Graupner Variophon S
Posted: 21 Mar 2020, 16:47
Always wanted one of these. When I was a kid my Dad use to take us to Firth Park boating pond in Sheffield to sail his Aerokits Sea Commander with his homebrew carrier-wave valve radio. We never had any success in controlling the boat, the radio worked fine on land but never on water. At the pond we frequently met a bloke with a sailing yacht controlled by this space-age looking radio - beautifully controlled and perfectly reliable. As a kid I was so envious! Since then I've always hankered after a set just like his, and here we are at last
Its just a transmitter and appears not to work so this one will have a Reeduino fitted and will be liberated from its shelf for a new life down at the field (once we're allowed down the field again!)
Its a 10 channel set with aileron, elevator, rudder & throttle on the sticks (8 channels) plus a pair of buttons for channels 9 & 10. I'll use one button for trim (Tiny-6 style) and the other one for the S/C escapement emulation.
I've also acquired a boxed RCS Guidance System in very nice condition, with its original RCS superhet receiver. I'd not realised how huge the RCS receiver is, about 3" x 2" and an inch deep. Massive by any standards! This one will remain standard as I'm already flying an identical 2.4g Guidance System. When I've a mo I'll see if it still works and fettle it back to life if not:
Its just a transmitter and appears not to work so this one will have a Reeduino fitted and will be liberated from its shelf for a new life down at the field (once we're allowed down the field again!)
Its a 10 channel set with aileron, elevator, rudder & throttle on the sticks (8 channels) plus a pair of buttons for channels 9 & 10. I'll use one button for trim (Tiny-6 style) and the other one for the S/C escapement emulation.
I've also acquired a boxed RCS Guidance System in very nice condition, with its original RCS superhet receiver. I'd not realised how huge the RCS receiver is, about 3" x 2" and an inch deep. Massive by any standards! This one will remain standard as I'm already flying an identical 2.4g Guidance System. When I've a mo I'll see if it still works and fettle it back to life if not: