[Steve Barcak]

Originally Posted by MikeNoun

I remember the "Vr-room" motors! I only knew one kid that had one, and we were all jealous. We used the poor mans motorcycle sounds, we taped baseball cards to the forks of our bikes, and they slapped against the spokes.

Here's the Vr-room!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MC0dK42wOOA

My friend had the Cox Vega Funny Car. Remember how those Cox .049's started? On the airplanes, you hooked a little spring on one of the prop blades, turned a few turns, then let it kick back, and hopefully it would start. On the Cox cars, you flipped the rear tire, and they seemed much harder to start.

I sometimes see guys flying their R/C planes at a Forest Preserve by us, with a dedicated runway and area for R/C planes. I sometimes stop to watch, always looking for scale models. Not too interested in the stunt planes. Anyway, when one of those starts up, I smell that wonderful Cox engine fuel, and it really takes me back.

I found a box of old Cox stuff that I have, but everything is in pieces, nothing complete. An old 3-wheeled motorcycle in metallic purple, parts of a VW Dune buggy, and a blue front engined dragster.

Mike, If you ( or anyone else ) would consider selling the Cox front engined dragster, I would be interested. Any Condition considered.

Yes, the Vega and Pinto funny cars, and probably others, did start by spinning the rear tires. I remember in 6th or 7th grade attending the AHRA Winternationals at Beeline Dragway. Hanging out in the nitro pits ( where else ?) I noticed all the enclosed trailers that were becoming popular. So, at wood shop in school, I built an enclosed trailer for my Cox Vega funny car. It had a hinged roof in the front to store my battery , fuel , tools, etc. Wish I still had it.

One of these days, want to get one of my old Cox control line planes running, or just buy another. I want to fly one again. They are a lot of fun.

On the Stuka- I forgot about the bomb but, do remember their wings made out of a blue, thin foam like substance? They were quite fragile and the life of mine was quite short.
I think the Mustang was the fastes, perhaps because it was the smallest. My fav is the P-40 Warhawk. Second is the Corsair. My complaint with the Corsair was the way the main landing gear was molded into the wing and quite fragile.