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In our 229th installment, we have a special guest! Chris Scoggins, the Contest Director for the Hodges Hobbies All Electric Fly-In pops on to share with us a little about HHAEFI and how the event is shaping up. Three of your CrashCast hosts are planning to attend this event, so if you're in the area October 17-19th, plan to drop by and enjoy the RC goodness! Akso in this episode, we give away a couple of Power Distro Boards courtesy of our friend Witespy over at ReadyToFlyQuads. The lucky recipients were Damage and MassiveOverkill.

LINKS:

DC Drones

Baltimore Drones

Drones In The News:

Washington Post (Video)

Washington Post (Article)

The Baltimore Sun (Article)

Crash's SlowBipe Air MiniBipe Build (Video)

SlowBipe Air

EVENTS:

eWeek At Triple Tree (This weekend)

Electrics Over Tidewater (This weekend)

GMA Open House & Airshow (This weekend)

22nd Annual Indian Summer Jamboree (October 11-13)

HHAEFI (October 17-19)

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In this 228th installment, we talk about upcoming events and Coreman drops in to share his experience at the NEAT Fair this year. Also, our friend sawatt shared pictures that he took while there, so you'll want to check them out (thanks, Steve!). A lot of folks made it to this one this year, and from what I've been told, this event is the "SEFF" of the Northeast! This event just has to make it on my bucket list. LoL

LINKS:

sawatt's NEAT Pics

NEAT Inflatable Jet (We are wanting more info on this!)

UAV's In Colorado

IFLYOS' New Blog Page

EVENTS:

RDRC Fly For Tots

Electrics Over Tidewater (Firemanbill's event)

eWeek At Triple Tree

GMA Open House & Air Show

22nd Annual Indian Summer Jamboree

HHAEFI

We also discussed the Dan Stevens Memorial Fly-In this weekend at Hodges Hobbies, though I haven't found any information on the interwebs about it, so if you're near Hodges Field Spetember 20th and 21st, check out this FREE event!

In our 227th show, we share what we've been up to, some interesting new stuff that's coming out, some videos, and moving (MOVING?). There's also a little update on the OPQ project, too.

Hey, do you remember how the SlowBipe plane kind of disappeared? Well, I am happy to announce that it is coming back in kit form! If you've been wanting to get your hands on one of these, you'll have a chance very soon!

Oh, and my hopes for getting through this show without any unicorn references were quickly dashed early on in this one (gee thanks, Tim). LoL

LINKS:

E-Flite Carbon-Z Cub (Big foam!)

PA-20 Pacer 10e ARF

Mustang 280 (Fun size, LoL)

e-Volo (You know you want one!)

3DRobotics (Some neat UAV stuff)

Turn Your Smartphone Into An Anemometer

Epoxy On Tap

Ronbo's First Quad Video

Tim's First FPV Video

A Nice Slope Soaring Video

Sawatt's Rhinebeck Jamboree Pics

Polaris Ultra

Fan Trainer (I am working this one up to cut out soon)

EVENTS:

N.E.A.T.

eWeek At Triple Tree

E.O.T.

GMA Open House & Airshow

HHAEFI

In this 226th installment of our show, we finally get to do a wrap-up of this Summer's main focus - Summer Of Multi-Rotors And FPV. I think it's safe to say that our focus on this one special interest has really hooked all of us and we will, no doubt, have some discussions each week on the subject from here on. :)

I would especially like to shout out a special THANK YOU to Witespy over at ReadyToFlyQuads. His great products, sage advice, and patient customer support has certainly been the key to all of our mutual successes. If you are looking to get in on the fun, whether you want to do the DIY thing with putting together your own Quad or buy a great-priced turn-key solution, RTFQ should be your FIRST stop!

We've also like to thank Romeo over at MassiveRC. He has pretty much redefined the phrase "gateway drug", as his inexpensive wares have helped to transform "toy grade" products into a true "hobby grade" experience. If you want to try the quad thing out but you're not ready to drop $150+, then you certainly want to consider getting one of his quads. He removes the worries of "Is this a good one to buy?", because if it's on his site, it's going to be a good purchase.

Overall, this little excerise has proved rewarding for all of us and maybe next Summer we will entertain focusing on another single facet of our great RC Hobby.

LINKS:

RCStyx From ProgressiveRC (I love mine and just ordered more for other radios)

MakerBot Digitizer (I'm waiting for the price to come WAY down. LoL)

Sketch-U-Cam 1.1 Released (Thanks to Swarfer for all his hard work!)

Hance's OPQ Build Pics

Hance's OPQ Beta Testing Vid

Hance's Canyon Flight Vid

Karl's Wetting Some RC Vid

Futaba On Facebook (See the 8/29 post for a FREE FASST Tx Module!)

Hangar 9 Inverza

Horizon Outlet Deals (Great sales on several planes we mentioned)

INTERESTING EVENTS

PAM Fall Fly-In

NEAT Fair

Electrics Over Tidewater

Nall eWeek

HHAEFI

If you've got an event that you'd like us to share on the show, just drop me an email (I announce my address during the lead-out music of every show) with a link to your club's website or PDF with all of the info!

We started off this week's show (225th!) with the intention of wrapping up our "Summer Of Multis/FPV", but as we usually do, we got sidetracked. LoL What you'll get in this one is some great RCA&E event coverage by Tim, some "OPQ" Beta Test results by me, Tim, and Ron (YES! Ron got a chance to pop in this week!), as well as a mess of our other usual goofiness.

It is our intention next week to conclude the Multi/FPV discussion and attempt to recap all that we've learned this summer. As I mention in the show, we plan to make the Multi-Rotor and FPV discussion a weekly part of our discussions, since we ALL have become smitten by this fast-moving part of the RC Hobby. We will be bringing back the fixed wing and helicopter discussions, though, so you guys that have been missing this content won't feel left out. :)

As far as the "OPQ" (One Piece Quad frame) project goes, I expect to have 40 units in production next week, so if you are one of the folks wanting to get your hands on one, they should be ready to start shipping next week. You'll want to watch our alternate site (AllThingsCrash) and our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE for details on how you can get your hands on one. From the interest that I've received thus far, the initial 40 units will probably be sold out within the first day I open the sales. No worries, though, as I plan to get another order of raw materials started immediately after we sell out the first run.

LINKS:

Witespy And AlanFlorida Head-On OPQ Test

Ready To Fly Quads (The BEST supplier for Multis ANYWHERE!)

UMX Habu (52mph, and it's not even broke in yet!)

AllThingsCrash (Our show's site for reviews, and misc. content)

Facebook Fan Page (This is where we make announcements related to the show)

CrashCast Listeners on FB (This is for group discussions)

Our Next LIVE Show (Every Wednesday at 7pm Central)

Welcome to our 224th recording! In this one we share my progress on the "OPQ", the success of the Wings For Wishes Montana 2013 event (Thanks to Eric for coming on!), and Tim and I discuss a bit about the trailers we use for big events.

Unfortunately, our sound quality may be a little off on this one, as we had two of our co-hosts linked up via cell phone. Navionflyer is in the midst of unpacking from his big move, and KarlK was stuck in a BIG traffic jam! LoL

LINKS:

WFW Montana 2013 DONATIONS (In case you didn't get to attend, you can still support this until Friday!)

Randy Covington Flight Festival (Tim, Nav, and a bunch of our friends will be there this weekend!)

Paducah Annual Fly-In (Another great event coming in September!)

RTFQ's "Karl-Resistant Domes" (Can't say "Karl-Proof" just yet...)

Karl-Resistant Dome Proof!

New Prop Colors From RTFQ's

Karl "Karling" Into A Tree

In this 223rd installment of our show, we get to meet up with our friend (and long time listener), Mark Harrison. In previous shows we've mentioned that the new Taranis 16 that has surfaced in the world of Transmitter offerings may be something worth a second look, and Mark shares his experiences with the one that HE has!

Also, I am ashamed to admit it, but I totally forgot to mention the fact that I had the opportunity to be on another podcast last week! I was a special guest on the RC Hangartime podcast for Episode #29. These guys are doing a great job with adding some more RC-related podcast content, and have been MY personal fix as of late while I've been whiling away the hours in my workshop. Check them out sometime! Oh, and be sure to check out Episode #28 where KarlK Sits in.

LINKS:

Wings For Wishes Montana This Weekend!

Can't Make It To WFW? Consider DONATING To The Cause!

RCA&E Flight Festival Fast Approaching

Electrics Over Tidewate Event (Waiting for Site Update)

eNall!

HHAEFI

Radikal Condor 830 (Karl LIKES!)

New FlyZone Micro P-38

FRSKY Taranis 16 (Nice-looking Tx!)

EastBay RC (Mark's Wicked-Cool Site!)

MakerCamp Field Trip To Pixar (Flying Pool Noodle May Be Spotted!)

In this 222nd installment of our show (and our 2nd Wednesday night recording) we have everyone here except Navionflyer. We bring you some news about some new offerings in the RC world, as well as a new Quadcopter frame that I will be offering very soon! Oh, and if you've been wanting to get your hands on one of Laine's Cuda or Norman kits, now is the time to put in your pre-order!

LINKS:

Spektrum Annouces The New DX9

FRSKY Taranis 16 Channel TX (Anyone have any first-hand experience with this?)

Witespy's New Red Motors

New Flip MWC 1.5 Protective Cases

Great Deal On RTFQ's 16 Amp ESCs (Currently only 9 bucks!)

Piloted CoAx? (This guy's BRAVE!)

Kyle Dahl Is "The One"!

Heli Pilot Get's Hit At IRCHA 2013 (Lots to learn in this video)

Ecks Awesome Quad Frames (These things are SWEET!)

In this episode I detail MY plans to market and manufacture a small quad frame that I have based highly on that beautiful Ecks Frame. If you are interested in getting one, you'll certainly want to stayed tuned as I should be announcing the details in a week, or two. If you want to see what the prototype I'm flying now looks like, head on over to our FACEBOOK FAN PAGE to take a peek!

Also, remember that we no longer stream our LIVE webcast of the show each week on Sundays. We have moved the session to Wednesday nights at 7pm Central. Come and join us and hang out in the LIVE chat!

Our 221st episode of the show marks our first time to record/stream on Wednesday! We didn't really have much to discuss in this one, since we just did a show last Sunday. LOL Nevertheless, we pulled together and tried something a little different - we grabbed three of our listeners that were there for the live stream of the show, and found out what THEY had been up to!

Guest #1 turned out to be RCRich! It was nice getting a chance to visit with him for a bit. He's busing preparing for NEAT Fair. We have talked a bit about Rich because we are fans of his designs (remember the Flying Monster and the Flying Minion?)

Guest #2 was Joel 'MetroGTi' Dirnberger, and he was taking a break from packing to listen to the show. You see, Joel will be heading out to Watts Over Owatonna!

Guest #3 was Joe Ford from Castle Creations! Joe popped on after some prodding by Laine. We had a chance to show him some love for his company's products and great customer service. Joe told us a bit about the new Castle Serial Link, and we got to share with him some things that WE would like to see from Castle in the form of a more affordable ESC for Multi-Rotors.

LINKS:

Anderson R/C (Tim's favorite LHS, and I think it will be Nav's, too!)

Wings For Wishes Montana Is Getting A Cuda (courtesy of Laine's Planes)

OstrichCopter? (It seems a new LOW has been achieved. LoL)

R.A.M.S. 7th Annual Swap Meet And Trade Show

R.A.M.S. 12th Annual Randy Covington Flight Festival

During the show, Joel mentioned briefly that he would be going to Owatonna early to attend a funeral, but we failed to go into further detail. Unfortunately, the Owatonna community is mourning the loss of Karen Johnson. Karen was a fixture in the Southern Minnesota Model Airplane Club, as well as the T-Totalers Model T Club. Please know that our thoughts and prayers for strength go out to her family and friends during this difficult time. She will most certainly be missed.

This 220th installment of our show will be the last show we record on Sunday evenings. We are moving to Wednesday night recordings starting this week, so if you'd like to listen in LIVE and participate in our LIVE chat, be sure to check us out every Wednesday at 7pm CENTRAL!

This week we share what all we've been up to, a couple of new offerings from Horizon Hobby, and we get a chance to visit with our friend Frank 'Murocflyer' Geisler about a new challenge he's trying to put together. As if the Wings Across America project wasn't already epic enough, the new TransAmerica Tour scheduled for 2014 will be even MORE incredible! You're going to want to tune in to this one, for certain!

LINKS:

FLIP FPV Review

Karl Flying His New FLIP Quad

New Delta Ray With SAFE

New Ultra Micro Icon A5

Wanna Contact Murocflyer? RCGroups  WattFlyer  FlyingGiants

TransAmerica Tour 2014

EVENTS

Watts Over Owatonna (This weekend!)

Wings For Wishes Montanna

HHAEFI