FAI F1D1980 Indoor World Championship West Baden, IN USA - The Worldly Flights of Indoor (1980)
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- Опубліковано 12 вер 2024
- Dick Hardcastle's great film of the 1980 F1D World Championship in West Baden, IN USA
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Rocking them short shorts
Hey now, I wore those as a kid back then!
@SuperShep47 - Why are the Swiss guys wearing men's boxer briefs, Lol!!
That one guy's short shorts with the giant package had me roaring with laughter.
Look like a diaper. They are wearing shorts and light clothing because while it is indoors, the AC cannot be turned on, because it disrupts the air too much.
Since I was a kid I was fascinated by the pictures I would see on these in the model magazines, though never saw one in person. Years of flying UC, graduating to RC. My only FF experience, other than Guillows which are better as static scale, was a couple of Peanuts from Peck.
It's never too late to try the things that fascinated us as kids!
Thanks for posting wonderful such skills.
Beautiful :)
What great narration!
I enjoyed this, and was bored, back and forth. I think I would like doing this, but then again. Unusual experience and it would take a lot of patience to participate. I will check into it.
Unbelievable: Dieter Siebenmann introduced me to the secrets of F1D 43 years after this event. - Thank you Dieter - He won the Swiss championship last year (2022)....
…those shorts take me back…uj uj uj…😂
Then it was normal, finally I understand why Americans often mention some dude has large balls. Back then, everyone could SEE.
15:22 La mejor gente!
I wonder if static electricity plays a part in collision. It seems strange that the planes stick together. Something to think about
Does anyone know when they will be doing this again?
@Katlyn we will be back at the West Baden Hotel next weekend March 26-27, 2022. www.indoorffsupply.com/event-registrations/2022-jim-richmond-open . The Next World Champs will be December 2022 in Romania.
hopefully minus the shorts this time
I didn’t know in 1980 you needed to compete in your underwear. Lol.
What's the film called they use for the skin of the plane?
It is called microfilm. It is made of mixture of varnish and thinners and then poured on water. It is not used anymore. Today modellers use plastic films.
@@faj7342 That's fascinating, I'll have to look into it. I assume the stuff they use today is way better? What's the new stuff called?
@@ConcreteBombDeep Well, the microfilm is lighter and can be made in different thicknesses. When you watch carefully there is one moment when you can see a plane with different colors of the film. The wing is blueish (medium thickness), tail is gold (quite thin). The thinnest is silver but it is almost impossible to lift from water. But the microfilm very fragile and planes usually did not survive for more than a year.
Now the weight limit is 1.5 gram so it is ok to use plastic and planes are much more durable. Btw the plastic film is called OS film.
Joshua Finn has very nice tutorials of making F1D planes.
@@faj7342 It is not varnish, it is plasticized nitrate dope.
@@brettbuck7362 Yes. Lost in translation.In a recipe I used there was a Tissue shrink dope
Maybe they should do it in a bigger building
What she said
@@abundantYOUniverse It doesn't last long
why do they not go one at a time :l
Models in this class flew for 45-50 minutes.. if they went one at a time it would take 2 days just for each competitor to get through a single flight.. FAI Competition each flier gets SIX flight. The occasional midair will happen, but you'd be surprised how infrequently!
looks like soap bubbles