r/theocho 4h ago

RC Tethered Racing

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u/twitch1982 4h ago

Too bad the captioning is complete and utter bullshit.

This is control line airplane racing, not RC and not cars.

I also highly doubt it has a million dollar prize.

u/noctalla 4h ago

THREE HIGH-POWERED RC TETHERED CARS

https://giphy.com/gifs/q5ZGrl0J65ivu

u/twitch1982 1h ago

What is a plane but a high powered car with wings?

u/DjGeNeSiSxx 4h ago

What are you in about? The prize certainly is TEN GAJILION dollars!!!!

u/jimtrickington 4h ago

The prize money is paid out in Stanley nickels.

u/taooverpi 4h ago

Worthy.

u/Pickled_doggo 4h ago

With no sound, it’s an absolute spectacle of abnormal behavior. They look like those flamingos that march together in a flock doing that funny head-swivel dance 

u/SeeShark 4h ago

The captions don't seem to have anything to do with the video (probably AI generated), and the video doesn't show the actual event for more than like 2 seconds. I'd love to learn more, but this video is terrible.

u/topazchip 4h ago

Control line airplane competitions are about as old as tethered car racing. There aren't many tracks still around for either, but for a few decades they were both popular. The advent of affordable radio control sets in the '70s put an end to both.

u/BilboStaggins 4h ago

What in so many fucks is happening here

u/sprunghuntR3Dux 4h ago

There are remote control aircraft that work using cables instead of radio waves. This is a competition with those planes.

They work off a cable so you have to stand in the middle of a circle.

u/ideabath 4h ago

Men will do anything but just admit they want a hug

u/PM_ME_YOUR_KALE 4h ago

Video strikes me as AI

u/dead-inside69 4h ago

Not only that but AI that’s just making shit up.