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In this 259th installment of our little show, we are without KarlK and IFYOS - they said they were busy with other things, but I'm betting they were still hungover from their Cinco De Mayo festivities. LoL Nonetheless, Laine, Nav, and I carry the show this week with some news of some interesting new items, events, and where we are with the Help A Vet program (note that we still need a few items!).

LINKS:

WATTS Over Owatonna Pre-Reg (Laine and I are registered!)

AMA's Youth Program

Invertix 400 (DougBo Approved! LoL)

Kyle Stacey And The Invertix 400 (video)

Tornado Frames Hurricane 4PQ

Rpmrpm 4PQ Proto Testing (Note his throttle mix!)

Rpmrpm 4PQ Final Product Testing

Pimp Your FLIP!

RTFQs Has KK2.0's!

RTFQs New Power Distro With BECs

Be-Be Norman (For the WATTS Challenge!)

We thought about naming this 258th installment something like "Let's Hum Along With Laine", but decided that was just too long of a title. LoL In this show, we get to share some really interesting listener pictures (available at link below), a couple of interesting videos, and the fact that one of our favorite kit-makers is now selling a couple of our favorite kits! We also visit with our buddy, Mark Harrison from Eastbay-RC, for an interesting discussion relative to last week's OpenSource discussion, and then we get into some Taranis talk. Yep, we're still diggin' on this great radio!

Please don't forget about our Help A Vet program! In this episode we share a few things we are still looking for and would enjoy any help you maybe able to offer.

LINKS:

This Week's Pictures (Check out Hotcross' trailer and the WMPF Liberty Bipe!)

Slope-Flying A Heli??

Laine's Planes At RACores

Observations From Our Favorite Swede

EastBay-RC Blog (Great tips and info from Mark H.!)

Exercising The Sticks On A Taranis (Cool video!)

SlowBipe MiniBipe

We are all back in the workshop for this 257th installment of our show and in this one, we share some news items, dip into the mail bag, and even talk a little about Open Source projects. There's a LOT of info in this show and it's way too much to try to write a description for here. :)

Please pay special attention to the announcement where we are looking to gather up some equipment for a friend in the hobby. If you think you may be able to lend a hand, just send me an email with the subject line "HELP A VET"!

LINKS (in no particular order):

Wings For Wishes MT IV (These guys need your help!)

Wings For Wishes WA

Mark's 'Welcome To Taranis' Vids

Shadow102's SEFF Vid (Forgot to share this on the show)

Can A Newb Successfully Fly The Delta Ray?

Flite Test SEFF Coverage

Flite Test Podcast Page

AJ Aircraft (Sign up to get notices!)

Twisted Hobbies New Crack MXS-C

WMPF (Sponsored pilots will be at Nall this year)

AirHobby (Jason will be at Nall with WMPF kits!)

Fund A Kitmaker, Get a Kit!

AfterDarkLED (Superb customer service!)

RTFHawk (Check this new product out at RTFQs!)

Game Of 'Clones' Article And Discussion

TheCrashCast On FB (Show announcements)

CrashCast Listeners on FB (Where the magic happens)

This 256th installment of our show finds us all back in our respective workshops after a great week at the mecca that is Hodges Field. Though SEFF 2014 had a little bit of a different 'feel' this year, it was still an outstanding event! The rains at the beginning of a week slowed us down for a bit, but the rest of the week offered up some fantastic weather! Join us as we do our best to summarize what we took away from this year's annual reunion.

LINKS:

This Week's Slideshow

Karl's SEFF Video Compilation

Skyjet's SUPERB Video

Chris Mercer's Video (Another GREAT one!)

Bildo's Channel (SUBSCRIBE to keep up with all the vids yet to be released!)

SEFF 2014 On RCGroups

I'd like to also offer up our special THANKS! to Kuan and GWS USA for their sponsorship of this year's new and somewhat 'unofficial' event - the 2014SEFFFATCCCGWSUCNRC (or the 'GWS Acronym Challenge' as we started calling it). These kind folks sent us their Funny Park, P38, and P40 kits along with some very nice shirts to give away. Though some of their product line may seem a bit outdated, these things all fly VERY WELL and are quite easy to convert to today's brushless systems. Don't overlook these kits, as they offer up some great value and bang for the buck! My Formosa flew wonderfully and I'm certain to get many great flights from it!

Yours truly here got so wrapped up in the SEFF magic this year that I did NOT do a show from Hodges Field. :( Fortunately, a band of 'Renegades' got together and put together a really cool show for the one I failed to record. At this point, I cannot tell you with any real certainty exactly who all is on this show (I'm actually listening to the recording as I type this LoL), but I thank all of you for your help with this!

Join us for next week's show, as we should all be back in our respective workshops and will be streaming our recording session LIVE again!

SHOW 256 LIVE Wednesday Evening at 8pm CDST

This 254th installment of our show finds half of your co-hosts preparing for one of the biggest events on the calender here in North America - SEFF 2014. In this rather 'loose' episode, we discuss some of the things you may want to prepare for to enjoy an event like this to it's full potential.

LINKS:

GWS Deals For Our SEFF 2014 'Acronym Challenge'

Cool $7 Foamboard Quad Frame!

Taranis Videos By Mark Harrison

AMA System Licensing For FPV Guide

There will be no LIVE show next week planned, but you may want to watch our Facebook Show Page and Facebook Listeners Discussion Page for a surprise announcement! It looks as though KarlK and IFLYOS may throw in a 'pirate show' while Crash, NavionFlyer, and Laine are at SEFF!

In this 253rd installment of our show, we dive into the mailbag to answer some of your questions with the help of our special gues, Witespy from ReadyToFlyQuads! Also, during our 'personal updates' portion of the show, I give a short review of a new product I've been able to try out recently and share my impression of a really nice new Quadcopter frame that I just received!

Will you be in the LA area and are interested in attending the RCX on May 17-18th? You can score one of 8 free tickets being given away by SDParkFlyers by liking their Facebook page, and commenting and sharing the post there regarding the giveaway!

LINKS:

GWS Deals For Our SEFF 2014 'Acronym' Challenge

Beacon Adhesives (call them to order Foam-Tac Foam-Finish)

Ecks Frames (I just got a customer copper/black 310mm frame!)

Cheap Drones Store On Amazon

ReadyToFlyQuads

'Battle Of The Sensors' Limited Edition MWC

New 12 Amp ESC - 'Naked' Edition

New '4 in 1' 20 Amp ESCs

This Week's Slideshow Pics

In this 252nd offering of our show, we share what we've been up to as of late. I got to attend the Austin Multi-Rotor Fest and met up with some old friends, and made some new ones, too! I saw some great new technology and walked away with a great experience, thoug the weather was less than desirable.

We dig into the mailbag this week and try to answer some questions, mainly regarding how we light up our aircraft for night-flying. This is some pretty good information, since SEFF is coming up in just a few weeks and night-flying is one of the most popular events for this gathering!

LINKS:

RCTodayShow

Bobby's Charging Station (Cool!!)

Bobby's Wicked DX9

Stingray 500

V323 Hex?

Hakko Solder Tip Cleaner

Best LED Pricing

GWS Deals For Our SEFF 2014 'Acronym' Challenge

This Week's Slideshow Pictures

This 251st installment of our show has the whole gang present and we try to build on last week's segment where we continue discussing the items every workshop should have. We also talk about how GWS has sponsored our 2014SEFFFATCCCGWSUCNRC 'thing' we are planning to do at SEFF this year with three cool prizes. Furthermore, they are discounting their kits to make it even cheaper for you to get YOUR airframe to participate in this unofficial event! In addition, we try our best to answer a couple of listener questions that you may find informative, as well.

LINKS:

GWS 2014SEFFFATCCCGWSUCNRC DEALS

iCharger 106B+

Hitec X1-200 Touch

Lipoly Objective Performance Calculation Tool

Servo Database (Not mentioned, but a great tool)

ServoCity

Power Up an ATX Power Supply Without A PC

ATX Breakout Board

LiPo Checker

Watts Up Watt Meter (Preferred Choice)

E-flite Power Meter 

Altitude Hobbies

The pictures from this week's slideshow can be found HERE

In this, our 250th installment of the show, we delve into some of the essential things you'll need when setting up a workshop for that first 'real' build. Pretty much ANY area can be used for assembling an ARF or BNF project, but when you are ready to tackle building a kit, you'll be needing some special tools, as well as a designated area to pull off your build. This is a timely episode, as some of us are tackling a BIG top-secret build project that will, hopefully, be ready in time for SEFF. The size of this project is even going t be challenging for MY personal workshop!

The only links I am posting this week are for some great events this year that you should consider attending if you can!

LINKS:

Austin MultiRotor Fest - March 14th and 15th (I'm gonna try to make this!)

Watts Over Owatonna - July 25-27th (I'm also gonna try to do this one!)

Greater Pittsburgh ARCS Fly-In - Sept. 20th

Wings For Wishes IV - August 16 and 17th

The pictures for this week's slideshow can be found HERE