tle and the COX .049 stopped immediately. Fortunately, the Mini Mambo has a great power off glide and I impressed the observ- ing club members with a landing on the runway. I adjusted the rudder neutral position for
the second flight and it went well with not as much need for right rudder. Again I hand launched the plane in high throttle which was again a mistake. You would think I had
learned something on the first flight. On the third flight I launched the plane in mid- throttle and that was my best flight. Both of these flights ended with soft landings on the runway and I was extremely pleased. I had no problem with the one for right and
two for left but that quick blip throttle was a problem. Maybe my thumb is not as fast as it used to be and so I had to resort to “punching” the button to get the throttle changes I need-
ed. However, it was fun and I now became a member of the modern “Button Pushers”. Has anyone else been playing with single channel button pushing recently? About a month ago I was given a Bramco
RC system by my friend, Paul Weigand, of Rochester. This was a reed system and was being flown by Pappy deBolt when I moved to Endicott, NY in 1959 and I wanted one. I never did get a Bramco since Orbit intro- duced their hand held transmitter at that time. However, I was always intrigued by the Bramco ground base transmitter with remote control box. Bramco’s ad in the March 1960 Model Airplane News said things like “Exclusive Control Box Trans- mitter” and “Control your model with the re- flexes and coordination of a real pilot”. I had never even touched a Bramco system until now and I was excited to find out just how that control box worked. The control box had a 360-degree joy stick
and three buttons on the side. Two of the buttons were for high and low throttle and I was surprised to find out about that third button. Here is what the directions for the control box states: “Rudder-Aileron Crossover Button—The
button marked rudder-aileron crossover ac- tually controls two channels. While this but- ton is depressed, the left and right positions of the control stick actuate the ailerons, in- stead of the rudder. Thus you can operate the elevator simultaneously with either the ailerons (for slow rolls) or with the rudder (for snap rolls or tail spins).” For those of you who never flew reeds, you
The author with his original LiveWire Cruiser. The plane (above) was built by George Buso and is covered with nylon. It still hangs in Bob’s hangar and was used to tow R/C gliders and carry them on its back with a special cradle and release mechanism. It was powered by an ST .60. Frank Granelli flew this RC Nobler (below) at the VR/CS SpringFest in Wellsboro, PA. The Nobler was originally a U-Control design that was redesigned for R/C.
could never get aileron and rudder at the same time. Neither could you get elevator and throttle at the same time. That is why the reed hand held transmitters had switch- es for throttle, elevator and elevator trim on the left side and the switches for rudder and aileron on the right side. The July issue of MAN had an ad for the
new Bramco “Competition Ten” receiver which permitted the use of another servo for elevator trim. A mechanical linkage was needed between the self neutralizing eleva- tor servos and the positionable trim servo. The Competition Ten receiver sold for $150 and the Control Box transmitter sold for $146. Because competitors were offering hand held transmitters Bramco then offered a hand held transmitter for $131.
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