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May 20, 2013 48The coastal city of Coffs Harbour played host to Helifest 2013 last weekend and what a show it was! Modelflight was able to visit the event and we were very impressed with the range of RC helis that were on show (not to mention the excellent skills of the pilots operating them). Over the course of three days, pilots and spectators from around Australia came to witness what has been one of the country's best helicopter fun flies for many years and 2013 was no different. One man to watch was our very own pilot, Hamish, who flew the JR VIBE NEX E8 and the
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March 06, 2013 21Last week on Modelflight's Facebook page, we announced the launch of a new fundraising campaign to help the Royal Society for the Blind (RSB). We are pleased to inform you all that $1 from every Blade RC Helicopter sold throughout the month of March 2013, will be donated to the RSB. Modelflight
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February 25, 2013 122Last 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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January 31, 2013 23It has been a very exciting week for us at Modelflight. Not only have we announced the launch of Vaterra, a whole new RC car brand, but some of our team members have been fortunate enough to attend the Nuremberg Toy Fair, the largest international fair of its kind. There were plenty of RC products being showcased at Nuremberg this year and we wanted to focus on three new exciting ones that will soon be available. The first is the Blade CX4. This new RC heli is a great choice for novice pilots who are strengthening their skills. The key feature of the CX4 is the self-stabilising
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January 28, 2013 77One month into 2013 and Chuck T. Seeker has already produced some excellent RC plane videos. In the last few weeks, we have blogged about Chuck's unboxing, review and demo videos for the ParkZone VisionAire and E-Flite Carbon Z Yak 54. Today, we wanted to focus on what Chuck described as "something completely different" - his indoor demo videos featuring the
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January 21, 2013 21
WE COMMENCE 2013 AT THE NETBALL STADIUM...
Whilst the evening started off in a somewhat mild manner, it did end up being a fascinating night of indoor flying, as they usually do. Netball SA’s Duty Manager, Adam was back with us after what has been a fairly long break when he had been rostered on other shifts that just did not coincide with our flying times. Welcome back Adam. I open the photographic portion of this months story with a shot of, not only the box but also of the latest baby heli which, although only released in the U.S.A. at present, it will be showing its pretty little face in our leading hobby shops in the fairly near future, so watch for it. It is called the Blade (what other name did -
January 18, 2013 76Last night was certainly an amazing experience for everyone who came along to Modelflight's indoor flying session at ETSA Park, South Australia. A lot of new products have arrived since the last indoor flight in December 2012, with two of them being showcased with great reception. Despite the hot weather, around 30 pilots and spectators watched as the Blade mCP X BL and ParkZone Visionaire
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January 17, 2013 172We are thrilled to announce the launch of this exciting RC helicopter. The Blade mCP X BL is an extraordinary offering. It builds upon the success of the original mCP X and mCP X V2. The mCP X BL, however, has been completely redesigned. It now features an extraordinary brushless power system. With this new addition, the mCP X BL soars above its predecessors. It is designed to withstand
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January 01, 2013 38Well dear readers, although our final indoor gathering for 2012 began fairly quietly at ETSA Netball Stadium perhaps due to it being a quite languid evening and our fliers being a little loath to leave their air-conditioning, for some unknown reason, we seemed to have a larger-than-normal group of young people and due to our friend Chuck T. having more than just a mop of hair on his head, he showed excellent forethought and a great relationship with the littlies. However, more on that shortly – firstly let me mention our latest dad (in our midst of course) and I speak of Michael whose lovely wife presented him with a young gentleman and, no doubt, a future flier at ETSA Park. At just five weeks, I believe that he already has excellent control and touch of his joy stick and we look forward to bigger and better things from the young man. Whilst I could not show you a photo of the baby, my first shot is of the proud dad. We all join in, Michael, in congratulating you and your wife on the
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December 12, 2012 237Blade Heli's have just announced the first professional-level kit designed from nose to tail blades for professional pilots! The Blade 550X Pro. The 550 X heli is an incredible flybarless, 3D machine capable of effortless “smack” 3D and graceful aerobatics. Pilots can save space and flight weight with a 7-channel DSMX® receiver combined with BeastX® 3-axis MEMS stabilization. The 550 X model is the only 550-class helicopter on the market backed 100% by our suppliers Horizon Hobby/OMP and designed by the Blade experts. To find out more about this exciting
