I LOVE this HOBBY! Here we are, in 2009, still Flying these sweet little machines. Because it won't stop, it don't stop. Thank goodness. Happy New Year to ALL RC Flyer's! Peace.
About 1960 I got a Babcock Breezy Jr. model kit plus a Babcock radio control - also a kit. The transmitter used 65 volt dry cells and the receiver an assortment of batteries. The plane was powered by an .049 engine & had right & left rudder & up elevator (no down) controlled by a rubber band powered escapement. A single button on the transmitter would trigger a relay on the receiver which activated the escapement. Push & hold the transmitter button once for right rudder, twice & hold for left rudder & three times & hold for up. The plane flew great & had a ball with it flying it off a dirt parking area at the Rose Bowl. Those were the days! Great video - brings back great memories with my dad who was a trophy winning modeler in his youth and later became general manager on the SR71 during it's production.
Jim....I remember my father having a Babcock transmitter and the rubber band escapements ....he built many ruder only plane kits using silk and dope ......many old rc parts , including engines and props were always laying around the house....I remember the big green finned Torpedo engines .....he would be amazed how far the hobby has come today , with programmable radios...
Wow....what memories. I used to fly back in the 1960s and was big into U-Control and a little free flight. R/C back then was outrageously expensive and touchy. I had a Controlaire single channel setup and it was a iffy proposition to be sure. Never sure if the plane would crash or not. At the very end of the video, I saw a Sterling R/C aircraft that I remember being available as a kit...............we have advanced so much in the decades since. I'm now learning to fly a T-28 Parkzone foamie.....
@SuperPianowizard You're totally right mate, I used to hide the fact I was into model planes, but I don't now, I get loads of stick of people at work for my 'geeky' hobby, but I don't care anymore, I enjoy it and thats all that matters.
Haha that is a bit of a generalisation but I will agree partially. I am 16 and I loooove being creative and I would take any outdoor and/or creative activity over any social network or computer game. I fly RC at a club and have made my own plane from kit which took a month or so. I reckon planes are epic!
i found a 40s balsa kit of a tigermoth, i fully rc it, theres a vid on my channel of it flying. Im glad i live in the age of micro electric rc wonders, it was easy to make it rc with modern tech
Wow! For christmas of 66, I got a Cox 0.49 powered P.40 held together by rubber bands. I would set out with an armload of rubber bands and around a thousand little kids to occasionally give a good kick to when an occasional wreck happened, ( in the 60's it was dangerous to be a little kid , you needed a cast iron butt ) I rarely ran it out of gas, I always seemed to crash it first!! As the years went by the only change was the speed that the planes struck the ground at! To run one out of gas was rare! I remember my brother getting a Stuka with. These neat little propellers on the wings, but they were useless! The plane went straight up and. straight down - smash! I m 65 now and taking the hobby up again! An old O and R 60 and a Forestor. .99 outta do a good job of bringing out the imbecile in me !"'ll keep y'all informed!
Ahhh, those were the days when men were men, models were models,summers were summers and the " lets ban it " health and safety heirachy were unheard of.
@lay3Rv2 Really cheap compared to what it used to be. I bought a World Engines 3 channel radio control set back in about 1971. It only came with on servo. Cost me $138.00. That is equivalent to over $700.00 today. That and I had to buy two more servos to get it working. Bought the servos for $40.00 each. They came as a kit. Had to assemble the circuit board and solder it together. Total cost, in todays dollars, was over $1100.00. Then I needed a plane and engine.
A little worrying to find the era of my youth listed as history... My first flying model was built in 1959! Keil Kraft Flying Scale Series Hurricane, a lot of work for very little performance on the rubber band supplied!! I remember the Sixties because I was hooked on control line aerobatics and combat... Then via the Mercury Matador and home built single valve single channel.... rubber powered rudder control! Today I can amuse myself with a fly from the box helicopter. Progress, yes, but far less involvement....
We are in the same age group. I was obsessed with WWI scale models and my cousin built a flyer with one of those thimble sized gasoline engines. I used to watch the big kids flying those holding lines for control. I built my first scale model in 1956, a Sopwith Camel. The modern radio controlled flyers are way too much fun. :) Although, the accidents can be expensive.
i grew up in the 50's and 60's and we would build and fly control line and free flight planes. there were men who flew r/c plane and it was fun to watch and help. i grew out of it when i was old enough to have a job, get a car and have a girlfriend.
As an example of how knowledge not used is knowledge lost, I kept saying, "Back in the 80s, when I was into Old Timers, I could name most of the models in that video. Or what model the builder ripped off the design from. :D
@oscar7771 yeah sweet. I made the kit over holidays so it was practically the only thing I was doing and finished it quick. And nice job on the kite, I used to love them coz they were just so epic!
what are those 1 or 2 channel radios. i got a book from way back building those things, ug, their most sophisticated model at the end of the book is radio controled with a one channel radio
These older models are kept flying by a small group "Society of Antique Modelers" (S.A.M) I have included a small clip in the video response section. They are now 'assisted' by radio due to restricted flying areas.
I'm not so old, but I LOVE IT !!! They were the real guys and women. Much better than the stupid video's we're getting today... nerds on a bike, stars in Ferrari's, all a great mess, disaster, death and above all... disrespect for the common people.
Wowzers, radio directed miniature flying machines. What wont they think of next? When I was a nipper the best we had was a bit of string tied to a lump of coal.
@SuperPianowizard I was thinking about it recently and its funny. All the people who take the mick all play xbox or playstation, which to me is just the same as RC (just not as involved or as skilled!) - a simulation of the real thing. They still don't get it though, although with all their questions 'how much does it cost?' 'how easy is it?' 'where do you fly them?' ....I have a feeling they want to have a go themselves but think its not 'cool' enough....unlike modern warfare 3.....
im sure they would've never imagined a radio that was immune to interference. besides, back then, there was almost no such thing as radio control planes at all! most of them were control line.
Hahaa, I can't imagine doing some of that. Spend 4 months building a big wooden model airplane, only to fire up that little petrol engine, let the whole thing go, and wonder if you'd ever see any of it in once piece again. And did anyone else see that kid catch the model right out of the air!? Hahaa, crazy stuff!
50 or 40 years ago was fine for the kids, today the kids has no brain to do some creative outdoor activity, they need wwi or texting to get some exercise
I LOVE this HOBBY!
Here we are, in 2009, still Flying these sweet little machines. Because it won't stop, it don't stop. Thank goodness.
Happy New Year to ALL RC Flyer's! Peace.
Oh hell yeah
Like you said, there is and will be more to this in the future 👍
About 1960 I got a Babcock Breezy Jr. model kit plus a Babcock radio control - also a kit. The transmitter used 65 volt dry cells and the receiver an assortment of batteries. The plane was powered by an .049 engine & had right & left rudder & up elevator (no down) controlled by a rubber band powered escapement. A single button on the transmitter would trigger a relay on the receiver which activated the escapement. Push & hold the transmitter button once for right rudder, twice & hold for left rudder & three times & hold for up. The plane flew great & had a ball with it flying it off a dirt parking area at the Rose Bowl. Those were the days! Great video - brings back great memories with my dad who was a trophy winning modeler in his youth and later became general manager on the SR71 during it's production.
Jim....I remember my father having a Babcock transmitter and the rubber band escapements ....he built many ruder only plane kits using silk and dope ......many old rc parts , including engines and props were always laying around the house....I remember the big green finned Torpedo engines .....he would be amazed how far the hobby has come today , with programmable radios...
Thank you for making this available to us.
Superb. One of the very most enjoyable videos I have seen on RUclips so far. !!!
So good to see these old videos. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
Wow....what memories. I used to fly back in the 1960s and was big into U-Control and a little free flight. R/C back then was outrageously expensive and touchy. I had a Controlaire single channel setup and it was a iffy proposition to be sure. Never sure if the plane would crash or not. At the very end of the video, I saw a Sterling R/C aircraft that I remember being available as a kit...............we have advanced so much in the decades since. I'm now learning to fly a T-28 Parkzone foamie.....
Hey Bomberguy,
You have some of the nicest stuff I've seen. Your library of clips must be quite something!
@SuperPianowizard You're totally right mate, I used to hide the fact I was into model planes, but I don't now, I get loads of stick of people at work for my 'geeky' hobby, but I don't care anymore, I enjoy it and thats all that matters.
Haha that is a bit of a generalisation but I will agree partially. I am 16 and I loooove being creative and I would take any outdoor and/or creative activity over any social network or computer game. I fly RC at a club and have made my own plane from kit which took a month or so. I reckon planes are epic!
WOW! You don't see R/C Hydro plane models very often. Thanks for posting this. - Vancouver Gas Model Club Member 1969 - 1975
Great clips-thanks for posting
LOL I thought MY R/C radio was big in 1976. That was huge. LOL
Great vid. Thanks for posting it.
Amazing how far forward we have come in our hobby in the last 50 years or so !
How Rare! Something you don't see often or not at all on TV. ,since they only choose to screen the modern RC but none of it's history. Good stuff !!!
I can't believe how well they flew with escapements! And they did with pushing buttons and switches on the TX!!!! LOL! Just amazing thank you!
and it keeps getting better everyday
A great collection of rc-model history, well done!!!
Absolutely love it....
showed this to my grandpa. he said it reminded him of the aeroplanes he used to build as a boy.
Excellent spectacular
Saludos desde Buenos Aires 👍😎
Great stuff,thanks so much for posting this.
-Graiskye.
this is so cool
great for an new timer to see.
i just bought a plane kit dating back to the early 60s
Thanks for posting this.
Wow great video thanks for posting. Funny to see AMA numbers in the 4 digits.
A great look back, love the early proportional transmitters, way expensive back then
This is how model aviation should be
i found a 40s balsa kit of a tigermoth, i fully rc it, theres a vid on my channel of it flying. Im glad i live in the age of micro electric rc wonders, it was easy to make it rc with modern tech
Wow! For christmas of 66, I got a Cox 0.49 powered P.40 held together by rubber bands. I would set out with an armload of rubber bands and around a thousand little kids to occasionally give a good kick to when an occasional wreck happened, ( in the 60's it was dangerous to be a little kid , you needed a cast iron butt ) I rarely ran it out of gas, I always seemed to crash it first!! As the years went by the only change was the speed that the planes struck the ground at! To run one out of gas was rare! I remember my brother getting a Stuka with. These neat little propellers on the wings, but they were useless! The plane went straight up and.
straight down - smash! I m 65 now and taking the hobby up again! An old O and R 60 and a Forestor. .99 outta do a good job of bringing out the imbecile in me !"'ll keep y'all informed!
wow so they weren't even radio controlled, awesome
Cool Video! It's an R/C archive.
Ahhh, those were the days when men were men, models were models,summers were summers and the " lets ban it " health and safety heirachy were unheard of.
look how nicely they all dressed back then
Great video, Thanks for posting it.
"yes even one is radio controlled"
"yes the iphone even makes calls"
@lay3Rv2 Really cheap compared to what it used to be. I bought a World Engines 3 channel radio control set back in about 1971. It only came with on servo. Cost me $138.00. That is equivalent to over $700.00 today. That and I had to buy two more servos to get it working. Bought the servos for $40.00 each. They came as a kit. Had to assemble the circuit board and solder it together. Total cost, in todays dollars, was over $1100.00. Then I needed a plane and engine.
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A little worrying to find the era of my youth listed as history... My first flying model was built in 1959!
Keil Kraft Flying Scale Series Hurricane, a lot of work for very little performance on the rubber band supplied!!
I remember the Sixties because I was hooked on control line aerobatics and combat...
Then via the Mercury Matador and home built single valve single channel.... rubber powered rudder control!
Today I can amuse myself with a fly from the box helicopter.
Progress, yes, but far less involvement....
time does not stand still! oh well...
We are in the same age group. I was obsessed with WWI scale models and my cousin built a flyer with one of those thimble sized gasoline engines. I used to watch the big kids flying those holding lines for control.
I built my first scale model in 1956, a Sopwith Camel.
The modern radio controlled flyers are way too much fun. :) Although, the accidents can be expensive.
Time is another construct of Man, such as god.
Yes limited amounts of fuel (10ccs I think) and fuse or mechanical timers to release the stabilizer to bring them down.
Those announcers back then had a great dialect, and inflection in their verb age.
i grew up in the 50's and 60's and we would build and fly control line and free flight planes. there were men who flew
r/c plane and it was fun to watch and help. i grew out of it when i was old enough to have a job, get a car and have a girlfriend.
This is so cool, I really enjoyed it.
i love the smell of nitro in the morning.
is so amazing and interesting to know the beganing of rc airplanes, and even more impressive to know the large advanced on rc technology
5:51 early ducted fan jet!!
P.E.Norman was a pioneer in the field.
And in the future, kids, your telephone will fly drones that can film everything, deliver packages, hover, and has a range of 30 miles...
This is really great ! Too bad we don't wear ties out on the field no more..
Thanks for posting !
Looks like a late spec Lanc rather than a Lincoln , one of the ones used for aerial mapping etc for private companies
As an example of how knowledge not used is knowledge lost, I kept saying, "Back in the 80s, when I was into Old Timers, I could name most of the models in that video. Or what model the builder ripped off the design from. :D
I fly rc planes now. But it looks like more people was in to it then. nice video
like the last bit with the hydro planes most...
How far it’s come
I LOVE IT!!!!
"Some planes are parred by elarstic". Oh, how times have changed!
@oscar7771 yeah sweet. I made the kit over holidays so it was practically the only thing I was doing and finished it quick. And nice job on the kite, I used to love them coz they were just so epic!
Fantastic stuff! Anyone got any indoor scale footage?!
what are those 1 or 2 channel radios. i got a book from way back building those things, ug, their most sophisticated model at the end of the book is radio controled with a one channel radio
What's with the upturned wings on the early models? Was that for stability?
2:46: "Yes, would You believe it?!?! ...one is even radio controlled!!!" :-) LOL
My brother had a string flown japanees zero that he let me play with when I was a kid. I remember it was really loud when it ran.
Youthful ingenuity makes the way for an enlightened society.
3:14 Looks much like an early Cub!
@tatungo1 hahaha damn right man!! I`m not that old ( 43) but still prefer old hand made FF model stuff
Solenoid RC wow!!!!!!
fantastic !
These older models are kept flying by a small group "Society of Antique Modelers" (S.A.M)
I have included a small clip in the video response section. They are now 'assisted' by radio due to restricted flying areas.
where did you find this footage Ilove buliding and flying the models of yesteryear
Who needs Radio Control !
Aeromodelling at it's best ~ the good old days
you have to buy the software to DL streaming media
I'm not so old, but I LOVE IT !!! They were the real guys and women. Much better than the stupid video's we're getting today... nerds on a bike, stars in Ferrari's, all a great mess, disaster, death and above all... disrespect for the common people.
Wowzers, radio directed miniature flying machines. What wont they think of next? When I was a nipper the best we had was a bit of string tied to a lump of coal.
String ! You had string ? AND a lump of coal ! Bloody luxury. We had to make do with a stone. No string. Just cold stone.
And we had to SHARE the coal
was these drive -by -wire flown?
Very cool
at the beginning they had no control of it and now we are making the hover
Very interesting
素晴らしい模型飛行機の歴史ですね～～～
私も若い頃似たようなことしていました。
berry nice model!
Many thanks, must finish my Mercury Matador and get back in the air.
Where can I buy a transmitter like on 08:05?
Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time with a 33% Carden Yak and see the reactions?
-Eric
Awesome.
@SuperPianowizard I was thinking about it recently and its funny. All the people who take the mick all play xbox or playstation, which to me is just the same as RC (just not as involved or as skilled!) - a simulation of the real thing. They still don't get it though, although with all their questions 'how much does it cost?' 'how easy is it?' 'where do you fly them?' ....I have a feeling they want to have a go themselves but think its not 'cool' enough....unlike modern warfare 3.....
GR8!!!
WOW ONE IS EVEN RADIO CONTROL :D
Awesome Video, I am a model flier and I pretty much respect my "ancestors"!!! xD
im sure they would've never imagined a radio that was immune to interference. besides, back then, there was almost no such thing as radio control planes at all! most of them were control line.
the starter was very "portable"
Reminds me of Camden Airport NSW, about 1964.
wow them free flight models musta had alot of running into the crowds XD
In Japan, of course. This is very popular cho-ki-ping-kaboom 2.
So they were free flight?
Yep .. I have a book out of this time which calls silencers "useless crap".
when did flying by wire stop ? I've seen it once, around '82
You can get the same radio system, (although much better quality) for less that $30.00 today. That would be like me paying $6.00 back then.
Yep... things sure have changed haven't they :-0
super tare .......
Hahaa, I can't imagine doing some of that. Spend 4 months building a big wooden model airplane, only to fire up that little petrol engine, let the whole thing go, and wonder if you'd ever see any of it in once piece again. And did anyone else see that kid catch the model right out of the air!? Hahaa, crazy stuff!
cox engines. you can see them.
damn, rc was expensive and high tech back then.
50 or 40 years ago was fine for the kids, today the kids has no brain to do some creative outdoor activity, they need wwi or texting to get some exercise
History I LOVE IT!
What happened to all the girls in the hobbie? lol this is cool!
Steady as a rock...