Dose cox still make .049 engines, like the Killer Bee, Texaco, and black widow? Or are they all gone now?

I liked those little Killer bees.

Yep there are still alive. They are even offering a promotion on the Production engines. It's cheaper to buy the whole motor instead of just the head.

http://www.coxmodels.com/

Jay

I see some of the engines, like the Tee Dee, Baby Bee, and Sure Start. But what about the Killer Bee, Texaco, and Black Widow?

If you like 1/2A Cox engines, you should have a look at the RCU 1/2A Forum, lots of Cox info, experts and advice over there..........John

Ah Thanks, maYbe I'll ask around there.

Thanks for the info guys.

Well, why don't we add some of that info here.

Cox has apparently eliminated most of its line. It still has the Tee Dee line and the Sure Starts. The sure Start is the same as a "product" engine.

Some of the product engines with cylinder turned to the side or inverted do not include the prop screw and washer.

They appear to now make a generic tanked reedie called the Babe Bee. This combined the Black Widow, Texaco, and Babe Bee into one offering. It appears to use the plastic backplate, plastic tank, and Sure Start front end. The end result appears to yield an engine with Sure Start handling, plus a tank. This is all speculation on my part. Perhaps they intend to make the others again.

There are differences that may now be lost:
The Texaco had a smaller intake for increased intake velocity to yield better fuel draw with a large prop. It also had extra head fins on a special glow plug to better disapate heat.
The Black Widow had a "Stunt" tank to allow flying inverted without spilling fuel out the tank vents.
The Babe Bee had a single intake bypass to provide easy starting and handling.
The Tee Dee might not have the older high compression glow head with the "squish band" these days. (I do not have a current production one).

The Gloden Bee (from pre-Black Widow time) was sort of a cross between the Babe Bee and the Black Widow in that it had a single bypass and a stunt tank.

There were other things like hard anodizing on the crank shaft bearings and tapered cylinders on some models but you can't tell those from looking at the engines.

Hope this helps someone.

George

Seems like an extremely limited range these days, what a shame! I have a couple of Olympic 15's and must see if I can pick up one of their tiny ones on ebay.

Everyone thinks the same things I do here..cool.. Anyway Ive been looking for a small lowwing plane called the Mantis, and I believe cox makes it or made it.... Havent seen it in maybe 5 years but does someone know where I can find one of these? I looked breifly at the page but nothing...
thanks

The Mantis is long gone. I think that it and the Scorpion were the begining of the real end to the Cox I/C airplanes. The design re-surfaced as the U-Can Too a while back with Norvel but that has since do-do'ed also. I may have one stashed under my work bench, I will look tommorrow.

Back to where this thread started.... I have lots of Cox engines and parts on the shelf....

http://selecthobbies.com/engines.html

and will be adding the Brodak C/L stuff and where Cox has taken itself in the next week or so.

Man I really wish that cox still produced .15 size engines with no mufflers. I love the noise when I am flying. Oh well, we can always wish, but I went with a norvel .15. Insane power, but would prefer the cox though.

There have been a number of COX Conquest .15's NIB on eBay lately.

I'm guessing you are referring to the Olympic, Sportsman, TD, and Medallion. I had an Olympic when they first came out but it got "reappropriated" while I was in the Navy. I do still have an early TD but do not run it because replacement plugs appear to be unavailable.

I also have a Cox Conquest, although it's the throttled version.

If you really like loud, although it's not in the same power range, try an OK Cub .14 or .19. They had good power for their day, but their day was long ago.