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EPISODE · May 7, 2026 · 17 MIN

Nikola Tesla: Grandfather of the Radio Controlled Model Vehicle

from The RC Deep Dive · host RC Deep Dive

Long time listeners to the RC deep dive podcast will know that Nikola Tesla's 1898 teleautomoton was the first radio-controlled model vehicle. But there are many inventions along the way to that first R/C boat. In this episode of the RC Deep Dive podcast we go over all of them along with his rearing by his Orthodox priest Father and housewife-inventor mother and the reaction from the world to god's many inventions. 

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