Mike Microtrol

Paul Though its some while since the last post in this thread I just wanted to add a note about my experience. Paul I made up your Microtrol R/C system from your 1972 book and it worked very well. I actually made up two TXs and could linked them up with a buddy box lead. I got most of the parts from D.J. & D. Modelgear in Garforth Leeds and Model & Control Specialists in Sunderland. To set the timings I had a Russian oscilloscope which in the 1970s were being sold rather cheaply. I had a R/C boat, a Sea Urchin powered by a Mills 0.75 with water cooled head and exhaust pipes fitted by the factory. I was a member of the Bradford Radio Aero Modellers Club for several years and built from plans as well as from kits, several of them David Boddington designs. Then at the end of 1979 I stopped model flying, I felt the hobby was taking me away from being with the family. I did buy your 1981 book which featured your 35MHz FM system. The popularity of CB radio meant then that continuing to fly using 27MHz seemed too risky for me. I still have a couple of my boats, my old planes, R/C equipment and many engines some of which I recently sold but the stuff all needs to go before it becomes someone else's responsibility to clear out. Reading your post on herePaul has brought me some closure concerning home built R/C equipment and the current availability of modern high tech R/C equipment. Thanks Paul for your inspiration and help, I had some enjoyable times flying my R/C models. Mike