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1954-Babcock 3 channel-Bonner escapement on rudder and throttle-Bonner
Mailbox elevator servo. $200+<br>
1957 Orbit 8 channel, (equivalent of 4 channels today.) $225-no
batteries, no servos, no wiring harness/switches<br>
1959-Orbit 10 channel, (equivalent of 5 channels today) rest same as
above-$250<br>
At the time, I was raising 3 kids, making less than 10K per year,
living well on that income.<br>
Finally, we had reached a point with the Orbit that the radios
worked--most of the time.<br>
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Todays stuff is qualitatively stratospheric compared with that of a few
years ago. (relatively speaking!)<br>
<br>
Bill Glaze<br>
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Terry Terrenoire wrote:<br>
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<div>I bought my first radio in 1970. It was an MRC F710. The old
gold box. Cost was $220 for 4 basic channels. No channel reversing, no
mixing, and what the heck is expo anyway?</div>
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<div>As I calculate it, that works out to about $2000 in '04 dollars!</div>
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<div>We are really getting a bargain with our radio equipment</div>
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<div>Terry T.</div>
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<div>On Mon, 26 Jan 2004 16:59:13 -0500 "Del K. Rykert" <<a
href="mailto:drykert@rochester.rr.com">drykert@rochester.rr.com</a>>
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<div><strong><font face="MS Sans Serif" color="#008080">I paid
$400.00 after tax and 1 extra servo for a PCS system (made by Kraft)
and that had closed gimbals and was state of the art in 1970.</font></strong></div>
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del <br>
NSRCA - 473</font></strong></div>
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<a title="tbrox@cox.net" href="mailto:tbrox@cox.net">Terry Brox</a>
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Monday, January 26, 2004 4:29 PM</div>
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Re: Artistic Aerobatics suggestions</div>
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<div>Well put Steve. I agree. BTW how much was the top of the
line radio in the 70's? Or even an average radio? I know I paid 225.00
for a Kraft Sport series.</div>
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<a title="Patternrules@aol.com"
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Monday, January 26, 2004 1:56 PM</div>
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Re: Artistic Aerobatics suggestions</div>
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<div><strong> What we have to remember is that if you look at
the overall #'s of $'s spent in this hobby, you will see real quick,
that there just not there, in the 80's I checked with the hobby
assoication and the #'s just aren't there in fact what I found was rc
cars had more than twice the $'s as aircraft now compare that with golf
or even tennis. I have golfed for some years until I got back into
pattern and Tournament bass fished for sometime as well, when I stopped
fishing, $20,000 boat, vehicle to pull it 20 to 30 thousand, and that's
no equitment, I was told golf was very expensive how could that be, the
most expensive clubs at $4000 and green fees, membership is the cheap
way to go, pattern seems really inexpensive, as always money talk's and
if your from Texas you know BS walk's.</strong></div>
<div><strong> I think our number's of people involved isn't bad
at all. Think about it in the 50's and 60's rc was real high tech at
that time now it's like an old hat, most people know what it is, have
seem on TV even in commercials and the start of home improvement for a
year.</strong></div>
<div><strong> Let's not try to make this something it isn't.
Pattern pilot will alway be some of the best pilots and will always be
or at least at my field the ones to ask "HOW DO YOU DO THAT" "CAN YOU
HELP ME TUNE MY ENGINE" ect. ect. There's a lot of pride in what we do,
and everyone involved should be proud.</strong></div>
<div><strong> Sure I try to encourage people to get into
pattern, but it isn't for eveyone, to some people just traveling to a
contest would be to much.</strong></div>
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<div><font lang="0" face="Arial Baltic" size="2" ptsize="10"
family="SANSSERIF"><b><i>Steve Maxwell</i></b></font></div>
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