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July 1957 American Modeler

July 1957 American Modeler Table of Contents These pages from vintage modeling magazines like Flying Aces, Air Trails, American Modeler, American Aircraft Modeler, Young Men, Flying Models, Model Airplane News, R/C Modeler, captured the era. All copyrights acknowledged.

Cox Thimble Drome Advertisement

Starting a new era in Model Aeronautics

Thimble Drome

Pee Wee

.020!

World's Smallest Model Engine!

An engine only 1 1/2" high that will fly almost any 1/2A plane. Pee Wee weighs only 21 grams, yet delivers more power per gram than any larger engine. Develops maximum power at 18,000 RPM, does practical work up to 20,000 RPM. Same dependable TD easy starting. When you fly a Pee Wee, you'll know you're off to a new start in model fun.

Engines Shown Actual Size

$395

Babe Bee

.049

World's Biggest

Model Engine Value!

Instant starting, powerful action, combined with such mechanical features as: all-metal tank-carburetor, no outside fuel lines, right or left rotation, cylinder adapted for all positioning, rear needle valve.

$395

RR1

.049

World's First Flush Mount Rear Rotary 1/2A Engine!

Very high, smooth, stutter-free 1/2A power! Will Not Run Backwards! No outside fuel lines - fuel pick up adjustment for right or left hand control, or bottom for free flight. Famous Thimble-Drome instant starting.

$595

All 3 from Thimble-Drome, where the new ideas come from. When you "power with Thimble-Drome" you're sure of consistent championship results - contest results - every time you fly!

Space Bug .049

World's champion year after year in official contests! Easy to operate, work on, care for.

$6.95

Space Bug Jr. .049

Flip the prop to start - Fly on the first tank of fuel! Revs up to approx. 14,500 RPM. Best engine value at

$4.95

Thermal Hopper .049

Champion of champions in Free Flight. Multi-jet carburetor for smooth top performance every flight.

$6.95

Modelers! Write for full color brochure on complete Thimble-Drome 1957 powered Models and Accessories.

L. M. Cox Manufacturing Company, Inc. Box 476, Santa Ana, Calif.

Articles About Engines and Motors for Model Airplanes, Boats, and Cars:

• AT's Post-War Motor Roundup - September 1949 Air Trails
• Motor of the Month: K&B Torpedo .049 Engine - November 1952 Air Trails
• Mills "Brothers" - ½   Diesel Engines from England - January 1952 Air Trails
• World's Smallest Mass-Produced Glow Plug Engine Unveiled by Cox - May 1961 American Modeler
• Cameron .09 Marine Engine - July 1954 Air Trails
• Electromotive Power Plants - March 1974 American Aircraft Modeler
• Netzeband Reports on the Aero 35 Horizontal Piston Engine - October 1963 American Modeler
• Wankel Engine Models - July-August 1963 American Modeler
• Multi-Cylinder Engines - March 1967 American Modeler
• Air Progress: The Jet Engine - July 1951 Air Trails
• 50-HT Hopped-Up Jetex - March-April 1963 American Modeler
• Allyn .049 Sky Fury Engine Review - May 1954 Model Airplane News
• CO2 Power is Coming Back - April 1969 American Aircraft Modeler
• Cordless Electric Flight Motors - July 1973 American Aircraft Modeler
• Cox Babe Bee .049 Engine - Operation & Troubleshooting Guide
• Babe Bee: New Member of the Cox Family - April 1957 American Modeler
• Cox Golden Bee .049 Engine - Photo of disassembled engine
• Cox Thimble Drone PeeWee .020 Engine - Engine photo & operation sheet
• Junior 451 / DP-03 CO2 Model Airplane Motor - Photos, user's guide, and video of it running
• Designing a Ducted Fan - February 1971 American Aircraft Modeler
• Ducted Fans!  --  Scale-Like R/C Planes - March 1962 American Modeler
• Dyna-Jet Engine - June 1957 American Modeler
• Engine Idling Secrets (Part 1) | (Part 2)

      November & December 1962 American Modeler

• Engine Roundup - 1955 Air Trails Annual Edition
• Eureka Importing Company "Tiger Jet" Ad - July 1957 American Modeler
• Fox 15 C/L Engine - Photo of my 1st engine bigger than a Cox .049
• Fox 35 C/L Stunt Engine - Photo of my next C/L engine,
• Fox 40 R/C Advertisement - April 1962 American Modeler
• Gentlemen, Start Your Engines! - August 1969 American Aircraft Modeler
• Global Engine Review - 1963 Annual Edition American Modeler
• Hot Engines! - January/February 1963 American Modeler Article
• How Bill Wisniewski Reworks His Engines - June 1957 American Modeler
• How to Select the Proper Glow Plug ... and Why - 1963 Annual Edition American Modeler
• Inside the Two-Cycle Engine - February 1968 American Aircraft Modeler
• Iron Curtain Engines - Da? Nyet? - August 1962 American Modeler
• Jetex Jet Engine Ad - May 1954 Model Airplane News
• Jetex Motors & Fuel Pellets - Photos of my collection of motors
• Johnson Engines Continue on Improvement Program - February 1957 American Modeler
• Powerplant Revue: Hi's Radio Mill Proves Potent Yet Docile .35 - February 1962 American Modeler
• McCoy .35 Red Head C/L Engine - Photos of my engine and the user's sheet
• Model Motor Museums (Part 1) | (Part 2)

      November & December 1959 American Modeler

• Netzeband Reports on a Horizontal Piston Engine

       September/October 1963 American Modeler

• Norvell .15BB Revlite C/L Engine - Photos of my engine
• O.S. 25 LA Engine - Photos of my engine
• Outboard Model Boat Motors - Advertisements of many different outboards
• Rubber Motor Testing - August 1968 American Aircraft Modeler
• There's a Wankel in Your Future - June 1968 American Aircraft Modeler
• Thimble-Drome Piper Super Cub 105 - October 1957 American Modeler
• The Visible Wasp Airplane and V-8 Automobile Engines - Advertisements
• The Wright Cyclone 9 Radial Aircraft Engine - by Monogram

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