Halt! Before you fly that expensive payware warbird....

All this talk of flying by control line gets me nauseous. I remember my days of standing there in the circle. Round and round she goes, and goes, and goes, and goes until it ran out of fuel or crashed.

I never did care for going around in a circle for 5 minutes to test my upchuck reflex :icon_lol:
 
My only experience with a line control aircraft happened when I was just a wee toddler...maybe 2 years of age. My dad and older brother (by 9 years) had a twin engine line control plane. The story goes, as I don't remember it, is that my brother would use the plane and its lines to knock me down as I toddled around the yard. I would be walking along and he would position himself close to me, then swoop the plane down so that the lines would clip my legs and take me off my feet. What a Bass Turd!

OBIO
 
My dad had a little line controlled Bonanza that I was really too young to 'get' but I just flew it power off with centrifugal force until I got too dizzy and fell over:icon_lol: I think he might have had a PT-19 and I think the wings were held on by rubber bands
 
Excuse me, but going back to the first pictures of the plane, what is the doohickie in front of the rear cockpit and what does it do?

Thank you,

Walter
 
Like Klemm 35 style:

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btw. good choice for model too :wavey:

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Naki said:
I had a Cox Airacobra. I see Ebay have a Cox PT-19 for sale at $195 US!
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The price = Buy it to look at, collectors price. Or fly it and be a fool.

In general, The price= The reason I decided to get into virtual flight.

Great model to do Tim.
 
I remember the Cox .049 P-40 with the neat Sharks Teeth front end!

I think they re-released it in the early 70's because several of the kids in the neighborhood got it for Christmas one year. I don't think any of them lasted more than one go around....they were pretty tough to fly for a newbie.

My dad gave it a go and promptly cracked mine up. He felt bad but by that time I was terrified of the thing. I repaired it years later, after I had learned to work well with styrene....got the engine up and running, immediately smashed it to bits......

The Pt-19 was far more docile, and the rubber bands saved mine several times.
 
Hello Walter,

It is a protection in case of rollover after a landing.

Have a good day

Benoit
 
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