Fun, danger, and 70s airplane toys
Hey, I still have my Cox 049 engine somewhere. The airplane is gone, smashed up of course. I suppose it was dangerous by modern standards, but not at the time. About the worst it would do would cut your finger if it backfired when starting. Or you could use a cheater stick, or even an electric motor to start it.<p>I once made a car for it out of piano wire. It would take off at high speed down the road, but because I never could get the wheels aligned perfectly straight it would inevitably try to turn and flip into a wild crash.<p>One of the neighbor kids had a free-flying one, that was supposed to fly in a circle. It sorta did, as the circle moved with the breeze, and eventually it broke someone&#x27;s 3rd floor living room window.<p>Good times.<p>Toys today are boring.