RC Today Show

Chris, Bobby, and James are guestless this week, and that means they just talk about random things. Hear how a horsefly can cause helicopter damage, and learn about Chris' latest "back in time" purchase. Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show Lipo safety: Soaking in Salt water does NOT discharge a pack! Surreal! 31ft wingspan electric foamie 25ft wingspan gasser foamy Giant turbine foamy DC-10 10 Minutes of Low RPM flying with Compass 7HV Nick Maxwell Noon demo at Joe Nall Jamie Robertson “The Zone” video New Red Goblin New Orange Goblin Poof (Goblin on Fire) Revolectrix Hard Deck add-on Tower Kaos 40 ARF

Chris, Bobby, and James are joined by Kenny Sierra to talk about (among other things) night flying! Bobby also reports on his school demonstration day and has suggestions about how you too can get involved with introducing RC to youngsters.  Tune in! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show Bert K flies and comments on the MSH Brain FBL unit Mintor Engines at Top Dawg Aviation  RedWingRC MXS-R 30cc Plane Kontronik Heli Jive 120 Goblin at 1150 RPM on 6S Kenny’s Night Flight at the ARCA Fun Fly

Join Chris, Bobby, and  (for a while) James as they chat with Brian Reed from Horizon Hobby. Brian is a product developer on the helicopter side, so we get to hear about the new Blade helis as well as the mQX, for which he was project lead. It's another 2 hour show, so settle in and enjoy. Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show 24S ESC Design Thread Riding the Booster Video Hangar9 Don Lowe Phoenix 7 .60 Pattern Plane Phoenix 7 flight video Great Planes Dirty Birdie .60 Pattern Plane Dirty Birdie Flight Video Blade Bell 222 Fuselage Blade mCP X Blade 130X Blade 300X Blade 450X Bert Kammerer Flies the 450X Blade 500X Blade mQX Brian's Bell 222 (Picasa album)  

Join Chris, Bobby, and James "The Other James" Cobb as they take on a listener-requested topic: Basic airplane setup and tuning. Ignore the "bacon-frying" sound effects in the background, it was raining when we recorded. :) Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Spartan officially announces Vortex VX1 FBL unit Compass Warp 360 Prototype Testing HobbyKing Domin-8-trix Blade mSR X Aurora RC Lights Joe Smith at SEFF with Aurora Lights Three Aurora RC night vids in one post AleeS Rush 750 Helicopter Specs and Price AleeS Rush 750 Helicopter Teaser Video Tarot ZXY-S Eagle Tree Guardian RCAdvisor.com Higher Plane Productions Andrew Jesky Series Joe Nall Event Scott Stoops Book 120SR tail rotor blade  

Join Chris, Bobby, and James as they finally get to talk about the secret engines James has been testing. There's also talk about the last few events they've attended, and an update on the resurrected 3DHS Velox that Chris finally got flying. Tune in! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: SAB Goblin 700 Review New JR DMSS radios: 11 Channel, 8 Channel, 6 Channel Kevin’s TEFF Pics Kevin’s BVRC Pics 3DHS Velox Repair Picture Thread LA Heli Sniper II 2011 Protos 700: Video 1, Video 2 Compass Warp 360 Prototype Video Saito FG-14B Product Page Saito FG-14B Review and Flight Video Bobby’s Furion 6 Night Flight Video Bobby’s Battery Tray Incident

Join Chris, Bobby, and James as they chat with guest Jason Danhakl. Jason talks about flying big gasser planes, and gives us the history of his company FourtitudeRC.com and their excellent ready-to-use gasoline RC fuel tanks. Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Fourtitude RC, LLC AS3X 6ch Receiver / BL ESC from Spektrum Spektrum AR400 RX Thunder Tiger Titan X50E Thunder Tiger Mini Titan V2 FBL

The gang's all here for this show! We find out what John Redman was teasing us about last show (the Blade 130X) and we pull a name out of the hat for the mQX. Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Futaba 8J Blade 130X Habu 2 RC Air Sim for iPhone Bobby's Car Race Video Precision Aerobatics Ultimate AMR Precision Aerobatics Katana MX 57" DX18 Teaser Video

John Redman from Horizon Hobby joins us this week to give us the inside scoop on product development, the new Spektrum DX18, and other fun stuff. This is a long show, but a good one, so grab a snack and get comfy! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: RC Motor Basics Battery Charger Basics How to Hand Launch Your Model Hangar 9 30cc P-47 Build Thread RCast Podcast HorizonHobby.com Facebook page Horizon Hobby YouTube Page Twitter @Horizon_Hobby Thunder Tiger Raptor G4 E720 - smooth 3D Kyle Stacy - SAB Goblin 700 1º Helimeira - Eduardo DFC Boom Strike

Frank Root and Todd Hodge from Losi along with Gary Katzer from Horizon Hobby join Chris, Bobby and James for a show all about cars! Fear not though, you airplane and heli guys may just find that these cars can be interesting. And Bobby has a bit of an update about the SAB Goblin review for HeliDirect at the end of the show too. Tune in! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Team Losi Racing Losi.com Losi Forums RCast Podcast HorizonHobby.com Facebook page Horizon Hobby YouTube Page Twitter @Horizon_Hobby Twitter @TeamLosi_Racing Gary’s Twitter  @RCGaryK and @RCGaryK2

Finally, the planets align. Well, sortof. James is being a good husband to his sick wife and didn't make the show, but our guest made it! Listen to Mike Darnell talk about what it's like to own and operate Mike's Hobby Shop (one of the coolest hobby emporiums on the planet), and Bobby gives a quick update on the Goblin. Don't forget to get your entry in for the mQX... Tune in! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Mike's Hobby Shop Bigfoot Classic ROAR Carpet Nationals J Concepts Spring Nationals RC Pro Texas 1/8 Scale (May 19th) RC Pro South Division Series (July 20-22) Short Course Showdown LiveRC.com RCTech.net forums RedRC.net mQX Giveaway SAB Goblin Picasa Album

James is back (but not well), and we are joined by listener Roger "rablett" Ablett who tells us about his Gaui X5. Tune in! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Gaui X5 FES 70” Flat Foamy! Charger RC Fusion 3D Chris' New Rainbow Motor Castle V4 Firmware Bug Discussion mQX Giveaway

In this, our first show of March, things have gone not-so-right for our scheduled guests and one of our hosts. On the bright side, Bobby finally got his Goblin, and Chris has all the pieces to get his 3DHS 68" Velox flying. Here's hoping the month will go out like a lamb... Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Nitroplanes B-17 Nitroplanes B-25 Pioneer 96" glider Parallel charge board from Value Hobby AB Clips from EPBuddy New Hangar 9 P-40B 70” Stylus Sport Aerobatic ARF from Value Hobby FAA Rules for non AMA people? Graupner MX-16 HOTT 2.4ghz sneak peek at Model Airplane News JEModel Fuel Filler Dot Traxxas Summit mQX Giveaway

This week Bobby and Chris dive into the mailbag for a few listener questions and a tech tip from Grampa ... I mean "anonymous". James is missing, but we at least find out he's alive partway through the show. Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Eagle Tree Guardian system Spektrum DX18 Preview Video (Horizon has removed this video) Pololu board for DIY multirotor use 4.0 Beta Firmware from Castle Creations Off-Road Car Setup Tips (free PDF download) Tareq Fusion 50 Video

This week is a bit of a hodge-podge of news, happenings in the last week, and just general chat. Oh, well we do talk about the mQX giveaway... Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Firebird Stratos RTF RC Advisor Calculator Kyle Stacy’s Efest Heli Smackdown winning flight Josh and Josh at Flite Test talk about helis SmackTalk - Flips, Roll, Inverted & Avoiding Crashes Skookum SK-540 Phoenix releases Version 4.0 Voodoo 400 AMA Press Release about FAA Bill Compass Warp 360: First Look video Compass Warp 360: More photos Futaba Brushless HV Servos mCP X Smoke Vortices video New RC Forum

With apologies in advance to the airplane crowd, this week's show is mostly helis, with discussion about the Tarot ZYX and CopterX 3X1000 flybarless systems. Chris, Bobby, and James find out from  guests Grampa Tony and Bill Sanford whether these cheap units really work! Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page Links mentioned in the show: Nick Maxwell joins Team Thunder Tiger Century's new Radikal E640 and Radikal N640 helis UMX Spitfire NitroPlanes Dynam SU-26M 47”, in both blue and red Tony’s CX-3X1000 Settings document Video Tony mentioned about the DFC head design Copter X Flybarless 3 Axis Gyro System from eHirobo Copter X Program Box from eHirobo Tarot XYX from HobbyKing  or CNCHelicopter