1989 FAI RC Helicopter Championships

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  • Опубликовано: 22 янв 2025

Комментарии • 27

  • @jdmsamurai1
    @jdmsamurai1 6 месяцев назад +3

    I fly because of them. Thank you CY & RG for all the pioneering! You legends!

  • @CloudyFlyerRowdyNiemira
    @CloudyFlyerRowdyNiemira 5 месяцев назад +3

    This is gold. Thank you for posting this!

  • @Chuckitall72
    @Chuckitall72 2 года назад +4

    Nice video! I was the score keeper for one of the judges so I saw every flight of every round looking over the shoulder of the judge. Also, I was able to take pictures while doing so. The real fun was at the Chesapeake City Park during practice sessions.

  • @Intrepid175a
    @Intrepid175a 4 года назад +6

    I was there as a spectator. The first world competition I was able to attend. It was a very interesting experience.

    • @spleenware
      @spleenware Год назад

      Did they have tail gyros back then, or did you have to 'fly the tail' (as they say)?

    • @Intrepid175a
      @Intrepid175a 11 месяцев назад

      @@spleenware - That's a good question. They did have gyros. If the gyros were of the heading hold varieties, they were the very first versions. I started learning to fly RC helicopters back in 1982. My first couple of months were without a gyro on the model. I didn't know they existed It was a handful to say the least. When I finally discovered the tail gyro, I ordered one as fast as I could and upon installation, discovered I could actually hover the model after a fashion.

  • @Tld0026
    @Tld0026 Год назад +9

    These kids today wouldn’t even know how to fly it. These are using the old futaba mechanical gyros. No heading hold or stabilization here boys. I flew kalt back then with a enforcer and a baron. Then the futaba 401 came out and we thought we’d hit the jackpot!

  • @apostolosnt
    @apostolosnt Год назад +2

    Great to see this! Thanks for sharing. I love how everyone is there for the sport, simple comments and seem to be enjoying and talking about the competition.

  • @LichaelMewis
    @LichaelMewis 5 месяцев назад +1

    This narrator also did the Challenger disaster documentary. I miss those voices.

  • @davidmartin1093
    @davidmartin1093 Год назад +5

    Great how the Japanese competitors were willing to divulge what they had done to their models to be better and smoother. I still love to get out my 25 year old Raptor 30 V1 for that nitro sound and smell...👍

    • @MontegaB
      @MontegaB Год назад +2

      I've been flying a Raptor 50 that I picked up a few years ago. I never had the money to fly them when they were "state of the art" but even after years of flying really nice electric helis, the nitro raptor is my favorite. It's such an experience to operate and fly. It's loud, it blows smoke, it stinks...and it makes the most amazing sounds when you throw it around. It's heavy and has a great presence in the air. I love it.

  • @sganzerlag
    @sganzerlag Год назад +4

    That demo by Curtis Youngblood was very telling of things to come.

  • @MontegaB
    @MontegaB Год назад +2

    Smart to use blades with a wider chord to utilize the extra power in the long-stroke YS. Probably better stability too with more mass in the rotor disc.

  • @robertgorham5422
    @robertgorham5422 3 года назад +2

    Wonderful memories!

  • @SquiggyWigginz
    @SquiggyWigginz Год назад +11

    Now THIS IS helicopter flying! Not that crazy out of control stuff these kids do today with their non-crystal dsmx fancy dancy radios and non-flybar flybarless rubbish. When i was a kid, we had to fly twice as far, both ways, uphill.

    • @eriks87cam702
      @eriks87cam702 Год назад +7

      😂😂 yea but todays radios and equipment allow for much more control … and more crisp movements … I bet a lot of these guys would love to have had our equipment back then … especially the ones actually doing the stunts … I’ve also noticed a lot of these guys are older gentlemen … I feel like back in these times rc helicopter was more of a gentlemen sport like golf …😁

    • @SquiggyWigginz
      @SquiggyWigginz 11 месяцев назад

      @alwaysflying6540 haha!

    • @SquiggyWigginz
      @SquiggyWigginz 11 месяцев назад

      @@eriks87cam702 wearing your Sundays best to go fly! 😃

    • @calank923
      @calank923 10 месяцев назад +1

      Boy to take one of my modern helis back to these days. Imagine bringing my specter v2 nitro back in time there minds would be blown lol. I also still own all my flybar helis well most of them. Some of them I need stupid little parts that either are impossible to find or cost way to much on eBay from people trying to make a buck

    • @SquiggyWigginz
      @SquiggyWigginz 10 месяцев назад

      @calank923 I have every heli I still have from 2008. Most have rusted main shafts. 😆 imagine the Goblin Raw or even a MICRO 3D? We'd be like, what? No way!

  • @handihomann
    @handihomann 2 года назад +1

    Still have my VHS tape😃

  • @mickcarson8504
    @mickcarson8504 4 года назад +1

    Aren't these Kavan Model Jet ranger at 11:25? I had one too. I miss the sweet nitro sound of the 80s. What happened to the company?

  • @danielcarlson800
    @danielcarlson800 5 месяцев назад

    Is SCORCH still around? Southern California Original Radio Control Helicopters.

  • @silentbob3999
    @silentbob3999 3 года назад +1

    3d in 1989!! nice!! ;)

  • @CategoricalImperative
    @CategoricalImperative 2 года назад +1

    I came here the credits music at the end.

  • @Sadik15B
    @Sadik15B 2 года назад +5

    Rc flying of today would be witchcraft for them.