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.
@garyvale8347
7 жыл бұрын
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...
@junglist1soldier
15 жыл бұрын
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.
@oneilluminatus
Жыл бұрын
Oh hell yeah Like you said, there is and will be more to this in the future 👍
@bankslord
13 жыл бұрын
@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.
@peteblac1
10 жыл бұрын
Thank you for making this available to us.
@billsomrak
7 жыл бұрын
So good to see these old videos. Thanks for sharing. Cheers.
@KumquatWraps
12 жыл бұрын
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!
@toysbyus1
14 жыл бұрын
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.....
@tatungo1
15 жыл бұрын
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.
@shimon174b
16 жыл бұрын
Superb. One of the very most enjoyable videos I have seen on KZitem so far. !!!
@schlutorflyer
14 жыл бұрын
Absolutely love it....
@chatch15117
11 жыл бұрын
look how nicely they all dressed back then
@flyalaz
16 жыл бұрын
Hey Bomberguy, You have some of the nicest stuff I've seen. Your library of clips must be quite something!
@MrROTD
12 жыл бұрын
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
@rolandofarrington1859
4 жыл бұрын
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!
@mrfourtysevenman
14 жыл бұрын
i love the smell of nitro in the morning.
@breakdanc3
17 жыл бұрын
wow so they weren't even radio controlled, awesome
@MatthewShermanHappy420
10 жыл бұрын
and it keeps getting better everyday
@slickbluejet
16 жыл бұрын
showed this to my grandpa. he said it reminded him of the aeroplanes he used to build as a boy.
@SuperAviatar
9 жыл бұрын
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....
@panzerken
8 жыл бұрын
time does not stand still! oh well...
@macnutz4206
6 жыл бұрын
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.
@mikemills69
5 жыл бұрын
Time is another construct of Man, such as god.
@yak5408
15 жыл бұрын
Amazing how far forward we have come in our hobby in the last 50 years or so !
@mrfourtysevenman
12 жыл бұрын
"yes even one is radio controlled" "yes the iphone even makes calls"
@phallystorm
11 жыл бұрын
Those announcers back then had a great dialect, and inflection in their verb age.
@panther105
16 жыл бұрын
WOW! You don't see R/C Hydro plane models very often. Thanks for posting this. - Vancouver Gas Model Club Member 1969 - 1975
@Del350K4
14 жыл бұрын
Great clips-thanks for posting
@adrianlarkins7259
8 жыл бұрын
"Some planes are parred by elarstic". Oh, how times have changed!
@jorgenelsonfelix52
5 жыл бұрын
Excellent spectacular Saludos desde Buenos Aires 👍😎
@steveperry1344
6 ай бұрын
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.
@marceloribeirobarros
15 жыл бұрын
BEST OF THE BEST ON KZitem
@larrybland007
10 жыл бұрын
Youthful ingenuity makes the way for an enlightened society.
@cardinaldriver
15 жыл бұрын
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!
@hotpeng
16 жыл бұрын
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 !!!
@victorhuincho
17 жыл бұрын
this is so cool great for an new timer to see. i just bought a plane kit dating back to the early 60s
@homebuiltindoorplane
9 жыл бұрын
And in the future, kids, your telephone will fly drones that can film everything, deliver packages, hover, and has a range of 30 miles...
@neuroza
13 жыл бұрын
2:46: "Yes, would You believe it?!?! ...one is even radio controlled!!!" :-) LOL
@Propblaster
14 жыл бұрын
A great look back, love the early proportional transmitters, way expensive back then
@knightflyte
17 жыл бұрын
LOL I thought MY R/C radio was big in 1976. That was huge. LOL Great vid. Thanks for posting it.
@wrestlemaniac202
14 жыл бұрын
This is how model aviation should be
@F3Aflyer
15 жыл бұрын
Who needs Radio Control ! Aeromodelling at it's best ~ the good old days
@conspyd
16 жыл бұрын
A great collection of rc-model history, well done!!!
@realtvnow
14 жыл бұрын
Cool Video! It's an R/C archive.
@Gig540
15 жыл бұрын
Wow great video thanks for posting. Funny to see AMA numbers in the 4 digits.
@ardvarkkkkk1
13 жыл бұрын
@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.
@goatwarrior3570
9 жыл бұрын
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.
@barkebaat
5 жыл бұрын
String ! You had string ? AND a lump of coal ! Bloody luxury. We had to make do with a stone. No string. Just cold stone.
@Pyrrus4
5 жыл бұрын
And we had to SHARE the coal
@Graiskye
17 жыл бұрын
Great stuff,thanks so much for posting this. -Graiskye.
@m93sek
14 жыл бұрын
like the last bit with the hydro planes most...
@kapimine5452
17 жыл бұрын
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.
@astrospacerich
11 жыл бұрын
This is so cool, I really enjoyed it.
@saigokun
15 жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this.
@falconsrc
15 жыл бұрын
is so amazing and interesting to know the beganing of rc airplanes, and even more impressive to know the large advanced on rc technology
@rog4420
17 жыл бұрын
I fly rc planes now. But it looks like more people was in to it then. nice video
@Hi-lb8cq
4 жыл бұрын
I LOVE IT!!!!
@mmzambranoa
16 жыл бұрын
Great video, Thanks for posting it.
@franzyland
16 жыл бұрын
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.
@thatairplaneguy
6 жыл бұрын
How far it’s come
@Yosemite-George-61
15 жыл бұрын
This is really great ! Too bad we don't wear ties out on the field no more.. Thanks for posting !
@rccardude04
15 жыл бұрын
Wouldn't it be fun to go back in time with a 33% Carden Yak and see the reactions? -Eric
@Broaster07
15 жыл бұрын
Yes limited amounts of fuel (10ccs I think) and fuse or mechanical timers to release the stabilizer to bring them down.
@dave41184
17 жыл бұрын
Looks like a late spec Lanc rather than a Lincoln , one of the ones used for aerial mapping etc for private companies
@poolfarm2
17 жыл бұрын
fantastic !
@KumquatWraps
12 жыл бұрын
@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!
@geekfish
14 жыл бұрын
Solenoid RC wow!!!!!!
@panzerken
8 жыл бұрын
5:51 early ducted fan jet!!
@SuperStuffo
8 жыл бұрын
P.E.Norman was a pioneer in the field.
@daandebest96
14 жыл бұрын
WOW ONE IS EVEN RADIO CONTROL :D
@williameaston136
Жыл бұрын
Very cool
@junebug29
16 жыл бұрын
Awesome.
@colynaircraft
15 жыл бұрын
berry nice model!
@mikewarns
14 жыл бұрын
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
@Huckebein2
17 жыл бұрын
Many thanks, must finish my Mercury Matador and get back in the air.
@jjs4you2
15 жыл бұрын
Very interesting
@donodalas
15 жыл бұрын
GR8!!!
@cacan123
17 жыл бұрын
the starter was very "portable"
@VintageTechFan
11 жыл бұрын
Yep .. I have a book out of this time which calls silencers "useless crap".
@superrcpilot1
15 жыл бұрын
at the beginning they had no control of it and now we are making the hover
@fr4gh4rd
11 жыл бұрын
Yep... things sure have changed haven't they :-0
@oldhunter308
13 жыл бұрын
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。
@horizonflyer9
16 жыл бұрын
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.
@oscar7771
12 жыл бұрын
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
@foxprogt
16 жыл бұрын
wow them free flight models musta had alot of running into the crowds XD
@krbosak
16 жыл бұрын
In Japan, of course. This is very popular cho-ki-ping-kaboom 2.
@turokmodelistul
17 жыл бұрын
super tare .......
@Justwantahover
8 жыл бұрын
3:14 Looks much like an early Cub!
@danmellor
17 жыл бұрын
Fantastic stuff! Anyone got any indoor scale footage?!
@mrfourtysevenman
14 жыл бұрын
cox engines. you can see them. damn, rc was expensive and high tech back then.
@choppergirl
16 жыл бұрын
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
@Mtrhd0024
14 жыл бұрын
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!
@phil123711
11 жыл бұрын
Reminds me of Camden Airport NSW, about 1964.
@dLimboStick
15 жыл бұрын
What's with the upturned wings on the early models? Was that for stability?
@ardvarkkkkk1
13 жыл бұрын
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.
@Bomberguy
16 жыл бұрын
you have to buy the software to DL streaming media
@gpang788
9 жыл бұрын
Those were huge turnouts
@Laser100man
16 жыл бұрын
Awesome Video, I am a model flier and I pretty much respect my "ancestors"!!! xD
@OlSoldier
17 жыл бұрын
History I LOVE IT!
@Jokerr6900
15 жыл бұрын
wow.. wonder how fun it was flyin a plane without a transmitter... start it and throw and it does what it wants.. lol
@AlfredoArbe
13 жыл бұрын
@tatungo1 hahaha damn right man!! I`m not that old ( 43) but still prefer old hand made FF model stuff
@cup_and_cone
14 жыл бұрын
ya, too much work. your kind was just a spectator on the sidelines for half of a century while us plane guys pioneered electronics and nitro engines. then when things finally became slightly easier, someone decided to try a heli rc.
@bankslord
13 жыл бұрын
@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.....
@MrVinamp
7 жыл бұрын
Steady as a rock...
@aeomaster32
15 жыл бұрын
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.
@enginemiester
16 жыл бұрын
where did you find this footage Ilove buliding and flying the models of yesteryear
@stratosjoebar
15 жыл бұрын
was these drive -by -wire flown?
@sslusshy
15 жыл бұрын
What happened to all the girls in the hobbie? lol this is cool!
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