| Radio controlled devices have gained popularity as | | | | light. |
| hobby items apart from being used for various other | | | | Sometime during the mid or late 1960s, the British |
| purposes. Building, modifying and driving radio controlled | | | | company Mardave, began producing the first |
| vehicles is a favorite pastime of radio control | | | | commercially feasible remote controlled cars. The first |
| enthusiasts. The sport involves displaying the skills of | | | | gas powered or nitro cars were sold in the early 1970s |
| the person in handling the device, efficiently. | | | | in Leicester, where the company was based. Radio |
| Remote or radio controlled devices are controlled from | | | | controlled devices need a control transmitter, a throttle |
| a remote distance. Jagdish Chandra Bose was | | | | trigger and wheels for turning, while the receiver is |
| perhaps the first to demonstrate remote controlled | | | | located in the body of the toy. These models run on |
| activity when he set alight gun powder to strike a gong | | | | either electricity or fuel. Electrical speed control is used |
| using electromagnetic radiation, from a distance. Tesla | | | | in electrical models, whereas radio control mechanisms |
| was the first to show the use of a transmitter and | | | | are used in fuel control systems to regulate the fuel |
| receiver to remotely control a ship. He showed how | | | | input. |
| mechanical gadgets could be controlled using the | | | | Toy grade devices are usually assembled models |
| wireless principle in the year 1898. He also began the | | | | available at retail shops and are much cheaper than |
| construction of a wireless tower that remained | | | | hobby grade models. The toy grade models use |
| incomplete due to lack of finance. Tesla can be said to | | | | electric power and run on batteries. Hobby grade radio |
| have created the basis for the design of radio | | | | controlled devices are more serviceable and durable, |
| controlled devices which are in use today. The | | | | but are very expensive. They run on fuel like gasoline |
| American inventor Armstrong said, "The world will long | | | | or nitro and unlike toy models which are ready made, |
| have to wait for a mind equal to Tesla's, a mind of | | | | these require assembling of the various components. |
| such creative possibilities and such wealth of | | | | RC devices come in the form of cars, airplanes, boats |
| imagination." | | | | and helicopters. Remote controlled cars are used for |
| Remote controlled devices are also known commonly | | | | racing and this is a very popular sport among car |
| as RC devices- RC meaning radio controlled. Dr. | | | | enthusiasts. Small cars and toys are used for indoor |
| William and Walter Good, two twin brothers created | | | | games. Radio control technology is combined with |
| and flew the first radio controlled airplane in 1937. Dr. | | | | robotics to create various devices used in international |
| William was a radio specialist whereas his brother | | | | robotics contests held in Japan. |
| Walter built aero models. They combined both their | | | | There are numerous uses for radio control technology |
| skills to create a radio controlled airplane. The principle | | | | and vehicles are only one aspect of it. Radio controlled |
| of radio control has also been used in the World War II. | | | | hobbies can be enjoyed in many ways and combined |
| From the 1960s, transistors were available, and this | | | | with robotics, they open up wider possibilities for the |
| revolutionized the circuits to make them compact and | | | | hobbyists. |