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October 18, 2013 3ETSA Stadium once again played host to RC pilots and spectators last night at Adelaide's October 2013 indoor flying event. It was a good showing, with around 25 people in attendance (plus an additional 25 netball players who were meant to be practicing on the other court, but seemed to be distracted by the flying activity). A wide variety of RC models were on display at the event, with a great representation from increasingly-popular RC quadcopters. Several Blade mQXs were seen darting across the stadium. With their AS3X technology, they were very stable in the air and enjoyable to watch. It was also great to see a new Blade 350QX. These remote control quadcopters have been a hit and have just arrived at Modelflight. With their SAFE Technology and GoPro camera mounts, no doubt we will be seeing more of these models at future Indoor Flying events. On
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September 23, 2013 6
This is the first in a series of blog posts written by members of the TLR Australia team attending the 2103 IFMAR World Championships in Chico, California.
Sunday 22nd September: 2WD Registration
Its Day 1 in the IFMAR World Championships with the TLR Australia team preparing for the RC buggy competition ahead. In these blog posts, we will give you an idea of how the daily schedule works, the experience that the racers go through, and some of the fun thats had.
In this years Championships, the 2WD RC car class will be held first. Today involved the Registration and Technical inspection for all competitors (10:00am 6:00pm). Most of the day was taken up with tires, tires, and more tires. The original schedule had competitors running 9-rounds of practice and 1-round of controlled practice tomorrow, which meant that a lot of rubber needed to be glued to rims.
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September 15, 2013 11
The upcoming arrival of the brand new Spektrum DX9 has generated much excitment among RC pilots and we were fortunate enough to get a sneak peek at this innovative transmitter. On Modelflight's YouTube channel, we recently launched a review and unboxing video of the DX9, which you can view below:
As you can see in the video, the DX9 transmitter has many cutting-edge features. The voice alert system in and of itself is without equal in RC radios. Irrespective of whether you want to use this functionality for telemetry updates
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August 20, 2013 7It was a great turnout at the August indoor flying session at ETSA Park, South Australia. Pilots and spectactors flocked to see some brilliant RC plane and helicopter demonstrations, in addition to seeing some of the latest releases from Modelflight. It was an impressive line-up. Some of the new models that were on show included the new 350 QX from Blade, the Delta Ray from
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June 25, 2013 15I dare say that we cannot expect, at this time of the year, any warmer weather than we're experiencing at present and this was the case for our June gathering of Indoor Fliers and, no doubt, the reason for us scratching to pay the rent at the stadium, the home of Netball S.A. where we gather to fly on the third Thursday of each Month - right throughout the year. I was pleased to hear from our leader, Michael O'Reilly of Model Flight that we did, in fact, make the necessary fee for this ultra-cold night. It turned out to be a great night for those who were keen enough to come along, no doubt like me, covered by multi-layers of woollen wear and the heaviest quality at that. My first picture, on this occasion, is an opening shot of Mike and Wayne in deep conversation
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June 21, 2013 13A small but enthusiastic group of pilots braved very cold conditions to attend Indoor Flying at ETSA Park in Adelaide last night. There were some great models at the event and Modelflight was fortunate enough to come along with a camera in hand! On show was Alan Marks very impressive hovercraft, pictured below: Mike Seyfang also came with a Mini Vapor, Night Vapor and his own design EPP shock Flyer, a Sukhoi SU-26.
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June 14, 2013 10There is a lot of model flying activity in Western Australia this year. Thanks to Aeromodellers WA (AWA), we have been able to compile the below table, outlining all the events that are occurring in 2013. Modelflight will continue to post updates and reports on events across Australia, so stay tuned for more.
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June 13, 2013 18
Check out some of the model flying events occurring in NSW this year. These dates were provided by Minature Aero Sports NSW (MASNSW). Stay tuned to this blog for further updates. Modelflight will also continue to report on model flying events across Australia.
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June 11, 2013 6Modelflight was fortunate to attend the 36th LSF Glider tournament on the weekend in Jerilderie, New South Wales. The conditions were near perfect for Jerilderie 2013, with some light winds, sunshine and not a raindrop in sight. It was one of the closest competitions ever, with 58 pilots flew 15 rounds over the 3 day event. We would like to congratulate the overall winner of Jerilderie 2013 - Joe Wurts from New Zealand. In 2nd place was Matt Lowe and Carl Strautins took out 3rd place. Joe also won the Hand Launch Glider competition. The Australian F3J team for the 2014 World Championships in Slovakia was also decided (by thousandths of a point). The team consists of Matt Lowe, Carl Strutins and Nick Chabrel. In a very tight finish, Nick managed to beat former World Champion
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June 04, 2013 4We are pleased to announce that members of the Modellfight team will be attending Jerilderie 2013; the 36th League of Silent Flight (LSF) Open Thermal Glider competition in New South Wales. The event will be held over the June long weekend (8-10 June). There will be 60 competitors attending the event, with flying occurring over 3 days to determine the best RC thermal pilot in Australia. In attendance will be World F3K Champion Joe Wurts from New Zealand, who will compete against Australia's best pilots, including David Hobby and Carl Stautins. Stay tuned to this blog and Modelflight's Facebook page for images and results. Mike