Gas Engine Powered Shop Rags. History and Demo.

Flying shop rags were popular after we broke our planes as kids. We were addicted to these Cox glow engines, so we had to run them, just to run them! Today, I run the smallest of the Cox engines (.010) and show how to make flying shop rags. In those days, we usually ran and tried to catch them as they landed. The Tee Dee series, without a doubt, is Cox’s greatest and most famous engine. This engine was “THE“ engine to use in competition for many years. It was designed by Bill Atwood who had been hired by