Notable Cox Engine Toys
In the 1950s and 1960s until recently, Cox has produced a line of hobby-oriented models of cars, airplanes, and other vehicles. The most noted are the .049 cubic-inch displacement gasoline-powered models, controlled by line or by radio.
- Adam-12 AMC Matador .049 engine police car
- T-28 Trojan airplane model
- The PT 19 flight trainer taught many people control line flying, without risking their own creations. At least the early all-metal reed valve engines, with the rubber spinners that came on ready-to-fly models, survive crashes to be used later in balsa models, thus spreading the hobby and Cox's business.
- There were some odd looking craft that resembled powered Frisbees.
- Some control-line models such as the Douglas A-1 Skyraider and some Ryan primary trainers had three control lines or some other form of throttle control, as well as elevator control.
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