Malibu ??

[Thomas C. Weedon]

Bill,
I still have my 27.255mc Babcock transmitter and receiver plus the compound
and SN escapment. I had a 6' Buzzard replica with a Mcoy 35 Red Head. I
doubt it still works. Had to carry 5# of batteries; A, B and C. Lots of fun
flying. If you could get the plane back down without breaking it, you were
lucky. One flight per day was normal.
Tom Weedon
WA8WAA
  -----Original Message-----
  From: discussion-request at nsrca.org [mailto:discussion-request at nsrca.org]On
Behalf Of Bill Glaze
  Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 10:14 AM
  To: discussion at nsrca.org
  Subject: Re: Malibu ??


  Jeez, you newcomers like Oddino and van Putte make me smile.  How about
1954: state of the art was Babcock 3 channel, TUBES for gosh sakes, plug in
relays, a 3 channel radio that weighed 3 lbs., super-regenerative front ends
in the receivers, escapements (driven by wound up rubber bands), non-self
neutralizing servos, only one RF frequency, unless you were a Ham radio
operator, (27.255 mc, or 452 mc.)  Most used the engine of choice, a Fox
.35, when K & B brought out the Green Head R/C with coupled exhaust baffle,
it swept the field.  And, I was there!
  I could go on and on, but don't want to put you young 'uns to sleep.
  Bill Glaze

  JOddino wrote:

    You're right on the spelling Ron.  Gie.  I went out in my goodie box and
found one in a package with instructions.  We should explain it wasn't a
pot, just the wiper, but it made a big difference with cermet elements that
would wear holes in the brass wipers.  The good old days. A Rhett story.I
got to the Nats on the last day of qualifying in 1972 and Bill Salkowski
said I should see this kid that is up just before him.  Turns out the kid
was great but the judges had never heard of him and so he didn't qualify for
the finals.The next year the boys from the South talked him up all year and
he had it won before he got there.There is a big message here.  The game is
a lot more complicated than just flying well.  If you want to win you need
to understand the game.Jim
      ----- Original Message -----
      From: Ron Van Putte
      To: discussion at nsrca.org
      Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 8:37 PM
      Subject: Re: Malibu ??

      JOddino wrote:

Hey all you old guys, do you want to buy some Geizendanner (sp?) pots?
I think I'm going to pretend that I don't know what you're talking about.
      BTW, I think it's Giezendanner.  Geez!  That seems like forever ago
that we fiddled with pot replacement every 50 flights or so.  The wuss
pilots these days wouldn't put up with that.
      Ron Van Putte

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