R/C in 1964?? I thought that was R/B.nixon said:I got into R/c around 1964.
nixon said:The third is what I use ... An electric winch made from an old ford starter motor .It's been modified with 6v windings ,ball bearings instead of the original sintered ones . I run it on 12v .
You can easily get 500 feet using one of these . You can also easily rekit your ship if you stand on the power too much John
B_Skurka said:Brent, sounds like anything you get that is R/C should have a string tied to it so you can get it back and maybe some bubble wrap to protect it when it crashes too.
Dargo said:My BIL is really into R/C airplanes. I really had the hankering (is that a word?) to buy one until I flew one of his high end stunt planes. Oh, I flew it fine. Everyone at his R/C club couldn't believe that it was my first time. I was deemed "a naural". That was right up until the point to where I flew it out of sight and lost radio contact.
I was told that it was a 4 channel (or something like that) Futuba (sp?) radio had a range that was way further than I'd ever need. The best speculation is that when this low cloud came in and I had the plane out to where it was just a speck, we all just lost sight of it but the radio was still in contact. I guess there is no "come home" mode. The plane was never recovered. Soooo, I have actually bought an R/C plane, I just don't have one.
The helicopter sounded really cool to me too until a gust of wind caught a guy's really big one and he flew it into the side of another guy's truck. From what I understand, it was a several thousand dollar accident! So now, since I have a few lakes, how about those R/C boats?!
Actually, I think They are the coolest thing in RC . But , they have too many moving parts to suit me That , and at the least provocation tend to commit Suicide ! Even the most minor mistake seems to make the main rotor hit the boom . Then it's all overbuy_25 said:And I thought my heli was cool
Doc , I don't have any pics Of the winch / retiever system handy . But. I'll see what I can dig up . I'll try to post an explanation of how it all works at the same time . All I can say is that most folks think sailplanes are fairly sedate , until they see a full competition winch launch . If done right , and the sailplane is strong enough the first 100-150 feet are pure vertical . JohnDoc said:I don't understand how that works. Do you have a pic by chance?
nixon said:Actually, I think They are the coolest thing in RC . But , they have too many moving parts to suit me That , and at the least provocation tend to commit Suicide ! Even the most minor mistake seems to make the main rotor hit the boom . Then it's all over
John