Who has been involved in RC airplanes since the 1950's. hes unfortunatly moving soon and wants to know if i would be interested in any of his planes...



SO i went over to check some out.. just chat with the guy, real nice friend of my grand mothers..


I saw custome built planes from 1950.. with homemade built recievers and 1 channel radios...
He explained the "Ghosting gallop" I cant explain it.. but it has to do with a small motor turning the rudder and elevator depending on how you pulse the current.. (ok really cant explain it)..


most of the planes were custom built with no Alierons.. and are all mostly 1,2 channel custom built stuff..


we spoke for a few hours. shared stories.. and i declined any of his planes because honistly.. i would never fly them.. and have no place to display them.. I did however ask if i could come back and documentary all his planes etc etc etc.. and he agreed that would be great.


i figure i might take a few of the planes hes literally going to just throw them out =( if i dont.. and maybe donate them to the AMA ? do they have a place for that type of stuff?

A goldmine like this should definitely be preserved someplace where people can see them. Also, if he's willing, it would be great to get some interviews on video. There's probably a wealth of experiences he could share.

I highly recommend accepting the planes and equipment, then preserving everything, as they could be extremely rare and worth a considerable amount of money. Not only that, but they also have great historical value, perhaps they could be kept at a museum.

NorfolkSouthern

Do not let him throw these out. I love the old stuff and would be willing to pay shipping just to display this heretige. Please see if you can get some info on a model (build date, type, builders name and such and I would proudly display it with my collection. I don't have room for a whole lot but would adopt one complete (as possible) set-up. If it could be made functional I would even fly it at nostalga events.

Dorsil:

I highly agree with Norfolk!!!! You have been given a great opportunity to preserve some of the history of RC modelers. I agree with you>>You should not fly them but instead find a place to preserve them until you find a museum that will accept vintage RC aircraft. I believe alot of modelers would love to be in your position right now. If you have the room to store these, be it an attic above the garage or basement or even hanging then from the rafters in the garage or someplace that doesn't get too humid or too dry. I just wish you could take a few digitals of these vintage planes and radios, etc. I would love to just look at this! I know that you will do the right thing if it is possible for you to do. Maybe your grandmother has a little space to help you with. My friends all have their planes hanging from their ceilings when they are not out flying. Please keep us up-dated here and be careful who you turn them planes over too.Hopefully, they will be displayed the way they deserve to be. Look into aviation museums around you. They are everywhere. This man would probably be soooo proud if you discussed it with him and he let you place his vintage fliers(with his name on them) into museums. They might not look great to you, but to most rc'ers from the 50's, they would look like gold. Good luck to you and hope it works out for everyone involved. Scott

I will hopefully get over there this week to take some pictures and get more info of the models etc etc.. the guy was really nice talkign to and was so excited that he was speaking to his friend (my grandmother) about me and my flying and then finally meeting me and let me tell you i was literally blown away by the stuff it was quite amazing what he did back then

Get him in touch with the AMA museum in Muncie. That's far better than sending anything off to individuals, and it sounds as though he would get some real satisfaction from that, too. They're only a phone call away.

BTW Dorsil, that was a "Galloping Ghost" radio setup. Real old school. Took a master to keep that stuff in the sky.

For the AMA Museum

http://modelaircraft.org/PDF-files/804.pdf

I"d disagree...any beginning R/C flyer could fly one of those units as well as they fly a current trainer. The model used rudder and elevator, or rudder, elevator and throttle. The control surfaces pulsed, but at a high-enough rate that the model didn't oscillate with the controls. You used a regular stick to control the model. The systems with throttle had two buttons...one to increase throttle, and one to lower it. Changing the throttle could cause the model to give a brief nose-up or nose-down pulse...nothing outlandish.

A friend and I used to fly some galloping ghost models in our late teenage years. The airplanes were designed for them and were very easy to fly by any standard...almost free-flight models.

Now, a "master" could do some amazing things when the right model was used...you'd not believe the aerobatics possible from such "simple" models!