RC Flying early 1960s.mov
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 ต.ค. 2024
- Here's some more vintage film of early 1960's RC flying taken by Joe Unger. This was an AMA sanctioned contest at Lodi, Wisconsin. In this film are some of the very first digital proportional radios and the first engine mufflers we saw in action. Most of the airplanes were flown with reed-based radios. The black and gold Goldberg Jr. Falcon was built by my Dad to teach me to fly. His white and gold pattern airplane is shown near the end of the video.
... Thanks for posting - Dad was a top drawer enthusiast and private pilot. Had a dedicated upstairs Bedroom for his RC model aircraft construction in the early '60's. The "Dope" smell was flipping strong and drove my Mum nuts. Broke my heart when one of his planes were crash damaged but He and his Bud's motored one. Great memories growing up then ...
@@kenmunro8317 same heare memories
Dad once gave kit to Co friend put it together flew it & said eat your heart out
To my dad who gave him kit in first place
That comment did not set with me to well as felt a little jealousy towards my dad...
What beautiful movie from the past! I really enjoy it! Greetings from the Netherlands !🇳🇱
Thank you. It brings back some good memories growing up and flying with my dad.
I would have loved to be around than.I was born in 1966 and have been flying R/C and full scale ever since.
So historical and so precious
a film.
Precioso video donde podemos apreciar la construccion y modo de volar de otras epocas
Nice trip back to the early days of pattern. We didn't use mufflers out West and my ears used to ring for days afterwards. I'm surprised that I didn't get significant hearing loss. When the Nelson engines came out it was time for serious ear plugs. I used to mix my own fuel to save money and the nitromethane was interesting to work with because it burned invisibly. All your hard work with silk and dope could disappear magically if you weren't mindful.
Can't believe some of the landings those planes could take without breaking...!
Models weighed more back then so could fly in wind better. I still build and fly those designs. And on 72.
Wow! Able to maintain control with all that flak coming at them.
Love the CD stepping over the wing lol
Thanks. Yes, the engines were amazing. I remember when we used mufflers for the first times in the '70s. The little Cox engines were ear piercing! I still have some of the 0.010 and 0.020s.
Nice video. Not too far from where I'm from
Sigh ... so long ago. I love it
Having flown models most of my 74 years, I don't think I'd
taken the the air in this kind f wind.... Ever!
Wonderful snippet of early R/C history here,love the close-ups of the transmitters and the fellow pressing the control buttons. Thank you for posting this, RC gear has come a long way in 50 years. But good grief, at 3:18 did they really wear caps like that back then?
Man it's windy. And fly,n on those old radios.
thanks for sharing. I love it
This is awesome
What a cool vid! What no ARFs in sight. Sound of the open exhaust would have been nice.
Que grandiosas épocas
Excelente muy lindo.
Nice! Anobody have plans for the plane shown ~30 Seconds into the video?
I believe that is Cassutt Racer. Try a search under that name.
@@Datsundoc Thank you!
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Lot of guys appear to be pointing their rods at the plane while flying. Good way to loose them, but they probably didn't know any better. Very expensive back then.
pointing their rods ? is that not ilegal in public ?.Or are you refairing to their
transmiter aerials
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Anyone know what the twin rudder aircraft are called? I want to build one.
Excalibur
Chris Martin thanks!!!
I am actually ready to fly a 1950's Excalibur twin tail racer I received from a past deceased founding club member's son. I had to refurbish it. I have a OS LA.40.
Let me know how it flies. I have an old Mars twin tail that looks similar, but it is not as long and looks more like a real plane complete with cockpit and cheek cowls.
I'm charging the batteries for tomorrow to remaiden the flight.. Our club
meeting is also tomorrow. This Excalibur has the old style spring
Landing gear (tricycle). With the cheek cowls.
None functional dual rudders. I installed a OS LA .40 engine. Not a real
power house but only to buzz around the field.
When I was given a pile of old planes, I choose this one due to less
repair. Covering very well stained with 2 tears. I didn't want to spend a
lot of time on it, so I covered the tears on each side of the fuselage with
spare monokote. I lightly scuffed the old covering and did a fast paint
job. Looks decent but not award winning work. LOL
I'll name the plane Krylon! If the paint runs, I will call it "The Runs" lol
As far as the plane I identified, It could be another kit but it looked
like the Excalibur without the cheeks.
I will let you know how it flies. It does have a thick airfoil. It should
come in nice n slow.
Have a good one.
Can almost smell the castor oil fuel.
Lester Hall that's why I still fly with my glow power I just can't get away from the smell of flying all day
I think I remember those were scratch built, not kits.
Most of the aircraft shown are kits, a few were built from magazine plans. ...Monokote was unknown at the time and most or all models were either covered with silk, nylon, or rayon...Polyester was not available in the early 60's.. The era the pics were shown was in he 'LATE' 60's or early 70's.. not the Early 60's as Datsundoc64 had mentioned...There were several 'low wing' models shown that weren't around in the early 60's...I've been actively ;building, flying and crashing RC aircraft since the mid 1950's, flew Free Flight from 44' til early 50's...I still have some of those 'old' radios shown gathering dust in my shop...BTW...I was Captain of the US ARMY Pacific model aircraft competition team back in 62 & 63; stationed on Okinawa..we flew RC on Yontan Jap Army Airfield and CL stunt, & scale, at Torri Station, I'm currently an AMA Natl. officer.in AMA District VIII, I still fly competitive CL PAMPA stunt and occasional RC Fun Flys...
Hi Jimmy, Nice for you to comment. I can assure you this was the early 60's. I'm the little guy at 1:20 and I was born in 1957. Yes, most of the kits were built from kits and covered in silk, some silkspan. The scratch built kits I was referring to were the two twin tailed pattern models. I hope you enjoyed the film.
looks windy!
Must have been all electric ,can’t hear a thing 😂
Ive seen more pattern planes..back then..compared to todays sport/ fun fly type ...except arabatic planes flown ultimate bipe extra 300 etc etc
Yes, back then we started with trainers and then went to pattern or scale and everyone built their own planes.
Not a Heli or drone in sight 😊🚁💨
Giocattoli di cartone. Denaro gettato via da persone immature
Then why u watching this, huh?
Who the f..k asked you!?
Someone writing comments like this is immature!
Wow! You must be a lot of fun in the bedroom