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The second issue of the magazine widened
the R/C subject. Other than technical articles and information about news on commercial
items on sale, in these pages was exhibited a mechanical animation of a fanciful beast
controlled by radio: an R/C dragon! Let we see a summary of the arguments. |
| A raising need for the R/C field was a reliable
electric power source for the receivers and servos. The answer was (and still is)
rechargeable cells. In the ’60 years these cells was the sealed Ni-Cd cells generally
know as "Deacs", from the firm name of the greatest producer. The article provide useful information for the new (in these years) power source. |
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The enthusiasm for the growing R/C world inevitably was not confined to model airplanes or boats but reached the animated objects used to astonish people visiting fairs. The author describe his realization for an R/C Dragon on show at the annual exhibition of his model club. |
| These pages continue the description of the project for
an R/C rig. In this installment there are drawings for the pulse generator and tone
generator, respectively for the proportional "Galloping-Ghost" or
"reed" multi channels. Description is very complete, with picture for component placement into printed circuit board of which a drawing is provided. The electronic (instead than the transmitter that used electronic tubes as described in the precedent issue) is all transistors (germanium, naturally) and this was a great step for these years. |
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The article was on behalf of the sailing boat modelers.
It describe how to build winches for sailing boats. Need to be noted that all described
was built from scratch parts form various sources as old alarm clock movements! An evidence of the ingenuity and skill of the modelers. |
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A commercial rig: "Octone". A mirror of the technology available in these years. Electric drawings are provided for the TX and RX. |
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