Geoffrey Pike Posted January 23, 2010 Share Posted January 23, 2010 When Dave McQue passed away recently did the RCM&E do much or any of an obituary to this RC pioneer? regards GeoffEdited By Geoffrey Pike on 23/01/2010 20:46:59 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ashby - Moderator Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 We weren't informed Geoffrey I'm afraid. Care to write us one? Edited By David Ashby - RCME Administrator on 24/01/2010 06:29:28 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Evan Pimm Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Blimey Geoff, you would be a bit of a pioneer yourself, as one of the very early propo users/designers, is that not so? How about a bit about yourself, and what you remember was happening back then? It's not just Dave McQue who's gone , but a whole raft of the early boys, Olsen and Uwins come to mind, can we get something down before those with the first hand knowledge are all gone and much of what is now known is lost forever? I think Stu Foster is still active, perhaps he could be encouraged too. Much of what what was in RCM&E in the early days was being pushed along by you guys, and the magazine should be active as archivist of all this, a 'repository of fact' as it were, as what really happened can be lost very quickly with the march of time.Evan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bert Posted January 24, 2010 Share Posted January 24, 2010 Don't forget Derek Olley, who shuffled off in 2008. His 'DodgeyFleet' stuff was used by many fliers - I was one. Bert Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Pike Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Ah yet again my name sake arises, unfortunately i'am not the Geoff Pike you refer to alas. I would love to be able to write about Dave, i tried to get Terry Tippett (Micron)to get in contact with him so as to get Dave himself to write about his early exploits. I think this would be best suited to someone who actually was a friend of his. I suppose we really need some appreciation of what was done with valves and later semiconductors in the early 50s and 60s.Only because we take for granted the latest 2.4 GHz stuff.So i think RCM&E needs a wee article about the history and development of RC in the UK, regards Geoff Pike GI0GDP oh yeah and long live GG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Geoffrey Pike Posted January 24, 2010 Author Share Posted January 24, 2010 Yeah indeed and as you say there are proably more, see yahoo goups for "home brew radio control". Geoff More likey to be on 10.368GHz than 80M ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Simon Roberts Posted January 25, 2010 Share Posted January 25, 2010 I have no idea who Dave McQue was! Im 30 year old and only been modelling around a year so would be great to read about the early pioneers of R/C, love interesting reads of how things have started in any walk of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geoffrey Pike Posted January 25, 2010 Author Share Posted January 25, 2010 Fair comment about the past being best forgotten, i still have my ED 3 channel valve floor standing Tx. This and a RCM&E Tinytone and clockwork escapments guided many of my Black Magic, Junior/Super Sixties around the skies in the 60s with panic. So i agree with you about shivers down the spine. However history is important and alot of it has not been captured on the web so that others can appreciate the huge technological leaps that have been made which allows us to control our models rather than influence them. Oh and BTW my ED produces 1/2 watt on 27 MHz, 1/4 watt on 54 MHz and so on. My first transistorised RCM&E Tx produced 25 mW and with the PA removed 35mW !!!. Any wonder they got such bad press as people migrated from valve to transistorised Txs in the 60s, Windy Kruelin rings a bell. regards Geoff OH Dave McQue did wonderful things with the technology available in the 50s and 60s Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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