ACHTUNG! Cox Stuka Dive Bomber

[@ronkunst-ec4wr]

I'm 63 years old. Had the exact same plane. Never was able to fly it very good. Didn't have any good guidance. Love the smell of those engines when they're running

[@MindBodySoulOk]

I had one. Scared me, was super fast

[@davechartier6898]

I had most all the cox planes, .049 .020 and a few .010 as a kid, now 66. The Stuka performance was suspect without a lot of experience in didling with the rudder and elevator surfaces. The Stuka wasn't CG'D Correctly at manufacturing. Ya had to balance it yourself. Secondly the poor PULL providing smoother control, especially on a windy day. Last is the sq area of the elevator control surface, WAAY too small for accurate non jerky flying, improved by simply increasing the elevator width, I used duct tape. Attached to rear surface area rudder and elevator, removable after flyin sessions 😊

[@patrickporter6536]

Castor oil...

[@potrzebieneuman4702]

When I was a teenager the brother of one of my mates had this Stuka. We all gathered in anticipation to see it fly...it made less than 1 circuit before diving to obliteration into the ground. I still have the motor and one of the undercarriage legs somewhere.

[@falcon4548]

Wow! Brings back the memories from the 70’s ! I had that exact Stuka… and box ha ha .. great hobby, great times 🤘🏼🤘🏼

[@MGB-learning]

I grew up flying those in the 70s. My dad bought me several Stukas and the P40s. Great planes and lots of fun.

[@patrickporter6536]

My pal had one, I had a P40 and a Pitts.

[@wesharris2559]

I can remember one of these hanging from the ceiling of the local hobby shop in the mid sixties!

[@stephenparkins3552]

Great price! I had 2 of those when I was a kid in the 60s. The wings cracked when i landed hard and I replaced them a few times. The best cox control line plane was the PT-19

[@ronfry3324]

Had one as a kid. Never flew real good crashed it so many times I taped it together, put an M80 in it, lit the fuse and let it fly off by its self until it blew up. Actually flew better by itself. Nothing left of it after the M80 went off

[@davidkomer3890]

Wow, does this bring back memories. I saved up all my money from my paper route in the early 70's to buy one. I wasn't a good pilot. thanks for the video and the memories.

[@daveculver4350]

Owned and flew almost every plane made, and this Stuka was one of the heavier kits and was a little less peppy than some of the lighter models, including Fokker D VII, Sopwith camel, and my favorite was the Super Chipmunk, lighter and more responsive. Had the Jeep, the ASTRO Van. My buddy had a small speed boat as well as the Shrike. Loads of fun.

[@randyseiler9301]

In 1964 my friend and I both bought one of these Cox Stuka's. It was my first gas model airplane. A day or two after we bought them we tried to fly them in windy conditions. They both crashed. The cost for them back then was exactly $20 including tax from a store called EJ Korvettes. It was our lawn cutting money that we saved to buy them. We both learned how to fly gas model airplanes by purchasing the PT19 trainer held together with rubber bands.

[@nicktsambassis8913]

Believe it or not, I remember E.J. Korvette; they had a store in Camp Hill, Pa, where my grandmother got lost for a few minutes in 1968 on a trip to Gettysburg. I remember buying the Airfix Ju-52 in 1/72 scale there a couple years later.

[@tootired76]

In 1972 I got a PT 19 for a birthday present! Best present ever!! I flew the Hell out of it!! Would have LOVED to have a Stuka!!

[@rothbj1]

If your in your 50s-60s, you definitely remember these from your youth

[@stephencastello6553]

had the P51. It flew great, but landed horribly.

[@olivia-x6y]

I was 11 years old seeing these, that was 1959. Today is April 8, 2024.

[@christosgerakinis2628]

This was my second line control aircraft i flew back .... 47 years ago, i was so excited as i am now looking at it !!!! First one was a "super sport trainer" , i was so sad when they crashed, back then we didnt have materials to repair them .... Super glue didnt even existed... (in my country) , but the plastics were disolved from nitromethane also ...

[@davestelling]

Whoa! How cool! I wanted one of these so badly when I was about 10. Used to gaze at them at our local department store, they were $19.99 in 1969. Waaay out of my allowance budget then. Your friend takes the box, of course! He's got quite a voice! lol. Take care...

[@101Parkside]

Nice and you got it at a steal. I had to save up to buy this as a kid about '69 or '70 and I know it cost $30 then so you did very well on your price. I painted the pilot and machine gunner as well as the bomb which did release by pulling a third string. Dad took me to a school with a blacktop pad big enough to fly it on. Got it going. I was at the control handle, Dad let it go and that thing went straight up and straight down smashing into pieces. I had never flown before and the Stuka had never flown again.

[@mnelson56]

Ditto, to the letter. Not long after, I bought a Cox P-51, flew it a lot.

[@101Parkside]

@@mnelson56 lol ... 2 kids disappointed within a couple of seconds.

[@nicktsambassis8913]

Now I remember those Cox planes, though I never had one. Good authenticity on that Ju-87D Stuka; cute cat, too.

[@danielsotelo3942]

I'm 65, and I had the exact same one in the same box. I had a paper route and that had to be the most exciting purchase I ever made as I bought it brand new at a large dept store in East LA. That plane changed my life as I eventually became a bicycle designer and whenever I needed a new idea especially for package artwork my mind would always think about that beautiful Stuka Cox box and how the whole thing was beautifully excicuted and packaged. Personally, I think you have the most pristine Cox Stuka in the world. I just cringed when you said you were going to paint it and hang it in your garage, I just hope you didn't take it out of the box because I think you can easily get well over $900 for it just the way you had it. What great memories your plane gave me, TKS Dan ( :

[@davestelling]

What a great story!

[@rustedjunkgarage3316]

How Kool, learned to fly with one of these in 1968, 👍

[@mikeking7381]

I’m 65 and got one for Christmas long ago brings back memories

[@TalkingGIJoe]

Loved this one! Was a huge fan of control line planes and flew them in the backyard between our apartments off a small concrete pad... This one is in great shape! It is one of the later versions but $30 is a great buy!

[@johngilbert6036]

I had on just like it in when I was about 7 years old and I'm 70 now. It flew good until the motor ran out of fuel and it dropped like a stone. Loved it anyway.

[@Ciscoho]

I’m 61 and I remember my dad bought this for me sometime in the early 70’s.Those Cox engines were very finicky and I was never able to get mine started to fly. I eventually gave up and just painted it with a different livery over the years and kept it on static display. I sure miss it and wish I got it flying at least once.

[@ryanhell921]

Same here bro I had the silver Mustang

[@ryanhell921]

Kinda scary back then too we coulda cut our fingers off with those damn things

[@grgygantz6760]

I remember back in the mid 60’s when this came out. Cox also had a PT 19 trainer . That was held together with rubber bands.

[@story1951]

Whacked my fingers a lot trying to start that thing. Never got good at it. Thanks for bringing back a good memory,

[@hugejohnson5011]

58 here. I had that one, and the Bushmaster!

[@rustedjunkgarage3316]

Wow , I learned to fly with that Stuka in 1968, great memories. The side mounted engine was so Kool. 👍

[@Roger-c5y]

I got one for Christmas and my mom had a fit when I started it in my bedroom because it was snowing and I wanted to see if it worked. 😂

[@barabbastrebuchet1417]

LOL!

[@s9523pink]

I had one of those when I was a kid, great flying, loved the operable bomb!

[@shaymcquaid]

Yep. I'm 56 and I had one and I flew it for about 5 seconds. Up then straight down.

[@AdullFiddler-ez7tm]

That's a wonderful memory. Our very first gas powered plane was this very model and it was awesome looking. We used to go to the play ground on a Saturday. You could always hear when somebody was flying their plane. The P40 was a lot easier to fly.

[@ryanhell921]

It is cool dude! I think I had the silver Cox P-51 back in the day😁never could get it to fly right tho. But was friggin' awesome cranking those little motors up when we were kids. A little scary too if I remember. Oh, but I do actually have a couple parts that came off a REAL JU87 in my personal little collection right now😁

[@j.matthewmeehan6407]

I had a Cox Sopwith Camel. Never could get the engine started. Tried and tried. Suddenly it caught on fire and melted into puddle like wax. Burned my hand a little. The fuel flames were invisible and I didn’t realize it was on fire right away. Quite a disappointment.

[@randydelabarcena4988]

I’m 63.9 years old n got the Cox P-51 Miss.America in the early 70s . It flew fast n good ALLDAY but the PT-19 trainer flew the best and SMOOTH . All were basic 2 piece construction with 2 hvy rubber bands on each side of fuselage to wings . The Testors Ucontrol airplanes 👎 … Good Times 👍

[@royalanania3306]

I had about 5 of them,they flew very well.

[@grgygantz6760]

I remember back in the mid 60’s seeing that plane. They also had a PT 19. Which was held together by rubber bands.

[@tint661]

My cousin had one of those Stuka's. I don't know how it releases but the bomb does come off. He lost his bomb not long after he got the plane.

[@The68lespaul]

All i can say is WOW !!!!! i cant believe my EYE,S !!! , i think i was 4 or 5 years old my Dad, took us kids to a mall parking lot, and flew this exact same i mean it is with out QUESTION ! the very SAME STUKA DIVE BOMBER , we watched him turning in circles as the stuka flew around him, the handle was used to control the plane, by pulling the control handle it would go up or down the plane responded accordingly , the inside was red just like this one is, and it does drop the bomb, i remember he had to give it a quick yank in a downward pull on the control lines, and the bomb dropped off, GOD, this is too wild , i never in a million years would ever think id see this COX STUKA AGAIN !! , that he had to hook the clip to the cylinder head and you had to flip the prop by hand to start it or i think on the back of the propeller there was a metal hook you could catch the propeller in and it would get or become tight, then you,D let it go, an it would starteither by hand or by using that metal hook, once you had the battery clip on and the engine was started, he took or rather removed the battery clip and away it went, damn , we used to go down to that parking lot for hours every weekend, he had other planes made by cox, he had a jap zero, and a P-40 war Hawk, oh and a sopwith camel, 2 winger plane from world war one, he used to fly the hell out of these planes all were made by COX ! , and had the same set up, with the battery, an clip and the control handle with the shoe string lines, lol, Thanks for the memories, an Thanks for posting your video, man, im still in aw over this, i have to let my brother know about your video, THANKS B.T. 4-10-23 W.H.W. DAMN !! How COOL !!!

[@87westernstar53]

Had the exact one too! Didn’t make one round string broke and went straight up and over my head and dive bombed into the asphalt. Still have the motor thee tanks of fuel though it 2 breakin and 1 for the crash

[@georgehiotis]

The PT-17 is the one my dad bought me. On eBay the prices are high. The JU-87 and P40 were deemed to be models for the advanced flyer. Believe it or not despite there weight the do fly.

[@johnwoods3184]

My cousin had this one and I had the Corsair. Good times.

[@shaunmaree6493]

I had the pt19 trainer in the 70s listed after that stuck but couldn't afford it😢

[@bobgrob4]

had this too. Such a good time

[@SisterSmile100]

He just made himself at home in that box. lol

[@davestelling]

Cats and boxes, lol...

[@jimpuff8409]

Very cool . Lucky find . Enjoy😊👍

[@ayebee1207]

Mine did indeed dive bomb. Straight into the ground. Twice. Went back to nitro cars. Gravity is not my friend.

[@falconeaterf15]

Memories of the gentle sting of glow fuel contacting my sliced up fingers…..

[@danstubbs5032]

I can taste the fuel in the air.

[@wwmoggy]

I had one in the 70s and a few other cox planes till I got into RC flying

[@leewilliams2094]

I got one for Christmas in 1960 my dad took me to show me how to fly it and he immediately crashed it smashing it to small pieces. Then he refused to buy me a new one I'm still mad at him 63 years later.

[@barabbastrebuchet1417]

It may take another 63 years, but time heals all wounds...

[@alfavulcan4518]

@@barabbastrebuchet1417time heals all wounds but it is a lousy beautician

[@scootypooper]

fuel will take off paint in 1 second

[@bradyjones8263]

I had one. Control line piece of crap, but it looked great! I got it to fly a few rounds before the inevitable crash.

[@phillippierce4452]

You got a great deal! I paid $ 10.00 for one in 1964 from an older kid up the street, he never flew it.. DON'T PAINT IT! leave it as it is.

[@caseymurphy244]

That's cool. I had a couple of the COX airplanes. I think p40 ? And something else. Could never fly one worth the shit. But I could crash them real good.

[@leondus2000]

I had this in 1977

[@michaelosborn1793]

Shit!! I remember flying the Stuka , PT 19 and P40!

[@ericsissenwein3601]

Had those exact 3 plus the P-38! 😊

[@doloresmyatt9737]

the bomb target was printed on the bottom of the box.

[@michaeleckman8200]

My dad had one of those in that 70s and it hit the ground and exploded

[@gregorygene9003]

I had one as a gift from my father when I was just a kid. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to make the engine run and so I wasn't able to see it fly.

[@stevequate1797]

Well fly it for us goodness

[@darrylmontana31]

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[@wjniemi]

I had that.

[@wurlitzer895]

The bomb was dropped by utilising a third control line.

[@mnd1955]

My friend had one of these back in the 1960s and also the Cox Helldiver. On the latter, the pilot could exit the plane by parachute.

[@wurlitzer895]

@@mnd1955 Must have been a small pilot!! :)

[@mnd1955]

@@wurlitzer895 It was. It sort of ejected from the plane in flight and drifted down. I've tried looking for footage of one but can't locate anything. I imagine, like the Stuka, it was operated by a third string. Now that would really get the cat's attention.

[@wurlitzer895]

@@mnd1955 Never seen anything like that. Must have been fun to operate. I had the PT19 and Stuka when I was a boy, but they disappeared over the years. A real shame, because the Stuka was in pristine condition, as was its box. I think my Father must have disposed of them after I left home. Unfortunately, he's no longer around to ask.

[@mnd1955]

@@wurlitzer895 Cox made quite a few control line models but the only ones I saw were the Stuka and Helldiver. They made a Spitfire, Fokker DVII and probably others too. I made do with Airfix and the odd Revell or Aurora kit, the latter being a bit special because of the great box art. Those kits are worth good money these days (unmade) if they come in the original box.

[@silversurfer96790]

That thing is awesome 🤩