(Above a Basic Futaba 4 channel Skysport system)
The beginnner to any sophisticated hobby is faced with two main problems-understanding the technical jargon that drops so effortlessly from the experts'lips, and deciding what sort of equipment he or she should buy. Beginners to the hobby of radio controlled flying have these problems in full measure. The technical terms seem to be endless and the magazines contain advertisements for such an incredible range of model kits, engines and radio control equipment that there seems to be little hope of making a rational choice.
Those early modeller was fortunate in that they started radio controlled flying long before these problems really existed – the technical jargon was minimal, there were few, if any, 'expert', and a sample of every single item of commercial equipment (kits, engine and radios) available to radio control flyers in that era could have been put on top of the everage model shop's counter. Today they would probably fill the entire shop and stockroom four times over.
In the early days commercial radio control equipment was technically very simple , yet often unreliable,and gave nothing more than a three-position control of the model's rudder. It could be set left, straight ahead or right, but nowhere in between. It was called 'single-channel' and the people who bought it were invariably aeromodellers of some experience who wanted to be able to steer their models in the sky so that they would land somewhere near the point of launch or take-off.
In the early days commercial radio control equipment was technically very simple , yet often unreliable,and gave nothing more than a three-position control of the model's rudder. It could be set left, straight ahead or right, but nowhere in between. It was called 'single-channel' and the people who bought it were invariably aeromodellers of some experience who wanted to be able to steer their models in the sky so that they would land somewhere near the point of launch or take-off.
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