Myers at the Wrams Show
THE WRAMS SHOW-mid-winter rite of looking, talking, selling and buying the hobby of modeling. We think in terms of RC aircraft, but boats, cars, motorcycles, helicopters and even submarines are controlled by RC and were represented. Scale models were king of the hill at this meeting, and the emphasis was on big models. We were invited to attend for the purpose of discovering today's trends in RC equipment. Big is the trend. Every manufacturer has something for the "Quarter-Scale" modeler. 1200 maH battery packs (with the protective foam inside the box) were offered by Ace R/C, World Engines, EMS, and Novak, according to my notes.
`WRAM's Show-1981'
WE FEEL the same way about reviewing an event like the WRAMS show. It would be easy to photograph those who attended and list what was displayed, but we feel that it is more useful to discover the trend behind that attendance and those displays. Therefore: 1981 is the year of the chip (the NE5044, that is)! Last year, the NE5044 made its appearance only in the premium-quality Ace RC Silver Seven and Airtronics XL, because it made control conditioning (like XPO) and mixing so simple. This year, the NE5044 is even being used in your basic 4-channel, no-frills, sportmodel transmitters. There is good reason. The NE5044 permits a manufacturer to vastly simplify his transmitter encoder, reducing the number of parts and operations tremendously, while taking a step forward in performance and reliability. For an example, let's look at the World Engines Expert Mark IV.
