After a long time without one, we're back with the PhlatBoyZ for an update on the state of things in PhlatLand. In this 69th installment you'll learn what's in stock, what's beeing repurposed for in-house production, and what's on the horizon, so be sure to tune in! Fear not, fellow RCadvisor fans, Carlos will be back again next week to unravel another RC Mystery.

It's been another busy week around here, but I've managed to squeeze in a couple of RC-related activities! First off, in this 68th installment I do a Mini Review on the PhlatBoyZ "PhlatFormer" Vacuum Forming Machine and then I tell a little about the SPAD e-PBF's I'm working on for SPADFest 2010. Do you have a "Spektrumized" 8103, 9303, or one of the 10 channel JR radios with a loose Spektrum module? If so, you'll certainly want the dope in this episode!!

LINKS:

E-flite Product Bulletin

PhlatFormer (where you get one)

Crash's PhlatFormer

SOTW

It's been a slow week on the RC front for me, but some airborne adventures were had when I took the family out for some kite flying at our local Kite Festival. My PhlatFormer arrived earlier this past week (with a couple of surprises in the box, too!), as well as my big order from HeadsUpRC, so you'll hear a bit about that, too!

LINKS:

EFlite Sukhoi SU-26M

My New Kite

Blue Wonder Rewind Chart

While the title of this 66th installment is silly, the actual topic is no laughing matter. Please make certain that you're flying safely and responsibly.

Also in this show there's discussion of the SPADFest 2010 event, some new gear I purchased and the projects I intend to put it in, and another visit from Carlos Reyes in this week's Ask The RCadvisor segment. Oh, and I just heard that my new PhlatFormer is on it's way!!!

LINKS:

Heli Attack Video 1, Video 2, and Video 3

Wanna DONATE To The Cause?

AMA Safety Code

SPADFest 2010 Info

A Nitro PBF SPAD (like Crash used to fly)

HeadsUpRC (where I got all my goodies I discuss in this show)

PhlatFormer (sorry :( the special intro pricing I bought mine for is over)

SOTW

This show is aptly named for all of the links we are providing to cool stuff we saw last week. Of course, we saw so much stuff that we could continue on with links for the next several weeks, but we're going to try to refrain from that. LOL Also, Carlos is back this week with our Ask TheRCadvisor segment!

LINKS:

National Museum Of The Air Force

JT's Interview With The Tank Man (Dave Shultz)

Wichita TankMan's YouTube Channel

Dave Shultz and "Heinz"

Darrell Sprayberry And His Jet Ranger

Cool Air-To-Air Vid Of Darrell's Ranger

LazerToyz (scroll down to see the charger we mentioned)

Upcoming NEFI Event

ReadyToFlyPlanes

The "Thermal Scout"

Foam Casualty Resource Site

Ray and Don With The 1928 Ford Trimotor (I hope it won!)

The "Machine" Don Made For Creating The Corrugated Skin

Dorsal's YouTube Channel (check out his vids from Toledo)

The RC Radio Network

ATTF in Make

RCFC Is Back At It Again!

ModelAero - Some Sweet Laser-cut Kits

Woohoo! Since I managed to screw up the the podcast recording of our live session in Toledo, I was at least able to extract the audio from the video-feed that we put up on UStream (see the previous blog post for the link to that).

Without a doubt, you would probably be better served by going over to Ustream and watching the video webcast - it will most likely make more sense seeing and hearing us, rather than just hearing us. Nonetheless, this installment now makes iTunes as an official show...

Please excuse our "goofiness" - it was a LOOONG show and by the time we got to sit down and record this, we were all so mentally and physically "spent" that we were really out of it (no, no alcohol was involved in the taping of this segment! LOL). Regardless of the content and sound quality, we sure did have fun!

With any luck at all, next week's show will contain much better information, so be sure to check us out!

Links:

Pics I Took

In this 63rd installment, we get all "PSA" on you! Seriously though, this week we offer up a bunch of great tips to help you enjoy this cool sport in a safe and responsible manner. There was so much material to cover that we were unable to get in our weekly Ask The RCadvisor segment, but fear not - Carlos will be back in two weeks!

Remember, next week were are planning our annual LIVE TOLEDO SHOW, so be sure to follow me on Twitter for details as they become available.

LINKS:

My Twitter Timeline

HeadsUp Now Has Stick Mounts!

DX6 Upgrade Program

New JR11x Coming Soon

Horizon On Facebook (Can you spot the April Fools Products?)

Much Ado About Nothing - not as in Shakespeare's romantic comedy, but instead like, unfortunately, not a lot to report from the RC front. Dennis has been working on the "Observ-a-shed" and I've just completed and shipped two planes for the open-flying in Toledo. In this 62nd installment we yammer on about various things on the upcoming Toledo Weak Signals RC Show.

Speaking of that, we are also looking at doing a video webcast LIVE from Toledo (not from  the floor - more like from the hotel room after Saturday evening flying, like we did last year). If you guys are interested in seeing us all (me, Dennis, the PhlatBoyZ, and anyone else we can get) and hearing that week's show live, then go to AllThingsCrash to vote! If we get enough interest, we'll do it!

Well, I braved the cold, the heavy winds, and the torrential downpour to make my way north to the Weatherford Aero Modeling Society's annual Swap Meet and Auction! I was able to resist blowing my life's savings on all the goodies I found there and only made a meager little $20 purchase. Something that this club has added to this event since my last visit are informative lectures given by key people in the RC Industry. In addition to renewing some old friendships at this huge event, I was also able to form another one with my acquaintence of Rick Cummins, owner of C&M Solutions Hobby AND one of the newest PhlatClub members (my first meeting with a fellow Texas PhlatPrinter enthusiast!)!

I'm doing a solo act this week, so hang on - I'm all over the board on this one! LOL

LINKS:

Nelson Hobby

One Supplier Of Thin G10

C&M Solutions Hobby

B-8 Micro Servos (I bought 4 to try out)

My New Sanyo Camera

Win A New PhlatFormer Vacuum Forming Machine at the PhlatForum!

We're back again this week with talk of our Toledo Show preparations, some recent purchases and a new plane coming out soon (as well as a great scratch project). I am getting a couple of custom wound motors worked up by the Master himself and we also share a couple more great websites geared toward teaching newer RC enthusiasts the things they need to know about electric flight.

Links:

Decal Paper

New 4 Axis CNC Driver

MikeysRC

How2RC

Rifle Racer

Rifle RCG Discussion

Slipso