Ahhhh .... bliss, no bothersome authority, no operator or flyer ID, no theory test or regulation with the threat of fines ..... we've become slaves to those in charge, even for our leisure activity.
Yes... I started in the rubber powered escapement era back in the 50s, and I remember the reed multi-channel sets, then the proportional radios came out. The first on I saw was a Bonner Digimite. The gear now sure has come a long way....
We came a long way but now almost everyone buys pre-built models from China. Most guys at tge rc field have no idea how to glue 2 sticks together ket alone build a flying model
@@sblack48 I don't do it any more. It got too expensive in the end. It was fun though. I still have a few engines, one being a low hours Oliver Tiger Mk3 that needs a new crankshaft. I last ran it in 1959, which is when the crank let go..... badly out of balance prop... my fault... and perhaps a crank left a wee bit too hard..... must make it a new one when I have a spare day... I have a nice big lathe these days so it's a piece of cake... 🙂 I still remember the address of the old Oliver works in Dorset...probably all gone now....
I still have a book I bought in the very early 70's in Swansea, Wales called All About Model Aircraft by Peter Chinn. I only discovered now that this is the film the photographs are taken from!
Peter Chinn used to write up all the engine tests in "Radio Control Models and Electronics" which became "Radio Modeller" magazine in the 70's. As a teenager I used to pour over these monthly mags . . . instead of my homework! Often there was a full size model plan included in the mag. I wonder what happened to the "map plan service" from where you could order copies of plans?
Took me back to my early teens when I was an aeromodeller in Cambridge. My interest was free flight power and control line team racing mainly. I also designed my own planes including a twin engined control line stunt plane. Does anyone remember Ray Malmstron of the Impington club? (he specialised in ‘quirky’ designs and was a real nice guy. I gave up modelling when I discovered girls were more enjoyable!
Aussie the 70s we heard this weird noise down the road at the local footy Oval 1st hand held airplane Wow he must be rich we thought back home building that wooden ball bearing racer gocart pushers always wanted unless rolling down the new train overpass bridge Oh the 70s were fun
Probably not, they were just blokes having fun, all that fun stopped with boring snowflakes coming along post 1990, they have had no life, thank fk I was born in '61, and lived the best decades ever, the 80/90s.
Amazing how many participants & spectators there were back then.
Yes... I remember attending the rallies at RAF Horton and Radlett... back in the 1950s
I felt included I love model flight! My late grandpa worked at shell!
I possess 2 of my uncles model airplane engines from the 40s, one is huge! They're both proudly on display in my home!
Ahhhh .... bliss, no bothersome authority, no operator or flyer ID, no theory test or regulation with the threat of fines ..... we've become slaves to those in charge, even for our leisure activity.
Dad was a member of the Society of Antique Modellers in Australia. Loved the planes that he built. His specialty was free flight.
Thank you for that old film
As a radio control enthusiast myself, I gotta say , we have come a long way...
Yes... I started in the rubber powered escapement era back in the 50s, and I remember the reed multi-channel sets, then the proportional radios came out. The first on I saw was a Bonner Digimite. The gear now sure has come a long way....
We came a long way but now almost everyone buys pre-built models from China. Most guys at tge rc field have no idea how to glue 2 sticks together ket alone build a flying model
@@sblack48 I always started with a clean sheet of paper... designed them, bult them and flew them...
@@KathrynLiz1 you are certainly in the minority now
@@sblack48 I don't do it any more. It got too expensive in the end. It was fun though. I still have a few engines, one being a low hours Oliver Tiger Mk3 that needs a new crankshaft. I last ran it in 1959, which is when the crank let go..... badly out of balance prop... my fault... and perhaps a crank left a wee bit too hard..... must make it a new one when I have a spare day... I have a nice big lathe these days so it's a piece of cake... 🙂
I still remember the address of the old Oliver works in Dorset...probably all gone now....
I still have a book I bought in the very early 70's in Swansea, Wales called All About Model Aircraft by Peter Chinn. I only discovered now that this is the film the photographs are taken from!
Peter Chinn used to write up all the engine tests in "Radio Control Models and Electronics" which became "Radio Modeller" magazine in the 70's. As a teenager I used to pour over these monthly mags . . . instead of my homework!
Often there was a full size model plan included in the mag. I wonder what happened to the "map plan service" from where you could order copies of plans?
How things have changed, brilliant video from the past. 👍🏻
Things may have changed Chris but modellers still fly like this 🤔👍
The model under construction on the drawing board at the beginning is a KeilKraft Chief Nordic A2 glider
And
Awesome. I had control line when I was a kid.
I still fly c/L 1/2a models I build from scratch. The kits that are available are ridiculously expensive.
Me too
My Dad and I grew up flying Control Line, I'm still flying and I plan on teaching my son someday.
I believe we should all go back to wearing suites at club meetings and while flying models.
You mean you don't wear a suit when flying? How uncouth! 🙂
Thank you for uploading this. I'm a Rc enthusiast also.
Thank you for this Gem.... Thank you
Great video!
Somehow, a freaking GAS company posts more entertaining videos than most other things I see on here
Took me back to my early teens when I was an aeromodeller in Cambridge. My interest was free flight power and control line team racing mainly. I also designed my own planes including a twin engined control line stunt plane. Does anyone remember Ray Malmstron of the Impington club? (he specialised in ‘quirky’ designs and was a real nice guy. I gave up modelling when I discovered girls were more enjoyable!
Lol great story. Couldn't believe how popular it was . 😊 Ps Looked less trouble than dealing with Women 😅
6:32 A jetex helicopter model.
Waoooo fantastique cette vidéo des débuts de l’aéromodélisme, merci 🙏 😊
Perfect documentation👌. Hope, the enthusiasm of those days for technology and the sense for discovery will come back to the Generation Z to alpha🤞
0:25 Haha we still use rubber bands! 😂
Freaking amazing.
The world ❤ SHELL.
❤ amazing
❤ WONDERFUL VIDEO.
Shell
My dad started flying RC in the fifties. His original planes are still at his house somewhere...
Love watching these old videos, been flying since as was 14. I'm 55 now and getting back into the rubber free flight and cl stuff.
IAM PISTON ENGINE LOVER
Yes.❤.
Shell
Te modele to moja młodość ! 🤔🛩️
Every body is dressed neatly.
That way to change cylinder capacity was amazing in a smart way. That decision to attempt to fly in that strong wind was amazing in a stupid way.
You don't change the actual capacity of the engine, only the compression ratio
Pulse jet model airplane engine, who knew.
1:00 that must’ve been a pain to edit back then
Must have been fun, being able to fly without regulations.
liked it!
Best oil best fuel i love it
We ❤ SHELL.
Shell
Shell
My youth…
Aussie the 70s we heard this weird noise down the road at the local footy Oval 1st hand held airplane Wow he must be rich we thought
back home building that wooden ball bearing racer gocart pushers always wanted unless rolling down the new train overpass bridge Oh the 70s were fun
NOTHING CHANGED ALWAYS BEEN AROUND OBVIOUSLY
Hand launching a C/L speed model is something you don't see often.
And at 9:43 sticking the nose into the ground to stop the engine after shearing off a prop brings back a lot of memories.
Combat models can't launch any other way, I remember well dad teaching me the skills back in the early 70s.
Did Shell also explore the world with paper airplanes?
Yes. SHELL is the best in everything. Exploration too.
SHELL RULES THE WORLD AND WE ❤ SHELL.
Shell
Two Strokes!?
Your favorite toys 🧸 and pangarap Kong magkaroon ng radio 📻 controlled ⛽ gas powered engine that cools for you
どうしてシェル石油がUコン飛行機の映像を記録してるの？
グローエンジンの燃料を売ってた？
I would prob get sick from all those circles
Ahora muchos presumen de fabricar drones 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Beanz.
I order if these people realised that Shell would abandon their old platforms in the North Sea to pollute their children?
You order what ?
SHELL ❤.
Go to a doctor in medicine. Fast.
Probably not, they were just blokes having fun, all that fun stopped with boring snowflakes coming along post 1990, they have had no life, thank fk I was born in '61, and lived the best decades ever, the 80/90s.
@@markholroyde9412Exactly. The snowflakes hate to see others enjoy anything they don't like and try to ban it. We need to push back hard.