It feels good to be called a newbie again. I flew my first R/C in 1956 when I was 12. It was an Esquire with an OS Max 15R/C and a single channel. The receiver was a tube & transistor driving a rubber band powered escapement for rudder only control. The transmitter was a ground based Bramco. I flew Rudder only w/engine hi/lo for the next 10 years. I tried 8 channel reed relay control for a year or so, then on to digital proportional controls. All this on 27 Mhz Citizen Band. It was not very reliable, but it was all we had until 72 Mhz. I flew my first foam plane in 2002, and scratch built a profile F6F Hellcat in early 2003. I have been following Flite Test ever since I found the site several years back. I have a Jenny ( repaired several times), a PT-17 Bipe not quit finished!
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