Just the general chit-chat this week. We discuss the group build of Laine and Joel's Balsa Cuda kit and the crazy weather we've been experiencing. Also we finally get a chance to dig in to the mailbag and share the cool letters we've received.

LINKS:

CheapDrones Folding 300

Charp Who?

Rocky Mountain Unmanned Systems

Bangin' Good Camera?

Joker's Ryan Navion Build

Underwater Aerial Video?

RCADev Open-TX Guidelines

Laine's Planes

IOTW

Be sure to plan to attend next week's LIVE SHOW at 8pm CST on Wednesday, March 4th! It'll be number 300th installment!!

For the last several days I've been worrying about recording this show. My seasonal allergies have been causing all kinds of issues resulting in awful fits of coughing and wheezing whenever I try to do things like, well...TALK! As it turned out, there was no need to worry, because our team is quite capable without me. :)

Listen in as Tim King leads our group (Laine Stahr, Tim Walker, and ol' Crash) in discussion of the latest news from the FAA regarding Commercial use of our aircraft, the cost effectiveness and capability of the Tactic radio systems, Hinging techniques, using a Spotter when flying, and various other bits of information we've found.

LINKS:

Drone Ambulances In The Future?

A PSA On How NOT To Fly Drones

Forbes Article On FAA's Proposed Commercial Regs

AMA Document #550 (FPV Guidelines)

Tactic TTX650 6 Channel Tx

Tactic TTX850 8 Channel Tx

Tactic TR624 6 Channel Rx (Only $20!)

ArcolaRC: Paper Airplane Prototype

ArcolaRC: Cathead's Z3 Maiden (We LOVE DryFit's Launch!)

IOTW

This Week's Slideshow Pics

This week we've got CNC Vacuum Tables, Points to Ponder, Cathead's DIY Aluminum Foundry, and a bunch of other stuff. I promise, though - no recipes were shared in this one. LoL

LINKS:

Flyability Gimball

MassiveRC

MultiRC

LetsFlyRC

IOTW - Fox News

This Weeks Slideshow Pictures

Here we are again with yet another opportunity to waste your time. It's mainly just news and updates this week.

LINKS:

Educate, Don't Regulate (Thanks, DougBo!)

AMA Reacts To Obama

The Born-Again Christian... (Our buddy, Jake!)

RC Millenium Falcon!

EMaglio's Tricopter and New Quad!

CrashTestHobby (I got the Assassin 37 3-Pack!)

Bulletproof Battery?

MultiRC

IOTW (Know Your Equipment!)

Multi Over Volcano 

This Week's Slideshow Pics

In this week's installment we get a visit from Laine's Flight Nurse (Melissa) which, of course, has absolutely nothing to do with the RC, but that's the kind of weird stuff we do. LoL  Steve "Vintauri" Mills pops in to share what he observed at eWeek last week, and we also discuss some new items that have caught our eye, talk about some of our listener's projects, and share our opinions on this week's epic IOTW. 

LINKS:

HH Nurnberg 2015 Recap

UMX WhipIt DLG

ImmersionRC Vortex And rotorSENSE

Blick Foamboard Cutters (Thanks, Nick!)

CheapDrones

Real RC Reviews (Thanks, Nicholas!)

Upgrade 8ch Rx To 32ch (Thanks, Martijn!)

White House "Drone" Fiasco:  NYTimes   BoingBoing

Our Friend Cliff Representin' (Way to go, Cliff!)

DJI Introduces "Geo-Fencing"

Is It A Hobby, Or Not? (Great job, Jake!)

Flesh Pilot's New YouTube Channel (Great videos!)

This Week's Slideshow Pics

We're back again this week with a fresh show - our 294th installment. Tim King had an opportunity to attend and compete in his very first DLG event this past weekend, and I'd say that he is HOOKED! LoL I am hopeful that Tim shares more on this facet of the RC hobby in future shows, as this is something I've wanted to try for a long time. Also, we have Joel (MetroGTi) Dirnberger on to share his progress on the new Laine's Planes 'Cuda (a lighter balsa variant of the EPP original) test build. This plane may very well be available from RACores in a few short weeks!

We have some really great pictures for this week's slideshow, but unfortunately we didn't get to share much information on some of them due to poor time management. Be sure to click on the link for this week's pictures and check out Matthew E's Taranis, Matt V's Losi Scaler project, Brad's DIY Paint Booth, Weathervane's Mud Duck on Floats, HornetNZ's new 93" AJ 230z, and Let'sFlyRC's new mini quad!

LINKS:

FiberFix

FiberFix Test

RCM Plans Thread At RCG

Mid-January Update To RCM Plans Thread

Leadfeather's Tri With No Controller Board!

Leadfeather's Tri Mix

Storm eBike

AtomsRCers Swap Meet (Feb. 7th in NJ)

IOTW

Anthony's Video Example (NOT an IOTW)

Opera Quad Frame

This Week's Slideshow Pictures

In this 293rd installment of our little show, some people are most certainly going to be offended. You see, in our attempt to educate folks on what NOT to do with our hobby, we've started a new segment. I don't know if it will be 'Weekly", but I'm fairly sure we can find enough content to pull it off.

LINKS:

Taranis Speaker Upgrade (From our friend Mark H.)

How-To Video By Travis (This is what I used)

Taranis Speaker Upgrade Kit

Frosty Dog 2015 (Thanks for the link, DougBo!)

OrangeRX At Altitude

Glitter Bombs!

MultiRC Durability Testing

Hance-Approved Quad?

FAA Issues Law Enforcement Guidelines

CNN Cleared To Test Drones (SMH)

BatterySpace.com

Estes ProtoX FPV Review At RCG

Interesting FPV Tonka Summit Build

5th Annual FPV Fly-In At The Pecan Patch (Facebook page)

IOTW (and enjoy the dude's comments, as well. Pfft!)

This Week's Slideshow Pics

Happy New Year!! The year 2015 marks the beginning of our 7th year attempting to inform and entertain you folks (kind of hard to believe it's been that long!). The whole gang is together this week and we've got quite a bit of stuff to share. Be sure to hit up the link below for our slideshow so you can see all of the cool stuff you hear us talk about on the show.

LINKS:

GPS Racing 

Taranis GPS Racing Field Test

APSHobbies

Comically Large Quads

The Nixie

Redneck Night Flyin'

FPV Cam Tilt Mechanism Proven

Best Use For FPV Yet!

Taranis Upgrades

Daniel's 100 Watt Spotlight Quad

This Week's Slideshow Pics

Sawn-Craft

RACores

LetsFlyRC

MassiveRC

ReadyToFlyQuads

Because we so much enjoy hanging out with our friends every week, we decided to cut our holiday vacation short and come together for one last recording in 2014. Don't look for any 'real' information in this show (quite frankly, it was a train-wreck with Skype being all stupid!), but if you want to hang out with us for this  last-minute session, download away!

For all of you folks that stick with us and our nonsense each week, thanks so much and may 2015 offer each and every one of you the best in Health, Wealth, and Happiness!!

LINKS:

USB Interface For Programming Your AS3X

Sorry - that's all the links for this week. No pictures or anything else, really. Move along. Nothing to see here! :)

Please join us for our last podcast installment of 2014 where we sit around the tree, sing CHRISTmas Carols, and enjoy warming beverages! Okay, to be truthful, we weren't all in the same place, but Cathead DID sing a little, and some of us were definitely enjoying "warming beverages". LoL

I did a little bit of trimming in this episode to cut out some of the awkward silences when we were drawing the gift recipients from our Sponsor Reward Program. Something new was tried, but it didn't go off quite as smooth as I had pictured it in my mind. LoL

Thanks so much to all of the fine people that sponsored next year's podcast. In fact, the turnout was so good that I will not need to bother you guys for sponsorship for THE NEXT THREE YEARS! Also, thanks go to our vendor sponsors that shared some of their products for our Mystery Boxes that I hope to get in the mail soon.

It is our heartfelt wish that each and every one of you enjoy a Merry CHRISTmas, Happy Hannukkah, and may you be blessed with health, happiness, and prosperity in 2015!

For the next two weeks, we will disband with the LIVE recording sessions and new podcast episodes as we take the time to spend the holidays with our families and friends. If you must have your CrashCast fix, please feel free to delve into some of our older episodes (the first year stuff was so AWKWARD! LoL). We will return to podcastland streaming LIVE on Wednesday, January 7th, 2015 at 8pm CST!

LINKS:

Mini FPV TriCopter That You Can PRINT!

3DR Iris+

Bondic

Wright Brothers Wiki

This Week's Slideshow

2015 Vendor Sponsors

RACores

MassiveRC

Sawn-Craft

ReadyToFlyQuads

LetsFlyRC