Soviet RC heli modelling in the early 1980s...

[alioth]

I was chatting with a planker friend of mine over skype yesterday, and we were going though interesting heli videos on YouTube when he told me about this one:

Radio control championships in the Soviet Union, 1982:
[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNve7kzJhm4]YouTube - RC Helicopters Champ USSR 1982[/ame]

I didn't realise that the Soviets allowed people to do RC. It must have been interesting to fly those models, doubtless without even a tail gyro. The most exciting manoevre of that era seems to be a pirouette :-)

[ddracer]

It's incredible how far the technology has moved on, yet still the fly better me!

[Spanner]

3:30 looked interesting!!! Keep yer head down son!

[Danny_K75]

Looks like they spent a lot of time tinkering with their models too, not that much has changed

[CookieMan]

LOL... makes you wonder if they ever "complained" of a 'tail-wag'.

[Mart61]

Great vid! There's one or two occasions where I can't believe they continued trying to fly - the helis were shaking themselves to bits.

[SteveH39]

lol, bloke flying at the end looked like Dr Strangelove.

[Dedcalm]

And they were the champs...

[Mart61]

And they were the champs...

If only we were born in Russia! We'd be (well you'd be) real stars!