This was 3-D flying back in the day . When you took your heli to fly and bring it back home in one peace . This did not happen vary much back then . If everything was right on the Morley they flew great .

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Sad to hear Len Mount passed away on 14th June 2023. He was a scale heli world champion multiple times. Look him up. He inspired me to get into scale rc helis.

Oh wow, what a flash back indeed. I have been flying R/C helis from 1986, and it was cool to see the old tech from way back when. I remember having that old stuff when I first started!!

jj y ahora con vuelos 3d

Crazy! Nothing was done for the security of the visitors. No fence between the airfield and the Visitor area. Good, that these times are past.

The little man in the boat was shaken but not stirred .

I wonder where those gems are today.

awesome styrofoam shredding competition. 🤣

Wonderful footage, great memories

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Absolutely fantastic! This was filmed about 5 years before I got in the hobby. My first RC aircraft was a helicopter, a Horizon. Were they using gyros on the tail in those days? Sometimes it seemed like they were and others I was not so sure. Either way, their control is impressive for the time. I learned to hover without a gyro for the first four months or so. I didn't know they existed yet. It was a challenge to say the least. It taught me how to set the tail and mechanically desensitize the tail controls as that was the only way to do it. My radio didn't have dual rates, let along things like expo. Once I finally did install a gyro on the tail, I discovered I could actually hover the model. It was a wonderful time.

Anybody here every "fly" a Vertibird on a mission ?

3:42 That's John Griffith from Slough Radio Control flying the BO-105 (Schluter Heli-Boy with 4-rotor head) and Nigel. I used to fly with John at Eton College playing fields in 1980-81 when I was a young 16 years of age! John used to drive a Corvette Stingray and strap whatever Kalt helicopter he was flying that day to the luggage rack on the rear (if I remember correctly). I recall his first (successful) inverted helicopter flight. I used to love the Kalt Autogyro he had decked out as Little Nellie from Bond complete with firing rockets. Good days. I can't believe it was 40 years ago.

Amazing models.

Fully manual tail rotor. No thanks.

Everything is tobacco yellow .

Wow this is old as I am I was born in 1977 and even back then over 40 years ago you can see that these are see helicopters was very advanced for their time some of them employed collective pitch which was basically unheard of

I have started 1985 with Schlueter Junior 50 II, oh my goodnees, today I use Raptor 90 3D, the different is unbelievable, but the fun isn't less :-)

Wow! Thank goodness for technology and the evolution of computers and batteries! That used to be a "rich mans" hobby! CHEERS

It is a form of fun insanity! Never sell your helicopter, you will regret it!! So many memories, thank you Dieter and everyone!

Wrong guys, Kavan actually made a gyro in the early 70s. I know, i had one. But yes, it's true, these 1970s helis were very difficult to fly.

thanks for uploading

Not a gyro in the bunch.

Just to mention, this was shot on 16mm film for a magazine programme - something like Nationwide?? You can see the presenter at 8.05 in. Does anyone know who he is?

Wow this takes me back to my youth and when as a boy I got into rc modelling. Len and Dave were nice guys

great video many bell bottoms and choppers to be had..takes me back..lol..

Think of the risk assessments!!!!!

Old school. No gyros? Also, they seem to be standing awfully close to those large spinning blades ...

Fantastic. You can see me and my friend at 12.06 & 12.12 I'm the one with the dodgy shirt and super 8 camera. Thanks for posting the video, regards, Ian

At the time it is very higth cost of this hobby very nice to see all this i bet you are a old man now lol

Thanks for uploading this. Was this filmed on video or film? Looks like video to me. I bet those heli's were pigs to fly

Gotta love the shiny jackets, the mustaches and the hair cuts... Thank you for posting this great video, I have been in this hobby for about 5 years and this is a great hindsight view at when this hobby still was in its early years.