Flying Models 1930-1960

[Garry Russell]

shows how far this things have come lately

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=slwnO2YT ... re=related


Garry

[DaveB]

So that's where Murray Walker learned his trade as commentator

ATB

DaveB :tab:

[Garry Russell]

Garry

[Tako_Kichi]

Boy that brought back some memories!

I used to fly control line planes as a kid, long before I could afford to upgrade to RC control. I also used to build free flight gliders made from balsa with tissue paper covered wings sealed with dope. I remember building one with a 6ft wingspan when I was barely 5ft tall myself. Happy days!

[Garry Russell]

I never did that myself but an older cousin used to

I used to tag along.. It was free flight and eventually control line motorised.

I can still smell the fuel and dope......that's when dope meant a chemical applied to canvass or tissue.

I can't remember how old I was but my cousin was a much bigger boy and really old...he was about ten I think :think:



Garry

[Tako_Kichi]

I can still smell the fuel and dope......that's when dope meant a chemical applied to canvass or tissue.

LOL....but you could still get 'high' if you applied the dope in an enclosed space! I remember applying dope to one model in the lean-to extension to the house with all the doors shut as it was raining outside and my mother didn't want the smell getting into the house. I damn near passed out as I went very light headed and started seeing dancing colours wherever I looked. :o :roll:

I opened the doors after that experience, rain or no rain...lol.

[Garry Russell]

Indeed ........powerful stuff.

Funny how smell is such a strong part of memory.

Now and then I get a whiff of something that brings an event back

Garry

[decapod]

I was at the British Model Flying championships last weekend (after a break of 25 years)
These days all the RC is digital, loads of powerful electric motors, lightweight batteries - it's all changing.
Still lots of diesel and dope but probably a dying breed.

Some fantastic and very fast scale jets, with real gas turbines.

[Garry Russell]

Some of the modern models are beyond imagination and when I came across them on the net I couldn't believe how far the hobby had developed :o

The real gas turbine are very expensive but sound so real.........a different world

Garry

[Nigel H-J]

When I was a kid our next door neighbour built a plane and gave it to me complete with engine though unfortunately when my father took me to a disused airfield he could not get the engine to start, so sadly that was the end of that.......It just lay dismantled in the house.....Cannot remember what became of it!!

Nigel.