OK HighPlains, you posted while I was asking my question!

I'm hoping to aquire a few more early digital transmitters for the VRCS meets to fly. I'm a little suprised I'm the only one out here that thinks actually flying these pioneering transmitters with modern airborne components isn't a cool idea.

A vintage plane like my Shoestring, an old engine as the ST .46 and a forty-one year old TX like the Citizen-Ship. It dupicates the experience of classic R/C, without the slow 4 wire servos, weird battery configurations and ancient receiver problems. Like having a 55 Chevy with a 327 small block V-8 with electronic ignition...

I forgot his name, but the guy who won Best Finished Model at the Mid-South VRCS meet used a 1969 Controlaire system, down to the original receiver and S-4 servos in a Goldberg Skylark 56, with TWO .15 engines! His one flight gave me a heart attack when one engine failed and he was very slow getting the nose down, but he made a sucessfull landing. He was the only flyer I can recall using a completely original setup; my hero!

Having a few vintage flying antiques transmitters among the modern electrics in my fleet reminds me of the 1963 movie "Hud" with Paul Newman. Hud's father kept a few Texas Longhorns on his ranch, becuase they reminded him what the old days were like...keeping my greasy thumbs on those slick stick ends on that heavy metal box do the same for me..Russ Farris