Please help me identify & value some old gold-stickered tx's.
01-28-2014, 12:26 PM
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Please help me identify & value some old gold-stickered tx's.
Guys, I have a few gold-stickered transmitters that I would like to determine the age & value of. Can anyone help me? Please see pictures. The first one is in the best shape. Thank you.
01-28-2014, 12:43 PM
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I can't help you with the years of all of them, but I can approximate their value based on what I see at swap meets.
The transmitters in the last two pictures are going to be from the early to mid 1990s. Not sure about the ones in the first two pictures, but I would guess that they are late 1980s to early 1990s? All of these normally sell for $5-$10 each or less. They were good transmitters (probably still fine if you don't need a computer radio and fly 72MHz) but there were a gazillion of them made, and there is practically no demand for them.
The transmitters in the last two pictures are going to be from the early to mid 1990s. Not sure about the ones in the first two pictures, but I would guess that they are late 1980s to early 1990s? All of these normally sell for $5-$10 each or less. They were good transmitters (probably still fine if you don't need a computer radio and fly 72MHz) but there were a gazillion of them made, and there is practically no demand for them.
01-28-2014, 01:14 PM
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I Futaba 7-FGK 1983 might be FM
2. Futaba 6-FG and 4-FG 1980 ish AM
3. Futaba Attack 4 1985 ish AM
4 Airtronics Vangaurd 1985 ish FM
Nothing really special and not worth much at all. If there is a local museum that has R/C models on display your best bet would be to donate them and write them off on your taxes and let Uncle Sam give you a few bucks.
2. Futaba 6-FG and 4-FG 1980 ish AM
3. Futaba Attack 4 1985 ish AM
4 Airtronics Vangaurd 1985 ish FM
Nothing really special and not worth much at all. If there is a local museum that has R/C models on display your best bet would be to donate them and write them off on your taxes and let Uncle Sam give you a few bucks.
01-29-2014, 12:45 AM
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Today you can buy the most basic Futaba 4 channel radio for $130 which is practically free. Compare that to $3700 to $4500 (in 2014 dollars) that a barely function 4 channel radio sold for nearly 50 years ago. Not too many sold early on, but prices fell fairly quickly.
By 1970 my Orbit cost the equivalent of $2100 today.
When 1985 rolled around, you could buy a basic 4 channel set for under $300 (2014 dollars).
Since that was before the dawn of computer radios that could store the settings for multiple airplanes, it was quite common for RC fliers to have quite a number of radios, and a lot of people were in the hobby by then.
So radios from before 1970 are fairly collectable, stuff after 1980, not so much. Maybe by 2030...........
By 1970 my Orbit cost the equivalent of $2100 today.
When 1985 rolled around, you could buy a basic 4 channel set for under $300 (2014 dollars).
Since that was before the dawn of computer radios that could store the settings for multiple airplanes, it was quite common for RC fliers to have quite a number of radios, and a lot of people were in the hobby by then.
So radios from before 1970 are fairly collectable, stuff after 1980, not so much. Maybe by 2030...........
