Liu Hanmao, a famous model player, was born in Hengyang. He entered the Model Airplane Team of Gongdong Province and was the champion of the Radio Controlled Aerobatics in National Model Airplane Competition successively in 1980, 1981, and 1982. he was also a player of Chinese team in the 4th and 5th Asian Model Airplane Championship Contest in which Chinese team won the group championship. In 1982, Liu broke the world record of closure speed of the radio controlled model airplane flying over water with 151.387 km/h and 185.567 km/h.