C. E. Bowden, Model Aircraft Pioneer

[sablatnic]

The engine?

A petrol Westbury 20 cc 2-stroke engine with spark ignition. You can see him plugging in a booster battery at 0:35 to 0:45.

[searedice]

"although not in this film" hahaha :P

[rooftopjump]

Mr Cholmondley-Warner got everywhere

[ANIKES]

good looking "pioneering" model airplane...

but the girl looks even better but ..... as a hobby, this costs much more !!

[direktorpresident]

I believe this flight occurred on "Faireys Great West Aerodrome", better known these days as "Heathrow". :-) It's a spark engine, by the way.

[Naturepheonix]

was there even a glowplug?

[rasprot]

i think that the earlier engines was diesel powered, like cox engines. there´s no need to induce the ignition by other ways than fuel, pressure ratio of 25:1 and crank. you can hear the engine, the sound indicates low rpm and the noise differ very much from glow or gas engine, due to the different behavior of these ancient engines....i would like to fly a diesel model, but the fuel is too hard to home brew...

[Naturepheonix]

Diesel you mean?

I thought you can buy it at any gas station.

It lights by pressure is it because of its reactivity?

[rasprot]

diesel for model airplanes uses a lot of kerosene(50% or more) and some diesel from gas stations(30% or less) . the magic ingredient of the mix is the amyl-nitrate (10%) (very expensive and forbiden due to its narcotic effects in humans)... finaly, any oily fuel have ignition when compressed even without a spark.... the same happens in glow engines, also known as semi-diesel engine.

[Naturepheonix]

ooooooo

that sounds badass!

[shoopwhoopX]

@Naturepheonix no, is kerosene and oil

[cosminx2003]

how did he control it?

[ratheads]

There is no control other than the trim !

[michelcamargue]

-OUF pas mal...il fallait être gonflé que de faire évoluer un modéle en vol libre comme cela...?

[1027sterling]

Awesome, I like how the elastic band for securing the wing is the same method I use for my plane in 2009. I wish they had shown the transmitter.

[MilesB1975]

It wouldn't have been radio controlled in 1932.

Definitely Free-Flight.

[vk5aw]

Crikey, it coulda spooked the horse! Great stuff to watch. Those sparkies didn't rev out much.....

[reidsteam]

great stuff! thanks!

[fairyheli]

i wonder what the 1st rc aircraft was

[shimon174b]

Awesome! terrific

[imbok]

Fabulous video. Real old timer stuff.

[denberg2]

Keep 'em coming Bomberguy!