-issue, or purchasing the molds outright. He has been told they no longer exist because of heavy damage to them. Seems they were stored carelessly, and water got to them. Sad.

John

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 10/21/2006 10:01:19 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thats a good excuse. In full size aircraft the jigs are destroyed because if you keep em around you have to pay taxes on them. Thank you Govnment.

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 10/21/2006 10:15:41 PM   
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Status: offline 		Flew the 182 about a half dozen times today, what a great flight range, everything from floating around with the electrics with the flaps down and engine idleing up to whipping around with some of the faster planes. I should have video in a few days from a friends DV camera.



Flew some of my big stuff too, 1/4 Fokker with a Honda 4 stroke.



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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 11/2/2006 12:47:43 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi, I have a brand new never out of the box EZ BEE II .049 .
I would like to see this end up in good hands .
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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/4/2007 8:00:48 PM   
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Status: offline 		I love the pic of your cox collection, espeacially the SkyRallly. I have been looking for a pic of the very first rc airplane i ever owned. All I remembered was it was an ultralight with red and black wings, and a Cox engine. My parents bought it for me when I was 10 years old. Rescently your pic was the answer to all of my questions. Thank you for that.
I'm 32 now and looking to replace the memory with the real thing. If anyone is looking to sell a cox skyrally ultralight, let me know. Thanks for the pic. One question: Mine had a foam man that was seated in the ultralight, i remember painting it, did that come standered with all the SkyRally's? I couldn't tell if yours had a pilot.

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/6/2007 3:17:12 AM   
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Status: offline 		Mars, I just saw a brand-new-in-box Sky Rally for sale on eBay a few weeks ago. And yes, it included the white foam pilot. Can't remember how much it went for, but wasn't cheap. Probably around $200 or so. But might still be a good price for the value of nostalgia.

Anyways, eBay has a nifty feature where you can set up alerts, that way you don't have to go searching every day. Just type in your search terms (Cox Sky Rally or whatever), and it will automatically send you an email when any item meets the criteria.

I found a Cox Skylane new in box a few months ago this way, and was fortunate enough to be the winning bidder. It still had the shrink-wrap on it and everything. Opening that box brought me back to every single detail of the day when I opened one just like it more than 15 years ago as a kid. Priceless! I have a brushless motor I'm going to put in it and I'm expecting it to be a marvelous flyer.

Best of luck,


Luke

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/6/2007 7:55:04 AM   
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Status: offline 		I still have my first RC plane, the COX Cessna 182, in my hobby room although its quite beat up from lots of crashes and sadly no successful flights. I still remember going to the BX on base as a kid for months looking at that model, reading the box and hoping I could get my dad to buy it!

I have hopes of electrifying it some day just to get a few real flights out of it like I did with my old Thunder Tiger 15 trainer. I probably will pay the 150 bucks or so to get a new one on Ebay and do the flaps thing to it..

It's kinda funny seeing the pic above with the old cessna and a modern radio... man, I still have the massive standard servos that I used in it.

I'm impressed to this day the detail on the plastic coated foam and the durability it offered. First flight was extremely tail heavy because I ignored the BOLD text in the manual saying to balance it - who needs to balance - that shouldn't do anything, right?! Anyway, after 5 or 6 big uncontrollable loops (I still vividly remember wildly waggling the tx sticks to get some kind of control, but no dice. I also remember dad saying "WHOA! Take it easy" thinking it was on purpose!) it plowed into the hard texas dirt just over a hill and out of sight from a 50 foot dive... after the walk of shame I was happy to see that I only cracked the cowl and broke the firewall out.. a little epoxy later and good as new....

ahhh the memories...

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/6/2007 12:11:45 PM   
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Status: offline 		Hi Tony,
I collect them too! I think they are great and wanted them when they came out but could not afford them.
I have yet to fly one. Afraid of tearing it up. I have to many other planes that I don't worry about.
I may get one out on a nice calm day and give it a go.
I have the three on the front row and just bought a Turbo Centurion. Another little 020 model. I think you may need to add it to your list of ones missing from your hangar.
I need main gear for my Piper Archer. Can you help?
Don't give up the search! They are still out there and you better find them before I do! LOL
Tom

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/8/2007 6:28:26 AM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks Luke,
I will go set that up at ebay tonight. Any inspiration is good. I will let you know once I finally purchase my little dream plane. I guess we all are the same when it comes to our memories of RC flight. DId you take any photos of that Skyrally, I wouldn't mind seeing some. In fact, if anybody has any pics of that plane, I would love a good one for my Desk Top. (robertchicken@hotmail.com)Happy flying friends.
-MarsAttacks

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/8/2007 6:56:50 PM   
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Status: offline 		Mars, what do you know - here's a brand new one on sale on eBay right now. Get your credit card warmed up!

Here: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=190070046352&ssPageName=ADME:B:SS:US:1

Luke

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/8/2007 7:16:03 PM   
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Don't forget the EZ Bee... I know a lot of people wrote those off, but I owned three of them and loved them. It'd freak out the other guys at the flying field when I would hand launch one, then turn around and talk to them while the plane just flew off on auto-pilot. I think my best flight time for an EZBee was just over an hour. That big wing really catches the thermals.

Mark


I'll ditto that - I flew one that belonged to my buddy many times, and it flew very, very well. I still have two wings in my workshop and have a built up fuselage and tailfeathers ready for one when I decide to drop in some equipment and fly the darn thing. The wing was pretty nicely done.

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/11/2007 7:41:08 PM   
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Status: offline 		i have a 049 Cessna 182 Skylane with 2ch radio, considering selling, for the right price, over 10 yrs. old...if interested e-mail me at toolknight6@yahoo.com and e-mail me that you're interested and i'll send pics of it and tell you more. thank you for your time. toolknight6

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/11/2007 8:01:42 PM   
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Status: offline 		Thanks again Luke- I happen to of found it a couple days ago- you better believe i got the credit card ready for this. It seems as if two others are excited about it as well.- Keep watch and see if I win- my ebay name is Ilovefuzzy22- Keep an Eye on it so you can see how it goes. That ebay name is actually my wifes account- I'M "fuzzy""....I hope.

Dusty

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/11/2007 8:16:20 PM   
LukeZ


 

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Status: offline 		Yeah, let us know! And if you do get it, I expect a flight report!

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RE: Cox R/C Aircraft Collection - 1/11/2007 9:58:25 PM   
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