At 09:43 AM 2/21/2006, you wrote:
Sorry guys, neither Hitec or Futaba was the first. Kraft had the
earliest version that I know of, in the 1979-1980 time frame. It
was affectionatley termed "dial-a-crash" after the notion that a
forgetful or malicious person could dial in a frequency that caused
another to crash. This was in the days of only 8 frequencies. It
was a bulky unit and didn't really catch on, and the Japanese
invasion (Futaba, World) was occuring which pretty much doomed the
American made radios. There used to be a bunch: Orbit, Kraft,
Milcott, Ace, Heathkit, etc. Kraft as long since gone the way of
the other RC pioneering companies. Only one left that I am aware of
is Ace by virtue of diversifying into other areas of RC.
Jim Thomas
I was wondering how long it would take for someone to remember
Kraft's Dial-A-Crash system. And the ACE we knew is gone too. If
they were still in business, I would still be flying Micropro Single
Stick transmitters.
Chuck Anderson
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