Thank you for taking the time to post this. This was my favorite plane as a kid. Best flyer. There were so many on the market back then, mostly too heavy to fly properly. The PT-19 was the best and easy to fix with rubber bands. I am now 65 and talk about models and balsa wood and putting "dope" on the paper to make it strong enough to fly. No more hobby shops, no more tester paint. No more plastic model cars or the metal ones for that matter. Kids are stuck on video games and have no idea of tactile hobbies. Really sad.
@@NightFlyyer ..be interesting to take it for some 'aeros' (taking-off from public land of course) at the perimeter of S4's boundary fencing . . ? ? ? ! . . ratta-tat-tat..!
I'm 67 and about 8 years ago I started getting into the RC helicopters and then the airplanes they all went to battery And they have stabilizers built into them that makes it easier for to start flying. Some of the helicopters once you get it in the air you can let go of the remote control and it will hover I'm talking about a real model helicopter not a drone The batteries opened up a whole new game in the rc industry So I've been able to relieve I my childhood dream a flying one of these planes I have a remote control exactly like the cox corsair you string one that I had when I was 9 that I never got to fly. I've done barrel rolls loops you name it I've done it with this plane it is so awesome and fun. kids today don't understand they just want to stay in the house all the time like you said
I got mine in 1972 as a 12th birthday present. Best present ever!! Flew the Hell out of it!! Notice that little hook on the back of the bell crank? I took mine to the asphalt school playground. I'd drive a nail into the pavement. I'd attach a piece of line with a loop on the end of it. Loop would go to the bell crank hook. I could start the plane, run to the control, give it a hard up or down control to release! I could do this with just me, myself and I! Thanks for taking me down memory lane!! 😊😊😊😊😊
i had a BT-19 when I was a kid in the 1960s. This takes me back to those days. Eventually I got a pilot's license to fly "real" planes because that little buzzer inspired me to make it happen one day. Thanks for sharing this!!!
You can get that smell. It's from castor oil. I don't know if you can still get it, Maxima 927 I think. A few years ago I mixed some and put it in my line trimmer. You can't leave it in there though because it will jellify with time. We also used to run Castrol R in our dirt bikes in the 70s
Those were a lot of fun. I flew control line and R/C up until a few years ago. I am 82 years old and my bad back will not let me fly control line any more. But I have a basement full of control line planes. Many are equipped with old ignition engines from the 40's. I still fly a little RC, mostly old free flights with a radio and old ignition engines. I have been a model builder and flyer since I was 8 years old. It is a wonderful hobby. It kept a lot of kids out of trouble doing something constructive. Thanks for the memory. I taught all my kids to fly on a Cox PT 19.
I asked my father for a Cox for Christmas back in grade school. My father and a friend of his took it to my grade school to fly it. Not really knowing what they were doing they finally got it running. I watched as it went up and then down, never to fly again. I remember that day like it was yesterday, the excitement, the sounds, and yes the smell of the nitro. Always loved going to the airport and watching the planes at the Des Moines airport. Did get my pilots license in the summer of 1969 between my junior and senior year of high school. I'm now 72 and you brought back good memory's fun times. Thank you so much.
I remember most of the Cox planes as being very underpowered , difficult to control and always met a sad demise in fatal crashes but were a lot of fun , loved the smell of the fuel.
Well it did take some practice. They worked fine on balsa planes like baby flight streaks, etc. Crashing is all part of the learning curve. We used to fly shop rags after crashing the planes into oblivion. Flying shop rags: th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html
On the plastic RTF planes I was forever ordering replacement parts or fixing the old parts for as long as there was a place to apply glue, tape or scrap plastic to hold them together. They didn't always look pretty but they flew. Eventually when I got into balsa planes as long as I kept a supply of scrap balsa wood and glue on hand I could fix or rebuild them like new.
Speaking of underpowered, are you sure you are not thinking of the older Wen-Mac planes? I had a couple of old Wen-Mac models before I got the Cox planes. Compared to the Cox planes the Wen-Mac's seemed very underpowered. Also, the Wen-Mac .049 was a very tempermental starter. Some days it just refused to run.
@@WitchidWitchid I HAD THE P40 WARHAWK, I WAS UNDERPOWERED AS THRER WAS NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD FLY THIS PLANE, COX 049, GREEN AND TAN CAMO. WHAT A JOY, UNDERPOWERED? NOPE NOT AT ALL! U BOAT COMMANDER157
You know it. Thanks so much. Bet if you liked that, you might like this one. Tethered, Speed, Stunt, and getting Goated by Adam's Goat ! th-cam.com/video/HdmXA0Xc1ew/w-d-xo.html
Wow! Does that bring back memories. I had flying shoes and pants as you could never get the smell of the fuel out of them. I heard many people say how the Cox .049 engines would be very cankerous to run. I never had any problems with them. I still have many engines in the garage and a few 1/2a control line airplanes hanging up. Haven't flown them in years, but will never get rid of them. Still have a couple cans of the old Cox fuel. Every few years I'll go out and open a can and have a good wiff. Brings back good memories.
I'm with you on that. I never had many problems with running these engines. Glad to hear your story. Now go fire up an engine and have fun. Thanks much.
I just commented on another channel how I used to love messing with these Cox engines. Had the orange "Dune Buggy," but never a plane. If only I could smell the fuel now or the exhaust - I'd instantly go back 50+ years! I used to drool over these planes at our local department store. This one, and the black German Stuka. They were $19.99 then, and waaay out of my 10 year-old budget. Maybe now I might finally be able to afford one... (?)
I never had much trouble getting the Cox .049 running. As long as the fuel I was using had enough nitro in it it would usually start right up and run fine. The engine I did have probblems getting started was my old Wen-Mac .049. Some days it refused to run. Other days it ran great. Go figure....
i’m just now starting with my dads and my uncles old cox 049 engines. is there anything you could tell me about them that would help? any tips or anything to know?
My brother and I saved our pocket money for ages to be able to buy one of these in the mid 70's. We never actually flew it for fear of crashing it. I was fun starting it and fuelling it though from those little metal fuel cans with the inbuilt spout and the funny smelling fuel. Bought back great memories. Thanks for sharing.
As a 1960s kid, I remember these well... neighborhood friends got them as xmas gifts... they attempted to fly them once and they either never could get them to run or they made it half-way around the circle, crashed breaking one of the major plastic parts... and in the trash they went. A few of us though, built our own... from balsa kits... build, fly, crash, fix, repeat... Almost 60 years later and I'm still doing that... although with no strings attached...
As a young Airman at Itauke AB Japan in 1964, there were a couple of dependant boys who had one of those. I would get the engine running, and then get it in the air. Once flying, the boys came out to the center and I turned it over to them. They had trouble getting it airborne, but had a great time once flying. Great days.
i'm 73 years old and had the p-40 warhawk. i used to fly it until it finally broke and then used the motor for other planes i built. i can still smell the burning fuel, lots of fun in the early 1960's. happy landings!!!
Recieved one of these as a birthday gift when i turned 9 in 1978. I was elated but proved to he very difficult to fly and sustained many crashes. The engine lived on in a balsa wood kit plane I made. Went on to other Cox and Testors planes as well which seemed easier to fly. I am truly sad for kids today who will never experience the joy and learning thar comes with hands-on hobbies. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
I have a collection of Cox CL including the PT-19, Texan AT-6, Sure Fly Cessna , Piper Cub, Fokker D VII, Spitfire, and Cox Lear Jet and Comanche Helicopter free flight. Amazing birds and I keep them in prime shape. But I still love watching videos of people still flying them and showing them that LM Cox was no crackpot in creating these models. They are awesome and a valuable contribution to aviation as a whole. Thanks!!!
Chuck B yes, my older brother had one back in the 70's, I can remember twirling that propeller trying to start it and how sometimes it catch your finger and it would hurt lol.. I also remember it was either my brother or a friend of his had the Cox dune buggy, ahh. . the smell of that fuel burning I'll never forget it what great memories this is a great video
I received the PT-19 held by elastics. If I crashed it just came apart. A beginner aircraft. I also received a hand held control of the sub. Outstanding!!!
Ahh the memories! My younger sister would hold and release my plane for me. I still have a old tackle box with engines, props and other small parts that I used as a carrying case.
52 Years after crashing my PT 19 at the age of 12 you've shown me 2 things I never knew about, setting the angle of the motor and moving you arm up and down to alter the height, if only the internet had been around in 1968 ! BTW a friend had the red car shown in the leaflet at the beginning, he lost that when the line broke and it went scooting across a railway line and under a diesel loco......I really enjoy your posts .ATB from England
Same for me! My dad bought one of these in the 80’s and we never could get it to fly successfully that I recall… never knew about the arm up and down and don’t remember the novice expert angle
got more cuts on my hands from those 049 but was fun anyway.im 74 now still look at those scars from 60years ago would not change a thing ,,oh l enjoy your channel
The infamous PT-19! I crashed and wrecked about 10 of these when I was a young-in. I also nearly cut my finger off starting the things. Those little engines had some kick and were loud as hell. Good times.
Oh that sound I still remember. !!!! Was my first U-Control. They were lots of fun. ...then we started making them and doing combat. Then moved to R/C pylon racing. Ohhh those were the days - young and lots of time to play. Thanks for the blast from the past.
As a kid ,I saved my money, bought me a line controlled P51 Mustang it was not underpowered. Put it together, found out the hard way, don't start it without something besides your fingers. Got it started, it took off, one climb one dive, and that was the end of my summer savings.
Seeing that plane brand new in the box brings back memories of when I got my first Cox PT-19. I was about 11 years old. It was a very warm summer night when my parents took me to the store. I had the money I had saved up ready. I remember the clerk going into the back and coming out with the big box. I gave him the money, he rang it up and then put the box on the counter and handed it over to me. It was mine... I had just purchased my own airplane and I remember carrying the box through the store and out to the car. I remember getting it home and just looking in the box, so thrilled that I finally had it. I didn't want to go to sleep that night and I remember waking up a couple of time that night and looking just to assure myself it was actually there. Prior to the PT-19 I did have a couple of Wen-Mac's that were handed down to me by a relative. But the PT-19 was the first brand new plane I owned.
Same experience, same feeling for me. Same wonderful memories brought back by this video. My biggest disappointment was whe I had trouble finding a friend who wanted to partner with me, since it did take a second person to start the plane and hold it in place until I was gave the signal to release. Then a friend who owned several models of Cox planes showed me an article in a RC model plane book about a DYI rig to hold the plane in place. I never built it, but my friend did.
great story, i got the p-40 for xmas around 1960 or so. my best friend had it too and i remember being kind of afraid of of the spinning prop and adjusting the needle valve but figured it out.
I had the Cox JU 87 in green paint scheme (not the later black version). Great fun. 70 years old and still vividly recall the simple joy of the whole thing.
I flew these as a pre-teen in the late 60's and early 70's... What a blast, and all i need to do now is look at the prop strikes on my fingers to remember... lol
Hey my dad bought me one of these on my 7th birthday (nearly 73 now) and it's still in it's original box, with the same 0.49 Baby Bee engine. Later, got a Tricycle Cox AeroCobra (beige) which also used the same little engine. Never flew that one. Still a flight 'virgin' in it's box..! :))
I still have one of those planes, it must be 50 to 60 years old now. Still runs and I get it out every once in awhile. I am now 67 years old and running across this video brung back great memories.
This brought a smile on my face!!! Great memories with this plane from when I was a boy in the 70s... Still playing with these toys, I now build my own composite RC slope soarers.
Right on! I am glad your still flying. I used to love to slope soar off the coast of Dana Point Strands and especially Torrey Pines. Flew there live a lot, but this is a video of many slope soaring planes there. Not hills here in Iowa, so this is it. th-cam.com/video/w-g46J80YWs/w-d-xo.html Maybe you saw it. Thanks and happy flying.....quietly!
We had the PT-19, I had the F4U Corsair and my older brother had the Ju-87 Stuka. I broke the wing on the Corsair but got a new one and flew it a lot. My best friend Dave flew the PT-19 like a pro first time out. We had to hand launch it and he had excellent control of it right away. I was shocked because it wasn't that easy for me! Dave and I built many balsa planes and flew them in the parking lot of the War Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN. We crashed more than a few times(!) but rebuilt the planes and carried on. It was a fun time of life back then in the early 1970's.
Very cool and nostalgic video. It's amazing how Cox .049 spanned the better part of three generations of family! I was born in the 80's, but Cox .049 was my very first venture into model planes! I started with some .049 hand-me-downs from my Dad when he was a kid. The Cox advertisement at 1:27 is an incredible memory jog for me! I had three aircraft from that page: The black "Thunderbolt" acrobatic theme .049 line control, the yellow electric Bearcat (which used a 9.6v NiCad), and the free flight .049 Bell "attack cobra". I believe all three were available at Toys R Us during the early 90's...back when Toys R Us even carried nitro fuel! I also had a Cox Zooper, which, to put nicely, was so poorly designed and incapable of outdoor flight. By the time I became interested in remote flight, notably the Cox Lazybee .049 (two channel), I had moved on from Cox and model aircraft in general. This was all right around the time the very first 'beginner' remote control stuff started coming out, like the Cox Recon, Cox Flyboy, and Cox Turbo Centurion. It's a shame these kind of STEM toys no longer exist. I went into a couple toy stores a few years ago and it was depressing...all video games and small children's junk dolls.
That is a great story and we are glad we brought back some memories for you. Your right about today's toys. We need some of these types of toys today, to inspire more kids to get outside and play. Thanks so kindly for the comments. Stay well and I hope your still flying.
I wish they would bring these back again, I would buy a couple in a heartbeat. I loved this as a boy I can almost smell the fuel and feel the good times we had
That was awesome. Reminds me of when my brother and I found our dad's Cox P-40 when we were kids and got it running and flying. The look on my dad's face when he came home from work and found us flying in the yard was priceless. He had never actually flown it and was so thrilled to see his two boys get it working. That started my love of model aircraft and I still fly 30+ years later all thanks to an old Cox like this.
Thanks for the memories, I am 64 years old, and I got one of these planes for Christmas in 1968ish. I got the motor started but never got mine off the ground. Still, it was so much fun! Thanks again!
Dave, thanks so much for posting this. I am also 73, 74 this month, May 22nd. I love this stuff. I had some Cox Thimble Drome models. I had this same "COX PT-19" and a Cox boat, "Water Wizard" as well as other brands. The PT-19 was made to be crash resistance with its rubber band assembly. I was biting my nails when you were flying for fear of crashing it. With that gravel and concrete, something would have broke. If you had crashed it, I would have cried. We use to fly our planes in a field of high grass and take off from a table to protect the planes in case of crash. Sadly, I could not fly the planes. My equalibrium is poor. After two or three turns, I did not know up from down. I would land the plane in the high grass under power. There are some local clubs in nearby Erie, Pa. I love watching them fly control line and RC.
Great to hear your story. When we crashed them beyond repair, we flew Shop Rags. Here is one I recently made, I bet you will enjoy. Thanks kindly and Happy Birthday. Flying shop rags. th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html
Awesome buddy! It was also my first intro into control line...best present ever! I loved that thing and I went on to use the plucky Cox engine into several other planes afterwards...oh happy days! Thanks for this!
My uncle started flying Cox PT -19s in Viet Nam and brought the love for them back to the states. We always had them. I can remember as a young child saying the prayer before dinner and asking God for parts to get the 19 flying again. My career has always been in aviation and I'm fortunate to say I've flown a PT-19 as pilot in command. I have one hanging on my business wall.
That high tach engine sound takes me back. I seem to remember the illustrations to have pictured an angry, growling engine explaining needle adjustments.
Here is the interesting thing. Back in '65 I was monkeying with these. That little engine has a certain desire. I learned back then what I know now. When ever I'm starting one, I can tell just what it needs. It's weird. I learned a lot from that little Cox .049
Great video. Brings back memories for me. Remember my first airplane, American Boy, cost About 2 dollars, then cox 049, traded my sisters old bicycle for it. made my own control handle.. out of wood, year was 1956. Now 79 and have 28 planes down stairs, sorry 27, crashed one a couple weeks ago.
Great flight and narration, my dad and I fought this thing all summer in '72 trying to get the needle valve adjusted to keep running, finally succeeded by autumn and flew it a bunch after that! Thanks for bringing my childhood memories back to life!
Man, oh MAN. Thia took me back soooo many years. Best fun ever. We used to be 3 guys playing in one circle. We built our own Balsa replacements for these PT-19's. THANKS FOR SHARING
I remember getting mine and instantly falling in love with the free flight "helicopter" pictured in the included catalog. I never got one, but 15 years later got my first second hand Hirobo Shuttle. Been closet addicted ever since.
I had one of those free flight helis as well. I also have a shuttle right now, but I fly it occasionally. You should get him out of the closet. Thanks Kevin.
I got a free flight huey on my wall right now.. I flew it once a few years ago and almost lost it to a light wind issue.. it landed in some really tall weeds about an acre away from my yard! Lol. I now need a cargo door for the left side. If anyone knows where I can get one I would be very grateful.
@@hearsejr I sure can relate to that, as I had one too. It was destroyed in the fire. I hope you can find a door. Here is a link to my flying shop rag video that that had similar results. Thanks. th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting that great video. I had one in '75 but crashed it first go, age 10. Since owned a Hobby Shop & flown many free flight and RC models. But there's a COX PT19 new in box, waiting for me to finally try again, 47 years later!
My brother had this growing up in the 1980s. We played with the motor all the time but we never flew it. I was thinking about it today as I was flying my Edge540 R/C plane. Thanks for sharing. It was cool to see it again.
Thanks so kindly. Speaking of engines and playing with them, check this one out I just produced on the Cox 020. th-cam.com/video/9vWvz4kFz00/w-d-xo.html
Dave thanks for sharing this nostalgia, to be honest I've never ever seen one of these. But your right when we were kids we had fun and where inventive, I built my 1st r/c car when I was 10 back then it was crystal sets, ohh how the yrs fly by lol. Now I love to fly and build my own balsa planes I have to admit iam not long building them to be honest. The one thing that eludes me is the helis did a month on the sim every day and still could not get a stable hover, that's where I take my hat off to you as your one amazing pilot. God bless and safe flying and happy landings.
Glad to hear that. I take it you've seen me fly my helis. It takes practice for sure. Thanks so very kindly for the great words and Kudos. I appreciate you and you stay well and safe too.
@@NightFlyyer yes indeed I've seen you flying your helis and iam in awe I just can't get it at all nó matter what I do, think I just stick to the planes and my drone 😊
My dad bought the attack cobra helicopter that’s in the ad at 1:33. We took it to the local park and it flew out of our view behind a bunch of trees. I still remember driving around with him trying to find it and finally seeing a guy in his front yard with it in his hands. My first experience with flying toys. Such a great memory.
A great story. Pretty familiar to me, as all my Free flights, end in chasing. LOL. Have you seen this? Flying shop rags part II th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html Thanks much.
I bought one at a yard sale when I was about 12 . Carried all the stuff in a box to the High School parking lot . Had a basic idea of how to get it started and fly it . Hooked up the battery , made sure it had gas and spun the propeller about 300 times trying to get the thing to start . Never did . Carried all the stuff home and sold it at my yard sale for more than I bought it for . About 10 years later I realized that the battery it came with was probably dead . I sure do wish I had never sold it .
This is the fly by wire trainer I learned on when I was 13 years old in the early 70's. Graduated to the P40 Flying Tiger model. I remember practicing turning in circles to get acclimated to flying in circles. I think this was even in the instructions. This model was easy to loop and fly upside down and glided smoothly to a landing when the gas sputtered out. The P40 was faster, heavier and scary to loop. Thanks for the memories : )
While watching the video, I desperately wanted to adjust the needle valve, lol. I loved the PT-19 by Cox, and found it to be very easy to fly. I also loved the unintended warning you get right before it runs out of gas. The rpm’s increase drastically, then the engine quits. Thanks for the video.
@@hdslim7697 Me too, but if you're a Cox guy, you knew it was always better to start out rich, cause it always leaned out in the air and at the end as you mentioned. Thanks.
I was born in 1992 and my dad and i buolt tons of these when i was a kid then when i got good at flying these he moved me up to building and flying actual rc planes. But for some reason i loved flying the u control planes cause it was a blastm my first true 4 channel rc plane was the sig cadete and dad built me one and he already had his own built and we would fly them all the time together. And now im 32 with a shop that has 146 rc airplanes all ready to fly ha ging from cieling walls and on airplane racks ect its an amazing hobby and took me all them years to build up my collection i couldnt afford to buy all them planes in a year lol. Nut i still have 10 of my cox planes all in flying condition the u control ones and fly them still to this day
Wow Dave! That was me with the same airplane back in the late ‘60’s! Thanks so much again for taking me on a trip to my childhood. Really appreciate these posts from you sir!
Yep that was a lot of us I rember I had the p39 aircobra an then wen I got a Lil older I had the cox f15 jet style control plane an I thought I was sombody lol
I had a cox when i was like 8-10 years old in 1978-1980 . this brought back great memories , Thank you so much . This is when Fun was still allowed and boys were taught to grow up to be men. not marsh mellows !
So true. We need more things like this to get our younger generation off the video games and phones for sure. Outside activities like this was good for us. Thanks so much.
OMG!! I had one as a child! I think I was only about 11 or 12 at the time so flight time lasted about five minutes before..... well, it was fun for five minutes
I can't remember what my plane was, it had a bomb on each wing that you could release while in flight. I never did release a bomb, had my hands full flying it. You brought back some good memories Dave! Thanks
I had a PT-19 in the 70s but unfortunately I wasn't a teenager yet and couldn't figure out how to make it fly, so we took it back. I always regretted that. My neighbour had the Stuka and I remember he was barely more successful than I was (he was a couple of years older) but I don't think he "flew" his very often. I seem to recall there were two red plastic bombs with the Stuka. He grew up to be a navigator on helicopters in the Air Force and I became an amateur war historian because he was interested in that when we were kids. I've seen each episode of The World at War I don't know how many times :)
Had one, great times with friends in the 60's, revisiting all the cl airplanes out in the garage thinking of nostalgic flights again before they put me in the box.
Absolutely wonderful. Brings back memories. I was just trying to remember all the ones I had from 1976 to the early 80s. I would work my tail off cutting grass and raking yards and any odd jobs I could find as a kidd to save up and buy one. I think the Las two I had were the free flight helicopter and a van or a dune buggie. I wish I still had all that stuff today lol. I still fly RC but those cox engines were fun lol. Great video. 👍
Thanks so kindly. If you like ukie, check this one out I made. U control Tethered, Speed, Stunt, and getting Goated by Adam's Goat ! th-cam.com/video/HdmXA0Xc1ew/w-d-xo.html
So Kool, learned to fly on one of those, it was a Stuka .049, held together with rubber bands, then built balsa wood tissue wing air planes, still have my 1968 cox.049 Golden Bee, going to run it again soon. 😊
Lotta memories in your video! My father was the VP Operations of COX Hobbies based in Santa Ana California. Yes, running a little rich - LOL - but forever the sound of childhood! Thanks for posting!
Right on. Dave Duncan (Cox engineer) was a member of our Club, when He was in the Santa Ana plant on West Warner. My wife also worked there for a while, before the fire. Glad you liked it. Rich is always better, because lean gets leaner in the air, and you know what that means. Thanks so much.
Fantastic! These were my dream presents for birthdays and Christmases thru the late 60's and early 70's. When I saw that big wrapped box under the tree I'd go bonkers! Over the years I had many of the Cox classics...P51, Stuka, Spitfire, Yukon Patrol Cub (with floats!), Eliminator II dragster, and a few others. Such great memories. Flights were always disastrous haha! A few years later got into combat UC and mastered not only flying but overhauling the engines about every hour of flight time. 50 years later I'm still into model planes, with a fantastic Horizon Hobby Timber X...a whole new ballgame. But the seeds were firmly planted way back them with these Cox planes...thanks for posting.
A great story. Your right, most of us old timers started out that way for sure. It definitely shaped my career of 34 years in USMC Aviation and especially now. Too bad we don't have these kinds of products these days to inspire the youth. Thanks and Happy flying.
Got all my old motors still, an 0.20 and a mackoy 35 and several others, made my own planes from balsa and fuel with castor oil & alcohol. Miss those days.
I just love flying these planes. My very first plane was a PT-19 trainer. Thats about 55 years ago now. I crashed it and it went in 10 different directions. I just put new elastics around the control horns and I was flying once again. Thank you Mr. Fryters and Jamie. They also took me up in their Glider. Great memories!
My first ukie, too! Grew up to be an aerospace engineer! Designed the X-36 and another X plane you will be seeing soon! What a bunch of memories this brought back!
Wow... memories. I'm 58 and my brother and I each had one of those exact aircraft back in the 70's. We were really too young for them and had nobody to teach us about them so we never got them flying... that's the first time I've seen one fly! Here in Australia they're called "control line models". It did inspire me to get into RC planes later on... which I spent far too much money on and enjoyed greatly. Thanks for sharing that video. :)
Right on. Since the lines and handle look like a big U, that is why we called them UKIE's. Glad to hear your story and hope you continue to fly. Thanks much.
Wow! Brings back my memories of my Cox PT-19 I purchased as a teen at the Western Auto! This model inspired my purchase of a later Hanger 9 80inch span PT-19 that I still have today! Great video!
@@NightFlyyer In a manner of speaking I did start out that way. I graduated from rubber free-flight and built a PT-17 from a Sterling kit, but was afraid to fly it so I bought a Cox Stuka; I loved that thing and flew the wings off of it.
I had one of these as a kid around 20 years ago. It was a cheap one and I only flew it a few times before crashing and ruining it lmao but it really brings back memories watching this video.
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Thank you for taking the time to post this. This was my favorite plane as a kid. Best flyer. There were so many on the market back then, mostly too heavy to fly properly. The PT-19 was the best and easy to fix with rubber bands. I am now 65 and talk about models and balsa wood and putting "dope" on the paper to make it strong enough to fly. No more hobby shops, no more tester paint. No more plastic model cars or the metal ones for that matter. Kids are stuck on video games and have no idea of tactile hobbies. Really sad.
Your so right. Now we are being monitored by the FAA as well. Sad for sure, but I still try to fly. Thanks.
@@NightFlyyer ..be interesting to take it for some 'aeros' (taking-off from public land of course) at the perimeter of S4's boundary fencing . . ? ? ? ! . . ratta-tat-tat..!
..be a Guiness first time a Cox ever got shot outta the sky reckon lol :)
I had the Cox Stuka but that thing was insane. Very fast and hard to control (for me).
I'm 67 and about 8 years ago I started getting into the RC helicopters and then the airplanes they all went to battery And they have stabilizers built into them that makes it easier for to start flying. Some of the helicopters once you get it in the air you can let go of the remote control and it will hover I'm talking about a real model helicopter not a drone The batteries opened up a whole new game in the rc industry So I've been able to relieve I my childhood dream a flying one of these planes I have a remote control exactly like the cox corsair you string one that I had when I was 9 that I never got to fly. I've done barrel rolls loops you name it I've done it with this plane it is so awesome and fun. kids today don't understand they just want to stay in the house all the time like you said
The sound of the engine immediately takes me back to when I was 12 years old.
I am happy to hear that. Thanks and Happy Thanksgiving.
Brilliant, iam 72 and had this very plane when I was 13, and had many many flights with it,
That is fantastic. Thanks so kindly and fly easy.
I think I had less than 10 with mine they were not unbreakable
@@pampoovey3281 Right. Nothing is unbreakable.
I got mine in 1972 as a 12th birthday present. Best present ever!! Flew the Hell out of it!! Notice that little hook on the back of the bell crank? I took mine to the asphalt school playground. I'd drive a nail into the pavement. I'd attach a piece of line with a loop on the end of it. Loop would go to the bell crank hook. I could start the plane, run to the control, give it a hard up or down control to release! I could do this with just me, myself and I! Thanks for taking me down memory lane!! 😊😊😊😊😊
That's a great story. Thanks so kindly.
It was a much better time.
@@MarkTurner-vs7uc So true, so true!
Yep, I had one. Scared me and the thing as really fast. Not as fast as the Stuka though
@@MindBodySoulOk Thanks.
i had a BT-19 when I was a kid in the 1960s. This takes me back to those days. Eventually I got a pilot's license to fly "real" planes because that little buzzer inspired me to make it happen one day.
Thanks for sharing this!!!
Your very welcome. Thanks so kindly for commenting as well.
Wow. It’s 1975 again, I smell the fuel, and feel the frustration of the darned engine stalling! Thanks for the memories.
Yes, and that was all part of the fun back then. Thanks kindly.
I haven’t heard that sound since the seventies. Wish I was there to get the smell of the engine running. What memories this brings back.
Glad you liked it. Yep those were the days when kids were kids out in fresh air and learning stuff that no one knows today. Thanks much.
hell yeah !
You can get that smell. It's from castor oil. I don't know if you can still get it, Maxima 927 I think. A few years ago I mixed some and put it in my line trimmer. You can't leave it in there though because it will jellify with time. We also used to run Castrol R in our dirt bikes in the 70s
Those were a lot of fun. I flew control line and R/C up until a few years ago. I am 82 years old and my bad back will not let me fly control line any more. But I have a basement full of control line planes. Many are equipped with old ignition engines from the 40's. I still fly a little RC, mostly old free flights with a radio and old ignition engines. I have been a model builder and flyer since I was 8 years old. It is a wonderful hobby. It kept a lot of kids out of trouble doing something constructive. Thanks for the memory. I taught all my kids to fly on a Cox PT 19.
Right on. Glad ot hear it and thanks so much for your contributions. Thank you.
I asked my father for a Cox for Christmas back in grade school. My father and a friend of his took it to my grade school to fly it. Not really knowing what they were doing they finally got it running. I watched as it went up and then down, never to fly again. I remember that day like it was yesterday, the excitement, the sounds, and yes the smell of the nitro. Always loved going to the airport and watching the planes at the Des Moines airport. Did get my pilots license in the summer of 1969 between my junior and senior year of high school. I'm now 72 and you brought back good memory's fun times. Thank you so much.
I remember most of the Cox planes as being very underpowered , difficult to control and always met a sad demise in fatal crashes but were a lot of fun , loved the smell of the fuel.
Well it did take some practice. They worked fine on balsa planes like baby flight streaks, etc. Crashing is all part of the learning curve. We used to fly shop rags after crashing the planes into oblivion. Flying shop rags: th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html
On the plastic RTF planes I was forever ordering replacement parts or fixing the old parts for as long as there was a place to apply glue, tape or scrap plastic to hold them together. They didn't always look pretty but they flew. Eventually when I got into balsa planes as long as I kept a supply of scrap balsa wood and glue on hand I could fix or rebuild them like new.
Speaking of underpowered, are you sure you are not thinking of the older Wen-Mac planes? I had a couple of old Wen-Mac models before I got the Cox planes. Compared to the Cox planes the Wen-Mac's seemed very underpowered. Also, the Wen-Mac .049 was a very tempermental starter. Some days it just refused to run.
@@WitchidWitchid I HAD THE P40 WARHAWK, I WAS UNDERPOWERED AS THRER WAS NOT TOO MANY PEOPLE THAT COULD FLY THIS PLANE, COX 049, GREEN AND TAN CAMO. WHAT A JOY, UNDERPOWERED? NOPE NOT AT ALL! U BOAT COMMANDER157
Had a PT19. Slow, but good flyer. Demise was a wing over in too much wind.
I can see from that smile, you were really enjoying the flight.
You know it. Thanks so much. Bet if you liked that, you might like this one. Tethered, Speed, Stunt, and getting Goated by Adam's Goat ! th-cam.com/video/HdmXA0Xc1ew/w-d-xo.html
Wow! Does that bring back memories. I had flying shoes and pants as you could never get the smell of the fuel out of them. I heard many people say how the Cox .049 engines would be very cankerous to run. I never had any problems with them. I still have many engines in the garage and a few 1/2a control line airplanes hanging up. Haven't flown them in years, but will never get rid of them. Still have a couple cans of the old Cox fuel. Every few years I'll go out and open a can and have a good wiff. Brings back good memories.
I'm with you on that. I never had many problems with running these engines. Glad to hear your story. Now go fire up an engine and have fun. Thanks much.
I just commented on another channel how I used to love messing with these Cox engines. Had the orange "Dune Buggy," but never a plane.
If only I could smell the fuel now or the exhaust - I'd instantly go back 50+ years!
I used to drool over these planes at our local department store. This one, and the black German Stuka.
They were $19.99 then, and waaay out of my 10 year-old budget.
Maybe now I might finally be able to afford one... (?)
I never had much trouble getting the Cox .049 running. As long as the fuel I was using had enough nitro in it it would usually start right up and run fine. The engine I did have probblems getting started was my old Wen-Mac .049. Some days it refused to run. Other days it ran great. Go figure....
i’m just now starting with my dads and my uncles old cox 049 engines. is there anything you could tell me about them that would help? any tips or anything to know?
My brother and I saved our pocket money for ages to be able to buy one of these in the mid 70's. We never actually flew it for fear of crashing it. I was fun starting it and fuelling it though from those little metal fuel cans with the inbuilt spout and the funny smelling fuel. Bought back great memories. Thanks for sharing.
That's great. Thanks for commenting the great story.
I used to fly that model when I was 11 years old. After 52 years, that plane is still my favorite. Good old and fun memories. Thank you for sharing!
Right on. Glad to hear that. Thanks for commenting and happy New Year.
I am 65 and remember these , I had a few but never got to fly one, they were a gift,
As a 1960s kid, I remember these well... neighborhood friends got them as xmas gifts... they attempted to fly them once and they either never could get them to run or they made it half-way around the circle, crashed breaking one of the major plastic parts... and in the trash they went. A few of us though, built our own... from balsa kits... build, fly, crash, fix, repeat... Almost 60 years later and I'm still doing that... although with no strings attached...
A great story. Thanks and glad your still at it. It was our beginnings. Thanks much.
As a young Airman at Itauke AB Japan in 1964, there were a couple of dependant boys who had one of those. I would get the engine running, and then get it in the air. Once flying, the boys came out to the center and I turned it over to them. They had trouble getting it airborne, but had a great time once flying. Great days.
@@AnneJackson-v8l Right on. Great to hear that. Thanks much.
i'm 73 years old and had the p-40 warhawk. i used to fly it until it finally broke and then used the motor for other planes i built. i can still smell the burning fuel, lots of fun in the early 1960's. happy landings!!!
That was great to hear. Thanks much and happy flying.
Recieved one of these as a birthday gift when i turned 9 in 1978. I was elated but proved to he very difficult to fly and sustained many crashes. The engine lived on in a balsa wood kit plane I made. Went on to other Cox and Testors planes as well which seemed easier to fly. I am truly sad for kids today who will never experience the joy and learning thar comes with hands-on hobbies. Thanks for the trip down memory lane!
Well said and a great story. Thanks kindly.
That was awesome! I remember mine as a boy in the 70’s. Brings me back to those warm summer evenings. Thank you.
I am happy to hear that. Thank you.
I have a collection of Cox CL including the PT-19, Texan AT-6, Sure Fly Cessna , Piper Cub, Fokker D VII, Spitfire, and Cox Lear Jet and Comanche Helicopter free flight. Amazing birds and I keep them in prime shape.
But I still love watching videos of people still flying them and showing them that LM Cox was no crackpot in creating these models. They are awesome and a valuable contribution to aviation as a whole. Thanks!!!
Chuck B yes, my older brother had one back in the 70's, I can remember twirling that propeller trying to start it and how sometimes it catch your finger and it would hurt lol.. I also remember it was either my brother or a friend of his had the Cox dune buggy, ahh. . the smell of that fuel burning I'll never forget it what great memories this is a great video
Had a bunch of these. My favorite looking, hardest to fly, was the P-38. Those were the days!
Right on. Thanks.
I had one of the Cox PT-19's in the early 1960's. Still has a soft spot in my memory. I still built F/F rubber models and fly R/C . Great job thanks
Great to hear that. Happy flying and thanks much!
I received the PT-19 held by elastics. If I crashed it just came apart. A beginner aircraft. I also received a hand held control of the sub. Outstanding!!!
Fantastic. Yep, it was sold as a Trainer. Thanks so kindly.
Ahh the memories! My younger sister would hold and release my plane for me. I still have a old tackle box with engines, props and other small parts that I used as a carrying case.
Right on. Go fly. Thanks.
Had one many years ago. Loved flying that thing!
Right on. Thanks so much!
52 Years after crashing my PT 19 at the age of 12 you've shown me 2 things I never knew about, setting the angle of the motor and moving you arm up and down to alter the height, if only the internet had been around in 1968 !
BTW a friend had the red car shown in the leaflet at the beginning, he lost that when the line broke and it went scooting across a railway line and under a diesel loco......I really enjoy your posts .ATB from England
That's a great story. Thanks for the kudos and I appreciate your comments. Thanks much and stay well.
Same for me! My dad bought one of these in the 80’s and we never could get it to fly successfully that I recall… never knew about the arm up and down and don’t remember the novice expert angle
Thanks for the fun video from a 78 yr old kid of the 50's. Sure brought back great memories.
Right on. Thanks kindly.
got more cuts on my hands from those 049 but was fun anyway.im 74 now still look at those scars from 60years ago would not change a thing ,,oh l enjoy your channel
Right on. I'm 75, so we're in the same boat! Thanks so much!
The infamous PT-19! I crashed and wrecked about 10 of these when I was a young-in. I also nearly cut my finger off starting the things. Those little engines had some kick and were loud as hell. Good times.
That's a great story. Thanks kindly.
Wow thanks for the memories. Loved my PT 19 I’m a 1958 model kid now 66. My dad and me had so much fun. He passed in 2022 miss him dearly.
Happy you had good memories. Sorry he passed. Thanks so kindly.
Oh that sound I still remember. !!!! Was my first U-Control. They were lots of fun. ...then we started making them and doing combat.
Then moved to R/C pylon racing. Ohhh those were the days - young and lots of time to play.
Thanks for the blast from the past.
Your welcome and thanks for commenting. I appreciate you.
I've been checking your videos out you do nothing but bring back memories. All of them good. Thank you
Thanks much!
As a kid ,I saved my money, bought me a line controlled P51 Mustang it was not underpowered. Put it together, found out the hard way, don't start it without something besides your fingers. Got it started, it took off, one climb one dive, and that was the end of my summer savings.
That's too bad and that you didn't have any body around to give a few pointers. Thanks.
That smile on your face says it all. Absolutely wonderful. Have subscribed.
Haha. Right on! Thanks so very kindly.
Seeing that plane brand new in the box brings back memories of when I got my first Cox PT-19. I was about 11 years old. It was a very warm summer night when my parents took me to the store. I had the money I had saved up ready. I remember the clerk going into the back and coming out with the big box. I gave him the money, he rang it up and then put the box on the counter and handed it over to me. It was mine... I had just purchased my own airplane and I remember carrying the box through the store and out to the car. I remember getting it home and just looking in the box, so thrilled that I finally had it. I didn't want to go to sleep that night and I remember waking up a couple of time that night and looking just to assure myself it was actually there.
Prior to the PT-19 I did have a couple of Wen-Mac's that were handed down to me by a relative. But the PT-19 was the first brand new plane I owned.
That is a great story. Thanks for sharing and fly safe.
Same experience, same feeling for me. Same wonderful memories brought back by this video. My biggest disappointment was whe I had trouble finding a friend who wanted to partner with me, since it did take a second person to start the plane and hold it in place until I was gave the signal to release. Then a friend who owned several models of Cox planes showed me an article in a RC model plane book about a DYI rig to hold the plane in place. I never built it, but my friend did.
Same. Then on to RC. Still today
great story, i got the p-40 for xmas around 1960 or so. my best friend had it too and i remember being kind of afraid of of the spinning prop and adjusting the needle valve but figured it out.
I had the Cox JU 87 in green paint scheme (not the later black version). Great fun. 70 years old and still vividly recall the simple joy of the whole thing.
Fantastic. Thanks for commenting.
I flew these as a pre-teen in the late 60's and early 70's... What a blast, and all i need to do now is look at the prop strikes on my fingers to remember... lol
Yes, those banged up fingers were a reminder, but as kids, we didn't really care, cause we were flying something and it was fun. Thanks much.
Got. A bunch of those too......😎
Hey my dad bought me one of these on my 7th birthday (nearly 73 now) and it's still in it's original box, with the same 0.49 Baby Bee engine.
Later, got a Tricycle Cox AeroCobra (beige) which also used the same little engine. Never flew that one. Still a flight 'virgin' in it's box..! :))
Right on.. Great to hear that. Thanks so kindly. Now go fly it.
Nice that was my first plane also thank you and seeing you grinning from ear to ear made me feel good thanks for that God Bless !
Thanks very kindly and God bless you as well.
I still have one of those planes, it must be 50 to 60 years old now. Still runs and I get it out every once in awhile. I am now 67 years old and running across this video brung back great memories.
That is great! Go fly. Thanks.
This brought a smile on my face!!! Great memories with this plane from when I was a boy in the 70s... Still playing with these toys, I now build my own composite RC slope soarers.
Right on! I am glad your still flying. I used to love to slope soar off the coast of Dana Point Strands and especially Torrey Pines. Flew there live a lot, but this is a video of many slope soaring planes there. Not hills here in Iowa, so this is it. th-cam.com/video/w-g46J80YWs/w-d-xo.html Maybe you saw it. Thanks and happy flying.....quietly!
Stuck my finger in one one time I would never do that again even though I played with them for 30 years
@@nahtpd Yep. It was all part of the learning curve.
I had the same fun in the 1970's. Had a Golden bee and a Black widow, which still work. Thank you for the video.
Right on! Great engines of the time. Thanks much.
We had the PT-19, I had the F4U Corsair and my older brother had the Ju-87 Stuka. I broke the wing on the Corsair but got a new one and flew it a lot. My best friend Dave flew the PT-19 like a pro first time out. We had to hand launch it and he had excellent control of it right away. I was shocked because it wasn't that easy for me! Dave and I built many balsa planes and flew them in the parking lot of the War Memorial Coliseum in Ft. Wayne, IN. We crashed more than a few times(!) but rebuilt the planes and carried on. It was a fun time of life back then in the early 1970's.
That is a great story. Thanks for Sharing it and stay well.
I'm enjoying these comments, too!
@@davestelling Thanks much, Dave.
This is cool I'm 31 but my grandfather bought me one of these at a garage sale when I was 12 and really like planes it flew great
Fabulous to hear. Be great and happy flying!
Very cool and nostalgic video. It's amazing how Cox .049 spanned the better part of three generations of family!
I was born in the 80's, but Cox .049 was my very first venture into model planes! I started with some .049 hand-me-downs from my Dad when he was a kid. The Cox advertisement at 1:27 is an incredible memory jog for me! I had three aircraft from that page: The black "Thunderbolt" acrobatic theme .049 line control, the yellow electric Bearcat (which used a 9.6v NiCad), and the free flight .049 Bell "attack cobra". I believe all three were available at Toys R Us during the early 90's...back when Toys R Us even carried nitro fuel! I also had a Cox Zooper, which, to put nicely, was so poorly designed and incapable of outdoor flight. By the time I became interested in remote flight, notably the Cox Lazybee .049 (two channel), I had moved on from Cox and model aircraft in general. This was all right around the time the very first 'beginner' remote control stuff started coming out, like the Cox Recon, Cox Flyboy, and Cox Turbo Centurion.
It's a shame these kind of STEM toys no longer exist. I went into a couple toy stores a few years ago and it was depressing...all video games and small children's junk dolls.
That is a great story and we are glad we brought back some memories for you. Your right about today's toys. We need some of these types of toys today, to inspire more kids to get outside and play. Thanks so kindly for the comments. Stay well and I hope your still flying.
I had the P40 Warhawk in 70's. The instructions were in the form of a 45 rpm record which you had to play and listen to. Great fun!
Right on. That is great. I forgot about that. Thanks.
I wish they would bring these back again, I would buy a couple in a heartbeat. I loved this as a boy I can almost smell the fuel and feel the good times we had
I agree. Thanks so kindly.
I had a dune bugy with the 0.49 engine what a fun time growing up.
Right on. Your so right. Thanks.
That was awesome. Reminds me of when my brother and I found our dad's Cox P-40 when we were kids and got it running and flying. The look on my dad's face when he came home from work and found us flying in the yard was priceless. He had never actually flown it and was so thrilled to see his two boys get it working. That started my love of model aircraft and I still fly 30+ years later all thanks to an old Cox like this.
That's a fantastic Story. Great to hear. Thanks much and happy flying!🛩
What a great comment!
If I had kids of my own I think I would teach them how to build a plane and get it up in the air. Who knows, they might find it interesting.
Thanks for the memories, I am 64 years old, and I got one of these planes for Christmas in 1968ish. I got the motor started but never got mine off the ground. Still, it was so much fun! Thanks again!
Right on. Thanks for the comments and stay well.
Dave, thanks so much for posting this. I am also 73, 74 this month, May 22nd. I love this stuff. I had some Cox Thimble Drome models. I had this same "COX PT-19" and a Cox boat, "Water Wizard" as well as other brands. The PT-19 was made to be crash resistance with its rubber band assembly. I was biting my nails when you were flying for fear of crashing it. With that gravel and concrete, something would have broke. If you had crashed it, I would have cried. We use to fly our planes in a field of high grass and take off from a table to protect the planes in case of crash. Sadly, I could not fly the planes. My equalibrium is poor. After two or three turns, I did not know up from down. I would land the plane in the high grass under power. There are some local clubs in nearby Erie, Pa. I love watching them fly control line and RC.
Great to hear your story. When we crashed them beyond repair, we flew Shop Rags. Here is one I recently made, I bet you will enjoy. Thanks kindly and Happy Birthday. Flying shop rags.
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My dad got me one of these back in the late 80s. So much fun and great memories
That is great to hear. Thanks kindly.
The pt-19 was my favarite always alot of spare parts and flew the best of all,it was always last man standing so to speak! Great fun!
Ha, especially for those random gravity eruptions. Thanks.
Awesome buddy! It was also my first intro into control line...best present ever! I loved that thing and I went on to use the plucky Cox engine into several other planes afterwards...oh happy days! Thanks for this!
Thanks very much for your comments and kudos. Stay well and happy flying, Mark.
My uncle started flying Cox PT -19s in Viet Nam and brought the love for them back to the states. We always had them. I can remember as a young child saying the prayer before dinner and asking God for parts to get the 19 flying again. My career has always been in aviation and I'm fortunate to say I've flown a PT-19 as pilot in command. I have one hanging on my business wall.
Right on. Thanks to your uncle. We flew ukies in da nang in 1970 too.
That high tach engine sound takes me back. I seem to remember the illustrations to have pictured an angry, growling engine explaining needle adjustments.
Yes, very true. Thank you .
Here is the interesting thing. Back in '65 I was monkeying with these. That little engine has a certain desire. I learned back then what I know now. When ever I'm starting one, I can tell just what it needs. It's weird. I learned a lot from that little Cox .049
Great video. Brings back memories for me. Remember my first airplane, American Boy, cost About 2 dollars, then cox 049, traded my sisters old bicycle for it. made my own control handle.. out of wood,
year was 1956. Now 79 and have 28 planes down stairs, sorry 27, crashed one a couple weeks ago.
Right on. We did what we had to do in those days! Thanks and happy flying. I'm 76 now, so if your still flying, that is a good omen for me. Stay well.
Still flying, belong to great club.@@NightFlyyer
Great flight and narration, my dad and I fought this thing all summer in '72 trying to get the needle valve adjusted to keep running, finally succeeded by autumn and flew it a bunch after that! Thanks for bringing my childhood memories back to life!
Great story. Thanks so kindly.
Man, oh MAN. Thia took me back soooo many years. Best fun ever. We used to be 3 guys playing in one circle. We built our own Balsa replacements for these PT-19's. THANKS FOR SHARING
So glad you enjoyed it. Thanks so kindly!
I remember getting mine and instantly falling in love with the free flight "helicopter" pictured in the included catalog. I never got one, but 15 years later got my first second hand Hirobo Shuttle. Been closet addicted ever since.
I had one of those free flight helis as well. I also have a shuttle right now, but I fly it occasionally. You should get him out of the closet. Thanks Kevin.
I got a free flight huey on my wall right now.. I flew it once a few years ago and almost lost it to a light wind issue.. it landed in some really tall weeds about an acre away from my yard! Lol. I now need a cargo door for the left side. If anyone knows where I can get one I would be very grateful.
@@hearsejr I sure can relate to that, as I had one too. It was destroyed in the fire. I hope you can find a door. Here is a link to my flying shop rag video that that had similar results. Thanks. th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html
Thanks for posting that great video.
I had one in '75 but crashed it first go, age 10.
Since owned a Hobby Shop & flown many free flight and RC models.
But there's a COX PT19 new in box, waiting for me to finally try again, 47 years later!
Right on. That New PT-19 sounds great to have. They are worth quite a lot of money now, so be careful. Thanks much and happy flying.
Thanks for posting this video! I brought back some great childhood memories. The PT-19 was my favorite of the Cox line-up.
Your welcome and thanks for your comments. I always love the PT-19, the best too.
Thanks for returning me to my youth , these got me out doors and into flying and now 50 years later its still my love to fly..thanks so much
That is a great thing to hear. Good on you and happy flying. Thanks kindly.
If you know that sound. You know that sound, that means you go to the park some one is flying today.
So true!
My brother had this growing up in the 1980s. We played with the motor all the time but we never flew it. I was thinking about it today as I was flying my Edge540 R/C plane. Thanks for sharing. It was cool to see it again.
Thanks so kindly. Speaking of engines and playing with them, check this one out I just produced on the Cox 020. th-cam.com/video/9vWvz4kFz00/w-d-xo.html
Dave thanks for sharing this nostalgia, to be honest I've never ever seen one of these. But your right when we were kids we had fun and where inventive, I built my 1st r/c car when I was 10 back then it was crystal sets, ohh how the yrs fly by lol. Now I love to fly and build my own balsa planes I have to admit iam not long building them to be honest. The one thing that eludes me is the helis did a month on the sim every day and still could not get a stable hover, that's where I take my hat off to you as your one amazing pilot. God bless and safe flying and happy landings.
Glad to hear that. I take it you've seen me fly my helis. It takes practice for sure. Thanks so very kindly for the great words and Kudos. I appreciate you and you stay well and safe too.
@@NightFlyyer yes indeed I've seen you flying your helis and iam in awe I just can't get it at all nó matter what I do, think I just stick to the planes and my drone 😊
@@madbren Great. Never give up the fun of it all and happy flying.
My dad bought the attack cobra helicopter that’s in the ad at 1:33. We took it to the local park and it flew out of our view behind a bunch of trees. I still remember driving around with him trying to find it and finally seeing a guy in his front yard with it in his hands. My first experience with flying toys. Such a great memory.
A great story. Pretty familiar to me, as all my Free flights, end in chasing. LOL. Have you seen this? Flying shop rags part II th-cam.com/video/Q7MwFVHCRpY/w-d-xo.html Thanks much.
@@NightFlyyer Yep that ghost flight is exactly how it went for us LOL. Just makes the chaos of this hobby that much more endearing.
Now that was fantastic. I never saw someone fly one successfully! The ones we built were much more stable in flight. What a treat to see a PT-19 fly.
I bought one at a yard sale when I was about 12 . Carried all the stuff in a box to the High School parking lot . Had a basic idea of how to get it started and fly it . Hooked up the battery , made sure it had gas and spun the propeller about 300 times trying to get the thing to start . Never did . Carried all the stuff home and sold it at my yard sale for more than I bought it for . About 10 years later I realized that the battery it came with was probably dead . I sure do wish I had never sold it .
Thats a bummer for sure. Today, it will cost a pretty penny to replace. Thanks much.
This is the fly by wire trainer I learned on when I was 13 years old in the early 70's. Graduated to the P40 Flying Tiger model. I remember practicing turning in circles to get acclimated to flying in circles. I think this was even in the instructions. This model was easy to loop and fly upside down and glided smoothly to a landing when the gas sputtered out. The P40 was faster, heavier and scary to loop. Thanks for the memories : )
That's a great story. Thanks and happy flying.
While watching the video, I desperately wanted to adjust the needle valve, lol. I loved the PT-19 by Cox, and found it to be very easy to fly. I also loved the unintended warning you get right before it runs out of gas. The rpm’s increase drastically, then the engine quits. Thanks for the video.
@@hdslim7697 Me too, but if you're a Cox guy, you knew it was always better to start out rich, cause it always leaned out in the air and at the end as you mentioned. Thanks.
@@hdslim7697 It was as if the engine increased the rpms while at the same time decreased the manifold pressure.
I flew one of these is the early 70's so much fun for sure thank you for sharing
Thanks so kindly.
Omg I remember flying this back when I was a kid. It was so much fun.
Glad to hear that. Thanks much.
I was born in 1992 and my dad and i buolt tons of these when i was a kid then when i got good at flying these he moved me up to building and flying actual rc planes. But for some reason i loved flying the u control planes cause it was a blastm my first true 4 channel rc plane was the sig cadete and dad built me one and he already had his own built and we would fly them all the time together. And now im 32 with a shop that has 146 rc airplanes all ready to fly ha ging from cieling walls and on airplane racks ect its an amazing hobby and took me all them years to build up my collection i couldnt afford to buy all them planes in a year lol. Nut i still have 10 of my cox planes all in flying condition the u control ones and fly them still to this day
That is a great story. Check out my other UKIE videos if you get a chance. Thanks Kindly.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing Dave! I bought a Cox PT-19 off ebay last year, I just need to get a handle so I can fly it. Cheers and happy flying!
Glad to hear that. Sullivan sells handles like mine. Hope you have fun and thanks.
Cox Hustler in -78 Always fun to see those old planes in actionThanks for sharing :)
Thanks very Kindly! Happy flying.
Wow Dave! That was me with the same airplane back in the late ‘60’s! Thanks so much again for taking me on a trip to my childhood. Really appreciate these posts from you sir!
I am happy to hear that. Thanks very kindly!
Yep that was a lot of us I rember I had the p39 aircobra an then wen I got a Lil older I had the cox f15 jet style control plane an I thought I was sombody lol
Great filming! Great flying! It didn't even tip over on landing!
Haha....well that is not always the case! Thanks so much.
I had a cox when i was like 8-10 years old in 1978-1980 . this brought back great memories , Thank you so much . This is when Fun was still allowed and boys were taught to grow up to be men. not marsh mellows !
So true. We need more things like this to get our younger generation off the video games and phones for sure. Outside activities like this was good for us. Thanks so much.
OMG!! I had one as a child! I think I was only about 11 or 12 at the time so flight time lasted about five minutes before..... well, it was fun for five minutes
Well, that is a bummer. Hopefully this video made you feel young again. Thanks much.
I can't remember what my plane was, it had a bomb on each wing that you could release while in flight. I never did release a bomb, had my hands full flying it. You brought back some good memories Dave! Thanks
I am glad to inspire your memories and glad they were good. I think the Stuka had the bombs. Thanks kindly for your comments, Doug.
I had a PT-19 in the 70s but unfortunately I wasn't a teenager yet and couldn't figure out how to make it fly, so we took it back. I always regretted that. My neighbour had the Stuka and I remember he was barely more successful than I was (he was a couple of years older) but I don't think he "flew" his very often. I seem to recall there were two red plastic bombs with the Stuka. He grew up to be a navigator on helicopters in the Air Force and I became an amateur war historian because he was interested in that when we were kids. I've seen each episode of The World at War I don't know how many times :)
Wow! Brings back the memories! Lol. Great flight!
Thanks so kindly!
Had one, great times with friends in the 60's, revisiting all the cl airplanes out in the garage thinking of nostalgic flights again before they put me in the box.
Maybe time to fly one again. It was invigorating for me and really brought back the memories. Thanks.
Had one in the 60s! Loved it, got dizzy, crashed it.
Right on. Thanks.
I still have mine!
Fantastic. Thanks.
Absolutely wonderful. Brings back memories. I was just trying to remember all the ones I had from 1976 to the early 80s. I would work my tail off cutting grass and raking yards and any odd jobs I could find as a kidd to save up and buy one. I think the Las two I had were the free flight helicopter and a van or a dune buggie. I wish I still had all that stuff today lol.
I still fly RC but those cox engines were fun lol.
Great video. 👍
Thanks so kindly. If you like ukie, check this one out I made. U control Tethered, Speed, Stunt, and getting Goated by Adam's Goat ! th-cam.com/video/HdmXA0Xc1ew/w-d-xo.html
I've killed3 of those.lot of fun great memory's.
Oh no! Well I am glad you had fun, though. Thanks Wesley!
I remember having one of these as a kid. Had lots of fun with it.
Yep, back when kids were kids! Thanks.
Felt the tug in my hand. Great video.
Great to hear. Thanks kindly.
So Kool, learned to fly on one of those, it was a Stuka .049, held together with rubber bands, then built balsa wood tissue wing air planes, still have my 1968 cox.049 Golden Bee, going to run it again soon. 😊
The Stuka was also a great plane. Bulky and fun. Enjoy Running the Golden Bee. They were great engines as well. Thanks much.
Lotta memories in your video! My father was the VP Operations of COX Hobbies based in Santa Ana California. Yes, running a little rich - LOL - but forever the sound of childhood! Thanks for posting!
Right on. Dave Duncan (Cox engineer) was a member of our Club, when He was in the Santa Ana plant on West Warner. My wife also worked there for a while, before the fire. Glad you liked it. Rich is always better, because lean gets leaner in the air, and you know what that means. Thanks so much.
I remember,great days back in the late 60s!God bless.
Thanks so kindly.
Sure brought back some great memories of flying one with my brothers! Kids today have no idea the toys they missed!🤘🤘
Right on. So true! Thanks kindly.
Fantastic! These were my dream presents for birthdays and Christmases thru the late 60's and early 70's. When I saw that big wrapped box under the tree I'd go bonkers! Over the years I had many of the Cox classics...P51, Stuka, Spitfire, Yukon Patrol Cub (with floats!), Eliminator II dragster, and a few others. Such great memories. Flights were always disastrous haha! A few years later got into combat UC and mastered not only flying but overhauling the engines about every hour of flight time. 50 years later I'm still into model planes, with a fantastic Horizon Hobby Timber X...a whole new ballgame. But the seeds were firmly planted way back them with these Cox planes...thanks for posting.
A great story. Your right, most of us old timers started out that way for sure. It definitely shaped my career of 34 years in USMC Aviation and especially now. Too bad we don't have these kinds of products these days to inspire the youth. Thanks and Happy flying.
Got all my old motors still, an 0.20 and a mackoy 35 and several others, made my own planes from balsa and fuel with castor oil & alcohol. Miss those days.
Right on. Great to hear you were one of us. Thanks.
I just love flying these planes. My very first plane was a PT-19 trainer. Thats about 55 years ago now. I crashed it and it went in 10 different directions. I just put new elastics around the control horns and I was flying once again. Thank you Mr. Fryters and Jamie. They also took me up in their Glider. Great memories!
Right on! Great to hear. Thanks kindly and happy flying.
My first ukie, too! Grew up to be an aerospace engineer! Designed the X-36 and another X plane you will be seeing soon! What a bunch of memories this brought back!
Right on. Thanks.
Wow... memories. I'm 58 and my brother and I each had one of those exact aircraft back in the 70's. We were really too young for them and had nobody to teach us about them so we never got them flying... that's the first time I've seen one fly! Here in Australia they're called "control line models". It did inspire me to get into RC planes later on... which I spent far too much money on and enjoyed greatly. Thanks for sharing that video. :)
Right on. Since the lines and handle look like a big U, that is why we called them UKIE's. Glad to hear your story and hope you continue to fly. Thanks much.
Wow! Brings back my memories of my Cox PT-19 I purchased as a teen at the Western Auto! This model inspired my purchase of a later Hanger 9 80inch span PT-19 that I still have today! Great video!
Fantastic! Happy flying and thanks.
I can smell that thing from Australia! I had one similar in the 70’s . Great memories.
Great to hear, Gus. Thanks much.
Can't get that smile off the pilot's face.
That screaming, buzzing noise really takes me back. If I could only smell the castor oil!
Right on! Thank you.
@@NightFlyyer In a manner of speaking I did start out that way. I graduated from rubber free-flight and built a PT-17 from a Sterling kit, but was afraid to fly it so I bought a Cox Stuka; I loved that thing and flew the wings off of it.
I had one of these as a kid around 20 years ago. It was a cheap one and I only flew it a few times before crashing and ruining it lmao but it really brings back memories watching this video.
Right On! Thanks much.