my buddy has a kit hes going to give me he bought at a garage sale a few yrs ago (not sure what kit) but hes givin me the cox superbee .049 that coem with it....these any good?

Nope... just put it in a box and mail it to me and I will properly dispose of it. Honestly it is a good reliable Cox engine. If I remember right it has the oversize fuel tank and a double ported cylinder. Similar to a Black Widdow but set up to always be run upright. Not a world beater as far as power but with a 5.5X4 prop and some 25% fuel you might be surprised. Not good at turning a prop bigger than 6" in diameter.
Bob Furr
Omaha Orbiting Eagles

thanks man.........ill stick it in the mail asap

To my knowledge, the Super Bee engine was used in the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk and came with a cylinder having 2 transfer ports. I have read elswhere that it used the Tee Dee cylinder and piston but have no idea if this is true. The Super Bee may have been available as an engine alone and again not sure.

More power than the Baby Bee or Golden Bee for sure but I don't think it would be significantly better than the engines currently available with the readily available double slit twin port cylinders. I also have my doubts tha the Super Bee ever came from Cox wit the extended tank.

Show us a picture of yours?

Robert

I've never heard of a Superbee?...Rog

Robert, I think you're mostly correct. These engines were supposed to be a hopped up Babe Bee with a large tank, and came standard with the Spitfire model, both early light green and later dark green versions. Not sure about the 90's reissue lt blue one.. These engines were available seperately, but packaged as a replacement part for the model, ie. no fancy box or card display.

Overall, decent engines, and would work well for a park flyer setup.

John

Always an interesting engine to talk about. I uploaded a copy of the original instructions.

Matt.