Lil Jumpin Bean - 10 Again 

Nice work catching it all on camera, too! 🙂

This bring me good memories of a CL Cox .049 powered P-51 Mustang. ;)

The ultimate 1/2 A plane? The COX ME- 109....PURE AEROBATIC JOY TO FLY!!!

Nice flying. I loved control line when I was a kid in the 1970s. Can't spin around in a circle anymore. I had a jumpin bean

My first 1/2a was the Swordsman. 10 plus years ago, I got a hold of another Swordsman and a Jumping Bean, since I always wanted a better wing for the Swordsman, I used the JB wing in the SM wing outline. It is a good combo. I have a Stuntman 23 also. I bet it will also have an improved flying characteristics from the slab wing to a build up wing. I liked the Norvel .049 to .061 back when we could still get them. I grew up Cox's and still used the Norvel in the blackwidow tank set up.

Eather way that baby fly's great, I remember!! The baby ring master was fun too!

What fun flew one when I was much younger!

WHAT A HOOT SAW THESE LINE CONTROLLED A COUPLE OF TIMES AS A KID IN EARLY/MID SIXTIES THOUGHT THEY LOOKED REALLY FUN BUT AFTER A BIT OF TIME WATCHING THE LIMITATION OF BEING ATTACHED TO A LINE MADE ME LOSE INTEREST DIDN T MATTER WAS NEVER AROUND ANY MALES THAT WOULD OF HELPED ME WITH IT ANYWAY HAVE SUBD GOOD LUCK

Good to see some control line flying! My first model was a Baby Ringmaster, I think it was on 25-foot lines. Short lines would make me dizzy now,

The big brother was the Shoestring STUNTER....MINE HAD FOX 36XBB with a 3 blade prop...

You hit the nail on the head about loops! The more daring of us even tryed inverted, with always a broken air plane as a result!

I was looking up the details of my old Model Aeroplane club from the 70s, they are still running and still flying control-line. I might have to schedule a visit this year 😊

Haha ‘full up and hope for the best’ yep that’s what we did. A loop and a wingover were big stunts back in the day. Thanks for sharing all the retro, brings back lots of good times. Silk looks great btw.

My first balsa built control line, was also the Lil, Jumpin Bean. 42' lines for an .049, I think that's way to long.

Good on you Bill. CL is good fun.

My first also and in red!

Silk is the way to go! Have you tried Spiderwire fishing line as control line? I have used it and it works nicely - for my ancient plastic cox pt-19 anyway!

Love the model, keep up the good work and a question I’ve been wanting to ask someone for a while is why are the wings always so wide?

42 ' of line is too much for 049 power .it not very controlled.