Alistair Taylor Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Anyone remember this 1977 film featuring RC spitfires and all sorts of vintage RC equipment? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paul C. Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 What do you mean VINTAGE 😉 I remember renting the film from the local video shop it was only a few years back 😨 ok 40 or so 😉. Paul Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Martin Harris - Moderator Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Notice how Maggie realises the error of her ways and re-configures her transmitter to mode 2 in between Mike opening the throttle and completing the takeoff! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Paul Marsh Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 This film is what got me interested in this silly hobby in the first place! I did a thread of this a few years back and got the video downloaded and watched it a while back. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Vintage, Percy? What about this one? Some loverly radio gear in this **LINK** (sorry, can't embed this one, embedding disabled at the Youtube end) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Former Member Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 [This posting has been removed] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Feather Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 and fpv at that! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Biggles' Elder Brother - Moderator Posted February 23, 2018 Share Posted February 23, 2018 Even older I think. It says "History of RC" but actually most of it is free-flight and control line with the earlier days of RC towards the end. It's fasinating to note the thngs that hadn't been invented then; e.g. lipos, gps, stabilisation, any idea whatsoever about safety! BEB Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mike Etheridge 1 Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 I was there at Kenley in 1962 and with friend Rodney Johnson we rescued a lost Russian plane owned by A.A Arler. which I carried on the back of Rodney's tandem. It's a shame that I did not realise that one of the England team Chris Olsen was related to my cousin's husband and that Chris used to test his plane's engines in the grounds of Queen's hospital at West Croydon not far from where I lived. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peter Christy Posted February 24, 2018 Share Posted February 24, 2018 Ah, Percy! Your FLC is but a young whipper-snapper! How about this: My Bonner Digimite-8 c:1966. I bought it 2nd hand off a fellow club member in 1968. 8 channels, fail-safe, and weighed a ton! Never let me down - I even flew a helicopter with it - and still working today! It only ever wnet into fail-safe once - very briefly! And that was when a fellow club member flying a FlightLink set got between me and my model! Or even older: My Grundig 6-channel "reed" set (well, OK, electronic tuned filters!). Non-proportional, "bang-bang" from 1965. Utterly reliable and again, still working today! I keep getting tempted to build a model for that Grundig and fly it again, but most model clubs / events banned 27 MHz years ago.... -- Pete Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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