Tip-tip

The Tip-Tip technology is an early type of radio control in the model of ships, aircraft and cars via buttons or binary switching joysticks opposing pulse - signals . This type of remote control appeared in the 1950s to be able to remotely control model ships and airplanes .

functionality

“Tip-Tip” essentially means to control one function with a pair or two counter-rotating buttons. For example, you can steer the ship's rudder a little more to the right with a "tip" pulse, and steer it back to a neutral position or beyond with the other "tip" button. Here the setting result is retained after "Tip end". Controlling the speed of drive motors also work in a similar way . A short tip accelerates , a long tip, on the other hand, first causes the motor to turn more slowly and then, by means of a switch, runs in the other direction of rotation .

Using another “tip-tip” function, self-neutralizing oars are brought to deflection, which return to their neutral position after the signal has ended, e.g. B. by means of spring action. The neutral position itself can, if necessary, be adjusted using a further “tip-tip” function, as in the case of the ship's rudder mentioned above.

The tip-tip systems made it possible to easily control multiple axes of movement even before the advent of digital controls. Well-known representatives of the tip-tip controls were the Variophon-Varioton controls developed by Graupner Modellbau together with Grundig AG and the Metz Mecatron remote control systems from the electronics company Metz, also from Fürth.