A little Debolt history - RCCanada

billmod12 · 12-05-2008, 01:22 PM

Here are some old pics and a little of my past. Hope you enjoy! Cheers! Bill http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_72...tm.htm#7288842

*Spitball* · 01-05-2009, 10:29 AM

Hey billmod12, those are really great - got any more to share?
I grew up in South Africa but there too LiveWires reigned supreme at that time! Just started work in Broadcasting and things electronic and aeronautical fascinated me so I was a convert immediately.
Even while I was still in College and before - my earliest cutting is from a 1948 Popular Mechanics showing how the Guff radio looked!
Had a LiveWire Champ in late fifties - Bonner Varicomps rudder and elevator and 'quick-blip' two speed throttled McCoy19!! Radio was a Phil Kraft Ace Kit-built single channel. Tx I also built myself.
We sure have come a long way in the intervening 60-odd years!

mtnflyer · 01-06-2009, 05:23 PM

I used to hate it when mamma spit in her hand to rub my head; the feelings of hate were amplified when grandma spit in her hand. Oh Well! Thank the Lord they invented Brylcream. I was successfully saved from being spit on the head.

Don't know where I'm going with this, except it's back to 1965!!!!

Flypaper · 01-08-2009, 02:52 PM

Used to fly down at the syracuse club with Hal Debolt and Ed Izzo in the early 60s. Had a Debolt Trainer with maybe, Digimite reeds. Just rudder and throttle. OS Pet .09 for poop. Would loop and roll. Debolt was getting into pylon racing then.

*Spitball* · 01-10-2009, 09:05 AM

mtnflyer, Maybe you had a 'cow-lick' or 'widows peak' they were trying to smooth down! Yup, 'a little dab 'l do ya!'
Gee, I got married in 1965 - just seems longer!

billmod12 · 01-10-2009, 08:11 PM

Here is some more 1950s stuff. I have know idea what they are, maybe some one can tell us. I was there but only 4 yrs old. cheers! Bill

billmod12 · 01-10-2009, 08:14 PM

Some more from the 50s!

billmod12 · 01-10-2009, 08:17 PM

More from the 50s!

*Spitball* · 01-12-2009, 08:20 AM

What a nostalgia kick - the first pic in your first post (#6) could just be a Custom Cavalier from a Berkeley kit of the time but I'm not sure. Interestingly the last pic in last post (#9) is on the then new Citizens Band on 465 megacycles as it was then called! Quite an ambitious scale model of possibly a TriPacer with some nice detail. All the more evocative because that's when I really became involved in radio control and with the 'big boys', having just started working! And a bit of money! Thanks billmod.

12-05-2008, 01:22 PM	#1
billmod12 Posts like a .12ci I am: Bill T Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wilmington N.C. USA Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 9 Total Props: 0	A little Debolt history Remove this ad - become a site supporter! Here are some old pics and a little of my past. Hope you enjoy! Cheers! Bill http://www.rcuniverse.com/forum/m_72...tm.htm#7288842 __________________ Slow and Easy Round the Patch!!

01-05-2009, 10:29 AM	#2
Spitball !!! CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT !!! I am: Cedric V. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Marys, Ontario N4X 1C1 Feedback: 11 / 100% Posts: 1,250 Total Props: 1	Re: A little Debolt history Hey billmod12, those are really great - got any more to share? I grew up in South Africa but there too LiveWires reigned supreme at that time! Just started work in Broadcasting and things electronic and aeronautical fascinated me so I was a convert immediately. Even while I was still in College and before - my earliest cutting is from a 1948 Popular Mechanics showing how the Guff radio looked! Had a LiveWire Champ in late fifties - Bonner Varicomps rudder and elevator and 'quick-blip' two speed throttled McCoy19!! Radio was a Phil Kraft Ace Kit-built single channel. Tx I also built myself. We sure have come a long way in the intervening 60-odd years!

01-06-2009, 05:23 PM	#3
mtnflyer Posts like a .25ci Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: Whitecourt, Alberta Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 554 Total Props: 0	Re: A little Debolt history I used to hate it when mamma spit in her hand to rub my head; the feelings of hate were amplified when grandma spit in her hand. Oh Well! Thank the Lord they invented Brylcream. I was successfully saved from being spit on the head. Don't know where I'm going with this, except it's back to 1965!!!! __________________ mtnflyer I've spent most of my money and time on model airplanes, mean women, and beer. All the rest was just a waste. MAAC 51187

01-08-2009, 02:52 PM	#4
Flypaper Posts like a .46ci I am: Gord C Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: kingston Ont. Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 1,551 Total Props: 5	Re: A little Debolt history Used to fly down at the syracuse club with Hal Debolt and Ed Izzo in the early 60s. Had a Debolt Trainer with maybe, Digimite reeds. Just rudder and throttle. OS Pet .09 for poop. Would loop and roll. Debolt was getting into pylon racing then. __________________ Tried for my kamikazi pilots licence. Flunked the test. Gord. MAAC 5276

01-10-2009, 09:05 AM	#5
Spitball !!! CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT !!! I am: Cedric V. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Marys, Ontario N4X 1C1 Feedback: 11 / 100% Posts: 1,250 Total Props: 1	Re: A little Debolt history mtnflyer, Maybe you had a 'cow-lick' or 'widows peak' they were trying to smooth down! Yup, 'a little dab 'l do ya!' Gee, I got married in 1965 - just seems longer!

01-10-2009, 08:11 PM	#6
billmod12 Posts like a .12ci I am: Bill T Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wilmington N.C. USA Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 9 Total Props: 0	Re: A little Debolt history Here is some more 1950s stuff. I have know idea what they are, maybe some one can tell us. I was there but only 4 yrs old. cheers! Bill Attached Thumbnails __________________ Slow and Easy Round the Patch!!

01-10-2009, 08:14 PM	#7
billmod12 Posts like a .12ci I am: Bill T Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wilmington N.C. USA Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 9 Total Props: 0	Re: A little Debolt history Some more from the 50s! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Slow and Easy Round the Patch!!

01-10-2009, 08:17 PM	#8
billmod12 Posts like a .12ci I am: Bill T Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wilmington N.C. USA Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 9 Total Props: 0	Re: A little Debolt history and more More from the 50s! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Slow and Easy Round the Patch!!

01-10-2009, 08:22 PM	#9
billmod12 Posts like a .12ci I am: Bill T Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Wilmington N.C. USA Feedback: 0 / 0% Posts: 9 Total Props: 0	Re: A little Debolt history More from the 50s! Attached Thumbnails __________________ Slow and Easy Round the Patch!!

01-12-2009, 08:20 AM	#10
Spitball !!! CONFIRM YOUR ACCOUNT !!! I am: Cedric V. Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: St. Marys, Ontario N4X 1C1 Feedback: 11 / 100% Posts: 1,250 Total Props: 1	Re: A little Debolt history What a nostalgia kick - the first pic in your first post (#6) could just be a Custom Cavalier from a Berkeley kit of the time but I'm not sure. Interestingly the last pic in last post (#9) is on the then new Citizens Band on 465 megacycles as it was then called! Quite an ambitious scale model of possibly a TriPacer with some nice detail. All the more evocative because that's when I really became involved in radio control and with the 'big boys', having just started working! And a bit of money! Thanks billmod.

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