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The mighty little Estes Proto-X has become a huge phenomenon. With their low price point and huge fun factor, everyone (and their Uncle, and their Uncle’s dog) bought one. However, if you’ve flown your Proto-X as much as we have, you already know they do eventually wear out. For all you guys needing a new Proto-X, Estes has announced that you [...]
Father’s Day is right around the corner, and what better way to put a smile on their face than getting them that RC flying machine he’s been looking for. Better yet, get him a ‘drone’ and he’ll be part of the hottest RC craze this year. Either way, I thought that a nice list of fun flying gifts for the [...]
Hey Guys, Tomato Sauce here! Missed you last week due to an opportunity to work for a big RC Company, and sadly my carry-on could only carry so much contraband stuff. Lately I have been doing a lot of product spotlights and how-tos, but this week I feel a little Cubby-esque and thought I’d borrow his soapbox. I was enjoying the beautiful [...]
Maybe you have noticed that Estes has a new white version of their massively popular Proto-X. The white version is called the Syncro ($39) and Hobbico has released a video to showcase its Self Righting capability. Even if you hand launch a Syncro upside down, it will immediately self right itself into a proper upright flying position. Check out the [...]
I might still be recovering from the post-Quadcopter Championship party, but nothing like Raging Rotors to push me along the road to recovery. Before I continue with the fun, I’d like to give a shout out to our friends at HobbyTown Orland Park, Ares, Blade, Heli-Max, and Estes for their support and generosity towards the great success of this event! I had a [...]
As you all know, we LOVE the Estes Proto X around here. It’s fun to fly, durable, and easy on the budget. We all own at least one. Well Estes just announced the new Syncro Quadcopter. The Syncro is still nano sized, and almost identical to the Proto X, though it looks like it’s going to have a little [...]
“Animus 18TR I was recently reading a thread on your website that reviewed the Animus 18 TR. I believe it was posted by Tim Mohr in Nov. of 2011. Near the bottom he talks about mods over $5 being a good quality charger, which would be around $50. I was wondering what the brand of charger (model # too) was and [...]
We’ve been flying (and bashing) the Estes Proto X quadcopter (part #4606, $39) for a few weeks now, it is quite the fun little flying machine. Here in our mini-review we’ll tell you what we thought of our experience with it. Time to bash- The Proto X takes to the air faster than just about anything you can buy. We measured [...]
We’ve been bashing and thrashing the new Estes Proto X nano quadcopter for a while now and our review is nearly ready. Before we post the review, we need to post some unboxing pictures, so here they are. You can’t help but be blown away with just how small the Proto X is when you crack it out of the box. [...]
There is small, then there is really small. I think the Estes Proto X quadcopter definitely qualifies as really small. The Proto X is a nano sized quadcopter that should be bring big fun to small spaces. The BigSquidRC Bash Crew is already plotting what we are going to do with ours. Some of its features and specifications include- * Weight: [...]
Mini Quadcopters are still a hot product segment and now the famed rocket company Estes is jumping into the mix with their Dart RTF. The Dart comes RTF at a street price of just $69, needed just four AAA batteries to get up and going. Gyro control makes the Dart easy to fly while small LED lights allow for night [...]
Being winter in the awesome half of the world (that would be the northern hemisphere), indoor micro helicopters might be a good distraction until the snow goes away. Estes, the rocketeers, are trying to assist in that distraction by offering up a couple new micro helis for our entertainment. Both the SF161 and R73-OPS Mini Attack heli (above) are coaxial [...]
