In recent years, the sport of RC Aeromodelling has seen remarkable progress in both the types of models flown and the radio equipment used to control them. The pace of change is still very high and can be difficult to keep up with. Despite this, it’s also worthwhile looking back to see how far we’ve come.
This page has been reserved for that purpose. Let us know if you have come across any interesting articles that you’d like to share with the rest of us.
- 1976 Regs for use of Radio Control Equipment
- Post and Telecommunications Dept Document outlining policy for Model Aircraft transmitter frequencies
- Post and Telecommunications Dept Document outlining policy for Model Aircraft transmitter frequencies
State of the art in 1975
Some of Lionel’s equipment from the 1970’s. He reckons it all still works, apart from the apparent attraction to the fairer sex …
Early Australian footage of RC Model Aeroplanes
This YouTube clip shows how it was back in the “good old days”. Everyone was obviously having a lot of fun but spectator safety doesn’t appear to have been a huge concern.
Here at NSFC, we try to continue that spirit of fun while making sure that everybody goes home with the same number of fingers they arrived with.