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With the Toy Fair in Nuremberg already in our rear view mirror, it’s important to decompress and think about everything brought to our attention and the new RC items coming in the next few months. Horizon Hobby alone announced over 24 products this past week! My head was spinning; not only from being overwhelmed, but from all the excitement I felt with [...]
Coming straight out of Nuremburg is a number of great stuff out of Horizon Hobby. One of many from Blade Helicopters is the newly upgraded 350QX AP. The AP stands for Aerial Photography and the RTF Quadcopter Kit not only come with a camera control gimble but the new E-Flite C-Go 1 1080p sport camera. Now the questions have already been flying all over the internet and [...]
Looking to fly a RC Helicopter but not into quadcopters? Blade has just announced the first SAFE system powered fixed-pitch (non-stunt) 200 SRX! Featuring a gradual learning curve with multiple learning settings, the 200 SRX also offers a Panic Switch in case you need to get your bearings back. The 200 SRX also touts some pretty nice features:Engineered with SAFE™ technology Panic button recovery Beginner [...]
As always, I’m excited to bring you another installment of Raging Rotors. Today is definitely a ‘story-time’ kind of day, but I think the best way to talk about something is experience. I mentioned last week that I had a little ‘incident’ regarding my Blade 350QX. So maybe I got impatient, but boy is that quad ridiculous! Granted, the bigger they are the [...]
Blade Helicopters announced another ship for the fleet, the 200 QX. Built as an upgrade to the 180QX HD, the 200QX is a brushless powered, LED lit, SAFE technology quadcopter brother with the good looks of the 350QX. It has impressive specifications:SAFE™ Technology equipped Three flight modes High performance brushless motors Internal LED illumination for easy orientation and night flying Optional camera available separatelyOffered currently only as [...]
…Because there isn’t one!!! Horizon Hobby decided to shake things up in their Blade helicopter line by teasing not a picture, but a sound clip. The full announcement is next week, but crank up your speakers and check out the clip on Soundcloud!
Hey guys, Ragu here with this weeks Raging Rotors, focusing this week on the art of quadcopter blade replacement, plus a few tidbits about stuff going on in the heli world. Now with every great pilot comes a few great crash or freak out stories: I’ve tried using the GPS on my Blade 350QX when I forgot to wait for signal [...]
Looking to DIY some RC without too much of the Y? I have found a new source to try out new and interesting multirotor projects: Kickstarter. Granted not a standard method of looking for RC, but you would be surprised what kind of projects you can find in the technology section of that site, besides the means of providing [...]
As I mentioned in my first Raging Rotors about a week ago, the Align 150 DFC Bind-to-Fly helicopter was on its way to shelves. Not 48 hours after that, I was graced with a new 150 DFC for all my hard work. Below are pictures from the unboxing of my Align 150 DFC helicopter. It retails for around $270, and can [...]
Hey guys, Ragu here to make your Wednesday a bit brighter with this week’s Raging Rotors. This week I’ll give my impressions on what I found are great quadcopters for you beginning pilots. As a basher, I always want my new RC to be durable as well as forgiving when I make mistakes. When it came to quadcopters, I tried [...]
Hey guys, HobbyTown Kevin (aka Ragu, or whatever nickname ends up sticking) here with the first installment of a feature focusing on helicopters, flying, new products, products I like to make mention, and some mini reviews as I continue to recklessly purchase, fly, and frequently crash! Check out my first few product highlights from Align and more below! Align has been [...]
Looking for some scale realism in a collective pitch helicopter? Check out the Solo Pro Lama 290 from Nine Eagles. The Solo Pro Lama 290 is nicely detailed and packs a punch under the hood with brushless power. Some of its features and specifications include- * Collective pitch 3-rotor blade system * Comes with 3S 1100mAh Lipo * Shaft drive to tail rotor * [...]
Heli-Max has a new coaxial helicopter that is perfect for beginners or budget minded R/Cers, the Axe 100 CX. The coaxial design makes it easy to fly, while its durable parts help bail you out if you make a mistake. Some of its other features and specifications include- * Comes with everything needed in the box * Forgiving flight * Confidence boosting durability * [...]
Our friends over at Ares have just announced their new Chronos CX 100 RTF helicopter. The counter-rotating blades, fully proportional controls, and computerized gyro make it easy to fly, even for noobs, while its ultra-micro size allows it to be flown in small areas like indoors. The CX 100 comes with a digital on-board camera that can be used to shoot [...]
The latest helicopter to be announced by Thunder Tiger is their Mini Titan E360 ARF. The Mini Titan E360 is a flybarless 3D helicopter designed for performance. It is mostly pre-built, just pop in a receiver and 4S Lipo pack and it is ready to fly. * 95% pre-assembled * Ace RC 2700kV brushless motor w/ 50A brushless ESC * Flybarless metal [...]
