Vintage RC Helicopters - Japan

Japan

Even before 1972 the Japanese were experimenting, unsuccessfully, with RC helicopters but it was not until Hiroyuki Oki brought one of Dieter Schluter's helicopter back to Japan that success was finally achieved.  Kalt was thus the first Far East manufacturers to move into the RC helicopter market in collaboration with Schluter of Germany.

Hirobo had their Falcon range and these were developed in collaboration with GMP for the America market.

The eighties saw a number of other manufacturers such as Kyosho move into the RC helicopter market and slowly but surely the majority of production is now 'Far East' based.