You never forget the sound of an .049 engine. Once you got it started and found the sweet spot it sounded great. Brings back memories, thankyou.

I built and flew control line back in the mid-1950s. I loved it. My favorite planes were Sterling Ringmasters with a McCoy .35 Redhead engine. I might still have some of these old engines around. Amboid cement, nitrate dope and balsa were smells that filled my bedroom during those wonderful years. Kids today, don't know what they're missing. This hobby taught basic skills with simple tools, planning, patience and creativity. I don't see these things with computer games.

The hours of my golden youth spent trying to start glow plug engines! The battery was always flat!

All through middle and high school I flew scratch built control line planes. The combination of the smell of castor oil, ringing ears, dizziness and cut fingers can't be beat.

These were so much fun in the 70s. What memories. Thanks

School parking lots, exactly where I started flying these when I was a kid. Great video.

I remember back when you could buy a cox .049 control line plastic plane at yellow front or western auto. That was the good old days. I did love the smell of that fuel.

I would like to thank you for bringing back the memories from my youth.its been years since I heard the sounds I heard in my youth. The children of today may never enjoy the happiness of building a model plane and flying it for the first time. Again I say thanks . By the way I am 72 and miss this.

Never mind the haters, anyone who flies nitro engines knows, every time you step up to light the fires, it can be a one flip or no start at all. I am putting together a Brodak kit now. Local hobby shop had it marked wrong and I got it for $40! Went back the next week and bought the only Cox engine they had on the shelf... a Venom II for $79! I hope to fly it on new years 2022!

I rememeber 35 ft lines for 049 models.............good job holding up thru the whole flight...........👍👍👍

Great video, It was fun to relive my youth for a minute.

Every Cox .049 airplane I tried was 20 minutes of finger-busting frustration getting it to run followed by a high-speed wingover into the dirt. I don't think I've ever seen such a small plane fly so well. Nice job!

Mi primer avión fué un Stuka de plástico regalo de mi padre,y luego seguí construyendo mis propios aviones.El primero con cox 0.49 y luego con Diesel y Mc Coy 0.35 .Bs As.Argentina.

Thank you for your attention to control line models! I built this particular model in my very early teens. Built a lot of the "Scientific Mfg." kits. Carl Goldberg "Lil Satan" too. Oh, those were the days. The sweet sound of an .049!!! Would love to do it again before I go. Best wishes to you.

I SO remember this model from the early 1960s when I was a control line flyer. Those .049 engines and planes such as the Baby Ringmaster and Baby Flight streak led me to a 29 year career as a pilot for United Airlines.

Hell Yeah I want one of these, great to see people enjoying control line, A Big Thumbs Up

I found when you are having a hard start condition refill the fuel tank with your thumb over the other port it pushes fuel past the screen and primes the motor .

Brings back a lot of good memories fro 1952-53. Flew a bunch of these little screamers and loved every minute! Also had (and still have) an outboard engine built around a Cox .049 that I ran on an 18 inch 3 point hydro on Stowe Lake in San Francico's Golden Gate Park. Went across the lake like a scalded cat!! Fun-fun and more fun!!

Seeing all these C/L videos makes me want to do it again. I flew them from 1973 to 1981 when I took up RC. Carl Goldberg's Stuntman 23 was the best in my opinion. I went through 4 of them, the last with a screaming Tee Dee .049 that made it ten times more fun.

Love you brother. I still have my Toot, and the box it came in. A lovely design. Starting the engine.....same as you.

My mind was screaming: Open a half turn...

Great flight, brings back so memories of comp. U-control stunt flying ......Thank you

Those were the days!

As a kid in the early 70s, I had multiple Cox models with the .049 cu. in. engines. Those buggers we're no two alike. Some, you'd spend 20 minutes flipping the prop to get it started, but I had a couple that would fire on the first or second try. I had one from the Miss America P-51 that would run almost 20 minutes on a tank of fuel. I still get dizzy thinking about that old Mustang.

We used to have a blast with the little o49 planes. I had a "little stinker" similar to the toot. Scratch built alot of planes. We'd have backyard parties and let anyone that wanted to give it a try fly these things. Some of the girls did a pretty good job flying. I wish the Cox engines were still easy to find and not so expensive. I'd build some more!

Kids today have no patience. I recall fondly all the times my friends and I would spend fifteen minutes trying to start the engine, only to be rewarded with fewer than two or three minutes flying time. /s

The sound is like a lot of summer days as a kid. Late 60s and early 70s were a lot of fun.

Great! L'il Toots are a lot of fun as a free flight with a Pee Wee .020, they spiral up pretty quick, watch how much fuel you have, but the glide is pretty brisk back down too.

AWSOME!!!!! Are you DIZZY YET???? I got dizzy just watching it. Brings back memories of my childhood. Unfortunately I never got through an entire tank of fuel. Good job!!! Nicely done!!

Wow that brings back memories of my childhood 1960s and my Lil Stinker U-control biplane. Took forever to start that plane and I never thought my index finger would ever be the same from the nylon prop kick backs and the nitro fuel in the freshly cut finger. I loved every minute of those days.

Many hours spend building and flying control line. Worked my way up to full size planes at 16.

Always remember this Welsh guy watching two young lads unsuccessfully trying to start a small diesel powered plane. His comment ""Go play with the girls "". In a Welsh accent.

Brings back a lot of great memories of my early days in Model Aviation. Now, If you could only smell the Nitro, Butyrate, and Ambroid Glue we used.

That sound sure brings back memories. I used to have a Lil' Jumpin' Bean. Started out with a Cox PT 19.

Anyone else fly the “lil satin” models??? Build, fly, crash, repair, repeat !!!! 1975-1978!!!

Best youngster hobby!

Ah fond memories of my older brothers flying these. Funny you could go the the local hobby shop and buy one for about$25 to 30 bucks 20 to 40 year’s ago now. They sell for over 250 bucks on eBay and one that is in excellent condition in the box close to 400 bucks

Good Memories!

Ha! The little Toot was my second control line plane which got me started in the hobby about 55 years ago. I still have the bits and pieces of it!

I've never had a problem starting my Cox .049 Black Widow... But then again, I hooked up my glow wires to my power panel, shot fuel in the ports, held a thumb over the intake to draw fuel, give it a few flicks with the spring starter and then increased the voltage slightly and then she would start right up and run like a raped ape🦧! Couldn't have run any better. The trick to starting these Cox engines is to prime them good, and make sure your batteries are good. Preferably have a six volt battery with a potentiometer attached to your starter wire so you can add a little bit of fire in your wire. Just make sure the engine is primed really good and you squirt some fuel into the ports first and then slightly increase the voltage, flip the prop, and adjust the mixture screw to lean it out some but leave it on the rich side. That would make your starting problems a whole lot easier. After your done flying for the day. Take the engine apart and soak everything in glow fuel for a couple of hours and the reassemble. And you should be ready to go the next time you fly. Alot of folks have problems starting these engines, but like everything else, you MUST maintain it by thoroughly cleaning it after a flight session at the end of the day. Alot of the problems are small amounts of debris that gets into the engine through the intake. Hope this helps!

Was a p in the a to start those 0.49, but when they start to run the sound was like music, and the smell of the burned fuel so great! The best memories of childhood. I still have a pt 19 from cox and the jumping bean.

Dang, I just remembered I had one of these.

As a kid I could play with Cox and Testors planes for hours. As an adult watching them on my computer makes me dizzy.

i flew RC for years thru 80's and into about 2010, 049 is a cool engine but i always had trouble starting. i did some control line. dizzy just thinking about it.!!!

I had a wen Mac P39 Aircrobra. Fun to fly.

Burning off the prime. Open the needle valve 1/8th turn. Make sure no obstruction in fuel supply line. Happy aviating.

A friend and I built a pair of these mid 80s. They were pretty indestructible when flown over grass.

Doesn't change how they start but I cuss a bit between primes.

Damned infernal machines. I got one of those to run, once.

I built one, it was a first flight victim. I had to build a Ringmaster to get CL flying down, then I could fly ½A but I didn't build a second Lil Toot

Muy buen video jjj motores cox y vuelo circular

I have a big scale p51 D control line plane that takes a big .60 that's always been a shelf queen

Tak zaczynałem przygodę z modelarstwem lotniczym 👍👋😁🛩️

I made and flew one of these in my early teens. I found it to be a most responsive plane in a hurry. 😃

Persistence pays off with little glow motors. That and fresh fuel and a good battery😂

“Little toot” That’s my new rapper name now.

Can't let it drift off center , out of the circle - too many things to hit - fight that dizziness !!

these were popular in the 80’s. the ones by cox

This is basically where I started

I had one of these when I was flying a bunch of different 1/2A CL planes in Jr High. A crash damaged the upper wing struts but the rest of the plane was ok. I flew it with the lower wing only and to me it actually flew better that way.

Well, sat here and waited for over half the video for it to get started....

The top wing tended to fall off after a couple of landings. It didn't fly that badly with just the lower wing.

ROCK ON A STRING...!!!

Damn temperamental knuckle biters

You're lucky it didn't start backwards when you dorked the prop on takeoff!

I made 2 of them used a bit of fuel hose on the needle valve

If its to fast put a mesh screen head on it , that will tame it down a whole lot

Starts at 2:40

Nice

Can’t see plane but part off it when trying to start ? WTF over ? I love line control models !

Too lean

I put only a single ported .049 on it.

Open the damn needle valve more

YEAY!!!!!

little toot

Aí minha labirintite hahahahah

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Dommage que se soit mal filmé

Wasting your life ends at 2:55. You're welcome.

You could have easily started this at 2 mins in. Kinda cut to the chase. Thanks though.

vc esta filmando o piso?

2:30 engine start

I made one of those,

I feel sick going round and round.

Don't FUI(fly under the influence)Wow !!!!!!cute plane ,but a spinner

How long are the lines?

2:26

zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz waiting for it to start

Do some loops, I'm gona puke!

CL great to fly just boring to watch 😄

I'm not sure what the point of this video is. Over have of it is spent looking at the pavement while the plane sputters. The rest is a bit of a let down

Le contrôle line. Ainsi sans intérêt Pour la maternelle .....!! Bof bof

This video made me dizzy!

That was 2 1/2 minutes of my life wasted waiting for you to start the engine. Maybe you should edit more intellengently & yah, I had one in the 60’s, also!

Always remember that sound at the school yard and sweet smell of castor😎you could get ringmaster and McCoy for under$15

Too lean