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Formula Vintage Testors .049 tether racers-pretty neat!
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Ooh, you should find a track to use them on and get us some footage! The speed on these things is crazy!
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One is unused, the plan is to get the used one running, we'll take videos, I grew up with .049 model planes back in the 70s with my grandfather and my father.
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Also, there are UPS stickers on the boxes, they were delivered from the hobby shop in VA on Aug12th 1971, they were made in the USA and the model name is The Sprite Special.
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Very cool! I just had the control line planes that tried to kill you in multiple ways.
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We had those
I had a plane in the 70s.
Spin in a circle for 5 minutes, stagger to the plane to fill the tank, and then spin in a circle for 5 more minutes. If I did that today I think I would pass out. "Ho look, grandpa is on the ground again".
Spin in a circle for 5 minutes, stagger to the plane to fill the tank, and then spin in a circle for 5 more minutes. If I did that today I think I would pass out. "Ho look, grandpa is on the ground again".
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I wish they had something like that around here.
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Be interested in reading a little more of the history on these tethers. Are there instruction manuals or sheets with them that recommend tether circle sizes? Was there a racing series? Where and how does the tether attach? Recommended tether stand size and height? Wow. Wonder how I missed these growing up? They look durable. 32P drive gears?
Thanks for the pix. Looking forward to seeing one in action. -AC
[ Edit: did a Google search and found lots of history and info. Had no idea the "spindizzy's" were that popular.]
Thanks for the pix. Looking forward to seeing one in action. -AC
[ Edit: did a Google search and found lots of history and info. Had no idea the "spindizzy's" were that popular.]
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Those are so cool! What a find!
Back in the day, I had a Cox .049 Dune Buggy and several control line planes. I bought the Cox "Black Widow" .049 engine and then built a balsa control line model, ordered from the back of Model Airplane News, to put it in. It lasted about two spins before I piled it in. The little Black Widow lived on, though. I wish I knew where it was... I remember mounting it on a piece of lumber and demonstrating it at my buddy's repair shop. The guys were blown away by the screaming little monster.
I remember dreaming of the day I cold buy one of those big .40 engines and a remote control system! A four-channel R/C Tx/Rx and servos cost big bucks back then...
Back in the day, I had a Cox .049 Dune Buggy and several control line planes. I bought the Cox "Black Widow" .049 engine and then built a balsa control line model, ordered from the back of Model Airplane News, to put it in. It lasted about two spins before I piled it in. The little Black Widow lived on, though. I wish I knew where it was... I remember mounting it on a piece of lumber and demonstrating it at my buddy's repair shop. The guys were blown away by the screaming little monster.
I remember dreaming of the day I cold buy one of those big .40 engines and a remote control system! A four-channel R/C Tx/Rx and servos cost big bucks back then...
