In the 1990's I picked up an orange 2001 NASA Space Glider in a box. It had a polystyrene box base and a card lid. It also had a sound control function but no remote.
A few years ago I saw this version on the bay, more or less the same as mine. This one has a strange rugby ball shaped remote control though, which I assume you click somehow to control the spacecraft.
Just recently I saw another similar Glider. This one has no branding on it [fallen off?] but has the same rugby ball controller!
Does anyone have a remote like this? How do they work? Are there any other similar Gliders with standard radio controls?
My first remote control tv was ultrasonic, it only had one button which you'd press each time you wanted to go to the next channel (there weren't many). It just gives out a high frequency sound that the receiver detects. I suppose modern infra red ones can just send more instructions. They won't upset dogs bats or dolphins either.
ReplyDeleteYep, remote control TV's were a godsend Kev. I'm sure I saw the first one on the Seventies here in the UK but I imagine they had them in the Sixties in the US. I still don't get how that rubber lemon can create a sound. There won't be a battery in it will there?
DeleteI suppose it could work like a dog whistle?
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