Monthly Archives: February 2013
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February 25, 2013 65Last Friday, Modelflight was thrilled to launch a video interview we conducted with world famous RC pilot and and Horizon Hobby aircraft designer, Mike McConville. Mike was in Australia for the Spektrum Gratton Airshow and he kindly made the time to talk to us after the event. On Modelflight's Facebook page, we asked you to submit your questions to Mike and we picked the best ones for the interview. In our ten minute video, filmed in Adelaide's beautiful McClaren Vale, Mike talks about his work, past experience with the RC Tournament of Champions (TOC) and even how UFOs will shape our future. The final video was
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February 22, 2013 67It was another fun night of indoor flying on Thursday. A crowd of pilots and spectators gathered to enjoy a variety of RC planes as they took to the air inside ETSA Stadium. Some of the models on display included the ParkZone T-28 Trojan. This brilliant scale plane's flight characteristics were just as good as its apperance. Its smooth takeoffs and landings were matched by its graceful performance in the air. As you can see in the video footage we captured on the night, the Trojan maneouvers easily, making it a great choice for intermediate-level pilots. Please note, though, that the video below shows the Ultra Micro version of the Trojan. Unfortunately, this version is
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February 19, 2013 17
The Gratton Field in Calvert, Queensland came alive last weekend. The Spektrum Gratton Airshow was held from February 14 to 17 and Modelflight was really pleased to be involved in this fantastic event. 108 modellers from across Australia participated in the competitions at Gratton, and they were watched by an estimated 2,200 spectators who attended the event over the course of 4 days. We had several of our team members at Gratton, including our Managing Director, Mike O'Reilly (pictured above). There were a wide range of modelling activities at the Airshow, including scale competitions, racing, discus launch and aero tow demonstrations. If that wasn't enough, Gratton was pleased to host two Very Important Pilots from Team Horizon - Ali Machinksy (below left) and Mike McConville (below right).
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February 13, 2013 14Today we wanted to show you Chuck T. Seeker's latest demo video - the HobbyZone Glasair maiden. We have covered several of Chuck's videos in recent blog posts, including his demo videos of the Blade mCP X BL, ParkZone VisionAire and Carbon Z Yak 54. In this video,
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February 07, 2013 37This week on Modelflight's YouTube channel, we added two new videos starring our RC plane and heli presenter, Matt. In the first video, Matt reviews the E-Flite UMX Mig. We have embedded this review video below: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EbuqzqBHic As Matt describes, this is a very exciting RC plane. With the AS3X system, you will find that the UMX Mig offers incredible stability. At the same time, its high-output EDF system gives
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February 05, 2013 43In case you haven't already heard, Australia's largest ever RC event is coming very soon! The Gratton Air Invitational will be held on February 14-17 at Gratton Field, Calvert, Queensland. Over 4 massive days, the event will host competitions and trade vendor displays. On the Friday, Saturday and Sunday, you will also witness midday air shows from two of the world's best - Team Horizon pilots Ali Machinsky and Mike McConville. The Gratton event will play host to a large variety of model aircraft. These will include world championship scale models, the world's largest flying Catalina and large-scale
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February 04, 2013 59We are very pleased to announce an exciting competition that Chuck T. Seeker is running in conjunction with Modelflight. Chuck recently reached an momentus milestone on his YouTube channel - a total of 1 million video views. Needless to say, we are thrilled for Chuck and as such, we decided to help him celebrate by working with him to give you the chance to wine one of two Spektrum DX7S transmitters. These transmitters are fantastic. They come with 20-model memory, built-in telemetry and extensive programming options for your RC plane and/or heli. This competition was announced on Chuck's YouTube channel in late January and
