The Control Line of the Paved Racetrack

Written by By Walt Wilson Bonus Feature As seen in the February 2015 issue of Model Aviation. SIXTY YEARS LATER The author’s car with a repaired and repainted body after the race on June 7. Tether cars were built almost as soon as model airplane engines were invented. They evolved from running with handheld cables on parking lots to faster cars that had to be run on specialized tracks with a center pole capable of holding the great centrifugal weights generated by faster running cars. “Cable cars” generally run on a 66- or 70-foot diameter…