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This week the crew just gets together to visit and talk about what all is going on in our lives. We've got some videos to share, news on some new items, and a great fly-in coming up again at Hodges Field.

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Full Size Plane From Scraps?

GoPro Hero4 (Nice, but SPENDY!)

GoPro Hero (Coming soon - much better price)

Contour Cameras (Probably a better solution for RC)

FPV From EOT (Great video, Bruce!)

FPV At Triple Tree (Thanks, Korey!)

HHAEFI!

This Week's Slideshow Pics

This week's show (#278, if you're keeping score) covers a lot of ground, and the silliness is certainly in full swing! In the NEWS department, Horizon has some new offerings and I got my OX CNC up and running (Video below). We conclude our CNC discussion this week with possible solutions for CAD design applications, as well as CAM programs. We wrap things up with Tim (IFLYOS) King discussing his adventures at the Heli Extravaganza he attended last weekend.

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Horizon New Products

Crash's OX Is Alive!

SketchUp (I use the free version)

FreeCAD (OpenSource CAD Solution)

InkScape (Not really CAD, but it will work)

DraftSight (A good free CAD solution)

TurboCad ($99)

Sketch-U-Cam (FREE!)

LazyCam ($75 - From the makers of Mach3)

CamBam ($149, very good CAM solution)

Vectric Cut2D ($149, probably one of the BEST CAMs)

SEFF 2015 Challenge - BUILD ONE OF THESE!

This Week's Slideshow Pics

Heli Extravaganza Videos

tntneon's Tonka Summit FPV

Heli-Ex 2014 Recap (Whirlybird Videos)

Heli-Ex 2014 FPV Obstacle Course (Korey)

Heli-Ex 2014 FPV Run (ChiefSpecialK)

Heli Skiing With Steve O'Conner (WOW!)

In this 277th installment of our show, we continue our discussion on CNC machines for YOUR workshop. This week we delve in to the topic of stepper motors, stepper motor controllers, and the software needed to make these things work. Just like last week, we have quite a few links to the sites we discussed.  :)

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Spektrum Ultra Micro Cam/VTX System

Justin's Most Excellent Video

3D Printed Drone

Hubbard CNC

Dumpster CNC

Probotix Steppers And Drivers

BuildYourCNC Combos

Keling Steppers And Drivers

HobbyCNC DIY Driver Kit

HobbyCNC Unipolar Steppers

Gecko Drivers

EZ-G540 Connectors For Gecko 540

gShield v40 Motor Controller

TinyG Motor Controller

CNC XPro Controller

Planet-CNC USB to Parallel Controller

USB To Parallel Interace For Mach3

SmoothStepper USB To Parallel Interface

UC100 USB To Parallel Adapter

Artsoft Mach3

LinuxCNC EMC

TheCrashCast crew are certainly no strangers to CNC technology, but it seems like it's been ages since we've discussed these magical machines on the show. As luck would have it, my tooling needs have changed a bit recently, so I have embarked on the build of a new machine - the OX!

In this 276th installment of our show, we talk about some of the ways one might get into CNC routing and some of the machine plans and kits that are available, whether you want to scratch-build one yourself, or just purchase a kit someone has already designed and tested.

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AstroFlight Whattmeter

Watt's Up Watt Meter

E-Flite Power Meter

Instructables Affordable CNC Router

Instructables Nicer CNC Router

OpenBuilds OX

Zeus CNC Router (Like The OX, but kit form)

BuildYourCNC Kit Offerings (NICE machines!)

Shapeoko 2 (Another kit)

Sprite Desktop CNC Kit

Fireball V90 CNC Kit

Bluumax CNC Kits

Quick Cut CNC Kits

Fine Line Automation CNC Kit (Like what I have)

Solsylva CNC Router Plans

Makezine Mini CNC Router

Engineer This! DIY CNC

Joes CNC Plans (VERY nice DIY machines!)

DIY LilCNC

CNC Router Source (A great place to start)

THIS WEEK'S SLIDESHOW PICS

Okay, so if you think that this show went off the rails with off-topic discussion, you should've been there for the post-show (things REALLY took a turn for the worst!).  Come on, though. I suspect you guys don't really listen to us each and every week for our cutting edge news on the hobby, right? LoL

We'll try to do better next week. :)

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FPV Vapor

Triple Tree Heli Extravaganza

OpenBuilds OX CNC (I'm building one next week!)

This Week's Slideshow Pics

After a 24 hour delay due to technical difficulties (that never realyl cleared up), IFLYOS, Cathead, and I got together to sum up the adventure last week that was RCEFF. In spite of a brief episode of some rather rocky weather, a good time was had by all involved!

This week's show is a short one, but hopefully we have our internet problems solved by next week because we have loads more to talk about!!

My goodness! You take a week off "work" and come back to a total mess! LoL Well, that's what it seemed like, anyway. We recorded a great 273rd show, but when I went to edit it, we picked up some sort of weird audio anomaly. Fear not, though, as I was able to pull up a slightly lower quality back up file and get this week's epsiode uploaded.

This week we have a total of 7 folks in the workshop. Six of us you've heard from before, but our 7th is Ben Warren (BorneoBen), and active gent over at the RCTodayShow! Ben shares with us some cool little multi-rotor frames that he's developed and needs our help naming his new business enterprise, as well as the frames he's designed (links below).

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HobbyZone F4U Corsair With SAFE

Hacker HotWing 1200

BorneoBen's New Minis

Mini Multi Naming Competition

SimpleCopter Mini V-Tail Giveaway Nominations

SimpleCopter (great frames!)

North American FPV Meet 2014

North Of The DOGS Fly-In (Facebook Page)

New RiteWing Z3 Overview (SWEET!!!)

RiteWing At FPVLab

In the workshop for this 272 recording you'll find me, IFLYOS, Navionflyer, LMopar69, and Cathead! We had a lot of fun with this one and we are all over the board again with our discussion. We started off with some talk about AS3X, and then everything kind of went South after that. LoL

Please note that we are taking a vaction next week, but will be back again with our 273rd show LIVE on Wednesday, August 20th!

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Horizon Video Contest (Go vote for Tiggers Big Show!)

What Is A Runza? And Where You Get Them.

Sukhoi SU29 With SAFE

AS3X

Extreme Flight 83" MXS EXP Electric

Joe Smith Flying The 3DHS 75" Extra 330LT

After about 2200 miles total (round trip), I'm back in the workshop to talk all about the fantastic time at this year's WATTS Over Owatonna event. Unfortunately, Laine and I were the only hosts that were able to attend this fly-in, but we certainly tried to have enough fun for our whle crew! LoL I'm going to tell you here and now that I really pour on the love for the SMMAC crew, their field, and their handling of this event, but trust me when I say that it's all very well deserved. You'll want to add this one to your calendar next year!!

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Executive Order On Drone Privacy?

Flite Test Video - What Is A Drone?

Dutch Passes - Another Hero Lost

Martha Loves Her Drone

FAA Extends Comment Period to September 23rd

NAMFI (August 8-10th)

BeBe Normans At WATTS (Thanks, Skyjet!)

This Week's Slideshow Pics (Thanks Hotcross!)

In this, our 270th show, we shoot the breeze for a while on the eve of my departure for WATTS Over Owatonna. Not a whole lot of info, but we had fun, as always. :)

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This Weeks SlideShow Pics