Posted on 01/31/2013 1:05:36 PM PST by mowowie
So i'm supposed to suprise my 7 yr old nephew next thursday and meet him for lunch at school for some kind of whatever thing... Anyways i thought i'd bring him a cool gift of one of those Cox .049 engine tethered race cars only to find that they they don't make them anymore? I looked it up on wiki since amazon seemed to be down. Production stopped around 4 years ago. Aparrently wiki is barred from FR so i can't post the thread but i had no idea of all the variants of this motor, wow......anyways.. JEEEEEZZZZZZ.....i grew up with those things, the planes, the helicopter, the cars, the stupid things i built with those engines attached..... Really makes me sad. There's still E-bay i guess and all but still. It seems that there is almost nothing left....
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LOL, I always wanted to order those xray glasses but never did.
“Life is waaaay too safe today”
When I see a little kid with helmut,elbow guards, knee pads and all the other paraphernalia I wonder how they are going to learn the laws of physics. Gravel rash was a good educational tool.
The law of physics exist only in textbooks and have nothing to do with everyday life. /s
Prolly best not to have.
In 1992, I almost completely severed two fingers on my right hand with an RC airplane prop.
And I always thought it would be the pipe bombs that would get me ...
Never had problems with my McCoys. My Fox .19 on the other hand.......
Never heard of those others you mentioned. Perhaps they came later. I stopped with the planes about 1960.
About 1967, my parents and I drove from Ohio to Ft. Huachuca, AZ to see my brother who was supposed to ship out soon.
My dad loaded up the 64 Buick for the 2 week vacation, but still found room to pack my flight box and 2 or 3 airplanes. (How many dads would do THAT for their kids - hauling those old dirty, sticky things all that way on a vacation?)
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