A Complete History Of Like 1% Of RC Planes

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  • @whatsthematter8767
    @whatsthematter87679 ай бұрын

    You missed blimp racing...

  • @tfs_nugget1843

    @tfs_nugget1843

    9 ай бұрын

    Everyone is infatuated with that now...

  • @ekimnavillus4452

    @ekimnavillus4452

    8 ай бұрын

    You forgot submarine races

  • @whatsthematter8767

    @whatsthematter8767

    8 ай бұрын

    @@ekimnavillus4452 Subs aren't exactly rc planes...

  • @ekimnavillus4452

    @ekimnavillus4452

    8 ай бұрын

    Blimp racing is about as interesting as subs (that you can not see) racing. Its a joke

  • @spindash64

    @spindash64

    3 ай бұрын

    ​@@ekimnavillus4452they're a bit like golf in that they're probably way more exciting to fly than they are to watch. The main difference is, I don't believe blimp pilots are generally insanely rich assholes. Well off, probably, but not exclusively classist and gated community.

  • @yuuzyerbrejn9603
    @yuuzyerbrejn96039 ай бұрын

    I take umbrage at one of your final points regarding whether or not we could fly on one of those antiquated controllers and I say this to you, sir; I've been in this hobby for years, and I can crash ANY plane with ANY controller! Ya'll are a treasure, keep it up.

  • @SeanPoulter

    @SeanPoulter

    9 ай бұрын

    Please tell me you're going to fly half the Timber with a Craft radio. 😅

  • @coriscotupi
    @coriscotupi8 ай бұрын

    I started flying RC in 1976, with a balsa kit (the "Taxi") by Graupner powered by a Super Tigre .23 glow engine and controlled by a Simprop SSM 5-channel radio. No dual rates, no expo, no programming, nothing. Just bare-bones, 4 proportional and one on-off channel. And the thing was so incredibly expensive (1K US$ for a 4-servo system) that it was inconceivable to have multiple receivers and servos for various models. I had one Tx, One Rx, four servos and one battery, and that was it. When I wanted to fly another model, I had to transfer all the on-board electronics. Then in the 80s I got a Futaba radio with plenty of affordable servos, receivers and batteries so I was finally able to crash more than one model in a single day at the flying field.

  • @JustPlaneNutzRC

    @JustPlaneNutzRC

    8 ай бұрын

    🤣🤣

  • @HciContractor

    @HciContractor

    8 ай бұрын

    Ha! I bet you're a damn good RC pilot brother Man

  • @coriscotupi

    @coriscotupi

    8 ай бұрын

    @@HciContractorI'm not the one who stands out at the field, no fancy 3D, no latest & greatest models. But I've been having so much fun out out of this hobby. That's what counts.

  • @air-headedaviator1805
    @air-headedaviator18059 ай бұрын

    I do love learning about RC aviation history. Vintage model craft have such an appealing aesthetic.

  • @s__s_6242

    @s__s_6242

    9 ай бұрын

    I agree, that why I’m trying to get my fling skills to be able to fly some nice balsa models

  • @sed6
    @sed69 ай бұрын

    This video makes me feel lucky to have been flying RC for 40 plus years now, and to have had hands on so many of these innovations.

  • @MJ-bj1gn
    @MJ-bj1gn9 ай бұрын

    Nice video 👍, but I think you could've mentioned futaba.they were very important in the history of model avation

  • @hotheadedfilmshhf6734
    @hotheadedfilmshhf67349 ай бұрын

    Lol my girl heard the first and only female part and it was pretty funny. Shes the one who got me into this hobby which is the funny part.

  • @justindurand9110
    @justindurand91109 ай бұрын

    I'm still sad about Great Plane. They were great planes.

  • @griffinneal4267
    @griffinneal42679 ай бұрын

    What a fantastic trip down memory lane!

  • @johnw5734
    @johnw57347 ай бұрын

    My first radio was a 2 channel MRC bought around 1978. Vertical (pitch) stick on left and horizontal (roll) stick on right. I'm sure that's why I'm a mode 1 flyer today. We spent several afternoons flying gliders with Walt Good visiting my club field back in the day. I didn't appreciate my start in RC was so close to the beginning of proportional. Thanks for making this video.

  • @pancudowny
    @pancudowny8 ай бұрын

    I hold memories of my late-father's enthusiasm for flight, which included flying model kits he built... such as a vintage monocoupe, that required the builder to cut general balsa stock (bought separately) to match the shape of pieces displayed on it before initial assembly. When I showed an initial interest in flight, we recovered the finished model from storage at an uncle's house, along with a Citizen Ship on/off-switch transmitter and uninstalled servos that used rubber band escapements. Being an employee of a large corporation, he was able to make reprints of the original blueprints for our to-be-done ambitious recreation of this lovely model... which was never realized. Oh-well... at least we have the joy of SIG's basic rubber band-powered kits, that we built gluing balsa to the paper diagrams we pinned to 1"-thick Styrofoam during assemble and final main wing setting.😊

  • @jlester42
    @jlester429 ай бұрын

    I learned RC in the early 70s with a single channel pulse radio controller. And a Carl Goldgerg Falcon Junior with an cox .049 And fond memories of my dad's CG Cessna Skylane 62.

  • @SlowFlyer85
    @SlowFlyer859 ай бұрын

    You brought back a lot of memories for this old timer lol good video and info☺😃✈🛩🛫🛬🛰🚀🪂👍👍

  • @WindCatcherRC
    @WindCatcherRC8 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the history lesson. It's important to know our roots. You missed that Wind Catcher RC was established in 2018. 🤣😂🤣😂

  • @kalvinwinder
    @kalvinwinder8 ай бұрын

    Been building and flying RC for about 8 years, it's quite fascinating seeing where the hobby was born. Technology has obviously advanced significantly throughout RC's history, though it's surprising to see how similar all of the "ancestral" models are to the modern stuff. Just now realizing how disturbing the usage of that word was in that sentence but I'm going to leave it. Also, the memes are on point

  • @roamin9871
    @roamin98719 ай бұрын

    One of your best videos, love history, more history in general would be amazing, hobbico, great planes, horizon and so on.

  • @My2cents860
    @My2cents8608 ай бұрын

    Fantastic history lesson boys! I miss thumbing through all the rc magazines in the old days. Very well written as usual. Always my favorite weekly video! Keep up the great work!👍🏻👍🏻

  • @31Solvap
    @31Solvap9 ай бұрын

    I love your videos and smart humor!!! Great coverage of the 1% of history of RC!!!

  • @Bill14886
    @Bill148869 ай бұрын

    Damn I feel old. I use to fly on 72 mhz. With crystals that plugged in the change channels. Clothes pins in a board with the channels being used at th clubs, the good old days. Lo

  • @tannerwindau2426
    @tannerwindau24268 ай бұрын

    What an awesome video, Tail Heavy is a very big reason I got back into rc planes, and loving it going on a year back, keep it up!

  • @greenseaships
    @greenseaships8 ай бұрын

    I keep watching this video and the pictures of "Nikola Tesla" crack me up every damn time!

  • @BashTillBroken
    @BashTillBroken9 ай бұрын

    The amount of effort that went into this video is insane

  • @samuellondke9108

    @samuellondke9108

    9 ай бұрын

    I love your channel name, that’s basically what I do as an f2d combat pilot

  • @uTube486
    @uTube4868 ай бұрын

    You guys are just too cool. Your videos have the quality of a channel W/ 500k to 1m subs. If ever in Rhode Island, pls stop by the hobby shop my parents started in 1950.

  • @wampuscat7433
    @wampuscat74339 ай бұрын

    Ah yes, the escapement days! How well I remember, but certainly don't miss!

  • @ssrattus
    @ssrattus9 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the great videos. The history of pattern and 3d flying would be interesting.

  • @boardnski156
    @boardnski1569 ай бұрын

    Elmira in NY is pronounced as "el-MY-rah". Not "EL-mirrah". The site is Harris Hill, which is technically in Big Flats. The National Soaring Museum is located there. The view from the top of the hill is pretty good. And yes, gliders running out of thermals and having to land in fields does happen occasionally.

  • @darendth8594
    @darendth85949 ай бұрын

    Nice abbreviated history lesson guys.

  • @notoo7
    @notoo78 ай бұрын

    RF snipe was precious🤣

  • @jeremykg1569
    @jeremykg15698 ай бұрын

    3d history please, RIP Hobbico and Great planes. Loving the content by the way.

  • @markymark3075
    @markymark30759 ай бұрын

    Very interesting, thanks!

  • @monchichis333
    @monchichis3339 ай бұрын

    I still have a pristine Zlin Akrobat 526 from Great Planes! One of my solid weekend flyers if I'm not flying foam

  • @aSpyIntheHaus
    @aSpyIntheHaus8 ай бұрын

    Such a beautiful song choice too. I just noticed it

  • @awood12345
    @awood123459 ай бұрын

    Great video. I think you should do a video where you try the different transmitter modes. I've flown modes 1/2/4 and would like to try mode 3 or a cuddlebox just to try it. It hurts your brain after awhile.

  • @bokusimondesu
    @bokusimondesu9 ай бұрын

    In all seriousness, I love your humor. 👍😊

  • @ShockeWulf190
    @ShockeWulf1909 ай бұрын

    Definitely do a vid about the classifed 2.4 ghz radio channels haha

  • @Videolinquency
    @Videolinquency9 ай бұрын

    Sure, I have had proportional radios since the seventies. But I still haven't managed to develop proportional thumbs, which used to be more of a problem before Arduplane was developed. When I started out in the sixties, I used to press a button once for full right rudder, and twice for full left. Worked OK from frozen lakes, but made slope soaring a bit demanding ... Thanks for the flight down memory lane!

  • @duncanmartin2626
    @duncanmartin26268 ай бұрын

    Brilliant video. I don't know if this is some sort of easter egg type joke, but M. is French for Mr. So if you want to search for the frenchmen mentioned at 1:42, you want to search for Christian de Launoy. :)

  • @samosaarts
    @samosaarts9 ай бұрын

    Standing ovations!

  • @TomislavReskovic
    @TomislavReskovic9 ай бұрын

    Great !

  • @flynbenny
    @flynbenny8 ай бұрын

    I would like to see the 3D history video, I am guessing one of the guests of honor would be a certain gentleman from Argentina.

  • @whatsthematter8767
    @whatsthematter87679 ай бұрын

    I still have an original DX6 that was given to me when I started out by an old guy in my neighborhood.

  • @joepellissier2091
    @joepellissier20918 ай бұрын

    Circus Hobbies has also gone the way of the dodo. Not sure how big they were but back in the day, but early 90’s they were big on the west coast. That is where I got my first RC radio set up for a Telemaster.

  • @dronepilot260rc
    @dronepilot260rc9 ай бұрын

    Sick!

  • @Booster-xw6er
    @Booster-xw6er9 ай бұрын

    I LOVE RC PLANES!!!!!!!

  • @jimmcdougall9973
    @jimmcdougall99739 ай бұрын

    Great presentation of history. And very entertaining. I haven’t laughed so much in a long time. Thank you. Seems going to the opera was a real blast, back then. Dang, I would even go, if they had those zeppelins flying around 😂

  • @cecilbell6799
    @cecilbell67998 ай бұрын

    Good video

  • @puchomoreno
    @puchomoreno9 ай бұрын

    I have that exact type of radio and servos at @6:41 lying around..

  • @babbagebrassworks4278
    @babbagebrassworks42789 ай бұрын

    Saw a few pics of rubber band powered actuators, I can remember the first electric motor versions before servos. Reed relays for multi channel.

  • @yakacm
    @yakacm5 ай бұрын

    During the war that allies use radio control for drones, they also packed old worn out bombers with explosives and flew them by RC in to enemy targets.

  • @power21100
    @power211009 ай бұрын

    i wonder if those radio transmitter would work with EdgeTX. lol

  • @FMSPilotRC6
    @FMSPilotRC68 ай бұрын

    I like how everyone is very close to these very heavy and rather out of control planes, safety wasn't invented yet I assume

  • @alangeddes268
    @alangeddes2683 ай бұрын

    My brother went from free flight to RC in the early fifties. I bought my first transmitter in 1967.

  • @madatthesky7588
    @madatthesky75889 ай бұрын

    3D's roots PLEASE!

  • @4supertigers

    @4supertigers

    8 ай бұрын

    It main cause is ADHD.

  • @Krash_fpv
    @Krash_fpv9 ай бұрын

    They showed elon for nikola testla😂😂😂😂😂 love it

  • @Jesusistheonlyway86
    @Jesusistheonlyway869 ай бұрын

    Please make plans for mudgy 70 please.

  • @ztoon13
    @ztoon139 ай бұрын

    The Pixies as an RC video soundtrack, I don' t believe it! Where is my mind?

  • @bloatedgoatfpv
    @bloatedgoatfpv9 ай бұрын

    Nothing about OS engines or Futaba radios?

  • @Donuts_random_stuff
    @Donuts_random_stuff9 ай бұрын

    I wanna see a video of you going to an rc blimp race😅

  • @kadenhunt1462
    @kadenhunt14628 ай бұрын

    What were their servos like?

  • @airorc5141
    @airorc51419 ай бұрын

    noice!

  • @mrfourtysevenman
    @mrfourtysevenman3 ай бұрын

    please i beg you do a close up video of the red and white sig cub that you severely lightened

  • @TailHeavyProductions

    @TailHeavyProductions

    3 ай бұрын

    Check out our video titled, "Bush Flying A Plane You've Never Heard Of"

  • @jeremiahjohnson3018
    @jeremiahjohnson30189 ай бұрын

    I had no idea the hobby was so new.

  • @my_tv-i
    @my_tv-i9 ай бұрын

    make video with pelikan danje bravus 2400. pls

  • @bevis9136
    @bevis91368 ай бұрын

    Ahh, yes, how a bald eagle became a scale kit cub

  • @JustwingitRC
    @JustwingitRC8 ай бұрын

    Thank you guys so much for posting this! It's hilarious, but I KNOW you'll agree, that how many of the "I've been in this hobby for 50 years, yadda, yadda" crowd don't even know that there were radios with things like rates and expo as far back as the 1980's (and likely before). They always give me a dumbfounded look when I say such things existed while they try to claim expo wasn't around until recently, completely ignorant of the history of the hobby. Kudos for another great viddy by the krazy kids from the Granite State!!

  • @allendyer5359
    @allendyer53599 ай бұрын

    I got a kick outa hearing Kalamazoo as the starting point...and that you never ever once mention museum in Muncie, IN. Won't be missing my next issue of AMA Park Flyer Mag either as it always had stories about free -flight, hey build this bigger plane, or save on all these gas powered supplies.

  • @alanjones2091
    @alanjones20919 ай бұрын

    wow,

  • @RARenfield
    @RARenfield8 ай бұрын

    Wow, a Spektrum transmitter with the screen on top!?! All the new ones put the screen under the strap where it's useless in flight. Backward progress. 😊Real flight is Windows only, so I never wasted money on it. I had a simple two channel radio flying slope soarers in '73. I don't recall the brand, but it cost me about $100. I remember the nasty work I did to earn that too.

  • @ironagentm544
    @ironagentm5449 ай бұрын

    I love the holy Wikipedia

  • @motoerhead1990
    @motoerhead19909 ай бұрын

    man your really getting better and better in doing those videos! This was hellarious!

  • @shelliesalza
    @shelliesalza8 ай бұрын

    i think the one stick remotes would be better

  • @Squancher69
    @Squancher699 ай бұрын

    I wish dual Twin-Timber to fly at least more than 10 seconds. I can't wait to see it, no matter to results. I wish you so much fun and luck! 😊 You put so much work into it...

  • @smackfpv
    @smackfpv9 ай бұрын

    Well done! Oh it's Mat-tel not Mattel.

  • @DizzyRC

    @DizzyRC

    9 ай бұрын

    I caught that too. Pronounced (MA- Tell)

  • @yakacm

    @yakacm

    3 ай бұрын

    Yeah same, I was thinking did he mean Mattel, I googled matal RC, and got nothing, so I guess it must be Mattel, as a Hot Wheels collector, I just assumed everyone knew how to pronounce it, obviously not, lol.

  • @jamesberna6099
    @jamesberna60998 ай бұрын

    Why do you refer to Kraft radios as "infamous"?

  • @jaekipark3012
    @jaekipark30127 ай бұрын

    KALAMAZOO MENTIONED RAHHHHHHHHHHHH

  • @gmorphan
    @gmorphan9 ай бұрын

    R.I.P. 😆

  • @Nelson-sr2bi
    @Nelson-sr2bi9 ай бұрын

    Great vid, why not make them longer though? 10 min a week is nothing for such great content

  • @jonathanmoore7472
    @jonathanmoore74729 ай бұрын

    8:20 marks the beginning of the end

  • @meyermicro
    @meyermicro9 ай бұрын

    "Galloping Ghost"

  • @ShockeWulf190
    @ShockeWulf1909 ай бұрын

    Virgin Turbo Timber VS. Chad Sig F-33 Bonanza

  • @iflyrcmike
    @iflyrcmike9 ай бұрын

    Realflight dig on point haha

  • @ekimnavillus4452
    @ekimnavillus44528 ай бұрын

    Bicameral… sounds like a term someone i know uses alot.

  • @haydenbartling5126
    @haydenbartling51269 ай бұрын

    Military remote control planes

  • @Jesusistheonlyway86
    @Jesusistheonlyway865 ай бұрын

    Speaking of Digicon if you want a balsa airplane from plans built like a brick sh!t house Build the Digicon Tester or Digester.

  • @Real_1968
    @Real_19689 ай бұрын

    Imagine flying ur plane in the 40s and some baiter screams lower.

  • @magnuslarsen3791
    @magnuslarsen3791Ай бұрын

    What has ever gone wrong with sparke and hydrogen 🤣🤣

  • @vietnamairlines0202
    @vietnamairlines02028 ай бұрын

    0:26

  • @ignasanchezl
    @ignasanchezl8 ай бұрын

    "Nikola Tesla" *proceeds to show an image of Elon* Me: This is clearly comment bait. *proceeds to comment*

  • @trondaustad8617
    @trondaustad86178 ай бұрын

    Cool to see this old pics. Seems like we crash allot to day allso. And we have not learn a shit. But up we go, and fun we have. Love it boys 😊

  • @justwatchboplayagame
    @justwatchboplayagame8 ай бұрын

    yo why is peter sripol there

  • @galkoritnik6455
    @galkoritnik64558 ай бұрын

    Icarus should have used 10mm foamboard😔

  • @noahcutting546
    @noahcutting5469 ай бұрын

    Number 11

  • @Elisrc.
    @Elisrc.9 ай бұрын

    Anyone here thinks turnigy lipos are good? Im looking for some lipos that will last a long time but they must Be cheap...thnks

  • @walterdennisclark
    @walterdennisclark9 ай бұрын

    Heathkit

  • @ewkvids
    @ewkvids8 ай бұрын

    Totally wasn’t eating Taco Bell

  • @user-pu9ex9wo2w
    @user-pu9ex9wo2w9 ай бұрын

    Alright, this old man is smiling. Thanks for thriving with the hobby.

  • @frankienv3906
    @frankienv39069 ай бұрын

    Such a Rich history about a wonderful innocent hobby, So why does the Gov. Suddenly decide now to break everyone's balls with remote ID ????

  • @jojo-._.
    @jojo-._.8 ай бұрын

    What a Vidio! I love the sneaky jokes made all the way through! This isnt really related but I just dont get it, most likely due to a lack of experience on my part; Whats the advantage of say a Spectrum IX14, over say a Radiomasater TX16 4in1? I get that spectum is easier to use than Opentx but the TX16 isnt complicated. i thought I ask here, most likely bc i know this community flys Spectrum. Edit: This sounds like hate but I like spectrum. It might just be that a 10x cheaper servo held up longer than a spectum one as I found ot mid flight.

  • @FasterThanJesus666
    @FasterThanJesus6669 ай бұрын

    Please don't insult tesla with a picture of the scam artist known as musk. love the vid though

  • @Aviation.lover32
    @Aviation.lover329 ай бұрын

    aint no way IM THE SECOND ONE TO SEE THIS PLS RESPOND TAIL HHEAVY GODS

  • @whatsthematter8767

    @whatsthematter8767

    9 ай бұрын

    hahaha I was the first heheheha

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