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Locking servo and battery box plugs.
I wanted to add these pictures to my first blog, but the system would not allow me to add them (!) so I have added them here.
Everything is so clean for the age and would suggest that they have never been used.
Bob.
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I wanted to add these pictures to my first blog, but the system would not allow me to add them (!) so I have added them here.
Everything is so clean for the age and would suggest that they have never been used.
Bob.
Original large sized ARB-227 receiver.Unique locking plug system used on these early receivers.Battery box with on/off switch and unique early type locking receiver plug.Unused (?) Acoms AS-1 servos with early type locking receiver plugs.
Never too old to learn
Another Job Lot item of interest to Vintage radio control enthusiasts.
This last group of items that I would like to share on here is this collection of original Acoms AP-227 Mk11, 27 meg radio parts that would appear to be complete - apart from not having the transmitter with it!
This early version of the original Acoms two channel radio control has the very rare 10 page (12 pages including the covers) instruction handbook that is in very good condition for its age.
A bonus is the included Repair Price List that the importer (at that time)Richard Kohnstam Limited included with each new radio set. The £7 cost to repair a transmitter or a receiver was standard - regardless of the damage and/or replacement parts that were needed.
The same price for a servo repair seems comparatively excessive these days when new servos can be bought for less - even at todays prices - but none the less it makes for some interesting hobby history.
This outfit seems to have all the "signs" of being fitted into a model boat but never used.
Both servos turn freely and like the battery box, they have the unique type of plug that Acoms first used to fit into their early type rather large sized receiver.
The large sized two channel ARB-227 receiver itself still has a "Blue" 27 meg receiver crystal mounted in it with its rubber cover plug still fitted.
The battery box includes its on/off switch and again shows not signs of ever having any batteries left in it - with no signs of any corrosion and still looking "like new".
I don't own an early type Acoms AP-227 Mk 11 transmitter to test this set of components with, but I would be very surprised if they did not still work as they don't look like they have ever been used from new!
When I threw away some much newer, fuel soaked and abused Acoms radio parts as I removed them from my Sprite "swamp buggy" hull, there was a comment to suggest that perhaps I should not have dumped them.
These parts are in as perfect a condition as they could be for their age and are much older and more collectable.........so for anyone that collects or likes to use Vintage Radio Control, they could be of some interest?
Bob.
Bob.
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Job Lot:- Vintage ACOMS AP-227 Mk11. 27meg Radio Components and Handbook.
Another Job Lot item of interest to Vintage radio control enthusiasts.
This last group of items that I would like to share on here is this collection of original Acoms AP-227 Mk11, 27 meg radio parts that would appear to be complete - apart from not having the transmitter with it!
This early version of the original Acoms two channel radio control has the very rare 10 page (12 pages including the covers) instruction handbook that is in very good condition for its age.
A bonus is the included Repair Price List that the importer (at that time)Richard Kohnstam Limited included with each new radio set. The £7 cost to repair a transmitter or a receiver was standard - regardless of the damage and/or replacement parts that were needed.
The same price for a servo repair seems comparatively excessive these days when new servos can be bought for less - even at todays prices - but none the less it makes for some interesting hobby history.
This outfit seems to have all the "signs" of being fitted into a model boat but never used.
Both servos turn freely and like the battery box, they have the unique type of plug that Acoms first used to fit into their early type rather large sized receiver.
The large sized two channel ARB-227 receiver itself still has a "Blue" 27 meg receiver crystal mounted in it with its rubber cover plug still fitted.
The battery box includes its on/off switch and again shows not signs of ever having any batteries left in it - with no signs of any corrosion and still looking "like new".
I don't own an early type Acoms AP-227 Mk 11 transmitter to test this set of components with, but I would be very surprised if they did not still work as they don't look like they have ever been used from new!
When I threw away some much newer, fuel soaked and abused Acoms radio parts as I removed them from my Sprite "swamp buggy" hull, there was a comment to suggest that perhaps I should not have dumped them.
These parts are in as perfect a condition as they could be for their age and are much older and more collectable.........so for anyone that collects or likes to use Vintage Radio Control, they could be of some interest?
Bob.
Bob.
Original handbook with receiver, servos and battery box.Original Repair Price List.Interesting reading!
