Remember scavenging the alleys and playgrounds for empty 'pop' bottles worth $0.02 each so you could buy one of these http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052082? I do...

Remember the corner 'Mom and Pop' grocery store with the gumball machine that had a few 'striped' gumballs redeemable for $0.05 or $0.10, and maybe one or two 'silver' gumballs worth a whole $0.25?....I do

Remember the 'fresh fruit and vegetable' peddler or 'knife sharpener' that came rolling through the streets every so often?....I do

Remember the 'duck and cover' nuclear attack air raid drills held in school precisely at 10:00 am every Tuesday morning.....and the Fall Out Shelter signs pointing the way to the school basement http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052083? .... I do

Can't say my 'new toys' don't bring a whole lot of enjoyment but it just seems that those that I had early on in life hold a lot more meaning

I do remeber collecting bottles for a 5 cent deposit, don't remember 2 cent deposit, I'm only 52 yrs old.

That's what 7 more years and a little bit of inflation will do for ya ;-)

[QIUOTE=Hinckley Bill;11930747]Remember scavenging the alleys and playgrounds for empty 'pop' bottles worth $0.02 each so you could buy one of these http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052082? I do...

Remember the corner 'Mom and Pop' grocery store with the gumball machine that had a few 'striped' gumballs redeemable for $0.05 or $0.10, and maybe one or two 'silver' gumballs worth a whole $0.25?....I do

Remember the 'fresh fruit and vegetable' peddler or 'knife sharpener' that came rolling through the streets every so often?....I do

Remember the 'duck and cover' nuclear attack air raid drills held in school precisely at 10:00 am every Tuesday morning.....and the Fall Out Shelter signs pointing the way to the school basement http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052083? .... I do

Can't say my 'new toys' don't bring a whole lot of enjoyment but it just seems that those that I had early on in life hold a lot more meaning[/QUOTE]

Yep sure do! Only the big bottles could get ya 5 cents:D

I think where that came from is the number 50 years is considered golden, 50th or golden anniversary, etc. It reflects the past more than it anticipates the future.

Back around 1964 or 1965, I was on my bike with front basket with my brother, he found a stash of abandoned bottles on the back bay shores at Keesler AFB in Biloxi, MS, mentioned it to me, we both rode to retrieve. We each collected close to 75 cents at the local A&P Market. Regular bottles (10 ounces?) were 2 cents, larger bottles (15 ounces?) were 3 cents. Coke bottles were heavy duty green glass. I would buy North Pacific gliders for 5 and 10 cents, Skeeters for 15, Sleek Streaks for 25 cents. Although I had my share of the Guillow gliders, A&P didn't have them. Those Guillows were of better quality with the plastic canopy cockpit and pilot; nowadays they are just one side printed balsa and the rudder grain is going the wrong direction. Bottle rockets were 5 cents.

We had those drills through 4th or 5th grade. By the mid 1960's, those were discontinued.

Yes! The red white and blue plane with the ThimbleDrome .049 just below the first pic is a Baby Stunt Master with it's hollowed log balsa fuselage. (too KOOL!)

I'm laughing because that is what I did--learned how to build but not fly those planes..their kits today are bit better with laser cut but the verdict for the wood is still out--maybe a little better but still no where near contest balsa grade. Also, the construction of the planes tend to be more on keeping it "strong" rather than light enough for real flying with rubber.

--Steve

Hey guys, this thread would be a lot easier to read if you don't copy and re-post everything that was posted before. Just saying.

I built one of those basic Comet rubber powered free flight models when I was about 8. A lot of tiny 1/16" square balsa sticks used to build up two fuselage sides and then joining them into a box with more sticks. Tail group was about the same, and a bunch of ribs and more sticks for the wing. Maybe all of 16" or 20" span when completed, but it filled a week at the grandparents. Then came the covering with tissue, which for some reason nobody wanted me to do in the house. Of course, dope still smells good to me, but I guess you have to be using it on your airplane to feel that way. Anyway, finally got back home, finished the covering, installed the rubber, and flew it. It would stagger along for maybe 20 or 30 feet before the power dropped off, so I never bothered to build another rubber model since glow was just so much better.

The next phase was the wonderful Scientific models and one of their log fuselage models, a P-51 with a Cox RR-1 engine. This engine was a real hot-rod, and it would hold the Mustang out on 30 foot lines quite well. Most of these flying sessions ended the same, a bad landing would knock the firewall off with the engine. Sure could have used epoxy and glass, as cement was just not as good. I also wondered at the time why my airplane didn't look as good as the box art. - Thoughts of a former 10 year old.

Age 65. Those Guillow kits did have smashed sheets! Thanks for the memory...I built just about every Comet model made, then the Guillows. I still have about 4 Comet nib kits tucked away [the blue/white boxes-their later ones], with printed sheets. Built my first one, a Taylorcraft-29 cents-in the second grade, about 1956. I got a .35 allowance weekly then and had to save a month to buy Comet's big kits @ $1.29. My first scale free flight was a Gullows Fokker D-7 with a PeeWee .020. I still have that engine in my collection, along with every one I had from my first, an OK Cub .074 from a plastic Indy car till present. My McCoy Redhead .35 was used in the Carl Goldberg Shoestring Stunter. I'm building one now that I found on-line, and picked up another Redhead off E-Bay. I have a nib Aeromite w/ a Wasp .049, just like the one my Dad had in about '57 [his had the later WenMac.049], my first experience with c/l. My first plastic c/l was a Cox P-40, I got for Christmas in 1960, [ harder to fly than the bigger ones, and built a Sterling Ringmaster soon after]. I picked up a Cox P-40 nib several years ago I found online.
I got into RC in the early '80's, but haven't been in it since then, but now that I have retired, I want to back into RC.

Pictures of Dad's Bipe circa 1947
 

Hey there...

As I said yesterday in one of my earlier posts that I would look around for pictures of me with Sinbad the Sailer--still looking for it, grrrr but found those in a pile of unsorted pictures and thought you'd appreciate it and I think the plane is Dmeco Biplane and Dad put in twin plug Super Cyke (Still have the engine--not the plane in running condition! Of course it was rebuilt.)

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052127

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052128

Quoting another post is one way of making it clear what you're responding to.

Rich

Yes, perhaps a phrase or sentence, but coping an entire post of the lengths that have been copied here are tedious to read.

I appreciate your view on this because we really do not need to put in entire quotes unless there's a reason for that (people do have reasons) and if the quote is based on a one-liner like your message then I do not see it as a problem. Again, no interest in making a big deal on this but rather try to balance out what is best for everyone. Other than that I'm going to enjoy this forum...Steve

Seeing that old Super Cyclone reminds me. I had an uncle that was a partner in a company, maybe someone else remembers Mart Lee mufflers. They were close to the Cyclone factory when Cyclone went belly up. Marty told me he and his partner waited until dark, then went over and got boxes full of Super Cyke parts. Enough that for many years after, if he needed another engine, just dig through and build another. I remember those boxes sitting in a small shed he had, wishing they were all mine.

Rich.

Hot Dog damn...wish I had that kind of supply. I had to scrounge around a few years. That was back in 1990's but now there are some reputable places making replica parts. --Steve

Here's a Goldberg Swordsman 18 CL with an OK Cub .049A on the nose of it. :D
http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052144

Quoted posts are highlighted and easy for to differentiate from live post.

Hi, Been a modeler since the 40's thanks to my older brother's, who flew free flight back then. My first attempt at radio control in the early 50's was a Berkley Tri-Pacer powered with a Delong 30 running glow instead of ignition. Flew once and then was rekitted. Home made one tube transmitter and one tube receiver that worked intermittently. Now I'm flying a 9cyl. radial on a 1/5 scale biplane using a 9 channel computer system with telemeter feedback, go figure!
The picture in the middle is my father, back in the late 20's or early 30's, before my time, the one on right is older brother launching his Zipper, I'm the little sh.t sitting on ground.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052145http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2056183http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2056185

What do you mean remember? I still do it!

Dad started a Berkley TriPacer in'60, and I ended up finishing it about 4 yrs later...it hung from my bedroom ceiling, no money to power it as a 14yr old, but I do have a DeLong .30 in my engine collection now, ignition type, though.
What model is your 9 cyl.?

Hi RDERC, Been trying to down size photos to fit. Originally flew 9 cyl 9B TP 3.0 cu.in. in a Sig Waco SRE, it's now in a GPlanes Super Stearman and is a perfect fit.

http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052195http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/atta...mentid=2052196

1957, I think. Marty was putting together a couple for a guy, named Jim Walker.

Rich

A beautiful combo! A few of these and Wacos hangered near me, at the Waco museum here. The grass runway there also serves the local RC folks. I presume "TP" is the Technopower model. I saw these at a Toledo model expo in the 80's in, I believe, 5 and 7 cylinder versions. I have seen the old Morton M-5's [ign.] in the past, and was quite impressed with that radial, as well. I'll bet that sure sounds great!

RDERC, Yes TP does mean Technopower, I have 2 of them, one is a 7 cyl 7B and the 9B, they are both 3rd generation which means chrome cylinders, machined slave rods and master rod as apposed to cast rods, ,plus hardened valve push rods, these all contribute to a very reliable and smooth running engine. I love these engines and they sound just beautiful using the keleo mufflers. They were both 1989 built or updated and run very reliably, The fuel is pulled into the crankcase and stirred internally and distributes to each cylinder equally for a reliable run.This internal mixing allows them to run on 10% oil and 15% nitro. I see and read about the Evolution 7 and 9 cyl. engines but they seem to have alot of issues as does the APS 400 5cyl. The TP's are still available, and manufactured in the USA. As far as the Morten is concerned they were originally designed for use as teaching models for mechanics to learn the inner workings of a radial engine early in WII. There is a company that makes a runable unit.