***I know,and this was the top end of the market then,it was all that we had,when Sun Lane Cycles ( yes I know that is inspiring !) came out with the first commercial galloping ghost ( pulse proportional ) systems they were to become the first of the well known Fleet radio control bespoke systems,by pulsing the signal as the controls wafted in the breeze a form of proportional control was achieved,all that was really happening was that the signal was speeded up,so the model developed a sort of wobble,the only success that I had with this was with a model called 'Phleet Foot' it had a long moment arm and flew like a dream,until,wait for it,the model went quickly out of range and months of work went down the drain.
Range was a real problem then,it would work on the bench and then even the weather would take effect,you quickly learned to self tune your receivers,in fact it was one of the pre-flight checks.
As you can see even the commercial systems were temperamental,it was only when a company called RCS from Bedford came along and made reliable Superhet ( more than one model can be flown together as opposed to Super-regen ) gear that reliable single channel flights could be achieved,and then we had dear old Remcon,these were kit built receivers,they used to advertise them as 'The Remcon pledge' even if you screwed up the assembly they would get it working for you,there was lot of kit building going on probably because of the high retail costs,it took me months to save up for a second hand RCS Super-regen set which I fitted into a Mercury Matador,several in fact as it was basically a free flight design that flew itself,and was literally steered around the sky.
Happy days ? well I dont know so much as attrition rate was high back then,but those that stuck at things are the ones here today enjoying reliable genuine proportional control.
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