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Classic Designs => Classic Planes => Topic started by: jsesere on April 27, 2010, 12:53:49 AM

Title: Cox P-40 help needed
Post by: jsesere on April 27, 2010, 12:53:49 AM

I have a Cox P-40 Warhawk and I'm trying to pin down the year it was made. If you know about such things and can assist me I would be able to email pictures to you.
Thanks

Title: Re: Cox P-40 help needed
Post by: Paul Smith on April 27, 2010, 06:58:39 AM

I can't nail down the exact Day One, but I'm sure it was on the market by 1962.  I'll try to dig out some old mags & get you something better.

Incidently, the plane debuted the "Super Bee", which was a Babe Bee with a TeeDee 2-port cylinder.  That got everybody I knew (which was quite a few) to upgrade ALL existing Babe Bees and Golden Bees.

Title: Re: Cox P-40 help needed
Post by: Bill Heher on May 12, 2010, 09:49:10 PM

The early version also had the engine inverted I seem to recall. Later were side or top facing cylinder.

Title: Re: Cox P-40 help needed
Post by: wwwarbird on May 26, 2010, 11:22:04 PM

 If the plane is in good enough condition you might take it apart and check this out. Apparently at least some of the Cox planes had a manufacture date stamped with ink inside them. I've got a N.I.B. "Super Sport" that has a date stamped inside the fuse this way. It looks just like an old library stamp or something. If I remember right it's October of 1976 on mine.