Fox 59

[Alex Givan]

  Called the great people at FOX today checking on a couple of items. Wrapping up the conversation I asked if they had any parts left for the (59), the gentleman on the phone "Charlie" said at the time of my call that he was getting the molds together with plans to produce a run of this controlline engine. I for one will buy several of these for the larger oldtime ships I plan to build in the future.  If this is something that you would like to see happen and would possibly want one, please call FOX and let them know that we controlline guys would love to see them do this.

[Jim Kraft]

I wonder which version they will build. Any of them would be great. I have 2 and love them both.

[Ralph Wenzel (d)]

Sure hope they come up with a good, light muffler! Damn, those things are loud . . .

[Hoss Cain]

 It sounds like it will be the ringed "59", I think the man said that the ringed and the lapped run a little different
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There are a number of them showing up on eBay now, both CL and RC. As the old timers pass on their heirs are getting rid of all that "toy stuff" for something to "text" with. 

One thing about the ringed versions and I KNOW NOTHING else is that back in the mid '60s Duke shot himself in the foot when he marketed an RC '59 that did not have a ring stop. The rings floated and when the ends lined up, it was sleepy time and the noise stopped. He was not popular.
I owned a hobby shop for 7 years in Mt. Prospect, Il on NW highway. back then Duke simply would not listen at the dealers. He wanted us to sell Fox engines but the RC Growth only wanted "plug and play" OS engines because they went airborne with a few minutes running time. Duke wanted us to teach break-in procedures. Back then, as of now, no one wanted anything that had to burn two gallons of fuel before flying.
The old CL days of engine break-in were not passing into the newfound RC crowd that knew nothing about our love of balsa sticks &  sheets, celulose glue and dope, and long break-ins. 

[Jim Oliver]

I hope the parts for new one will work in the old one!!

Jim