The History of Remote Control
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- čas přidán 3. 12. 2022
- Have you ever wondered how the RC hobby began?
Join us on a journey through time as we explore the history of remote control cars and the RC hobby. From their humble beginnings with Nikola Tesla to their evolution into high-tech toys, RC cars have come a long way. In this video, we'll take a look at the milestones that have shaped the RC car hobby and learn about the technological advancements that have made these miniature vehicles more advanced and exciting than ever. Whether you're a long-time RC car enthusiast or simply curious about their history, this video is for you. So, buckle up and let's get started on our trip down memory lane!
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So, I have Nikola Tesla to thank for my RC obsession? I really love that guy!
And now one of these come as full size road legal electric car 🎉
Damn you tesla..I now have 26 rc cars..I only started during lockdown😂
@@garyloades5188 same situation here, bro ...😂😂
@justinchan2096 it's both bad and good at the same time buddy 😁
My first RC car my grandma got me when i was like 8 or 9. It was just a 6 foot wire connected to a RC car and only turned left lol. I hated it but played with it alot back then.
Kyosho started earlier and aported much more to the hobby than Team Associated, Traxxas and Losi combined. Respect Kyosho and Tamiya.
It's funny seeing cars from my collection being talked about as history. Especially the slot cars. I still race slot cars from the 60's to this day. Many of the RC cars you talked about i still have in brand new condition. I raced an RC10 back in 1988 and still have them now, hell I've got a brand new one. Oh my god l'm old🤦🏻♂️.
I knew when they started calling the cars and parts "vintage" I was in trouble. Thanks for the memories bud 👍
I still have that RC Car video tape at home somewhere...watched it a million times.
I had that too, but totally forgot about my till I saw this. Any idea what it was called?
@@gregs1137 I have it somewhere in my storage building. If I can locate it I'll let you know! I would like to digitize it and share it!
@@gregs1137 Found it...was called R/C Wheels! Someone has it on CZcams I believe already.
@@darrellcook9830 Thanks so much! Blast of nostalgia incoming
thank you, Nikola Tesla 🙏
The amount of times you can say that in a day is absolutely mad. He was on another level of understanding.
Is that a compliment @@GeneralThargor or a hate comment?
My first remote control car had a mechanical "remote control" some kind of wire/tube attached in which there was mechanical connection for the steering in the car. And stop and go buttons. You had to walk behind it. 1970s.
Same here.
Every 80s kid in Poland had it.
My was a "Fiat 126"
Only 12k views 😮
This is underrated as hell this needs to go viral 🔥
Amazing video 👏👏💯
This makes me want to buy remote-controlled cars again. Seriously. Might just buy one anytime now.
Keep up the good video quality with all the cuts
I think the real breakthrough for R/C in cars was in the servos somtime in the mid 60s a servo was developed that had a lot more comtrol.
Prior to that servos were just an on /off switch which is probably what that 64 rc car had.
Tether cars date back to the 20s & they were going a lot faster than 60mph pretty early on.
The rail cars were a thing in the 50s possibly even the 40s & slot cars took over that in the late 50s.
A lot of the U.S start of R/C & R.O.A.R was from the slot car scene mainly in California some of the more mechanical minded guys as soon as technology (the servos & radio gear ) became available jumped straight on it.
A good example is Gene Husting of team associated a pioneer in slot cars & R/C.
Also I believe the Jerrobee was the first decent rtr rc car in about 70-71.
Im 63 now and still play and love rc cars 👌, my first rc cars were a Tamiya grasshopper and a marui racing team samurai, these cars wer as good as todays cars and the car ffom marui team even had oil filled shocks that worked as good as todays higher end rc cars and its only issue was nylon bushes instead of bearings but could be replaced with bearings if one could find any at the time, but still they performed pretty good with bushes or home made teflon bearings as i did 👍
I really like your editing style
I am waching roach
You skipped the 70s Tamiya… 😢
Look how happy they are.. must be all the lead XD :D
The very first Nitro RC car was the 1964 Feldmann from Germany. Probably the first RC car ever. Later in the 1960s, companies like Micart (1966) and Dynamic (1968) produced the first vehicles in series. Kyosho´s Dash 1 from 1969 was the first successful model.
Does anyone still know these wired remote-controlled cars? These were also produced in the GDR.
What a great video. Nicely produced, great quality voiceover, and it's about an awesome subject. This needs a million views!
Great video dude! Enjoyed watching this
My childhood 😢😅😊❤🎉
Excellent video mate
This was awesome 👏
Great video,my first R/C system was made in 1976.I still have that radio and I have been flying R/C planes ever since.I still fly today with lipo batteries,brushless motors and a Spectrum radio on 2.4ghz.
Tesla knew it is a PLANE !!!!
I have such an El - Gi Ferrari 250 Le Mans. A great looking car for his age 😀
How do the controls work on it? Can it reverse? Is steering proportional?
@@ChinaExpatsRC It's very simple. You can lock it. Go forward and turn left and right. The speed is only a 5/6km/h. But for me it's just cool that they made this in 1966.
It is surprising how many batteries are required for this. 6 times an LR-14 and another 9V block battery.
OLDEST RC CAR IN THE WOLRD EL-GI FERRARI. First electric RC made 1970s
czcams.com/video/xBKzFzTdQZA/video.html
Excelent video!
It led me to revisit the iconic car chases on Dirty Harry and The Dead Pool - 1988!
great video so fun to watch
BTW, the El Gi Ferrari does not have reverse, I own one.
OLDEST RC CAR IN THE WOLRD EL-GI FERRARI. First electric RC made 1970s
czcams.com/video/xBKzFzTdQZA/video.html
Cool vid. Very enjoyable.
Sade approves 🚗💨
Great subject, thanks.
I think the best tribute to Tesla's project is the use of his technology representated in Rockstar game Red Dead Redemption 2.
OK it is just a video game but so representative of the mentality of this period.
In the game, at St-Denis (Chapter 4 or over) we have the opportunity to elvolve with small RC boats (with evolving capaities of course like torpedos for the fun of the game). This is really Tesla's design. Of course this game is absolutely amazing with so many references to old and current events.
Nice video! You can translate “Fermo” to “Stop”
Great video thanks for making
Excellent! You forgot jerobee though 😉
At 6:08, I had the white and blue Tyco Porsche, as a kid, now I managed to find the red and black and did a full hobby grade conversion. It still uses 8 AA batteries, didn't have room for a lipo pack.
It's on the same shelf as my fully chromed Sassy Chassis Clodbuster
"Yes people raced petrol powered slot cars, in doors. Just look how happy they are, must be all the lead" BAHAHAHAHAHA
There’s no lead in glow engine fuel. It’s just methanol and oil
5:36 I have the VHS tape with this guy. A general R/C showcase of all mid 80s car platforms. From my first kit R/C The Blackfoot to 1/8 scale off road nitro cars with cameras mounted on them. I love my hero Tesla invented my favorite hobby!
I thought I have seen that guy in an old video also. Do you have a full digital copy of that video?
@@user-ox5ix2vo4d No. Just a old VHS tape. The box is yellow with a Blackfoot on the front. The music is very Beastie Boys like.
I think that must be the same video, I remember the Blackfoot jumping on the cover. @@bradbrown8759
I have one of the Porsche 962 Tyco cars still, with a full hobby electronics upgrade. No room for a different battery though, so it still uses 8 AAs. Ive had most of the 80s buggies on here also, as an adult, and not repops either. I still have a Custom Works Dominator chain drive dirt oval car too
That little Porsche got me started in RC pretty much... I got a couple of the 9.6 volt cars afterwards then started saving my money for a hobby-grade one. I eventually got a used Blackfoot that was nicely modded for dirt oval racing. I used to drool over those Dominators at the track... They were way out of my budget lol.
@@digiprez77you priced an original Blackfoot or Dominator lately? Neither is cheap. The closest thing you'll get to a Tamiya kit under $100 is the green edition grasshopper is on special at hobby Town
i was charging a team associated car while watching this lol
AFX! They are the OG of slot car racing. I love afx, they make such good slot car sets
I loved my Tamiya Subaru Brat and my RC10s. My kids never picked up on the hobby, though.
Very well done video, and thank you for giving credit to my website for some of your information.
Thank you Nikola T, you gave us so much. My first RC car?. About 1975-ish, from Shucks Auto Parts. A two button mini steer wheel controlled Imsa car. Left, right, forward, back. Preset speed in either direction. Your speed was dependent on how fresh the batteries were. I liked doing the 'Jim Rockford" 180° spinouts in reverse with it, with the fresh batteries in. My last new Build?, A Xray XB808 4wd Buggy, that won me ALOT of races. Still have it. I found one of the limited edition 1/10 scale Mugen Seiki MST1 nitro trucks, still in the box, with Novarossi engine included. They only made them for a couple years. Going to put that one together soon. I am making a parts pile for it, because of the rarity.
Well done
Ok, i never really thought about that I, as a 80s kid, basically witnessed the rise of commercial RC Cars.... Which makes sense, as when I was a kid- cars that were tethered with a cable were still a thing.
Does anyone still know these wired remote-controlled cars? These were also produced in the GDR.
@@Nintendo_Freak8x I had one, it was small but so much fun. Didn’t know they were made in the GDR as well. I only knew these amazing wooden construction kits which I got as a gift by some friends when we visited them in Ostberlin :)
@@No1BRC Very cool. My father also had this wooden toy as a child. Later he bought more of them, even my siblings and I played with them.
Rarely, unfortunately, but it was fun.
This wooden construction set is called VERO Construc.
@@Nintendo_Freak8x That‘s the name 😄 I actually completely forgot the brand of it, thx!! 🙏🏾😊
you did not mention kyosho, one of major players in the RC world
Any video on the , explanation of the electronic circuit's used in the transmitter and receiver of RC cars
Complete detail explanation how the circuit works , how the signal is transmitted from transmitter to receiver to control the dc motor in the toy car
I had a Datsun 240z from in the 70es. It had to speed settings. High and low. It could only turn left with a push on a button. So fuld speed and left
Thx,s bro ,, ☺️ 👍👍
Very good video
🔵🔵🔵🙂🙂🙂👍👍👍🔵🔵🔵
Does anyone still know these wired remote-controlled cars? These were also produced in the GDR.
They were also made in Poland. Very popular in the 80s. I had a Fiat 126.
The Team Associated RC 250 and RC 500 pan cars are from the 70s (?) i think and were pretty revolutionary for what they were.
Excellent job! Very well done! Let's brainstorm thumbnails next time though
Clearly needs more red arrows.
Interesting.
Y sin embargo las grandes marcas eran demaciado costosas muchos niños no podian tenerla fue hasta la aparicion de marcas populares como Tyco, Nikko, Radioshack, Tandy, que pudo popularisarse a precios bajos y crear la cultura del radio control que hoy tenemos
My first R/C vehicle from what I recall was either a Max Machine or my tractor trailer model of the truck on the TV series "Moving On" that you could only steer from the control. You had to turn it on and off using a switch on the truck itself. It may have had 2 speeds controlled by another switch on the truck. I think that it may have used "reed relay switches as I took it apart later in life.
holy, i have a broken version of that very car in the thumbnail at my lake.
if stop is a button then most likely reverse is no button pushed
I have a RC car produced by Gama, it's a black Chevrolet Blazer Jimmy, the previous owner claimed he got it in 1978, but there are no date marks on it, can you confirm it's actually that old?
🙏🏿🙏🏿🙏🏿🇯🇲🇯🇲🇯🇲
Was first like wireless from TYCO RC next Nikki RC
Back in the days when cars used to be of metal and durable
Hold tf up…
40 mph runner powered cars?!
Radicon I thinkit was first in the 60s
Clodbuster?
The mission in RDR2 all makes sense now
I wonder what happened to tesla's ship
You can play this story in Red Dead Redemption 2
cool vid! thanks for sharing it! would it be possible to post it on my chanel?… just love it!!!
4:50 9v ??? That car looks like it takes cylinder shapes like C or D...
The original source of the information on this car states 9v battery. But you're correct that this doesn't match the picture. So I am not sure what to say.
Can we create a group for rc car team
nowadays we died over pig crossing the road. back then they just smile smokin a leaded fune
That was marconi
Radio
Not tesla
No, Tesla invented, Marconi sold it properly
@@michaelinzitari not true
Read
am i the only one that thought the water was electrified?
Yes Sir!
Why did we stop at the 1980s?
Now do boats
This should be an hr video but sadly just 6++ minutes
OLDEST RC CAR IN THE WOLRD EL-GI FERRARI. First electric RC made 1970s
czcams.com/video/xBKzFzTdQZA/video.html
It's NOT "Remote Control".
🙃it's RADIO CONTROL...
Wrong. The video is about remote control which is why he included slot cars. The only mistake he made was including tether cars which have no radio AND no remote
Nicola tesla 😮😅
Part 2? As soon as you got into the beginning of what Rc is built off of today the video ends? You could have at least dabbled Gas engine Brushed and brushless motors.. there is a ton of content you just ended the video like you just lost interest
The correct term is radio control.
Wrong. The video is about his chosen subject which is remote control
Wrong. Slot cars are not radio control. This video is clearly about remote control cars. Wired remote or radio remote. The mistake he made was include tether cars which are neither
@@michaelinzitari not wrong it is a radio and a transmitter and it is the correct term. Remote control is often used in place of radio control but it isn’t correct.
Tether cars aren't rc.
The Ancestor Exactly 😊🙏
there is throttle control, so technically, yes it is a RC.
Well its not an Radio control car (rc car), but it is an RC car (remove controlled car). 😉
Tether car’s were called remote controlled cars hence the wire from the remote to the car
@@badrumsYou’re right about that!!
Too late, Tesla did it in 1898
Never, ever call them remote controlled cars please. Televisions are remote control. These things are radio controlled.
The original title of this video was "The History of Radio Control", but CZcams didn't promote it until I changed the title. Blame CZcams's algorithm.
I thought the “remote” part of RC meant you were “remote” from where the craft is operating.
Thats collocial term rc remote/radio controlled
@@Sivan95301 Colloquial
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Lacking dates for the advances. Yes, Italian rc 1964, 67 new development.
slot car is NOT rc
So PB MARDAVE SERPENT SG DELTA where just a figment of my imagination ?