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4th of July Flying Fun!

What are you doing this 4th of July? Going to the RC flying field? Chillin’ with friends for a BBQ? What about going to an aviation museum or airshow? The old Rhinebeck Aerodrome, Rhinebeck, NY is an awesome place to spend a few hours watching some amazing vintage and antique airplanes do what they do […]

Warbirds over Delaware–12 day and Counting!

The Delaware R/C Club is again hosting the “Warbirds Over Delaware” R/C airshow event at the Lums Pond State Park near Bear, DE.! For over 19 years the Delaware R/C Club has sponsored this warbirds event which attracts modelers from all over the country! All aircraft flown during the event hours must be a scale warbird […]

Thunder Tiger Raptor G4 E720 Electric Heli

Designed for precision aerobatic and 3D performance, this electric machine is available in both flybar and flybarless versions. It features Quick Calibration Setup, a helical main gear, a higher motor mount and battery between the frames for improved balance and CG and weighs up to a pound less than comparable models. It has a main […]

Thunder Tiger Raptor G4

This .90-size bad boy is designed to dominate the competition! Available in flybar and flybar-less versions, it’s extremely lightweight, which makes it even more agile and maneuverable. It has an all-metal head with a hardened-steel rotor shaft, features a helical main gear for more surface area and more efficient torque, a collective pitch range of […]

Geocopter, the new unmanned rotorcraft

Here in the US quadrocopters like the AR.Drone and Datron Scout are the ones we see in the news all the time but a Dutch unmanned rotorcraft system manufacturer called Geocopter has proven that there’s still life in the traditional helicopter design. The company delivered its first light unmanned helicopter called the GC-201. This bird […]

Sea Lions & RC Planes

“Is that a bird? No, it’s a plane!” Researchers at the University of Alaska Fairbanks have started to use small unmanned aircraft to help monitor the local population of Stellar sea lions, but you won’t catch any of these endangered mammals looking up at the Aerovironment Puma AE aircraft, because even at 70 feet away (much […]

Top Notch Products–1/6 Scale Continental Engine

Details for the Scale Modeler. John Valentine, owner and operator of TNP (Top Notch Products) has come out with lots of great laser cut kits and products and now available, he has introduced a new 1/6_scale Continental A-65-8 dummy engine kit. By popular request, this version has the same great realistic detail as the 1/3-, 1/4-, […]

JR G370A Aircraft Gyro

Smooth out your flying the easy way, with this new aircraft rate gyro from JR. It has an anti-drift sensor, so it’s ideal for high-performance aircraft, and you can adjust the gain from your transmitter. Now that gyros are being allowed in planes at scale events like Top Gun, you’ll probably see a lot more […]

X1 AC Plus battery charger from Hitec

Whoever said you can’t take it with you? The new Hitec X1 AC Plus battery charger goes everywhere you go. It is capable of charging all types ofbatteries, is affordable and portable to answer all your battery charging needs. The 50-watt X1 AC Plus will charge all your batteries at rates from 0.1 to 6 […]

Can you name the Most Produced Biplane in the World?

With proportions making it an excellent project choice for RC, this aircraft was the most produced biplane in the world (40,000) and second most produced airplane ever, second only to the Cessna 172 (43,000.) It was uncomplicated and easy and gentle to fly. The upper and lower wing panels were interchangeable. The reliable and […]

UAV, the new kid on the block, the Datron Scout

Here is a perfect example of something we take for granted in our RC world that can be useful for far more important things than just fun. Quad copters have been somewhat common at many electric events and many of us have seen the Parrot AR Drone (we got to play with one). But here […]

XFC WINNERS 2011

Congratulations to this year’s XFC winners! PLANE 1st place: Seth Arnold 2nd place: Donatas Pauzuolis 3rd place: Gabriel Altuz 4th place: Manuel Santos HELICOPTER 1st place: Jamie Robertson 2nd place: Nick Maxwell 3rd place: Kyle Dahl 4th place: Bobby Watts