Author Topic: What model did you learn to fly on? (Read 13167 times)

Avaiojet · « **on:** May 10, 2012, 09:43:01 AM »

I learned on a Flite Streak JR. with a Fox 15.

Over 50 years ago!

Charles

RDJeff · « **Reply #1 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:47:03 AM »

Cox PT-19, about 47 years ago...

Airacobra · « **Reply #2 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:54:34 AM »

Sig Shoestring with a Fox 15.

Joseph Lijoi · « **Reply #3 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:12:32 AM »

Please define "fly". When I was a kid I learned to mostly crash and I am still learning, however the most successful model that I learned to "fly" on was a Goldberg Lil Wizard with a Golden Bee 049. This is an excellent trainer.

John Hammonds · « **Reply #4 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:15:52 AM »

Wenmac King Cobra. It did get off the ground a few times but in all honesty I just learned how to Taxi very fast most days.

1st "real" model was a Rascal (Aeromoddeler design by Ron Moulton). 26", 1.5cc DC Sabre.

TTFN
John.

Jim Kraft · « **Reply #5 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:28:15 AM »

I sort of learned to fly on Scientific hollow log planes with a OK Cub .049. Lots of crashes. Later learned to fly some of the stunt pattern on a Ringmaster Jr. with a Fox 15 slant plug.

Brad Smith · « **Reply #6 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:39:35 AM »

1st thing i ever flew was Cox Corsair back in the 60s I think it was blue i sold seeds out of one of the adds in the comic books and earned enough points to get the Corsair i was Happy kid when that plane arrived. My first big plane i learned loops and tricks on was a Red RING MASTER with a Fox 35 Bob Reeves Lloyd Gregory help build it and fly it.

Wayne Collier · « **Reply #7 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:49:03 AM »

1st successful flight I remember was Goldberg Li'l Wizard and Cox Babe Bee. I was pretty young. I think this is the first combination that I consistently ran out of fuel before the crash.

Randy Powell · « **Reply #8 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:56:02 AM »

Well, first flight was a Wenmac P-39 (ended in a splat). Learned to fly with a Guillow Trainer III with a Torpedo 35. Learned to do loops and fly inverted with a Flying Clown with Enya 19 and did my first pattern with a Coyote and an Enya 35. So it depends on how you look at it.

Mark Scarborough · « **Reply #9 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:01:30 AM »

First plane I remember as "flying" was a Goldberg Stuntman 24,, ( think that was what it was called,, ) with a black widow,, I had lots of others but they only kinda flew,, I did my first loop on the stuntman,, then I got a Cox bf 109 ( with the hollow foam wings, like the chipmunk) I LOVED that plane,, after those I got a Goldberg shoestring profile with a McCoy red head 40 on it,,

dennis lipsett · « **Reply #10 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:35:43 AM »

It was 59 years ago and I didn't build it, I didn't own it and I have no clue as to what it was. I even wrecked it a few times and didn't have to rebuild it. Life is good when your 8 years old.

dennis

Robertc · « **Reply #11 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:56:16 AM »

I too learned on a Scientific hollow log plane that my uncle built for me. I was 4 1/2. Summer of 1960 I remember it being blue and grey and had a penny for tip weight.
Cox 049

john e. holliday · « **Reply #12 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:21:51 PM »

Hey, I'm still learning to fly.

Really first attempt at control line was a Fire Baby with a Thimble Drome .049 and was way nose heavy. Lasted all of about 9 laps. Next plane was a Scientific Sport Racer which was not a hollow log kit. Power was an OK Cub .049A also a little heavy on the nose. But what did I know back then. First loop was on the Scientific American Boy with the old OK Cub.

larry borden · « **Reply #13 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:25:54 PM »

Testor's Freshman 29 and McCoy 35 Red Head.

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #14 on:** May 10, 2012, 12:40:03 PM »

June 1981. Cox F-15. I still remember my older brother cheering madly as I made my first lap, then another, then another and I was finally flying!

Shultzie · « **Reply #15 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:50:27 PM »

Uhhhh? Tait' rememba' the model with came with my Spitzeeeeee' Jr? From AHC catalog

(Opps...that datemaaself as bein' about 100 years old n foldin'

Peter Hess · « **Reply #16 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:53:28 PM »

A Junior - - not a Baby - - Ringmaster with a Cub .074. It took half a lap on the infield dirt to get it into the air. Once there it would lose line tension if it got higher than fifteen or twenty feet. It was very slow, but sturdy. Four of us - - all kids, no adult help or supervision - - used it to learn to fly and it survived us all. I can vividly recall the four of us bragging about how many laps we did until it became commonplace to run out the tank. It has never again been so much fun.

Terrence Durrill · « **Reply #17 on:** May 10, 2012, 01:55:20 PM »

Summer ...... 1953, 59 years ago, I flew my first control line flights on a Scientific LITTLE ACE team racer...... a hollow log ....with an O.K. Cub .049 engine........ then on the a Guillows Trixter B-C profile with a K&B .29 greenhead ......... and on to a Sterling S-1 Ringmaster with a sandcast 1950 Fox .29 stunt engine ........ and on ........and on and.......

Randy Powell · « **Reply #18 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:22:23 PM »

It's OK, Donnie, you don't look a day over 95.

pat king · « **Reply #19 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:35:32 PM »

46 years ago on a Sterling Ringmaster S1 running an Enya 35 III BB.

Pat

Bob Reeves · « **Reply #20 on:** May 10, 2012, 02:58:05 PM »

Flight Streak McCoy 35 in about 64, didn't get in the hobby till I was an adult in the NAVY.

De Hill · « **Reply #21 on:** May 10, 2012, 03:07:36 PM »

Place: The airport at Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Year: 1954
Airplane: Ringmaster with a cut down elevator.
Power: A front rotor Forster .29 on glow.
Fuel: Testor's 39 in a yellow can. (I think )

That was fun!

kenneth cook · « **Reply #22 on:** May 10, 2012, 03:33:50 PM »

I believe for me it was 1977 flying a Midwest P-63 with a K&B Stallion.35. I just remember how my dad actually taught me. Rather than go for a whole tank he would fly it until near end of the flight and hand it off to me. All I flew at the time was 1/2A and this actually was pretty scary. I just remember him telling me to just do an inside loop. I suppose when your smaller the plane just seemed to be extremely large at the time. I successfully looped and still remember that day if it was yesterday. The plane is still hanging downstairs. A great reminder of enjoyment. Ken

Dennis Moritz · « **Reply #23 on:** May 10, 2012, 04:11:05 PM »

Scientific profile 1/2a Spitfire. Painted in gray dope. (My first made 1/2a was painted in enamel, that Chipmunk lost it's paint when I started the Atwood 049. So. On to the next.) Unlike my plastic Cox Cub that did a spectacular wingover on takeoff without pullout, the Spit flew. Level. Up and down. Draining the Perfect wedge tank. I was astonished.

Dan Bregar · « **Reply #24 on:** May 10, 2012, 05:48:52 PM »

Firebaby & Cub 049B first full tank flights at 6yrs. old. First loops with guillows profile trainer I, with cub 074. First inverted flying with Ringmaster JR & Fox 19. Testors 39 was .85 cents a quart. Now I'm a beginner again.

Garf · « **Reply #25 on:** May 10, 2012, 06:55:26 PM »

A progression of planes starting with various Scientific models with Cox .049's.

Joejust · « **Reply #26 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:02:40 PM »

1949-50. A flying Clown with an O&R .19 that came as a kit from the factory. The kit cost $1.00. I painted it all black because that was the only color I had.

Joe Just

don Burke · « **Reply #27 on:** May 10, 2012, 07:26:00 PM »

Started with Scientific Hollow Logs, Cox Baby Bee and OK Cubs for power in the mid 1950s. Went on to build from magazine plans. First "big plane", 30" x 8" symmetrical airfoil box fuselage, was powered by a McCoy 19 Red Head rear rotor. Flew on the dirt baseball diamonds at Camp Pickett, VA where my dad was stationed.

ChrisSarnowski · « **Reply #28 on:** May 10, 2012, 08:19:22 PM »

First flight ever was on a Cox Super Sport trainer mid 70's. Probably didn't learn anything since it was about a 2 lap flight.

Then around fall of 2007 began learning to go round and round on an 80's vintage slow combat ship. Got the hang of loops and figure 8's.

Progressed through a Twister, Kaz Minato Sukhoi profile, and Primary Force learning beginner then full pattern.

-Chris

Randy Ryan · « **Reply #29 on:** May 10, 2012, 08:30:58 PM »

Firebaby, Spitzy, 1956. Dad put me on his shoulders and showed me how to fly, I soloed later that day. about 10 years ago Dad gifted me with that same engine, it will stay in my collection.

jfv · « **Reply #30 on:** May 10, 2012, 08:59:58 PM »

1956 - Ringmaster with McCoy 36. Still have the McCoy.

Mike Keville · « **Reply #31 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:11:11 PM »

1952 - one of the very first $2.95 Ringmaster kits...Fox .29, Powermist fuel (green can). Crudest model you ever saw. Smashed it twice before getting the hang of things.

James Mills · « **Reply #32 on:** May 10, 2012, 09:21:41 PM »

1/2 Baby Ringmaster. Busted that thing up more times than I can count, moved on to busting up the 35 size Rigmaster after that.

James

Randy Cuberly · « **Reply #33 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:17:05 PM »

Quote from: De Hill on May 10, 2012, 03:07:36 PM

Place: The airport at Ponca City, Oklahoma.
Year: 1954
Airplane: Ringmaster with a cut down elevator.
Power: A front rotor Forster .29 on glow.
Fuel: Testor's 39 in a yellow can. (I think )

That was fun!

Hey De...
That's amazing...I learned to fly the same year with precisely the same equipment, in KC MO. Didn't have a cut down elevator though.
Small World!
I still have the Forster .29.

Randy Cuberly

Chris Wilson · « **Reply #34 on:** May 10, 2012, 10:45:51 PM »

Australian Taipan Trainer with a Hiness 1.5cc glow screamer - 1975 I think.

The model had the glide rate of a cast iron sewer cover and when the engine cut you were probably better off to put the handle down on ground rather than attempt to guide and glide!

Guy B Jr · « **Reply #35 on:** May 10, 2012, 11:31:27 PM »

Began in 1950 with a Scientific Lil Bipe and Spitfire 045, then Puddle Jumper with Spitzy. Didn't get them to actually fly very much. Was frustrated. An older flier told me to get a larger engine. So I got a Testors Freshman 19 with a Torp 19 greenhead. Learned level flight and control and first (large) loop. Then on to the S-1 with a sandcast Fox 35 w/4 bolt head. The Fox then went into a Warrior. I still have the Torp and the Fox (with 3 lugs).

Now, after all those years, I am enjoying my hobby and my free time.

Larry Fernandez · « **Reply #36 on:** May 11, 2012, 01:29:09 AM »

A Top Flite Streak Trainer with a McCoy .19, when I was about nine.
Then onto a Top Flite Combat Streak with a Webra .15 diesel. Dad dolled it up a bit with a canopy and landing gear. I got a lot of miles out it.
Id love to find one of those Webras and relive my childhood.

Larry, Buttafucco Stunt Team

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #37 on:** May 11, 2012, 01:49:22 AM »

This isnt exactly the "FIRST" model I flew - but certainly the one I learnt to fly on - What makes it more special I still have it today in the Garage. - I confess its a Hanger Queen

Its an aeroflight Kit - Hurricane - I didnt actually know that until tonight when I spoke to Dad to ask him some information about it - I always called it me " ding HO " I just thought thats what it was called because that was the sticked that came on the side of the model - Looking today you can just BEARLY make it out.. - The only reference I can find is a Bomber squadron called DING HOW, maybe thats what it was meant to read and the W fell off over time.. Weird..

We dont know what engine it originally was designed for but when I flew it Is had an OS .15. According to dad, it was the very 1st model he ever built for me to fly , when I was 5 yrs old.
We think it was crashed 10 + times mostly just ground shaves nothing major but the wing has been recovered - rebuilt and repainted.
I took it out about 5 years ago for a laugh and it still flew just like I remembered !!

The Photo below is of me holding it when I was about 5 or 6 - I also thought it would be funny to snap a photo of me holding it today - just to compare.

Fast Forward 25 Years...

Paul Smith · « **Reply #38 on:** May 11, 2012, 05:20:50 AM »

Swordsman 18 with a Babe Bee.

Bill Hodges · « **Reply #39 on:** May 11, 2012, 05:54:02 AM »

Ringmaster Jr. with a Fox 15. Boy, that airplane took a lot of abuse.

Bill Hodges

Bill Heher · « **Reply #40 on:** May 11, 2012, 07:53:38 AM »

Cox PT 19, Testors Rivets ( big Cosmic Wind),cox P-51- the neighborhood fleet back in '69 or 70. Got the basics down, learned how to run a 1/2a, and flew /crashed them to pieces. Then the Sterling Beginners series of 1/2a profiles, CG Wizzard, Lil' Jumpin Bean, etc.

Finally started really flying when dad bought me an S-1 Rinmaster and a K&B Stallion .35, loved that combo, even made it throughmy 1st whole gallon of fuel I ever bought!

Joseph Patterson · « **Reply #41 on:** May 11, 2012, 08:05:29 AM »

My buddy, Russell Cocoa's Scientific 1/2A Stuntmaster, Golden Hawk, and Baby Ringmaster. Surprisingly, we crashed only a few times. Always flew in high grass , so the times when we put'er in there was little damage. 1958-'59
Doug

Steve Fitton · « **Reply #42 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:07:16 AM »

Quote from: PJ Rowland on May 11, 2012, 01:49:22 AM

The Photo below is of me holding it when I was about 5 or 6 - I also thought it would be funny to snap a photo of me holding it today - just to compare.

Fast Forward 25 Years...

So when, exactly, over the past 25 years did your hair start standing straight up???

Marvin Denny · « **Reply #43 on:** May 11, 2012, 10:41:46 AM »

Around 1940 with a trainer very similar to the Guillos ABC but slightly bigger(bought it out of a mag. O&R 60 on ignition.-- O&R fuel--- I believe #1 for gas and oil. If I remember, the lines were solid single strand. I wonder how I ever learned to fly on those. We almost NEVER wiped them down.
First plane to loop successfully-- Jhonny Casburn "little (or Babby) Mis-Behave" around 1946.

Bigiron

Dalton Hammett · « **Reply #44 on:** May 11, 2012, 11:07:57 AM »

Well, about 50 years age I learned to fly, and rebuild, a Veco Papoose with a McCoy .19.

Dalton H

FLOYD CARTER · « **Reply #45 on:** May 11, 2012, 03:28:05 PM »

I've reported this (or some variant of it) before. First two planes didn't actually fly, but instead went around mostly uncontrolled before crashing. #1, in 1945,a converted free flight "Spook 48" with O&R 23 (spark). #2 in 1946, was a Casburn Baby Miss Behave, with solid balsa wings and O&R 23 (spark ignition).

First really successful flying, also in 1946 or 1947 was a scratch-built stunter (I got it RTF) with Madewell 49. Couldn't get the motor to run more than a minute, but that was enough! Floyd

Phillip Kenney · « **Reply #46 on:** May 11, 2012, 04:00:47 PM »

I believe it was in the 50's and it was a Cox plastic plane. White with red checkerboard and an actual airfoil wing. Thin plastic formed wing. Don't remember the name of the plane but I'm sure if I still had it Id be rich.

Bill Little · « **Reply #47 on:** May 11, 2012, 05:37:36 PM »

In 1963 I got a Cox Mantz racer p-51 to get off the ground every now and then. The engine went into a Scientific King Cobra which surprisingly flew well. In the mean time I learned how to do loops and fly inverted on an Enterprise Sure Thing w/McCoy .19 from a buddy of mine. Next came the Goldberg Shoestring/McCoy Red Head and I learned almost the entire pattern using it.

As has been said by others, those fun times cannot be relived!

BIG Bear
RNMM/AMM

Matt Colan · « **Reply #48 on:** May 11, 2012, 06:23:21 PM »

Brodak Smoothie ARF with an OS 35 back in 2005!

PJ Rowland · « **Reply #49 on:** May 11, 2012, 07:36:19 PM »

Steve : When I was 18

Author Topic: What model did you learn to fly on? (Read 13167 times)

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