The First RC Buggy / Car

[Welshy40]

Anyone have any ideas on this.

Well just in case you havent I have done a bit of homework and found this out.

1970 was when the first Kyosho prototype car was developed. It was 1/8 Scale. It had a slightly front tilting Ueda Engine. Radio used was a Futaba 1-Stick.

Anyone better that date?

[Answer-RC-Pete]

Not quite true but nonetheless

[tymill]

How about the Tesla Teleautomaton...

http://www.pbs.org/tesla/ll/ll_robots.html

not exactly a rc car per se, but quite unequivocally the first rc model.

Patented in 1898.

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by Answer-RC-Pete

Not quite true but nonetheless

Explain, seing as you seem to know more than Kyosho. Please explain,

Why not look on the Kyosho home website in Japan and you can see for yourself, true it is, and the entire history of Kyosho is on it, and a small amount is below,


1970: first prototype car completed. 1/8 Scale.
Loaded with slightly front tilting Ueda Engine. Radio used was a Futaba 1-Stick.

The Kyosho Dash 1 was also available to the public in October 1970 (one month after the showing of the 3 prototype cars, the first being in the picture above and the test was in a car park at Kokuritsu Gekijo in Miyakezaka Tokyo )

what came next?

[tomolupus]

Hegi in Germany made a Porsche Carrera 904 GTS in the 60:s.
The picture is from a magzine from 1965.



And Heathkit made the Spectre 1970.



And then we have the Dynamic 1970.
http://www.tamiyaclub.com/showroom_m...79156&id=19103

And Nichimo made a Plymouth baracuda in 1966.
http://hem.passagen.se/rc_museum/Bild/bild017.jpg

I can´t think of any more right now.

[Welshy40]

[quote=tomolupus;163095]Hegi in Germany made a Porsche Carrera 904 GTS in the 60:s.
The picture is from a magzine from 1965.

Cool!!! What else, the more you delve the more you find!!! The pics look a bit like its been made up but doing it before 1970 was bound to happen.

[purpletimbo]

[wasp]

Hi, I have been searching the net for information about this car your forum is the only place I found any history
So I have logged on in the hope I might find out a bit more. Basically I have one of these + the full matching Metz Mecatron RC set. The car itself comes with stepper motors and even a proper clear sided lead acid battery pack. Its all boxed and 100% complete but it would be a shame to build it really.
I picked up two of these many years ago in an old toy store in Africa that was closing down as they looked cool. I came across a Schuco collector more than 10 years ago and he persuaded me to part with one set for what seemed a small fortune back then.

Anyway I would be grateful for any other infomation or literature that might be out there.

Once i figure out how to do pictures I will post some

Thanks

Wasp

[wasp]

Having a go at pictures while its all unpacked.

Looks like that worked

Enjoy

Wasp

[tomolupus]

I forgot the Ra Car.
http://tsimon.perso.free.fr/Voitures/Ra-car.htm

And the Citizen Car.
http://tsimon.perso.free.fr/Voitures/Citizen_Car.htm

And the MCE.
http://tsimon.perso.free.fr/Voitures/MCE.htm

And my PB (PB1) I don´t know when it came but it was 1971 or earlier. Sholud have a Porsche 917 body

[col300]

Originally Posted by tomolupus

Hegi in Germany made a Porsche Carrera 904 GTS in the 60:s.
The picture is from a magzine from 1965.

they must be heavy transmitters! guy in the middle's got no neck left!

[Answer-RC-Pete]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Answer-RC-Pete
Not quite true but nonetheless


Explain, seing as you seem to know more than Kyosho. Please explain,

I meant of the picture "this thread is no use without pichers"
I was saying that the image is not quite true in so far as I dont think the statement that the thread is useless without pictures is true - just that picies make it more interesting.

[Welshy40]

Originally Posted by Answer-RC-Pete

I meant of the picture "this thread is no use without pichers"
I was saying that the image is not quite true in so far as I dont think the statement that the thread is useless without pictures is true - just that picies make it more interesting.

No probs, piccy is there now.

tomolupus - Sorted on the 1965 car info and yup the transmitters are huge, and the 70s car is great, was there anything earlier. I know the Germans in WW2 were working on development of RC stuff so was kindof hoping earlier but maybe this was where it all started. Nice on your PB1 car, its in better nick than some of todays cars.

purpletimbo - Now we know who is the real serious collector here dont we, top notch on getting your hands on that manual.

[purpletimbo]

only the pics I am afraid, I would frighten you with what it sold for, and not mine either
would love one of the cars, but will have to content myself with Kyoshos for now