Thread: Of all the things my mom could have kept for me....

I have a dusty one hanging in the back room at my shop from the trunk of an old junk car going to the crusher.
Big motor, no landing gear.

Buddy tells me it is a combat plane. Two operators inside the circle would try to chew a streamer off each other's plane with the prop.
As it ran out of fuel, the prop would stop level (I moved it for effect)and you would softly belly-land it.....
Yeah. Right!

He said he got kicked-out of the club for chewing the tails off the other planes.

Originally Posted by sharptonn

I have a dusty one hanging in the back room at my shop from the trunk of an old junk car going to the crusher.
Big motor, no landing gear.

Buddy tells me it is a combat plane. Two operators inside the circle would try to chew a streamer off each other's plane with the prop.
As it ran out of fuel, the prop would stop level (I moved it for effect)and you would softly belly-land it.....
Yeah. Right!

He said he got kicked-out of the club for chewing the tails off the other planes.

Had one like it but mine was solid black. Still have the Veco 35C engine plus a McCoy Red Head 35, control lines, a couple of props and miscellaneous other parts.

I had one too when I was a kid.
It was a Cox Spitfire .049
I remember vividly the fuel seemed to last forever...
so did the dizziness.

Pete <:-}

You must have had the touch, Pete. I think I made it around twice before crashing...Merry Christmas!

Originally Posted by sharptonn

You must have had the touch, Pete. I think I made it around twice before crashing...Merry Christmas!

I had no touch at all.
It wasn't very long at all spinning around in a circle that I wanted to crash...an did.
A few survivable crash landings and that was it.

Merry Christmas

Pete <:-}

Lotsa things we wanted as kids were like that.
A buddy got a Shetland pony for Christmas. I was jealous 'til I went over and we tried to ride that crazy thing!

Send it to me, Harold. I will string it up with my combat plane.
Thinking 3 blades increases your chance of losing a finger by 1/3rd?

Originally Posted by sharptonn

Send it to me, Harold. I will string it up with my combat plane.
Thinking 3 blades increases your chance of losing a finger by 1/3rd?

I just got a little nicked being quicker at 13 than I am now

If the local guys don't want it, it going to the 'Bay...we shall see its worth, hopefully like a vintage W&B to some model plane nut, I mean collector

Originally Posted by Haroldg48

I just got a little nicked being quicker at 13 than I am now

But I bet now a days you would use something like a stick rather than your finger!

Very cool find! I got a gas plan when I was younger, but we could never get it started so it went back to the store.

Would love to try flying one of these with my nephews. One of them got a drone so I'm not sure how "cool" it would be.

Originally Posted by 32t

But I bet now a days you would use something like a stick rather than your finger!

Or if you have grandkids let them get the full experience!