How come we didn't have toys like this when I was a kid?
EPPING - A man operating a radio-controlled car suffered a broken leg after it went out of control and crashed into him at 140 mph on a track at New England Dragway Tuesday night.
Police Lieutenant Stephen Soares called the crash a "freak accident" and something he’d never seen before at the dragway.
Story said it was 2 feet long. Closest I ever came to that was my "Remco Shark". It was about 18 inches; took 6 "D" batteries and would go round in a circle with a wired remote. Lotsa fun! https://www.ebay.com/itm/393330641154?hash=item5b94554902:g:RfYAAOSwcQBgWgne
Did anybody else have a slot car and a hand controller that you took to the track at the mall? Look what that has become. Fast Fwd to about 0.55. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtwkRd6zHwg
Heck ya! Slot car racing became a big deal in our family. Even dad took part. That was the only 'remote control' thing we had.
I didn't watch the video you linked but I know slot cars have made a kind of resurgence. A bait and tackle store I know added on a room in the back for a slot car track.
We did have them when we were kids or at least when i was a kid, but they were (in 79 or 80) over $120 from the Sears catalog and that was $100 more than I ever had at that age.
Because we had the real thing. Lots of kids and their dads made go carts with engines. The sky was the limit, design was whatever you could make work and could afford. I seen 2 place homebuilt carts, even one or two 4 seaters. Kid size, operated by kids and with loose parental supervision. Remote control, which hardly existed and/or was expensive, was for nerds and sissies.
I have seen a 10 foot wingspan model aircraft hit its operator on landing. The engine is cut just before touchdown so that the twin prop has chance of surviving. Inside his head the operator is in that aircraft and they always do approaching landings.
How big was the radio controlled car? Doesn't sound like it was a toy.
ReplyDeleteStory said it was 2 feet long. Closest I ever came to that was my "Remco Shark". It was about 18 inches; took 6 "D" batteries and would go round in a circle with a wired remote. Lotsa fun!
Deletehttps://www.ebay.com/itm/393330641154?hash=item5b94554902:g:RfYAAOSwcQBgWgne
My last ex-landlord had a couple of those little buzz bomb cars. I was amazed by their speed.
ReplyDelete“How come we didn't have toys like this when I was a kid?”
ReplyDeleteCuz we would have done some stupid shit just like that.
Did anybody else have a slot car and a hand controller that you took to the track at the mall?
ReplyDeleteLook what that has become. Fast Fwd to about 0.55.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GtwkRd6zHwg
Heck ya! Slot car racing became a big deal in our family. Even dad took part. That was the only 'remote control' thing we had.
DeleteI didn't watch the video you linked but I know slot cars have made a kind of resurgence. A bait and tackle store I know added on a room in the back for a slot car track.
We did have them when we were kids or at least when i was a kid, but they were (in 79 or 80) over $120 from the Sears catalog and that was $100 more than I ever had at that age.
ReplyDeleteBecause we had the real thing. Lots of kids and their dads made go carts with engines. The sky was the limit, design was whatever you could make work and could afford. I seen 2 place homebuilt carts, even one or two 4 seaters. Kid size, operated by kids and with loose parental supervision. Remote control, which hardly existed and/or was expensive, was for nerds and sissies.
ReplyDeleteApparently the Fastest ones are 1/7th to 1/10th Scale
ReplyDeleteI have seen a 10 foot wingspan model aircraft hit its operator on landing. The engine is cut just before touchdown so that the twin prop has chance of surviving.
ReplyDeleteInside his head the operator is in that aircraft and they always do approaching landings.