Incredible Jaro Müller Gliders for Sale!

photo: romekstanek, via rcgroups.com

One of our friends is clearing out their immense hangar of the state-of-the-art Jaro Müller gliders! If you're into your soaring, thermal'ing, performance gliding and such, make sure to visit his thread on RCGroups! Feast your eyes - and tell your friends who might be in the market for one of these beasts!

Open-Source Remote Control

Every once in a while, a product comes along that has the potential to change everything in an industry. I firmly believe that the Open Source Remote Control system is one of these products. It sounds absolutely revolutionary! FPV, model sensors, GPS, modular construction... it's all there in one package!

Make sure you visit their site by clicking on the image below!

source: www.os-rc.com

djmedic2008 rips it up with a monstrous Losi 5T 4WD

Our good friend over in Canada shows this absolute beast of a car, by ripping it up in style! What an incredibly machine! The sound! The power! The FUN!

Check out this incredible videos here:

3 Years of RCTestFlight!

It's been three years since Daniel over at RCTestFlight started entertaining and teaching us his ways with RC and impressing with his designs and creativity! Here's to many, many more! Enjoy the new compilation video from Daniel, below.

Happy Birthday RCTestFlight!

The last Twickenham Indoor Evening Flying of the season

Last night, I took part in an awesome event in Twickenham - the Indoor Evening Flying. There was a ton of 3D foamies, micro-helis and, of course, a whole lot of multi-rotors. Really cool! Check out the time-lapse video below:

Walkera Ladybird Mini UFO

Walkers has announced a new product - a 10cm quad fielding telemetry and looking like rather over-sized ladybird... let's hope they get it right, for their own sake... :)

ShadowHawk UAS

I just saw this rather awesome video of the ShadowHawk Unmanned Aerial System. It looks quite bad-ass! Check it out:

RCLogger RFID battery chargers are coming!

Photo: RCLogger / RCHeliResource

As reported by Heli-Team, RCLogger has announced their new chargers with RFID capability. Whether this is a gimmick or a viable option with truly intelligent pack charging, remains to be seen, but the possibilities are endless!

Read more in English at RCHeliResource.

Quad orchestra!

My friend James from rpff.org pointed me to this video of a swarm of quads performing a live music track. I'm speechless! Check it out below:

Another incredible urban multi-rotor vid from Juz70!

This guy just never ceases to amaze me! Enjoy this incredible footage with night-time urban views, complete with crazy proximity and confined-space flying - all mashed up with a sick dubstep track!

New regulations spelling out the end of a cheap LiPo...?

According to Infinity Hobby, new aviation regulations will prevent vendors from shipping their LiPo batteries by Air Mail... does this spell the end of an affordable LiPo?

After a quick search, I found a Bloomberg article on this subject, which outlines the ICAO proposal on battery shipments, which are suggested to be labelled as hazardous goods from 1st Jan 2013. This is due to a rather terrifying statistic of one registered cargo plane being downed by lithium battery fires in its cargo hold every other year!

Do have a read of the full article at the above link, as this may well affect an average hobbyist in the near future...

Updates from Horizon Hobby

Following my recent post about the DX18 Spektrum transmitter, I found yesterday's release of the new 'On the Horizon' update video. Neat!

Spektrum DX18 on the Horizon!

Image: Spektrum and RCHeliResource.com

As I recently found out, while reading RC Heli Resource, the folks at Spektrum have announced what seems to be their new flagship transmitter - the DX18. You can read the full article here:
http://www.rcheliresource.com/breaking-spektrum-announces-new-tx-at-2012-nuremberg-toy-fair/

RQCX-3 "Raven" FPV Hex Technical Report

Our friends from the Roswell Flight Test Crew have released a very interesting video detailing their newest addition to their FPV arsenal! Enjoy!

Our pilot takes a real Schweizer 300 for a spin, solo!

Our RC heli pilot, Marcin, is currently training to become the real-deal! He's recently accomplished a few solo flights in a Schweizer 300 helicopter. Take a look! :)

Awesome FPV film - Golden by Juz70

I found this video completely by accident, but it seems that the guy has a very strong following - and rightfully so! His videos are very beautiful indeed! Enjoy this one and, if you like what you see, make sure to subscribe to his channel! :)

An 'intelligent' swarm of micro-quads!

If you follow the current developments in FPV, auto pilot hardware or multi-rotors, you probably already saw this video. If you haven't - here's your chance to shout: 'real-life Space Invaders!!'

Check out how agile and intelligent these little beasts are! The possibilities are endless - from military applications to search and rescue in difficult or dangerous areas. Fantastic project!

 

Roswell Flight Test Crew releases more footage!

In a  recent post by Lucidity, the team at RFTC promises to release a new series of FPV multi-copter videos called Rough Cuts. We will hopefully learn even more from these, as well as marvel at the locations and piloting skills :)

The post can be found here:
http://roswellflighttestcrew.typepad.com/blog/2012/01/when-were-not-flying-over-something-dangerous.html

Also: Many thanks for the mention! :D

RCG Podcast #10 is out!

Our friends at RCGroups.com have just released a new podcast for us all to enjoy :) Here's the list of topics, as written by Jim T. Graham:

This month's podcast starts out with an interview with the man that electrified our hobby and then morphes into an FPV showcase. There is a lot of "good stuff" this month!
Jim Martin talks about the early days of Hobby Lobby. Learn about the man that electrified the hobby and changed it forever. Also, there is a story at the end of the interview you are going to want to hear...really.
Matt Gunn talks about his latest review of the Fat Shark FPV goggles and the Range Video RVOSD5.
Jason Cole talks about quad copters, goggles and something pretty exciting coming from Hobby Lobby. We also talk about the GoPro camera and more.
Chris Klick from Ritewing RC talks about the Zephyr, the performance workhorse for FPV UAV and AP. Chris also talks about what is coming for 2012.

You can listen to the podcast by downloading it from here.

This 'Dimitri Donskoi' Typhoon Sub blows you away!

I just found this video showing an absolutely stunning, 1.725 metre submarine model in my sub box on YouTube. Feast your eyes and feel the envy!