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Jeremy Wrote:

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> katie, that picture appears to be of a car. Not a

> helicopter.

>

> I believe the transmitter and the receiver have to

> have matching "crystals" to ensure they're

> operating on the same frequency... that's the

> first thing you need to check...


There is a tiny helicopter in front of the car... caught me out too.


Not sure how these little devices work.


Certainly the larger model airplanes and helicopters do have Crystals


They are colour coded and you need to display flags on the aerial if flying near other modelers

so you are not using the same frequency.


You could crash someone else's plane. Some cost many hundreds of pounds...


Foxy

Jeremy Wrote:

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> That's also my understanding, Foxy. I'm sure there

> must have been cases of malicious interference

> amongst jealous r/c ner... I mean... enthusiasts.


Yeah.. Back in the 70's people used to meet Sundays on Wanstead Flats..


Some big Models 3'-4' wing span. There was such an incident when someone turned on their transmitter

whilst someone else was flying.


Fortunately the plane was high enough for he owner to gain control after a string of abuse to the idiot

that did not check what flag were showing.


I built a Cessna which a friend finished off and added the electronics... He crashed it on first flight.

despite himself being a experienced micro-light pilot.


Foxy

crystals...lol they are a thing of the past....now things are done on 2.4ghz and the transmitters have to bind to the receiver making it impossible to interfere with other channels...there are apparently millions of combinations and the transmitter randomly picks a frequency to transmit on.............I cant believe that someone did not see the palm sized heli besides the massive petrol car my dad has......that is only one of the 5 he has,also he has 2 helicopters and a quadcopter....and an aeroplane..i also have an electric rc car...

Cutting edge technology in the 1970s that I was over the moon about getting as a present. It must have kept me amused for ooh minutes.




Todays technology which I would also quite like to play with.




If we can now make toys that learn, will we one day end up with toys that get bored of kids by boxing day and decamp to the house down the road with a bigger garden and more imaginative kids.

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