Cox Engine History

EV Project is charging ahead to offer support

The launch of the $230 million EV Project was announced Monday in Nashville. Funding is provided through private funding and a $114 million grant from the U.S. Department of Energy to help the agency study large-scale expansion of the electric vehicle infrastructure. ECOtality is the designated project manager installing electric vehicle charging stations in six states, including Washington. The San Francisco-based company will deploy approximately 14,000 chargers in 18 major cities and metropolitan areas. Approximately 2,500 standard public and residential stations and fast charge stations will be installed in the Nashville, Knoxville, Chattanooga and Memphis areas and connecting corridors, including Cleveland, by the end of December. Talk of charging stations in Cleveland surfaced in January when Community Development Director Greg Thomas told municipal planning commissioners about Cracker Barrel and ECOtality announcing a partnership to offer self-service charging stations for electric cars throughout Tennessee. Cleveland was named one of 12 locations to receive an electric charging station. Data will be collected and analyzed to characterize vehicle use in diverse topographic and climatic conditions, evaluate the effectiveness of charge infrastructure and conduct trials of various revenue systems for commercial and public charge infrastructures. The ultimate goal is to take the lessons learned from the deployment of EVs, and the charging infrastructure supporting them, to enable the streamlined deployment of the next 5 million EVs. “We’re watching how people use the public infrastructure and report it back to the Department of Energy for their future programs,” she said. “We believe people will primarily be charging their vehicle at home and then be utilizing the public infrastructure to boost their state of charge and extend the range of the vehicle and relieve any range anxiety.” “We don’t all have liquid fuel in our homes. Gasoline is a volatile liquid and we can’t all store that,” she said. “Electricity is different. We all have electricity at our homes and at our businesses and other places of work. The electric infrastructure is already there, so we’re looking at these charging stations for providing convenience charging in the public domain.

Antique Cox Control Line Plane's History and flights by ...

Great stuff NightFlyer…I still have 20 or so Cox engines, Tee Dees, Bee’s, Medallions etc.. and some Testors & McCoys. Nils Testor, by the way, around 1949, bought Duramatic ( McCoy)… pretty sure Leroy Cox was never in cahoots with Testors, though they competed in the same market with similar RTF plastic models. Bill Atwood designed the Cox Tee Dee engines and Leisure Dynamics bought out Cox in 1969.. Estes bought it in ’96, an outfit in Canada bought it in ’09 then sold it to Hobbico in ’10

Ha ha!! Now you know the hardest part about flying c/l…keeping from getting dizzy. The second was not crashing…often as a result of getting dizzy. This takes us all back to our first control line plane. Mine, a Cox PT-16. Thankfully, the wings and motor were held on with rubber bands. Remember distinctly, even now, when the engine bands let go and the motor took off on its own flying over everyone’s heads and scaring the beejeesus out of all of us.

Great footage, thanks, but I take issue with the statement about Cox 049 carburettors – these engines definitely have carburettors, i.e. the air intake is the aperture covered in mesh at the centre of the back of the tank, and fuel is metered by the needle valve. The reed allows the mixture to flow in on induction and prevents blow back on compression.

Really enjoyed the flying in this video, these models must seem pretty tame compared to an F4 though!

My Grandfather bought a P40 for me in 1976 when I was 8. I kept it for several years before flying then a friend convinced me he could fly it. We took it out and I got to watch it take off and make one half arc up and back down vertical into the ground converting it into many pieces…still carry the guilt and lesson until this day…if you want it done right or if you are going to learn anything…do it yourself. Great memories and excellent video.

i used to have cox planes when i was a kid.i had the stuka,p-51 mustang,and the trainer..i never used the control line however.i was such a reckless kid i simply used to just throw them and watch them fly by themselves.some usually crashed into things,and one just kept on flying away till i couldn’t see it anymore.don’t know where it wound up.

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