Mode Zero

Sorry for being late to the party - been away at the Charmouth heli fly-in...!

The limiter on the early Simprop sets was because Mode-1 F3C pilots were struggling with aileron control at full throttle. Fitting the limiter and recalibrating brought full throttle back to the mid-stick position, which made the ailerons feel more natural.

Since most pilots flew mode-2, even back then, no-one else bothered!



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Pete

Thanks Pete for clarifying! Totally makes sense!
My old friend, Fritz Bosch, MD of Simprop back then, has gone to the great whisky distillery in the sky, and I never had the opportunity to ask him when he was alive!

I was going to add that I thought Fritz Bosch flew like that when he won the World Championships! Or was that back when he was flying Telecont? Never met him, but I saw his son demonstrating Kavan JetRanger helicopters at Sandown (or it might have been Kempton!) back in the early 70s. Got some 8mm movie somewhere of that!

I don't think his son had a similar restrictor! Could have been a bit awkward on a heli!

Speaking of Telecont - I bet that's one set MikeK hasn't got! Don't think I ever saw one in the UK, though I do remember them being advertised...



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Pete

Here are some pictures of my telecont 9 converted to 35MHz about 8 years ago. Frank

Speaking of Telecont - I bet that's one set MikeK hasn't got! Don't think I ever saw one in the UK, though I do remember them being advertised.


I'm sure he will have Pete. I've got one; quirky set and love the leather camera case style cover but I'm keeping mine original.

Cheers,

Shaun.