Spacewalker II Time Capsule brought out of storage after 20 years, how technology has changed!!!

[@charlesjones257]

Dan, i really enjoy your videos. pace is not too slow or fast, your voice is great and not too soft or screechy--yes some are. would love to see more videos of the spacewalker and its progress and maybe a separate video of the FRSKY transmitter. why is it different? videos of your days at the field are good too!

[@Capgains7777]

Thank you so much for the kind words. I will be getting back on the Spacewalker II shortly as well as a few other topics. I would like to talk about that radio as well. There is a ton of videos out there about the Fr Sky radios, but they attract modelers that are really into radios. Mark and I are switching to them because they are somewhat easier to set up and program. So I do plan to share that in a video. Field days are something I want to share more of as well. I think I finally have a camera combination figured out where the airplane isn’t a tiny dot, which has been my objection to doing flight videos. Additionally Mark is getting better at shooting my planes flying as well since I can’t really video myself flying. So these are coming. We did a float fly last month. My first ever. That was fun. Anyway, thanks again for your comments they inspire me to keep shooting.

[@russoley8995]

I still have and once in a while fly with those radios, my first radio was a Kraft, 20 years before you started, wow getting old

[@Capgains7777]

I had a couple of friends that had those Kraft radios and loved them. Another one had an Ace radio that kind of looked like them as well. I had several old Futaba gold boxes. If they had a module on the back they could be easily up graded to the narrow band FM just by switching the module and then buying a Hitec RX.

[@dalebrown6460]

I understand completely! I brought out my planes of old and revamped all the technology as well!. Was over 20 yrs. for some of them. I have a box full of the receivers you're showing. Was actually pretty good equipment even then. That is a large part of the reason I still have the planes. LOL Enjoy my friend.

[@Capgains7777]

The thing that kind of cracks me up is all of those 72mhz are still legal to use, and now with 2.4 being the radios everyone is using it’s almost like everyone has their own private frequency with no competition. Until of course someone fires up a CB radio with an amp on it. Does anyone use CBs anymore?

[@suterfamily5578]

Dan, thanks for the trip down memory lane. My first R/C plane had a hobby lobby AM 3 channel...way back in the 1970's. The new gear is such a quantum leap over the old school gear it's hard to even compare the two!

[@jordancoleman2402]

I have 4 of the Futaba FM72 AFS active flight stabilization Dual Conversion PAR 2S receivers and a handful of Hitec Supreme Super slim receivers plus a bunch of radios. Might actually fly with them again some day.

[@jameslacy9892]

And you had to remember to extend your antenna on the transmitter. I’ve seen a few lost planes because the antenna was not extended!

[@Capgains7777]

I completely forgot about that!!! How many times did you get off the ground and realize that you forgot, to extend that big ol aerial antennae? Crazy!!! In contrast, my Fr Sky radio has no antennae on it. It's in the handle and inside the case so that feels a little naked. They do offer a short aerial you can add, to make yourself feel better, but I don't see a notable change in the signal strength to use it. Wow, thanks for that reminder.

[@scooterman9583]

Great stuff Dan. Is this the sig 1/3 version

[@Capgains7777]

@@scooterman9583 This one is the 1/4 scale version from Sig.

[@joepellissier2091]

I took a pause for 30 + years mainly because I had a young family, but also I had an AM radio, and it was phased out in favor of new technology, and I could not afford a new radio. Also, we had board which when we were going to turn on our radio we had to put a clip on the board showing, which radio channel was being turned on. The other big thing I think we overlook today is the fact that we need one transmitter for hundreds of planes.

[@Capgains7777]

Oh yes. I had a different transmitter for each plane because one had its own trim settings and Normal/Reverse. You could use a different plane with the same transmitter but had to be sharp about those things. I always had the cheaper transmitters because of that. Thanks for the reminder of that.

[@ravebrave8866]

loved it.. I also have a very old airplane my very first freeflight airplane back which I build back in 1995 the fuselage is gone but I have its wing in a perfect condition.

[@Capgains7777]

You can build it!!! I hope you do. That wing deserves to fly again. It's kind of a funny trend, guys that have been around in the hobby, tend to have extra wings in their inventory. For some reason the fuses always bear the brunt of the damage, in wrecks and often leave a wing behind. And we always have that intent to build a new fuse for it... a common oddity in modelers.

[@ravebrave8866]

@@Capgains7777 it was a mercury magna" free flight model.. this was my very first model my father purchased the kit with a Mills diesel engine.. I am so thankful to my father for all he did for me.. he passed away in 2021.

[@GibsonAviation]

Did you keep the servo's in it? Thanks Darren

[@Capgains7777]

The Futaba S148s were removed and replaced with Hitec 545bb servos. While still an old model of analog servo, they can handle the higher voltage.

[@design2survive]

I still fly 72mhz. Haven’t really had a problem with it.

[@Capgains7777]

72 MHz is still completely usable. I think the main reason I have switched to 2.4Ghz is most of my planes are now gas with either magneto or solid state ignition, and they handle the noise from the spark plug so much better. Not bullet proof, but pretty close. And now with everyone switched over to 2.4, you probably don't have to worry about others turning onto your 72Mhz channels. So 2.4 is a win/win for our hobby.

[@design2survive]

@@Capgains7777 yeah I imagine it handles the gas stuff way better.

[@serhatvarli3869]

Hello Dan. I have a build and I need really urgent help. Do you have an email address something like that? Thank you

[@Capgains7777]

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[@serhatvarli3869]

@@Capgains7777 thanks