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So who here remembers having a wired RC as a kid? Mine weren't quite this old, but this is a pic I just stumbled across that brought up a ton of memories.
Share your memories of RC as a kid. And what do you think we will see next?
For me personally, I have mentioned it began with my father building RC planes in the early 80's, but seeing the pic above made me realize it actually began way before then. We had model rockets, the Cox tethered planes, and Cox powered dragsters years before that. Who here had Stompers?
It's amazing what a simple picture can do with regards to your memory. I had completely forgotton about a lot of these. But brief glimpses of the times we were playing with stuff like this, and images of the actual toys, are flooding back right now. So I thought I would share some of these thoughts here.
All this thinking about the past got me wondering - What will my son remember? And what will he be looking back on as relics of a hobby he loved as a child? Will RC still be a thing? And what hobby or love in the future will he think back on and say "It all began with RC cars". It's pretty vague thinking what could be the next evolution of this hobby and those who partake in it.
I am confident 3D printing will continue to play a bigger role in manufacturing. And that to me is both exciting and scary at the same time. What will happen when kids grow up and don't work with their hands, except to move a mouse and punch some keys on a keyboard?
Wait a minute! Do you see what I did there? There likely won't even be a mouse and a keyboard! Will they still have Transmitters at all? We went from having to get up and walk to the TV and turn the channel, to being able to talk to the TV or talk some invisible assistant into turning the channel for us. All within 40 years time.
Share your thoughts.
Share your memories of RC as a kid. And what do you think we will see next?
For me personally, I have mentioned it began with my father building RC planes in the early 80's, but seeing the pic above made me realize it actually began way before then. We had model rockets, the Cox tethered planes, and Cox powered dragsters years before that. Who here had Stompers?
It's amazing what a simple picture can do with regards to your memory. I had completely forgotton about a lot of these. But brief glimpses of the times we were playing with stuff like this, and images of the actual toys, are flooding back right now. So I thought I would share some of these thoughts here.
All this thinking about the past got me wondering - What will my son remember? And what will he be looking back on as relics of a hobby he loved as a child? Will RC still be a thing? And what hobby or love in the future will he think back on and say "It all began with RC cars". It's pretty vague thinking what could be the next evolution of this hobby and those who partake in it.
I am confident 3D printing will continue to play a bigger role in manufacturing. And that to me is both exciting and scary at the same time. What will happen when kids grow up and don't work with their hands, except to move a mouse and punch some keys on a keyboard?
Wait a minute! Do you see what I did there? There likely won't even be a mouse and a keyboard! Will they still have Transmitters at all? We went from having to get up and walk to the TV and turn the channel, to being able to talk to the TV or talk some invisible assistant into turning the channel for us. All within 40 years time.
Share your thoughts.
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