Let's fly Control Line

We Fly every weekend at Irving Park and Cumberland if you have a Control Line Airplane come and fly with us.......

[@kluper1157]

love it my old Neighbor and my Ring master!!Jim woods a Hang gliding instructor got me flying you controls when i was a kid I have a Voo Doo need to cover and fly Old School again!

[@89RASMUS]

This is about how I remember the times I've been at the RC flight club. An hour of tinkering just to get the engine running right, followed by 2 minutes of ecstasy and then go home in time for dinner. 😂

[@ajni9773]

Lmao 😂

[@HughJarse1968]

That’s what it’s all about ❤

[@stevedawson3863]

That brings back my childhood. That first control line flight lead me to building two experimental aircraft as a adult and flying for over 20 years. Thank-you so much for sharing!!!!

[@rcjrpilot]

My pleasure the feeling is mutual, Thanks for your comments and thank you for watching

[@bigshow5173]

This brings back so many memories as a child and my father doing this with me. Now 40+ years later thank you. Miss you Dad.

[@xsixinfantryx]

your lucky. i used to beg my mom to get me these back in the day from toys r us and i used to have to figure it all out by myself because my dad would have nothing to do with it

[@stefanhesse6036]

Well done little man and now a big plane. 😁 great sound👍

[@markoreilly3414]

If you Narrow the line spaceing, at the handle 1/2" , it will make it less sensitive & smoother to fly. Just an idea that may help the young fella . I first went "solo" aged 5, 51 yrs ago 🤣🤣 Great to see kids getting involved in the hobby. Well done young man 👏👏👏 Have fun guys 👍

[@tonywright8294]

Yes I agree,I went solo age 4. 58 years ago.cant fly now unable to stand athritis !

[@irpat54]

my first U-Control plane was a COX PT-19 trainer, then I graduated to the COX P-40 War Hawk... those were fun days... thanks for posting this... I now have RC, they're fun, but, in my opinion, not as much fun as the control line planes...

[@PhilbyFavourites]

Brilliant, COX Stuka for me. Unfortunately it really was a far more effective dive bomber than my Dad and I envisaged…….. I wish I still had it as a model to hang from my garage rafters…

[@terrybolin1518]

Love control line flying, try and find yourself a Cox .049 motor with tank and it will be a little easier to start and adjust.. Keep posting.. love it!

[@rcjrpilot]

Thanks for your comments. But we had a try this gift from one of our friends, old vintage 1/2A

[@bobwebber8521]

So many years ago we did this. Forgotten how much noise they made. No wonder we lost so many good flying spots. Thanks so much for the video and nice to see the youngster getting their feet wet.

[@TOM2RN]

Oh yes. I flew these in the late 60’s. Used Enya, Fox, OS Max and Cox engines. If we busted one up, we made a flying wing out of the parts. No wheels needed. Once it ran out of fuel, we ran backwards and caught it so we didn’t break a wooden prop. The fuel was made of castor oil and nitro. We smelled like that all day. My trick for a cold day start was to lightly heat the head with a propane torch my dad had for plumbing. I flew Estes rockets at the same time.

[@rcjrpilot]

Castor Oil, oh yeah my favourite lotion I even use that to shine my hair LOL It's funny but just the smell of Nitro fuel it brings memories

[@laverdajota8089]

I did the same , still have an enya 149 and a frog engine

[@richardivy8403]

Me. I only thing I noticed is that now they use what looks like a screwdriver that's stuck on to the glow plug and I guess it is the battery. In the day I had to carry a large square battery with alligator clips

[@richardivy8403]

I also built flying wings and when we had the area competitions people that also had wings,we would tie a steamer to our wing .we would then fly one on one trying to cut off the opponent's ribbon. You ever had most of their ribbon left was the winner. Lots of fun

[@Sorarse]

That brings back so many memories. I didn't realise people still fly control line, with so many ARTF radio models now available.

[@rcjrpilot]

Oh yes there's people around still flying this wonderful airplanes that brings good memories like myself. I can say with confidence the control line is coming back and it's more affordable than RC airplanes

[@thewaltbrownellchannel9318]

Thanks in part to drones, the rc plane side of it is now heavily regulated.

[@happys104092243]

I got one of them .49 engines. I use it as a fan in the shop when I don't want to hear other people. That does a great job

[@kenspaceman3938]

I had a plane like that as a child in the eighties, the engine was a Cox something. The noise was infernal and the plane didn’t fly more than maybe a minute or two. But my father and I had a great time together.❤

[@rcjrpilot]

Yes those were the good all days...

[@Steven-mm7gb]

could of swore there was a spring thing on the motor that you wound up so you didnt have to hit it with your finger like that

[@kenspaceman3938]

@@Steven-mm7gb Yes there was. I’ve had a total of 3 different Cox engines during my youth, they all had that spring I think. I even bought one Cox engine as a present for a friend of mine. He never used it, moved abroad to the U.S. He liked sexy beach babes more…. I wonder why…😉

[@Gator1699]

@Rodney Hamilton My Uncle is like that never seen a lot of things ever again. Cheers

[@rohitranjan9374]

My favorite plane is made up of peper

[@mattharvey8712]

Bravo......my plane had a kick spring......work ever time.....cheers

[@donaldgrant9067]

You had the Cox .049. That spring made it a lot easier to start.

[@WildBillFlysRC]

Hey Tony! nice to see the young kids flying CL, I was 6 when I started flying. Sweet Sky Ray with the clear orange covering! I am building one now.

[@rcjrpilot]

That is awesome Bill. Yes trying to teach and past the younger ones this Wonderful hobby

[@marceloandriolo819]

Great, nice fly, characteristic noise, i had a one Cox P40 Warhawk, fifhty years ago, and i learn fly with this, and introduced me to the world of hobby, many good memories

[@rcjrpilot]

Great to hear that 👍

[@kipmodeling]

Contemplating always helps 🤣 Nice video Tony 👍

[@jasonsanitz5623]

I had one of these about 35 years ago! Very cool!

[@paulrickman7549]

Considering the Cox planes of the 60s, it's amazing that so many of us old guys still have fingers.

[@hoobiebooh3473]

THANK YOU!!! That was GREAT FUN! I have one on my kitchen table waiting to fly!!!! GOOD CLEAN FUN!! KUDOS!!!

[@tuomaspietinen1485]

Oh, 049 and control line. My childhood!

[@marknickells6097]

MY take offs, were majestic, controlled and well planned. Landings, chaotic, and usually ended up, picking up the pieces. But, it was all part of the learning process. It was a good father -and son time. My dad was pretty good at flying control line. I was really good at R.C. I could control the speed. As a kid, I felt intimidated with the speed when flying C.L, and always worried about the plane hitting the driveway at full throttle. DONE that.I had seven planes when I Was growing up. Not anymore. Now I just drive R.C boat at 50MPH .

[@donaldgrant9067]

My father got me into this as a kid and we moved to a new place in Texas. Me and my brothers brought them out one day and in a month every kid in the neighborhood had one.

[@albychainsaw80]

Beautifull !!

[@weldorman8495]

It's been more than sixty years since I was doing that. Still, it brings back great memories!.

[@mikemiller3303]

I remember going out with my dad in the early 70es flying his home made control line planes

[@timothyhart7173]

That's the first video I ever saw of an OK Cub flying they are fun little engines

[@paulolodicora4471]

A lots a memories there. Cheers!

[@melplishka5978]

Hahahaha I had a few of those cox planes. We used to set it up to fly by itself in a wide circle lol. You can make it radio controlled quite easily now. Lots a fun.

[@harrybarry2291]

Nice, you guys know how to have a good time. I am 76 and love to watch control line and RC. I could never fly control line without getting dizzy and disorintated.

[@rcjrpilot]

I know that feeling. It happened to me when I was flying my mini avia. Title of the video is: New & Old Avia control line airplane for 049 Cox engines.

[@MrSoarman]

How cool is that, I have flown many of combat events, came in 2nd place once, event ended with head on collision. What FUN. T square, Flight Sreak, Ring Master, Nobler, Cougar.

[@romeowhiskey1146]

something, something 049. Great memories from the 50's. Recall we had a SPRING that helped START the engine.

[@Brakballe]

Spring is for pussies.. :P

[@dingalarm]

Thimble Drome 049, perhaps? 🤔

[@michpatriot9097]

Oh man the memories you guys!!my childhood !!

[@adrianfraga3536]

Used to be another brand besides cox in .049 engines...testors, yeah like those little paint bottles!! Regards from Monterrey, México.

[@rcjrpilot]

Testors Sopwith Camel plastic models WenMac engines si amigo.....

[@sbdr.1241]

I remember having those in the late 70s & a vw beetle control line. I miss those days😊

[@aom9082]

Way back in the late '60's a friend of mine and I tied crepe paper to the tails of those planes and tried to cut the paper streamers with the prop. Two people in the same center spinning around. Great Fun!. Bought more balsa and paper on the way home. so much fun for a couple of bucks.

[@keaaul808]

Best way for a beginner to fly CL is arm straight, stiff wrist, just raise or lower your arm.

[@niro017]

OK Cub engine, I'm pretty sure, I have one, along with many Cox engines. It's a shame that nobody makes a decent 1/2A engine anymore. All the recent Cox engines available are built from mostly NOS parts, plus a few reproduction parts, I don't think OK engine parts are available at all anymore. I never did learn to fly control line, I got dizzy too easy, and never got the hang of RC either, but, I did ok with free flight. Nice to see that people are still interested in control line and small "antique" glow engines. Gives me the warm fuzzy's for a more innocent and simpler time.

[@yotehunter3468]

The usual stubborn Cox engines... 15 20 mins of frustration to get it started, for 2 minutes of fun😂🤣

[@marknickells6097]

The starting process. That part I don't miss.

[@bill392]

Great video, I really enjoyed this. I used to fly planes like this plus RC planes, boats, and cars 45 years ago.

[@richardleonardo7840]

Wow this reminds me my father used to fly way back 35 years even we have mustang ha ha

[@bobbywhite1411]

I remember having one of those and I flew it with my dad at my elementary school playground on the weekend and I used to love the smell of the exhaust and you have to watch your fingers when cranking it up

[@tootired76]

In the early 1970s, I loved flying my Cox .049 powered PT 19! Best birthday present I ever got!! Yep!! seemed like it took forever to get the engine to run!!! 😊 Hey! Maybe I should get something like this together when my grandson gets a little older!

[@keda_rie.1k]

That thing looks fun but man it sounds like a mosquito😂 I would need earmuffs

[@hondaxl250k0]

One thing I remember about flying ucontrol..only ever run half a tank of fuel. Trust me. It’s more than enough

[@skylarking12]

I was from around this area where you're flying. long ago, and happy to see they still can fly -anything- there. We're losing flying sites a lot faster now. This video brings back the smells and tinnitus-making noise, and memories of the prop smacking your finger and making a cut where the nitro fuel would get in and burn. You could spend an hour just trying to get the thing started sometimes, then crash after a few seconds. Good times. I say that ironically and a little sarcastically, because while I spent a great part of my youth with these, the air time I got out of it was very short. Those little self-contained glo bee gloplug igniters were always unreliable for me, too weak, no duration, and I went back to hard wired plug lighters with a gel cel battery in a little wooden tool box. I also used a leather glove, chicken stick or electric motor starter after a while, to same my hands from getting smashed by the props. I had open areas to fly in but nothing you could ROG take-off from, so it required a buddy to hand-launch your plane and they often threw it badly, causing instant crashes. I grew up in a very popular U-control era and built or bought many planes, crashed every one, but found I couldn't beat the dizziness of circle flying. Three laps and I was ready to fall down or puke, never did get the hang of it. And to me, circle flying was also kinda boring and limiting, even with combat and stunt flying as possibilities... That, and the glo fuel engines were sooo cranky, greasy, noisy, dirty, smelly... I got into RC gliders instead, then later, electrics, once they became practical. My biggest plane spans three meters but i mostly fly two meter wings or home made pusher prop electric foamie jets. One of the things I'll do in retirement is make RC versions of classic ukie designs like the Jetco Shark and Nobler, because they look great. But no $%#&#$ control-line wires for me. lol. I got to see real pros fly ukies at the AMA nationals in Indiana one year. Also saw them fly a pulse jet ukie, inside a fenced cage. Loudest thing I ever heard in my life when it started. It was terrifying. But I was glad to have seen it in person just once.

[@two2pedal289]

Flew combat kittens with my older brother in the mid 70's. Cox O49 with dual ports and big external fuel tanks(low budget). Learned in the backyard with enough inside and outside loops and inverted flying to keep the dizziness to a minimum. Great fun.

[@IcyBlueii]

When I was a kid, the first thing I bought/made was a starter stick, so I wouldn't lose a finger starting my old cox .049 motor

[@rcjrpilot]

Yes that's always good idea 💡

[@MasboyRC]

Wow.. this is so cute 😊

[@errk25]

My Dad used to build these from balsawood and paper kits back in the 60's and 70's. He and his buddies would fly them until they crashed them then build new ones.

[@earthb67]

So many memories! As kids, we scratch-built the craziest control line planes! My Dad taught me to model generally. Great times, and so happy to see the little guy here so happy! [edit] - Man - that looks like a Flite Streak @ 6:40!

[@bobspring6723]

I built a baby flaite streak w/ 049 back in the 50s. Fun time! Now 76 , memories.

[@blakemoore1905]

Flew all different types of these in the early 2000s and late 90s with my dad when I was little he taught me how they where from his childhood and his dad never took him to fly these. Taught me a lot about engines from a young age very valuable toy. You won't see shit like that around anymore just ipads and safe spaces

[@williamsmith5489]

scientific American Boy was built over ten years ago and I never flew it. Good to see someone enjoy it.

[@zackjones8681]

Like many others this brings back so many memories. The cox 049 engines Golden Bee? and Black Widow. lil Jumping Bean and lil Satan combat planes. This makes me want to go fly one again.

[@rcjrpilot]

Yes I found one of little Satan on a swap Meet cool little flying wing

[@zackjones8681]

@@rcjrpilot I've literally spent that past 1 1/2 hours looking at CL planes and stuff that's available now. I have the perfect park less than a mile from my house where I could fly.

[@ChunkyC_RC]

I love it!!! Gotta teach them early in life....

[@metskipper]

I only tried this ones. After 5 turns I got so dizzy, I crashed the plane on purpose and almost fell down. Ater that was sick to the stomach for 30 minutes. ( sea sick like ). Went into RC after that.

[@rcjrpilot]

Sorry to hear that but the trick is keep your eyes on the plane at all The Times because if you look around things come in so fast you're gonna get dizzy

[@kenrobba5831]

Don’t believe Ur story !

[@Ozzienuck]

Oh wow...an OK Cub .049! That was my very first model airplane engine back in 1959. I don't think they've made them for over 50 years now. Always had a hard time getting it to start and some days I'd just give up as the battery drained down. My friend's Baby Bee ran way better.

[@alexgoldstein7553]

Had to put almost a quart of fuel through one of these growing up. Great memories.

[@feman43]

Yup. Love it. Starting troubles are why we like electric these days.

[@rcjrpilot]

@@feman43 yes I agree 100% the only thing missing is the nice smell of nitro fuel brings back. Good memories.

[@machrider2333]

i remember watching a Donald Duck cartoon where Donald flies a control line plane. Chip and Dale mess with him and Dale steals the plane and flies it from the cockpit.

[@bigbasil1908]

I once bought a second hand plastic spitfire control line plane from a car boot sale (where lots of people come to sell their old stuff out of the boot of their cars or on pasting table stalls). At the time I didn't have fuel but I used to just swing the thing round me over the local green. I have a brand new tiny cox engine I bought off of fleabay from canada a few years back that is the same as the engine that was in that control line spitfire. I still have the cylinder block somewhere for the control line model

[@ugetjeff]

As a kid I had a Cox Fokker Triplane , I have flown a lot of u-Fly planes in my day and the triplane was hands down the most fun , it could take off in 2 feet of distance,. I would take off and fly upside down in less than 6 feet then come back normal and tear up my oppenents streamer on their plane and win before one lap was finished .Then they stopped letting me use the Tri-plane unless there was someone else with a bi or tri-plane . many fun memories

[@rcjrpilot]

That sounds like a real good fun

[@richardivy8403]

I also was heavy into model plain in the late 50s .the first plane I had was yellow and held together by rubber bands As I grew in the 60s I began flying larger and faster planes.All were control line. I tried in recent years to get one so I could Introduce my grandchildren into the fun if flying model planes.never got into radio control planes

[@lrrromicronpersei8294]

I had one as a kid I paid for it weekly out of pocket money at a model shop it was second hand when I finally got it and managed to fly it it made it about 1 and a half rotations before it hit the ground and broke the nose and engine off and that was my entire experience of control line flying lol. Oh and it was a bitch to start lol

[@robertcovell2787]

My first CL was a Scientific ZIG ZAG with a Cub .049. Too much fun!!!

[@rcjrpilot]

Yes I see that you mean, easy to build and a lot of good fun

[@robertcovell2787]

@@rcjrpilot That was in 1956 for me. I flew CL for 10 years and then built my first 2 channel radio. I'm 75 now and still flying, making lots of noise and smoke😁

[@johnirby493]

Back in the early 60s. I've still got a scar on my hand from the prop.

[@laming2006]

To all of you mentioning memories, great times and all... control line is STILL GOING! There's a decent supply of needed supplies and new kits are even being made. CONSIDER REJOINING THE FUN!

[@pnachtwey]

I rember controlling a model plane like that. I an 69, The plastic planes were always too heavy. The lighter and more powerful planes could do a lot more than just flying around in circles.

[@philmann3476]

Back in the 60s, my dad and his buddies (all WWII vets) flew control line models there. They simply called it "Cumberland" and I had no idea the field is still there. Has it operated continually since then, or was it resurrected recently? Always thought is must have been shut down years ago due to noise and lack of interest. Glad to see it's still there.

[@DavidLaFerney]

Lots of fun!

[@christoole1664]

Is that a Flite Streak plane on the ground? Sure looks like it. I had one of those with a Fox 36x. That is an awesome CL plane.

[@robertfarrar6212]

Excellent! I'm building a Brodak (Goldberg) Wizard. Can't wait!

[@Petequinn741]

These were big when I was young, late 70s. There were cars too.

[@rcjrpilot]

Yes you are right and I have a Jeep by Cox That needs refurbish I will make a video of that one of these days

[@Petequinn741]

Please do. Luv to see it. I think I had a 57 black Chevy type..you had to spin a rear wheel to start.

[@TheRicsta]

I havnt seen them in years , wow the fun i had with cox engines

[@fernandobr3965]

Old good times...👍🇧🇷

[@kin9239]

Wow, you r so bravo. Using ur middle finger to start engine...

[@pwhit59]

I had a PT trainer/Stuka/P40 planes with the Cox black widow motor and cut my fingers several times starting these damn things😳😂 but fun to fly since remote control wasn’t around👍

[@rcjrpilot]

I know the feeling cutting fingers

[@iskandartaib]

Hey! I've flown there. I'd drive up for CL Combat contests. What was that engine - I remember someone found a bunch and was selling them around 1998-2000 or so.

[@rcjrpilot]

For Combat contest we fly the Black widow, Tee Dee, Golden Bee

[@Patbooth1798]

I had a PT-19 that was made by Cox, the engine was a 049 and it went great, and there was a 020 the pee wee and the 010 was the tee dee the 010 was very hard to start Good Times in the 60s

[@kluper1157]

love it!

[@Ryan-re1rs]

I would have stuck a nose cone on it and used a drill the spin up that motor, no flicking! Lol.

[@randymanx2674]

Cool to see the next generation keeping it alive. Awesomeness

[@jameswinchester6801]

The American boy was the first control line plane I built as a kid , flew it with a cox 049 basic but a great flier

[@busabrye]

That why I converted all my planes to electric, no hard start issues

[@austinnelson4891]

Is that a conversion head for a standard glow plug? Cool fun with kids. What are the combat planes?

[@rcjrpilot]

Yes it is, Cox International Website have them for sale

[@austinnelson4891]

@@rcjrpilot cool thanks, I've always read these didn't work well, but yours seems to run fine. You've convinced me to get some.

[@machrider2333]

@@austinnelson4891 look for a head that takes O.S. Turbo glow plugs and fly an O.S. P3 (hot) turbo glow plug. the regular one from cox international takes regular glow plugs and has WAY less compression than a stock cox glow head. (low compression = very hard to start) also run as high nitro fuel as you can find. (these little guys love nitro)

[@henrytoler5023]

Reminds me of Testers airplanes..

[@kipmodeling]

I like to think as control line flying is similar to vinyl record … You can listen to digital sound and download so many albums and music but the ritual of playing vinyl record is special 😊 As to control line flying it’s giving the pilot the analog feeling in flight … This year only increase in vinyl records went up 200% in sales first time for over 40 years As I prefer control line over RC I like to compare it to the old ways of listening to music 🤣😎

[@kluper1157]

25 percent nitro! best for the cox .049

[@kevinkehlet1543]

pure fun at it's finest

[@calvingarrett3245]

Back in the '70s my dad bought me a straight line P-51 airplane and it came with a round 6 volt battery A1 cell with a slide on clip for the priming of it but it never did start never did fly it I guess the battery was dead I don't know I was just a kid back then

[@cheapme1850]

Like others, I had the Cox PT19, but it was a pain in the butt. Then some came out with an electric plane called a Superstar. Flew it until I couldn’t get replacement parts.

[@skylarking12]

The Superstar name has been around a bit. f you mean an electric plane, The Superstar was a Mattel product, an electric free flight that had a little programmable cam for rudder control. It was very underpowered with the nicad technology of the time. Had one, it was very fragile.

[@cheapme1850]

@@skylarking12 Yup, that's the one.

[@timesup4688]

When I was a teenager young teenager many years ago we used to fly our control line airplanes in the housing track circles we had 049 Cox engines on them we had a blast when we were younger there's nothing like that nowadays

[@ernestwhite2989]

I had a spring starter on my plane.

[@ErstO1]

Just wait for the FAA to see this, they will require remote ID 😂

[@rcjrpilot]

Remote hand ✋️ I.D. You mean 😆

[@rcjrpilot]

LOL 😆

[@ngdoors5127]

When I was very young, my dad would build several of planes that looked like these. Never painted them because when I got bored, I would crash them

[@BurningtunaDC]

What do we win if we guess what state this is?

[@torontocpl]

Yup this is what I flew for years long before “remote control” was cheap enough to buy.. Cox was king in the 1970’s

[@dingalarm]

Just FYI, I don't think it's a good idea to spray "diesel starting fluid" into a glow engine (1:05). It may have been responsible for making it difficult to start the engine thereafter 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@rcjrpilot]

@@dingalarm yes you absolutely right. That’s what we talk about after we make this video. Thanks for the tip.

[@dingalarm]

@@rcjrpilot That's OK 👍🙂 Nice video, btw!

[@nick92065]

Jump to 4:35 if you don't want to waste time. I hate videos that waste so much time to get to the heart of the video.

[@arthurleino]

Had a wenmac P39 Aircobra when 10.

[@rcjrpilot]

Awesome and my self same age the Red triplane Cox . Thanks for your comment 👍

[@jimfeatherston1692]

nothing like nitro fuel in a propeller finger cut!