I think I like where tech is going except for them pistol 🔫 grip remotes. All the new brushless motors better range esc tech is fantastic. I think it would be nice if companies gave the old school kids the option to choose a new pistol grip or perhaps a cheap old school remote in the rtr kits. In a way the old remotes should be cheaper to manufacture. Some of the fpv remotes I use for drones are like 30 dollars US on eBay.
*You made me do this...* ahem... _We're no strangers to love_ _You know the rules and so do I_ _A full commitment's what I'm thinking of_ _You wouldn't get this from any other guy_ _I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling_ _Gotta make you understand_ _Never gonna give you up_ _Never gonna let you down_ _Never gonna run around and desert you_ _Never gonna make you cry_ _Never gonna say goodbye_ _Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you_ Phil We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but You're too shy to say it Inside, we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it And if you ask me how I'm feeling Don't tell me you're too blind to see Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you (Ooh, give you up) (Ooh, give you up) Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) Never gonna give, never gonna give (Give you up) We've known each other for so long Your heart's been aching, but You're too shy to say it Inside, we both know what's been going on We know the game and we're gonna play it I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling Gotta make you understand Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you Never gonna give you up Never gonna let you down Never gonna run around and desert you Never gonna make you cry Never gonna say goodbye Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you LOL
It been years since I last got Rick Rolled! 😆 Good on you for bringing it back! Did NOT se that one coming. You really deserve a sub for that but since I cant subscribe again you’ll have to make due with another like 👍
Nothing makes me feel older than when I hear a full grown adult talking about their childhood back in the 80's and 90's. When I talk about my childhood, I have to refer to the 60's and early 70's. Fortunately my new interest in RC cars takes me right back to being a teenager again. I love it.
Tamiya Rough Rider, Kyosho Porsche 911 and Tamiya Datsun Z28. Have stopped RC for a good 40 years and restart again early last year and have now the fun of my youth again together with my young son!
Love seeing the Olds stuff, I was 10 in 89. I always wanted hobby grade rc but they where out of the family budget. Now it's so much better and actually more affordable to get started in.
I was 4 in 89 so I got started a little later with tyco but I remember reading magazines and showing my grandparents(raised me and my sister) the grasshopper 2 and I wanted one so bad and budget wasnt the issue the issue was no one in my family knew anything about them and since it was a kit and you had to supply your own electonics and my family just had no knowledge of that so I had to stick with my Outlaw truck and my Ricochet car and my Hoverceaft boat thing. Was loads of fun. My first hobby grade was a stampede in 2010, blew thru motors, killed a dog with it(accident) and got rid of it, then 4 or 5 years ago I won an xmaxx 8s and since then I've been hooked again and i havent smoked anymore dogs, even tho I won the xmaxx I still dont buy expensive ones I either buy used or cheaper brands my favorite one right now is my Bezgar HM124 (HBX 901a) its crazy how tough it is.
I finally got my grasshopper 2 about a year ago the rere black edition in which I continued to upgrade as you would back then first was bearings then a 540 sport tuned and I think I'm going to leave it there and put it on a shelf forever!
I'm probably a bit older than you Tomley but I remember getting hold of a Tamiya catalogue in the 80's and looking at it over and over and over again, dreaming of owning a Tamiya RC car but it was never to be! I ended up with the Winch from Matsushiro which looked great but was the slowest thing on the planet! Many years later I got hold of a second hand Wild One and put a Metro 6R4 body on it! My RC journey had begun!
I had one of those ACOMS controllers upuntil last year, then sold it for a cheap Dumbo RC controller, yeah i remember back in the late 80's having those manual speed controllers getting stuck, then chasing after my car lol.
Unfortunately to a certain degree you've missed the boat on this, ideally you should have been born in the 50's for since then there has been so many new inventions, space travel and various changes it would take a long time to list them all or keep up with them as things are still changing all the time 👍🏻😀
Oh man! I feeling really old these days! Born in 71, so embraced the early 80’s onwards. And being a technical man, in the world of electrical/electronics and voice and data, remember the phone before your parents phone, yeah,the one the size of a small briefcase, the transportable it was known as, used to think I was so cool, with one, looking back, perhaps not so cool! 😂🤣😂still, my RC’s was so much fun, yes 84 the Hornet, mechanical speed controller, 7.2v NiCd hump packs, and the Acoms radio’s with the different crystals…oh so much fun! Still I think modern electronics and technology has definitely advanced the run times we get and more smiles 😊😉😁
Had my first RC in 1979, the real cost is much cheaper now , higher quality, performance and reliability has improved a huge amount, still own a Futaba gold transmitter which cost a fortune
Ah, I loved growing up in the 90s. I had a tamiya Monster beetle QD, then went on to racing a Mardave Ministock whch had the same Acoms transmitter. I had the Tamiya mini racing, mad bull, pug 306 and the Honda s2000. Great days, it was much simpler back then. Thanks for the memories and making me feel old 😂
Cool stuff, I luv where the tech is going and that's coming from a guy who's turning 57 this Friday lol. I got my first hobby grade rc back in 1988, a Tamiya Grasshopper II and a Airtronics remote, which I still have. The new products such as X-Maxx and Castle power systems and motors are just amazing. Game changer as your buddy says. 😉 Cheers 👍🇨🇦🤠
This made me think about my old Monster Beetle I got in 1986 or 1987 for Xmas. In those days it cost my parents a whopping 500$ in Canada. I just put that in the inflation calculator and it came up to 1,161$ in 2022... I never realized this thing was so expansive for it's capabilities, especially since the receiver would suffer from interference and just go haywire.
I was 9 and bought a tamiya madcap in 1990 with money my grandad put in an account a few years before. I remember trying to get it out to buy it and not having a signature from my mum to access it but when i did it was straight down the model shop. I only had enough money for the kit but not the radio gear so had to wait ages for my parents to buy the gear so i kept looking at it sat on the side dreaming about playing with it haha
My first rc car was in 1984. Tamiya Wild Willy. Analogue esc. Kraft 5 channel single stick radio. I was in the Navy at the time and stationed in Memphis Tennessee. There was a hobby store on base and it had just come in. It’s was so cool, I had to have it.
I had a Tamiya Thunder Dragon and a kyosho optima mid back in the early 90s, the esc smoked on the optima mid. I sold them on to my brother and only started getting back into the hobby about 4 years ago, with a cheap A959-b, but now have a small collection, as well as having my kids hooked as well now. I thought the optima mid was fast, but a 6S 124019 with mod 1 is just well beyond!
Started with RC in 1978 with Kyosho and expanded with Tamiya Rough Rider in 1980. Simple but expensive Multiplex 2 channel controller which I don't have any more, also no servos. But still do have my 3 cars from that time. Started early last year again with RC together with my young son and initially thought about reviving my old cars but the actual ones are some much advanced that I will keep my treasures on the shelf and run with the new ones and I'm totally into Crawlers now.
Thanks for another great vid. I had a Kyosho Raider in the late 80s with an all black Acoms Techniplus 2 stick controller. Mate next door had a Tamiya Hornet with a Futaba radio. Great memories!! Prefer it now tbh, lipos give better performance and I can afford a few batteries now rather than the 1 I had when I was 10! 🤣
I was watching the IFMAR 1/8 nitro buggy championships yesterday, and the 2-time winner (Monesi) used a stick type transmitter when everyone else in the stands had pistol grip. Interesting.
Clodbuster was king. First car was a frogged and my friends “mates” had team associated and grasshopper good old days and many others. But as far as controllers I had I believe the first ever pistol grip it was a square box pink in color and had a slot car mounted to the back and wheel on front it was crazy wish I still had it. Definitely love the advances that have been made and sure more to come 👍👍
I love that BMX bike. I used to have a similar one with the white wheels. Was like something out of the film Rad. My first r/c was a Tyco r/c mini Blaster. I am reliving my childhood through my daughter now. She has an Axial SCX24 Mini-crawler and a 1/14 scale 4wd buggy from Banggood so far. 👍🏽
Awesome video, haven't seen a techniplus in years, had one to go with my Road Runner II back in the days 'Till the speedcontroller got stuck, got hot caught fire and burned it down...rc came a long way since then ...keep up the good work , cheers
I bought a sanwa this year, mid range model MT-5, was quite amused at the amount of progress that's happened from the old days, and compared to the cheap somewhat modern controllers I've used up until that. Techniplus was also my first radio, good memories of chasing down my RC boat with a real boat after it lost connection and headed off full speed into the open waters. :P
I love the early rc stuff but the new electronics are just so much better it's hard not to like them. I do keep my old stuff around for the memories and give em a quick bash sometimes.
I bought a Traxxas Villian IV at a RC track for 21 dollars about a year ago. It came with all of the old electronics except for the mechanical speed controller. He told me when I bought it to get rid of the old Transmitter and receiver. I didn’t and it still works fine to this day.
RC is more fun now than in the 80s/90s. Durability, speed, range, battery life, model selection and parts availability are all drastically improved. Even just cheep HBX vehicles are drastically better than any car I had previous to 2000 (and most of what I still have to be honest).
Handsets have come a long way. I had a Techniplus from a few years earlier. It was all black and had a kind of T handle which the antenna stuck out of. I too suffered the MSC geting stuck in flat out forwards. I happened to have stuffed up/burned out servos from time to time, but back then none of the manufacturers had come to the party as in having a standard between them. So plugs didn't fit certain Rx's etc. It was actually cheaper for me then at that time to buy a whole new Set, Tx,Rx, servos and battery holder thing. Now everything fits everything, or does with a little persuasion, esc's are cheap and plentiful, it's all light and batteries last until I'm getting bored. I do NOT miss the old days for electronics in RC.
Grasshopper II and this exact same Radio was the introduction into the "real" RC world. I'm so sad that I sold everything when I was a greedy youngster...man, memories!
So definitely rather be in today's days as far as technology. My only hang up is the the fact being so many companies only offer RTR. I really believe building a kit was was the main part of our hobby and if you did your job correctly you got the benefit of enjoying playing with it and if you didn't you watch people play until you figure out how to fix it and do it correctly. The only reason I'm saying this is because I think anybody that plays with RC cars should have a fundamental understanding of how the vehicle goes together. I realize that without the RTR movement our hobby wouldn't not even be close to where it is now and that's why I'm not completely saying RTRr's are bad I just wish more companies would offer us the option.
Ahh what a flashback 😍 Damn I had exactly that Acoms mach 5 🥳 That transmitter is why I'm still in doubt, if I like stick better than wheel transmitters 😅 Today I'm on FlySky NB-4. It's a 12 channel wheel transmitter, with the same features as the X9 🙂
Oooft. I grew up in a household where getting expensive gifts at Christmas wasn’t really an option. I always wanted an RC car but it was never going to happen. I had lots of wee job as a kid but all monies earned went to my mum & dad. September 1983 I joined the army. After basic training when I was actually paid into a bank account, the first purchase I made was a Tamiya Frog - I bloody loved it. Came home on leave early 84 to discover that my 8 year old brother had trashed it and binned it. I kept them with me on my travels fro then on, 2 cars max as I was living out of a locker. Would I rather have the 80’s back ? The tours were certainly better. The lack of mobile phones / digital cameras probably keep me out of jail. If I was to sit my frog next to an 8s infraction or 6s Kraton I would have binned the bloody thing myself. Anyhoo - great topic as ever mate, I can certainly afford better RCs now as my kids are up and away.
I have an AP-27 that I had with my first TL-01. I have a few newer AP202s as we. No idea if they're worth anything? They'll eventually be a bit of wall decoration when I get around to sorting a workshop! 😂
In the '80s we used to have changeable crystals in our radio... and then little flags on the tips of our antennas to identify the frequency we were running on. Everyone else, in the pits, were not allowed to use that frequency during a tined event.
Yeah, and if there had been many controllers around we had to shout for your own frequency and if no one replied you could switch it on. Had 2 crystals to change being a package with a Multiplex controller and receiver.
0847 here in Arkansas USA! Mornin Tomley!! Thanks for the vid! I was so glad to get rid of the traxxas tq3 with the 4ft antenna. I didnt mind the stick steer ones too much
Just dug out my 1981 Tamiya Sand Rover. In surprisingly good condition for 41 years old, complete apart from motor, 2 body posts and a front spotlight.
I got into scratch built model boats in the late 80’s / early 90’s (bob’s board speed controller, 7.2v ni-cad) and then onto cars, ending with a 1998 Kyosho WRX Subaru Impreza nitro car… roll on over 20 years and decided to get the old Subaru working, the local rc shop sold me some new fangled 2.4ghz controller because it was cheaper than selling me a couple of crystals to replace the ones I had lost. I thought I was up to speed on modern rc cars until I saw your vids and now know how behind the times I am! 2s / 3s etc?? Motors rated in KV?? Fook knows, I got some learning to do.
I have the same technica acoms controller somewhere still and the model that came out later that was all black plastic which is still currently running my tamiya TT-01
I miss the 80's 😓😓. I got my first real rc 87/88 when i was 10, kyosho Turbo Rocky. We change the motor to 480 Lemans. We also bought the new thing on market, was'nt sheap, electronic speed controller😁.
Phil, Radiomaster just realized 2 ELRS receivers with PWM pins. (5 channels if I'm not mistaken.) And they make some fantastic radios as well... So, who knows. Maybe soon we get a piston grip controller with ELRS and EdgeTx. 😬 Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
The good thing back in the day was, if you did have a runaway.... You didn't need to run very fast to catch them.! Props for the Rick roll & the Nokia shout out.! All you saw back then was teenagers thumbs blurring & their phone clicking away like a demented Dolphin as they perma-texted.!
Yeah maybe things have moved on but at least if your manual speed controller broke you could fix it, unlike today unless your a whizz with micro electronics then you have to buy a new one
my 1st radio was a Futaba Magnum Junior FP-2PK (I think as any information predates the internet) the FP-R102GR Receiver is still "adhered" to my 1st (hobby grade) RC the Tamiya Blackfoot.
Nostalgia can be a powerful infuencer, but I would argue that we're far better off now, RC-wise, than we were back in the 80s and 90s. I only need glance at my collection of WPL and MN Models Toyota FJ40/45s to see that!
Me and you had the same life love the bike best wheels back in the day missed those days. Me and U must be same age. Crazy u still have your stuff oh what I’d give for my bike, nitro cars, and R/C cars with mechanical speed controller. 😮
If I had a chance, I'd jump into the 80s and NEVER, EVER even _think_ about looking back. Life was infinitely better back then. EVERYTHING was, in my opinion.
Love your videos I’m looking at buying one of these for a vanquish pro build I saw that these are 9 channels but that was only a 6 channel receiver in the video do you know if they come with a 9 channel one or is it just the 6 channel one thanks
80s 90s were great but I was pushed away back in the day with crud run times and fragile machines and radio Crystal's don't get me started lol. We way better off today. Tho the nostalgia is strong
Cars and buggies really moved ahead leaps and bounds from 82 untill 86 then were basically maxed out. Only detail changes chassis or suspension wise after that. Got my first KO wheel radio in 83 and it had expo and endpoint but was AM. By 85 you could get FM and Cristal free sets for land use. Only 2 things have improved in the past 20 years and that is servos and batteries.
I bought the GPS module connect into the receiver but the speed meter on the radio screen does not work when I run the car. Is there anything I need to activate in the base setting of the radio?
First! If you got 'Rick Rolled'...you better get back up there and Subscribe! Or at least hit the thumbs up 😅
I think I like where tech is going except for them pistol 🔫 grip remotes. All the new brushless motors better range esc tech is fantastic. I think it would be nice if companies gave the old school kids the option to choose a new pistol grip or perhaps a cheap old school remote in the rtr kits. In a way the old remotes should be cheaper to manufacture. Some of the fpv remotes I use for drones are like 30 dollars US on eBay.
*You made me do this...*
ahem...
_We're no strangers to love_
_You know the rules and so do I_
_A full commitment's what I'm thinking of_
_You wouldn't get this from any other guy_
_I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling_
_Gotta make you understand_
_Never gonna give you up_
_Never gonna let you down_
_Never gonna run around and desert you_
_Never gonna make you cry_
_Never gonna say goodbye_
_Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you_
Phil
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
And if you ask me how I'm feeling
Don't tell me you're too blind to see
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
(Ooh, give you up)
(Ooh, give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
Never gonna give, never gonna give
(Give you up)
We've known each other for so long
Your heart's been aching, but
You're too shy to say it
Inside, we both know what's been going on
We know the game and we're gonna play it
I just wanna tell you how I'm feeling
Gotta make you understand
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
Never gonna give you up
Never gonna let you down
Never gonna run around and desert you
Never gonna make you cry
Never gonna say goodbye
Never gonna tell a lie and hurt you
LOL
My Daughter was so happy you Rick Rolled us.
It been years since I last got Rick Rolled! 😆 Good on you for bringing it back! Did NOT se that one coming. You really deserve a sub for that but since I cant subscribe again you’ll have to make due with another like 👍
got done in by the rick roll, and subbed. ! gg
Nothing makes me feel older than when I hear a full grown adult talking about their childhood back in the 80's and 90's. When I talk about my childhood, I have to refer to the 60's and early 70's. Fortunately my new interest in RC cars takes me right back to being a teenager again. I love it.
Yup 60s and 70s. Jerrobee, Bolink is what I grew up with. ;)
kyosho, & Tamiya were the kings of my era.
Tamiya Rough Rider, Kyosho Porsche 911 and Tamiya Datsun Z28. Have stopped RC for a good 40 years and restart again early last year and have now the fun of my youth again together with my young son!
That bmx bike is absolutely stunning 😍
Love seeing the Olds stuff, I was 10 in 89. I always wanted hobby grade rc but they where out of the family budget. Now it's so much better and actually more affordable to get started in.
I was 4 in 89 so I got started a little later with tyco but I remember reading magazines and showing my grandparents(raised me and my sister) the grasshopper 2 and I wanted one so bad and budget wasnt the issue the issue was no one in my family knew anything about them and since it was a kit and you had to supply your own electonics and my family just had no knowledge of that so I had to stick with my Outlaw truck and my Ricochet car and my Hoverceaft boat thing. Was loads of fun. My first hobby grade was a stampede in 2010, blew thru motors, killed a dog with it(accident) and got rid of it, then 4 or 5 years ago I won an xmaxx 8s and since then I've been hooked again and i havent smoked anymore dogs, even tho I won the xmaxx I still dont buy expensive ones I either buy used or cheaper brands my favorite one right now is my Bezgar HM124 (HBX 901a) its crazy how tough it is.
Thanks lads - I got married in 1989….. still am tho
I finally got my grasshopper 2 about a year ago the rere black edition in which I continued to upgrade as you would back then first was bearings then a 540 sport tuned and I think I'm going to leave it there and put it on a shelf forever!
That is exactly the same problem I had 1989 when I was although 10.
Today with my kids I could start my RC life.
I'm probably a bit older than you Tomley but I remember getting hold of a Tamiya catalogue in the 80's and looking at it over and over and over again, dreaming of owning a Tamiya RC car but it was never to be! I ended up with the Winch from Matsushiro which looked great but was the slowest thing on the planet! Many years later I got hold of a second hand Wild One and put a Metro 6R4 body on it! My RC journey had begun!
1989 is the year I graduated. Sometimes I wish I could go back- with some new age toys!👍 Great video!!
Right?
*Behold, 1950's citizenry. I bring with me a design sur to change history. The $20 quadcopter from 7-11!!!*
Take me to your leader
I had one of those ACOMS controllers upuntil last year, then sold it for a cheap Dumbo RC controller, yeah i remember back in the late 80's having those manual speed controllers getting stuck, then chasing after my car lol.
Love the features on that transmitter. When I decide ro upgrade my Flysky GT5, I'm certainly going to consider the X9.
Memories in the good old days 😅
I wanna live forever and see all this keep getting better 😁
Unfortunately to a certain degree you've missed the boat on this, ideally you should have been born in the 50's for since then there has been so many new inventions, space travel and various changes it would take a long time to list them all or keep up with them as things are still changing all the time 👍🏻😀
I think that the simplicity of end of the 80s early 90s rc scene can't be beaten, it was just so inotive and fun.
I miss my BMX. We went on so many adventures together im the 80's and 90's.
Brings back some great memories m8 thanks
Oh man! I feeling really old these days! Born in 71, so embraced the early 80’s onwards. And being a technical man, in the world of electrical/electronics and voice and data, remember the phone before your parents phone, yeah,the one the size of a small briefcase, the transportable it was known as, used to think I was so cool, with one, looking back, perhaps not so cool! 😂🤣😂still, my RC’s was so much fun, yes 84 the Hornet, mechanical speed controller, 7.2v NiCd hump packs, and the Acoms radio’s with the different crystals…oh so much fun! Still I think modern electronics and technology has definitely advanced the run times we get and more smiles 😊😉😁
Wow, these transmitters have changed so much! I remember in the early 2000’s the RadioShacks with the rc stuff, now I have plenty of rc shops around!
Had my first RC in 1979, the real cost is much cheaper now , higher quality, performance and reliability has improved a huge amount, still own a Futaba gold transmitter which cost a fortune
Ah, I loved growing up in the 90s. I had a tamiya Monster beetle QD, then went on to racing a Mardave Ministock whch had the same Acoms transmitter. I had the Tamiya mini racing, mad bull, pug 306 and the Honda s2000. Great days, it was much simpler back then. Thanks for the memories and making me feel old 😂
Cool stuff, I luv where the tech is going and that's coming from a guy who's turning 57 this Friday lol.
I got my first hobby grade rc back in 1988, a Tamiya Grasshopper II and a Airtronics remote, which I still have. The new products such as X-Maxx and Castle power systems and motors are just amazing. Game changer as your buddy says. 😉
Cheers 👍🇨🇦🤠
Happy early birthday
I want that type of transmitter back so bad... sticks gang 👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾
This made me think about my old Monster Beetle I got in 1986 or 1987 for Xmas. In those days it cost my parents a whopping 500$ in Canada. I just put that in the inflation calculator and it came up to 1,161$ in 2022... I never realized this thing was so expansive for it's capabilities, especially since the receiver would suffer from interference and just go haywire.
dont believe the inflation the exact way sites tell you...purchasing power was much higher until the late 90's
I was 9 and bought a tamiya madcap in 1990 with money my grandad put in an account a few years before. I remember trying to get it out to buy it and not having a signature from my mum to access it but when i did it was straight down the model shop. I only had enough money for the kit but not the radio gear so had to wait ages for my parents to buy the gear so i kept looking at it sat on the side dreaming about playing with it haha
My first rc car was in 1984. Tamiya Wild Willy. Analogue esc. Kraft 5 channel single stick radio. I was in the Navy at the time and stationed in Memphis Tennessee. There was a hobby store on base and it had just come in. It’s was so cool, I had to have it.
I had a Tamiya Thunder Dragon and a kyosho optima mid back in the early 90s, the esc smoked on the optima mid. I sold them on to my brother and only started getting back into the hobby about 4 years ago, with a cheap A959-b, but now have a small collection, as well as having my kids hooked as well now. I thought the optima mid was fast, but a 6S 124019 with mod 1 is just well beyond!
I was born in 98 and I've always wished I could have seen the 80s.. things just seem to have been so much simpler and cooler back then.
Started with RC in 1978 with Kyosho and expanded with Tamiya Rough Rider in 1980. Simple but expensive Multiplex 2 channel controller which I don't have any more, also no servos. But still do have my 3 cars from that time. Started early last year again with RC together with my young son and initially thought about reviving my old cars but the actual ones are some much advanced that I will keep my treasures on the shelf and run with the new ones and I'm totally into Crawlers now.
Loved my rc's in the 70s and 80's .
Thanks for another great vid. I had a Kyosho Raider in the late 80s with an all black Acoms Techniplus 2 stick controller. Mate next door had a Tamiya Hornet with a Futaba radio. Great memories!! Prefer it now tbh, lipos give better performance and I can afford a few batteries now rather than the 1 I had when I was 10! 🤣
I was watching the IFMAR 1/8 nitro buggy championships yesterday, and the 2-time winner (Monesi) used a stick type transmitter when everyone else in the stands had pistol grip. Interesting.
Clodbuster was king. First car was a frogged and my friends “mates” had team associated and grasshopper good old days and many others. But as far as controllers I had I believe the first ever pistol grip it was a square box pink in color and had a slot car mounted to the back and wheel on front it was crazy wish I still had it. Definitely love the advances that have been made and sure more to come 👍👍
I love that BMX bike. I used to have a similar one with the white wheels. Was like something out of the film Rad. My first r/c was a Tyco r/c mini Blaster. I am reliving my childhood through my daughter now. She has an Axial SCX24 Mini-crawler and a 1/14 scale 4wd buggy from Banggood so far. 👍🏽
Awesome video, haven't seen a techniplus in years, had one to go with my Road Runner II back in the days
'Till the speedcontroller got stuck, got hot caught fire and burned it down...rc came a long way since then ...keep up the good work , cheers
You're like the "Jay Leno's Garage" of RCs with all your rare/unique/vintage/collectors cars. Very cool 👍
THANK YOU PHIL IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS REVIEW. TAKE CARE HAVE A GREAT WEEK SIR 🇬🇧👍🏼
I bought a sanwa this year, mid range model MT-5, was quite amused at the amount of progress that's happened from the old days, and compared to the cheap somewhat modern controllers I've used up until that. Techniplus was also my first radio, good memories of chasing down my RC boat with a real boat after it lost connection and headed off full speed into the open waters. :P
I love the early rc stuff but the new electronics are just so much better it's hard not to like them. I do keep my old stuff around for the memories and give em a quick bash sometimes.
Thanks for the donation to our 3 peaks fundraiser Tomley, massively appreciate it bro! Leg End🙏💯
No worries dudes. I thought I'd get you to the half way point. I'll throw a community post up later ... Good luck with the challenge!
@@TomleyRC thanks mate🙏🙏
I love how far it's come as far as durability and power. But the hobby has changed or maybe people have changed that much since I was a kid 😆😆😆
I bought a Traxxas Villian IV at a RC track for 21 dollars about a year ago. It came with all of the old electronics except for the mechanical speed controller. He told me when I bought it to get rid of the old Transmitter and receiver. I didn’t and it still works fine to this day.
Modern RC technology is great, but I do miss the golden age of RC.
Technology came a long way and still going
RC is more fun now than in the 80s/90s. Durability, speed, range, battery life, model selection and parts availability are all drastically improved. Even just cheep HBX vehicles are drastically better than any car I had previous to 2000 (and most of what I still have to be honest).
Handsets have come a long way. I had a Techniplus from a few years earlier. It was all black and had a kind of T handle which the antenna stuck out of. I too suffered the MSC geting stuck in flat out forwards.
I happened to have stuffed up/burned out servos from time to time, but back then none of the manufacturers had come to the party as in having a standard between them. So plugs didn't fit certain Rx's etc. It was actually cheaper for me then at that time to buy a whole new Set, Tx,Rx, servos and battery holder thing.
Now everything fits everything, or does with a little persuasion, esc's are cheap and plentiful, it's all light and batteries last until I'm getting bored.
I do NOT miss the old days for electronics in RC.
I just got Rick Rolled on Tomley.
That's an personal R/C first.
Great compare between classic times And new future.!! classic VS new 4me i love anything classic toys Or games excellent vid dude Thx✋️
Wow that was interesting. I want one of these for my baja 5b
Grasshopper II and this exact same Radio was the introduction into the "real" RC world. I'm so sad that I sold everything when I was a greedy youngster...man, memories!
So definitely rather be in today's days as far as technology. My only hang up is the the fact being so many companies only offer RTR. I really believe building a kit was was the main part of our hobby and if you did your job correctly you got the benefit of enjoying playing with it and if you didn't you watch people play until you figure out how to fix it and do it correctly. The only reason I'm saying this is because I think anybody that plays with RC cars should have a fundamental understanding of how the vehicle goes together. I realize that without the RTR movement our hobby wouldn't not even be close to where it is now and that's why I'm not completely saying RTRr's are bad I just wish more companies would offer us the option.
Ahh what a flashback 😍 Damn I had exactly that Acoms mach 5 🥳 That transmitter is why I'm still in doubt, if I like stick better than wheel transmitters 😅
Today I'm on FlySky NB-4. It's a 12 channel wheel transmitter, with the same features as the X9 🙂
Was great times :)
Oooft.
I grew up in a household where getting expensive gifts at Christmas wasn’t really an option. I always wanted an RC car but it was never going to happen. I had lots of wee job as a kid but all monies earned went to my mum & dad.
September 1983 I joined the army. After basic training when I was actually paid into a bank account, the first purchase I made was a Tamiya Frog - I bloody loved it.
Came home on leave early 84 to discover that my 8 year old brother had trashed it and binned it. I kept them with me on my travels fro then on, 2 cars max as I was living out of a locker.
Would I rather have the 80’s back ? The tours were certainly better. The lack of mobile phones / digital cameras probably keep me out of jail.
If I was to sit my frog next to an 8s infraction or 6s Kraton I would have binned the bloody thing myself.
Anyhoo - great topic as ever mate, I can certainly afford better RCs now as my kids are up and away.
That radio had more channels than my TV. 🤣
I was only a baby in the 90 but by the looks of thing it has got a lot better
I have an AP-27 that I had with my first TL-01. I have a few newer AP202s as we. No idea if they're worth anything? They'll eventually be a bit of wall decoration when I get around to sorting a workshop! 😂
terrific!
Very cool what a Great time travel . very cool radio also I was around but never had a RC back then 😔
Loved my techniplus as a kid.
In the '80s we used to have changeable crystals in our radio... and then little flags on the tips of our antennas to identify the frequency we were running on.
Everyone else, in the pits, were not allowed to use that frequency during a tined event.
Yeah, and if there had been many controllers around we had to shout for your own frequency and if no one replied you could switch it on. Had 2 crystals to change being a package with a Multiplex controller and receiver.
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Some times I really love modern technology.
Other times I think it's making us more stupid by being so reliant upon it.
0847 here in Arkansas USA! Mornin Tomley!! Thanks for the vid! I was so glad to get rid of the traxxas tq3 with the 4ft antenna. I didnt mind the stick steer ones too much
I grew up in the 80s... Please take me back.
I really enjoyed this video, bro.
OMG the Beatties bag...
Just dug out my 1981 Tamiya Sand Rover. In surprisingly good condition for 41 years old, complete apart from motor, 2 body posts and a front spotlight.
I got into scratch built model boats in the late 80’s / early 90’s (bob’s board speed controller, 7.2v ni-cad) and then onto cars, ending with a 1998 Kyosho WRX Subaru Impreza nitro car… roll on over 20 years and decided to get the old Subaru working, the local rc shop sold me some new fangled 2.4ghz controller because it was cheaper than selling me a couple of crystals to replace the ones I had lost. I thought I was up to speed on modern rc cars until I saw your vids and now know how behind the times I am! 2s / 3s etc?? Motors rated in KV?? Fook knows, I got some learning to do.
1:28 i didn’t expect he’d rickroll us 💀💀💀
The best years the 90s 👍
I had a burner,Nokia,tamiya but you forgot one dude. Nintendo lol. I would happily go back to the late80s early 90s.it was a great time to grow up.👍👍
I have the same technica acoms controller somewhere still and the model that came out later that was all black plastic which is still currently running my tamiya TT-01
I miss the 80's 😓😓. I got my first real rc 87/88 when i was 10, kyosho Turbo Rocky. We change the motor to 480 Lemans. We also bought the new thing on market, was'nt sheap, electronic speed controller😁.
wow that was a blast from the past lol reminds me of just how old I am damn lol love the video budd
Phil, Radiomaster just realized 2 ELRS receivers with PWM pins. (5 channels if I'm not mistaken.) And they make some fantastic radios as well...
So, who knows. Maybe soon we get a piston grip controller with ELRS and EdgeTx. 😬
Anyway, stay safe there with your family! 🖖😊
Am waiting for that !
@@ocelee7794 Oh, me too! 😃
The good thing back in the day was, if you did have a runaway.... You didn't need to run very fast to catch them.!
Props for the Rick roll & the Nokia shout out.!
All you saw back then was teenagers thumbs blurring & their phone clicking away like a demented Dolphin as they perma-texted.!
Love to be in today. The technic from today is easier to work on and makes the entrance vor beginners much more fun so they stick with this hobby.
Yeah maybe things have moved on but at least if your manual speed controller broke you could fix it, unlike today unless your a whizz with micro electronics then you have to buy a new one
@@Mr4fksake that is the other side of the medal.
I have my first radio ever from 1990 its a Airtronics XL2P , it's a huge radio
That Nokia definitely brought me back, that was the only phone I ever had that could also be used as a weapon😂😂
Hello from southeast alaska I hope you are having a good day bro
my 1st radio was a Futaba Magnum Junior FP-2PK (I think as any information predates the internet) the FP-R102GR Receiver is still "adhered" to my 1st (hobby grade) RC the Tamiya Blackfoot.
Nostalgia can be a powerful infuencer, but I would argue that we're far better off now, RC-wise, than we were back in the 80s and 90s.
I only need glance at my collection of WPL and MN Models Toyota FJ40/45s to see that!
Me and you had the same life love the bike best wheels back in the day missed those days. Me and U must be same age. Crazy u still have your stuff oh what I’d give for my bike, nitro cars, and R/C cars with mechanical speed controller. 😮
Much better now than old Niko RC cars 😂 some nice body's
If I had a chance, I'd jump into the 80s and NEVER, EVER even _think_ about looking back. Life was infinitely better back then. EVERYTHING was, in my opinion.
I'm looking at this one that seemingly flew under the radar the last 2 or 3 years. HobbyPorter/Turbo TX2.
I'm using a Dumbo transmitter at the moment. Do the receivers have a gyro, and what's the range like? 👍🏻
Amazing 🤠🤠👌👌
I had that techniplus controller. Would love to find another to go with my original tamiya Baja champ with its original msc
Got an Acoms with my original hot shot doesn't look that posh 😁😁 great vid 👍🏻👍🏻
Love your videos I’m looking at buying one of these for a vanquish pro build I saw that these are 9 channels but that was only a 6 channel receiver in the video do you know if they come with a 9 channel one or is it just the 6 channel one thanks
Is the WFly X9 compatible out of the box with any RC cars, without the WFly receiver? Like the MJX Hyper go which has the built in GPS?
Well that controller doesn't look like it's from the 80's, but it sure sounds like it. Lol.
Maybe some 80’s 90’s/2022 restomods 😉🤷🏻♂️
I was considering getting a wfly, however I think the standard transmitter lacks a gyro
Man I remember my old futaba with the crystals… those were the days…
80s 90s were great but I was pushed away back in the day with crud run times and fragile machines and radio Crystal's don't get me started lol. We way better off today. Tho the nostalgia is strong
Visiting my past doing research to get RC car with my 7yo. Things have moved on from my Tamiya TA-02 Celica.
All I wanted back then was a Tamiya Wild Willie jeep,I thought they were amazing.
Cars and buggies really moved ahead leaps and bounds from 82 untill 86 then were basically maxed out. Only detail changes chassis or suspension wise after that. Got my first KO wheel radio in 83 and it had expo and endpoint but was AM. By 85 you could get FM and Cristal free sets for land use. Only 2 things have improved in the past 20 years and that is servos and batteries.
hello, whats the latency on that x9 transmiter? Would you compare it in performance with a futaba 4pm or a sanwa mt-s?
Would a wpl tire fit the wheel on that tx ? Might make it less of a reach to drive 1 handed more comfortably
I bought the GPS module connect into the receiver but the speed meter on the radio screen does not work when I run the car. Is there anything I need to activate in the base setting of the radio?
My son is 10 and the Rick Astley song is his current favorite... Was on some meme or something and he loves it!
I had the acoms radio gear in my hornet back in 1986.
I must admit i will need a good system for "Optimus Blue" as dig. 4ws, 2 speed.... Aimed to run class 2 and 3 next year....