Stuphedd Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 A pal is quitting the hobby after many many years and has some " new " in boxes oldish engines . This one is a Cox Baby Bee it says but how old is it ?? is it £3.95 or was it $3.95 I have offered him both currencies but he and I know its worth more !! so any ideas ?? He also has a Meteor 61 new ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaun Walsh Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Have as look here Cox engines Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Lee Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 To get an idea of value go on eBay, search 'Cox Baby Bee' and then select 'UK only' & 'sold items'. You will see about a dozen have sold this year, going for around £15-£30. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I would say, why do you want them. I think the value of those motors will evaporate to zero when we fall off our perch. As in ashtrays are not very collectible nowadays. Few interested in a load of motors, equals low pricing. The little Cox will still do it’s job, but the Meteor is a rough old motor, totally eclipsed by a modern offering. For your nostalgia, fair enough, but for use, or investment, no. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rich Griff Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 Dens model supplies stocks new engines and parts in UK. Coxmodelengine forum is a gold mine for Cox stuff...USA based I believe but members world wide... ANY other Cox engines for sales ? ANY Enya engines for sale ? An untouched hi boy kit ??? Please pm me... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Davis 2 Posted March 3, 2022 Share Posted March 3, 2022 I used to have a Meteor 60. I paid next to nothing for it and I gave it to a lad who had just left the Legion. It ran but I realised that I had two OS 61 SFs doing nothing and they are far superior engines. They are still doing nothing but I have plans for one of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted March 3, 2022 Author Share Posted March 3, 2022 Thanks chaps , the Cox wiki is very interesting , and yes he has a good few Coxs as shown . and I think they are great , the TEE DEEs, although its a Norvel that powers my 1/2A Mustangs !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 (edited) If you want to use the Cox then at that age it will be a good one. Modern Cox or the last generation are rubbish by comparison. Millions in circulation and make an irritating noise ! Excellent examples only bring £20 - £30 if your lucky. I reckon that price is from early decimalisation . The Teepee range still fetch a good price but for best prices boxes must be mint as well. There are still a few collectors for the Meteor if it's NIB should bring around £70 but selling it on ebay you may get a surprise! Edited March 5, 2022 by Engine Doctor Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
J D 8 Posted March 5, 2022 Share Posted March 5, 2022 Flew my TD 051 powered CL Midget Mustang last year [ not been flown for 25ish ] What a racket/howl, quite scary firing up as they go to flat out straight away if set right. A couple of two and a half min flights was enough.? And just about able to stand up at the end. ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Engine Doctor Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 As JD8 says having a go at CL flying again does test the balance a bit. A few of us at the club gave one another a laugh as we tried to walk in straight line after a short flight. Its like whirly pits without the hang over ?. At open days before the pandemic our club would have a CL area for youngsters to have a go with a small Cox CL model . We used it for raising funds for our Air Ambulance charity . One of our members was at the center most of the day! He hardly ever gets dizzy . Another, sadly no longer with us got so dizzy he started to walk backwards that turned into a sort of a run followed by a backwards roll ?. The good thing about these little Cox engines is that as they are light and use light airframes , damage is usually very light and engines rarely get damaged atall and all using a minimum ammount of fuel. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don Fry Posted March 6, 2022 Share Posted March 6, 2022 Last time I used a Cox, a 1.5 cc thing with a Black head with a pipe, found in a box, I built C/L airframe, a team racer of some sort, soldered a tank up, upped a bit of fuel to 25 nitromethane. all fitted and second childhood here I come. After a couple of laps, this is quick. Few more, how long does this go for, a while later, don’t feel well. Please run out of fuel. A bit later, can I land it, flat out. Daft idiot Crash it? And I hung on in there, and it stopped, and I landed, bent over, fell to my knees, a puked ?, and ?, and ?, and heaved, and ?. I gave it away. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stuphedd Posted March 6, 2022 Author Share Posted March 6, 2022 We did a club demo at a Nuneaton many years ago , where they had a central area surrounded by the public ! Dose not bear thinking about nowadays !! My 1/2A Mustang powered by a TD051 was fast and smooth flying , so was part of the display . no throttle so it just ran on the 2 oz tank ??? which was always long enough . At the demo it went on and on , the Tannoy bellowed out , "would the flying club please land your time is up." But the engine would not cut , at least 3 pilots tried to kill the fuel flow , vertical climbs ,snap rolls , inverted , all the lot but to no avail .The adjoining railway line was our only safe ish area in which to put it down , It did land eventually in a pile of sawdust in the arena where the Shire horses had been !! It was never invited again ! thank goodness Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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