The history of Radio Control

Written by Bob Noll How RC technology evolved in the US Education As seen in the August 2018 issue of Model Aviation.Bonus video It all started with Dr. Walter Good and his twin brother, Bill, in 1937. They could never have imagined what the hobby of RC model airplanes would be today. I’ll take you with me as we travel along the timeline of RC development since the Good brothers made their historic flights at the Kalamazoo, Michigan, airport. Those first flights were made with an 8-foot Free Flight (FF) model into which the brothers installed their primitive RC equipment. They…