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MECOA
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Model Engine Company of America owns many famous brands of engines. These include K&B, FOX, WEBRA, HP, HB, RJL, Forster, Veco, Fuji, HGK, Cameron, MERCO, Atwood, Kalt, Remco, Anderson, Edco, and others. We also own accessory companies like Zinger Propellers, Macs Tuned Pipes, Klett Plastics, CB Spinners and Wheels, Tatone, Hayes Products and others.
We manufacture everything in Irwindale, California.
We manufacture everything in Irwindale, California.
Dreams Come True with Sophia Turbo Jets Promotional Video 1996
This is the 2nd video tape we made to promote Sophia in 1996 and features many early true jet models.
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Rossi Model Engines Promotional and Instructional Video
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Another old video from the archives of MECOA.
Fox Manufacturing Guided Model Engine Factory Tour late 1980's in Fort Smith Arkansas
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This poor quality VHS tape was in the archival material from MECOA of FOX Manufacturing in the 1980's. Ken Green was the long time manager at Fox and is giving a guided tour of the factory. There is too much factory noise to understand some of it. In 2017 when we bought FOX, I was told that no movies of Duke existed. Well, we have one.
Sophia Turbojet Promotional and Instructional video from early 1996 with a jet powered 747 model.
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MECOA and Sophia Precision started marketing the Sophia J450 jet engine in 1995. The first Sophia Jet Engines only used a fuel pump and a speed controller to control the speed. Randy from MECOA made this video with no real editing equipment. The 747 flights were at the AMA Muncie Flying Fields
L.M. Cox Manufacturing Promotional Film from 1961, Wally Wins his Wings from the archives of MECOA
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This is the original L.M. Cox promotional film sent to schools and hobby stores in the early 1960's to promote flying gas powered models airplanes. Originally in color however it faded to a reddish tone so we converted it to black and white. This has a segment from the Los Angeles County Fair of demonstration flying. Cox also had a similar demonstration at Disneyland but at the time Disneyland ...
K&B Manufacturing Promotional Video of their Downey, California Model Engine Factory 1980s
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Never released video of K&B Mfg with a few narration mistakes. CNC lathe refereed to as mill a couple time, Nylon referred to as plastic for our bearing retainers, etc. K&B moved from Downey, California to Lake Havasu in 1990. Mr Bennett, owner of Circus Circus Enterprises, purchased K&B Manufacturing in the early 1980's when Leisure Dynamics went bankrupt. He was a silent owner and John Brodbe...
MECOA Swap Meet April 2023
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We have a Hobby Swap Meet and Engine Collecto a few times a year. This is a Joint effort put on by MECA and MECOA Model Engine Collectors Association and Model Engine Corp. of America
A quick walk around showing FOX inventory in our warehouse at MECOA.
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This was taken late 2018... Really a daunting task to sort FOX parts dating back to the 1950's. I hope it's appreciated that we rescued all these parts and tooling. The work involved in organizing everything again and assigning part numbers is horrendous. Everything was is disarray when we went back to Fort Smith to pack it up. MECOA bought Fox Manufacturing in 2017
Rear bearing removal trick on a model engine
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This is how to remove a rear bearing from a model engine. Heat the case you to about 350 degrees. Don't burn yourself.
K&B 61 Perry Carb Needle repair
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Repair of customer item. Issue was not being able to adjust Perry Carburetor after attempting to install new main needle o-ring.
Machining of WEBRA Model Engine Head
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This is the second machining operation on the WEBRA .61 Speed engine die cast head. First operation is turning the O.D. and tapping the glow plug hole. We are machining the combustion chamber side, facing the sealing area, the diameter that fits into the sleeve and the combustion chamber face. The machine is a CNC Nakamura turning center located at MECOA factory in Irwindale, California
Opening a recent purchase for our K&B archive at MECOA
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We added to our display archive at MECOA. A K&B Ford GT40 package was added to our archive.
Precision Grinding Model Engine Pistons at MECOA
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We process all our parts in-house in the U.S.A. This is one operation of precision grinding to tolerances of ±0.0002" of an inch. We can hold even closer.
How to set the clock on an Isuzu Rodeo
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How to set the clock on an Isuzu Rodeo or mid 1990's Honda Passport
Fox Manufacturing 1991 Part 2 of 2 -- Model Engine Factory
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Raw unedited Sorry for the factory noise and the shaky camera. I converted this from an old VHS. I happened to be in Dallas and told Duke I would visit him in Fort Smith. Ken, his manager, picked me up at the Airport about 8 in the evening and brought me to Duke's house. Duke was in a convalescent home and his wife Betty let me sleep in thier basement. About 4 am the phone rang and a few minute...
Fox Manufacturing 1991 -- part 1of 2 -- Model Engine Factory
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Fox Manufacturing 1991 part 1of 2 Model Engine Factory
Blow molding model airplane fuel tank
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Blow molding model airplane fuel tank
Radio Control Hobbies with Chris Chianelli & Randy Linsalato
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Radio Control Hobbies with Chris Chianelli & Randy Linsalato
Modern Marvels Big & Small MECOA K&B Segment
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Modern Marvels Big & Small MECOA K&B Segment
How to order through MECOA shopping cart
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How to order through MECOA shopping cart
Pegasus Hobbies Montclair Sky Writing over 2014 Rose Parade
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Pegasus Hobbies Montclair Sky Writing over 2014 Rose Parade
MECOA K&B Mfg Monrovia facility being torn down 10-2012
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MECOA K&B Mfg Monrovia facility being torn down 10-2012
Shuwa Toki .049 .05 Engine Test Video from April 14, 2005
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Shuwa Toki .049 .05 Engine Test Video from April 14, 2005
P-51 crash at Reno air races 2011 Friday sept 16
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P-51 crash at Reno air races 2011 Friday sept 16
I didn’t know the Japs had an air show
Thank you for dreams fulfilled mate
Ahh, the memories of youth and aviation, good God this brought back a time when when flying model airplanes was awesome!😊
Australian here. Yes we had Cox models and engines. My first Cox was a Corsair F4U witha .049 engine. Then had flying wings with O.S.Max and finally a blue box Top Flight Nobler with.35 Mercury. Those were the days and so lucky to be part of it like a lot of you folks.
Merci pour le partage, sympa cette vidéo ! j'aime bien les moteurs Cox !
It slammed into the ground so hard that it couldn’t even catch fire
SHOW ME THE PINK MIST~
What a great video, the era of the high speed plastic bearing cage , and young ladies shy at the thought of a camera in the face.( Never getting back to that , soak it up kids )
3:24 ‘Progressive’ must not mean the same as it did back then, nitro planes are practically banned in progressive cities today. 🙁
I am from Australia and i purchased a 2.5 COX from USA when i was14 i am 80 now had a lot of fun flying planes in those days the main problem was the fuel cost
Now boy get groomed by men in women's clothing and emasculated by fat women with blue hair & a beard.
This person is so dirty that the camera focused on its own dirt.
1st job in Jr High - Rouge Hobby Shop Detroit, giving all my paycheck money back in exchange for employee discounted parts - lol Love all model aviation, but control line forever !
I owned a second-hand Cox 0.49 In the 1960s but would never have had the money for ready to fly model so I built my own from FF model out of Balsawood that aircraft now lives at the top of a tree in a wood somewhere in Kent. I never did find it should you come across it (55 years later!) happy for you to keep it.
my first ccontrol line model was a cox curtis flyer model, and was so under powered by the small cox engine that it had a hard time staying in the Air, and dad then bough the Cox P40 flyer (because he serviced the real planes during WW2). BUT it was heaven to a ya young boy, andwas such fund i still 70 years later, treasur those moments whithe tears in my eyes. would kill to find of of them again.
What a throwback!. The hobby shop depicted in the film was none other than Reginald Denny's located at the northwest corner of Hollywood Blvd and Van Ness up to about 1963 or 4, If I recall correctly. Later I believe it was sold (still retained the same name) and relocated to the northwest corner of Sunset and Western. I used to frequent the latter location pretty often which also had an enormous multiple lane slot car track with 'events' every weekend. A fascinating hobby shop with all sorts of various scale model aircraft hanging from the ceiling. Who knows how many gallons of HB glow fuel I bought there. They also had an amazing selection of balsa planes doped and solid wing and of course. I bought and asssembled Estes model rockets, had a Cox Shrike tethered high speed speed car, as well as the meyers manx dune buggy, Cox PT-19, Stuka JU87D dive bomber, I pretty much spent just about everything I earned at that hobby shop. I was a paper boy, or 'caller' (i.e. "Bobby Kennedy assassinated - read all about it!) selling newspapers at the Hollywood Ranch Market on Vine Street after school from Junior High. I saved up my dollars ($14/per week + tips back then 1967-1970). I'd earn additional bucks mowing lawns and cashing in pop bottles. I still remember the 12oz soda bottles were 3c while the larger 28 or 32's were a nickel. As an interesting aside: Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, at 7 PM like clockwork - a chauffeured black Cadillac sedan with tinted windows would pull up and stop in front of the stand with the right rear window cracked open about an inch or so. Frank, my paperstand owner/boss mentioned this as part of my job and he simply said, Just slide a copy of the Variety and the Racing Form into the window, it never changes and he never says anything. He'll hand you a $10 bill and never wants the change (back then, the both of them were about $3 so this was a major tip!). On X-mas it was the same routine, difference being I'd slide in the papers and instead of a $10 it was a crisp $100 bill ! - Frank finally let me in on who it was. It was none other than Howard Hughes. Howard Hughes Headquarters was at 7000 Romaine not more than 2 miles away. Anyhow great film footage and thanks...for the memories!
Great times. The best era for toys and hobbies.
I wanted one of those Comanche so bad. Just didn’t have any money.😞
Hard to believe he walked away from that👀
He died
This was the kind of thing that was normal once upon a time. Of course now the populous laughs at this sort of thing, but I would bet each kid from this film, probably close to 65 years ago now, became successful in life. Something that society wants to destroy for some reason since we have turned our nation into a cess pool.
Everyone's first engine was a K&B .40!
I won my first cox plane selling Christmas cards back in 68
Best toys for young guys ever!!
I wish MECOA would start producing the hay's tanks again, The 3 and 4 oz tanks were perfect for Profile control line models, nothing else better. However they have been out of stock for years. I guess I will have to be protective of my stash of Hay's tanks.
Ah, the good old days. No PPE, not even gloves. The only guy with ear cups looks to be rockin' .
Hearing protection definitely required, I always use ear plugs when starting my engines and that's why I have no hearing loss after 55 years in the hobby. Foolish to not wear ear plugs around these engines, hearing is so precious.
I had that PT-19 trainer! Little did I know that I would spend 24 years in the Navy.
I had a K&B Stallion .35. Installed in a Nobler Model plane.
What wonderful times, with a small u line plane my friends and I had fun on Saturday and Sunday mornings, today we have everything and we are not happy I'm almost 70 years old now.
I grew up with Cox products. Dune buggy, P-40, Stuka, Dauntless ect.
Necesito bujías .049 y/o adaptador a bujía OS #6-8. Y Fuel en Baja California México. Cerraron tienda Cox en Chulavista CA,Usa. 😭
MECOA fabrica y vende adaptadores y bujías incandescentes originales de Cox. www.coxmodels.com MECOA makes and sells original Cox glow plugs and adapters. www.coxmodels.com
What a treat! My first R/C engine was a K&B .40, thanks for putting this up.
The engine's don't sound like Cox . Cox bee's scream !
Why does this awful video look like it was shot on 16mm Ektachrome?
What do you mean? For a 38 year old video it looks great, actually.
Because it likely was…..,
Had a P40 Warhawk, thank goodness for rubber bands to keep it together. Even figured out how to fit my sister’s troll doll into the cockpit to pilot it.
Old duck was gentle with that engine.
The way of the DODO.
Even in 94 a cox pt19 was 44$
I spent countless hours flying these as a boy then countless hours later in life with two sons. My best flying was with a Guillows kit I built. Thanks for sharing this video of Cox. Brings back a lot of memories.
Wally won his wings but he never forgave his Mum and Dad for calling him 'Wally' in the first place!
This hit buttons. I have lump in throat.
Remember my first Fox .35 and Ringmaster flying at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock when I was about 12…on Sundays after noon.
Back in the mid seventies my neighbor’s dad had a service station and we picked up bits and pieces of anything motor related…he got a couple cox powered trainers and we flew them in the parking lot out back….got the idea that these could run longer with bigger fuel tanks…but the spinning around finally took its toll…later we bolted a 049 to a saw horse and fed it a whole pint of fuel…the little booger ran the whole time..couldn’t hear a damn thing when we were done…we wanted to make mini lawn mowers but that never happened…
Tower cleared him to land rwy27 but he landed on 18 take a close look hahaha
Wally‘s dad has as a airplane and a Corvette, I want to be like Wally‘s dad right grow up
In '65 my older brother got the PT-19 Trainer for xmas and my dad flew it into my younger brothers head on its maiden flight. Made for a memorable holiday!
My dad was at an R/C event in the 70’s and commented to a friend that if Fox would polish their heads they would sell more. Little did he know the owner was standing behind him. Not long after that, Fox began offering polished heads.
Cox .049 engines and control line airplanes. Man, those were the days! I still have the tiny "cooling fin" scars on my left wrist from accidently letting my arm touch the hot cylinder head! Ouch! I and my buddy tried that "two planes at the same time stuff." My plane cut his lines and his model crashed. It still makes me laugh.
The hobby shop was everything as a kid,teenager and adult.You built things You learned things.You didn't sit endlessly in front of the boob tube or electronics.....so sad
Those were the days when you could go to a hobby store and they spoke English and wore a tie.
I was born in 1964 my dad was competitive control line builder and flyer and by the time I was 8 years old in 1972 I got my first PT-19 trainer plane from Cox . I feel in love with the hobby. Although I got into RC and Free-Flite I always came back to control-line flying. But being specific to this video, I still have in new condition 12 of the cox ready-to fly models. P-51 mustang, Stuka Dive bomber, P-40 Warhawk, and many others. I still fly them from time to time. Always reliving my childhood. Oh what fun it was…. 😊