1949 or maybe 1950, Forster 29 (glow) in a Trixter Profile. Taught myself to fly UC. Foxes and Ringmasters, and such after that. First RC in 1953, I Think...Livewire Trainer with Arden .09 and Aerotrol Radio. Lord, we were immortal then..even bulletproof.

My first engine was a Thunder Tiger .46. I wore that engine out. I got it in 2000. Had to replace the bearing and then the case cracked. Fixed it with JB Weld and it still ran. It still runs now but you have to run it lean so it doesn't burn glowplugs up.

ummm...lean runs are the primary cause of burned out plugs...not what keeps them from burning out. I think you got it backwards. hehe

My first engine was a McCoy .29 c/l for a flying wing, both bought in the hobby shop at Onna Pt, Okinawa, in 1961 when I was in the Air Force. Never flew the thing, but it did run for a few tanks. Then I switched it to a Sterling Flying Fool C/L biplane. It also never got to go up before I was sent back to the States. The engine stayed with me for a long time, but the planes ended up in the trash as no one else wanted them. My first two attempts at building.

McCoy .09........!!! This baby was all silver, lapped cast iron piston, and bushed. My dad brought this home from the hobby shop when I was about 10. It seemed to take forever to break it in and then it went onto a homemade tether car, propeller powered. Boy did this engine SCREAM when it began running low on fuel. People would scatter and hide as that car literally flew around in circles, faster and faster. (running the Testors red can..... hi nitro..... fuel sure didn't hurt either, and ahhhh such a smell with all castor) I suppose having NO MUFFLER back in those days made the rpm and speed factor seem a bit exagerated too. I remember that kids would come running from blocks away to see what the heck was going on.

Is it any wonder that my hearing is impaired these days....?....:-)

Ernie

My very first glow engine was a Wen-Mac .049 that was included with a ready-to-fly Corsair for control line. This was some time in the late fifties.

My first R/C engine was an Enya .29 TV in 1966. It came in a beautiful clear plastic case, complete with an extra high compression cylinder head and I believe some tools. It was a beautiful engine.

My very first glow was an Enya 09 bought new in 1981. I seem to remember bending the shaft after crashing my "Unlimited" combat wing.

I bought another last year for nostalgic reasons to put in the collection.

In 1969, a Micron 2.5 diesel sport (stunt) on U control plane, a very good engine when fuel was well mixed, I remember some problems of prop returns, still have a scar on the finger !

A cox 049 on a Jim Walker "babe bee" (bout 1950?) then a VECO 19? and a Fox 35. As well as a McCoy 098? on a Berkley "Bootstraps" Bring back memory's to any old goats?

Mine was a fox I think a .35, year 1975 after running several tanks of fuel on the ground the guy teaching me how to fly said it was ready we were at the high school parking lot so he pointed my 47 inch pride and joy trainer into the wind and took off right as the plane rotated the front tire came off, as he cimbed out he made a left hand turn over the gym and headed back towards us until he hit the flag pole and I me dead center a complete lose and the only fox I've ever owned,it ran pretty good for that short flight .

My first was a Webra Piccolo .049 diesel (1963 maybe)and I flew it in a single channel plane with a rubber band powered escapement. It flew for about a minute before hitting a barbed wire fence and self destructing. I wish I still had that engine as it is quite collectible now!

Max