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First-Person View (FPV) technology significantly developed in the remote control world. RC FPV is becoming more commonplace as new products are released, ranging from drones to model planes. In this blog post, we will be covering some of the recent RC models with FPV cameras, beginning with one of the original pioneers.

E-Flite FPV Vapor

The release of the FPV Vapor was a game-changer for RC planes. Now you had the opportunity to view your flight in real-time from the perspective of the cockpit. Even after all these months, the Vapor still remains popular. It is so easy to

It has been an exciting few weeks for aerial photographers and videographers. Two cutting-edge camera drones from two cutting-edge drone manufacturers have been released and we are thrilled to say that they are coming soon to Modelflight. The Blade Chroma (pictured above on the left) and the Yuneec Q500 4K (pictured above on the right), are two of the best camera drones we have seen. In this blog post, we will be discussing each in turn and talking about the great features that make them the ultimate flying drones.

Blade Chroma

The Chroma is one of the most innovative releases from Blade. This remote control drone comes

Venture Off-Road With These RC Cars and Trucks

Whether you like to go bashing through the bush, crawling over rocks or speeding full pelt across the harshest terrain, driving off-road remote control cars is a thrilling experience. If you are looking for a new off-road RC car (or searching for your first one), we have put together this list of the twelve best off-road RC cars to help you find what you are looking for. Let's begin with a new release from ARRMA.

ARRMA Kraton BLX Powered by a 2050Kv motor, the Kraton is one wild beast! This

INDOOR FLYING IN MAY
We had a reasonable number of fliers attend our meeting for May and, as usual Mike arrived with some new models with the emphasis on an electronic marvel of modern day inventions. My first pix is of the "receiver" which is mounted on his DX9 Transmitter and it receives pictures from the camera on his Drone or Quad. I think that you will agree with my name of "The Spider" when looking at the next shot of the quad in flight.

The camera is mounted just behind the little yellow square and the quality of the reception was magnificent.

We welcomed a very happy young gentleman, Mark, who must have been enjoying himself because of the smile that seemed to be an added or permanent

For those of you who love to hit the ground hard, these new RC trucks from ARRMA are sure to get your engines running. In this blog post, we will be looking at the Kraton and Senton, two exciting cars to be added to Modelflight's lineup.

The Cracking Kraton

We have been fortunate enough to receive a delivery of the new Kraton BLX trucks and they are certainly tough machines! Constructed from composite materials, the Kraton comes with precision-manufactured aluminium parts which keeps the vehicle weight low. This is coupled

If you are looking for some RC plane events in your state, check out the below list showing events coming up in June 2015. If you know of an event that is not listed, or there are event details that need to be updated, please do not hesitate to contact Modelflight

New South Wales RC Plane Events

Fire up your engines, ladies and gentlemen. The annual Jet Action invitational will be held from Friday 29 May to Sunday 31 May 2015. It will be hosted by Adelaide Model Aerosport at the AMA Model Airport (Princes Highway, Monarto). Modelflight is proud to be supporting this event (one of our team members will be flying at Jet Action) and we would encourage you all to come along. It will feature a wide range of turbine and ducted fan scale and sport jets from all across Australia. One of the key drawcards of the event is the Night Fly Bonanza on Friday evening, which showcases a range of LED-equipped foam planes and RC helicopters. If you are interested to learn more, check out some of the information packages shown below. We look forward to seeing you there!

Jet Action 2015 Information

• Jet Action 2015 - Info Sheet
  

If you are looking for some RC plane events in your state, check out the below list showing events coming up in May 2015. If you know of an event that is not listed, or there are event details that need to be updated, please do not hesitate to contact Modelflight

New South Wales RC Plane Events

Whilst I am not providing captions for this month's pictures (most are self-explanatory) I will say that i am leading off with a picky of Hamish Scott. These days he is fairly busy at work and his appearances at Indoor are getting to be quite rare. So it was with much pleasure and excitement that he, once again, entertained us with his brilliant heli flying.

Do you know, dear readers, age, and I am speaking of senior years, make it a little difficult to follow Hamish's model movement as they are  so rapid and precise. Thank you once again Hamish. It was pleasing to see that you also had time to speak to a couple of our recent flying visitors to ETSA.

The boys of "Crack Corner" being J.J., Michael Holmes, John Roxborough and Chappie were up to their usual tricks, demonstrating their enormous ability yet

If you are looking for some RC plane events in your state, check out the below list showing events coming up in January 2015. If you know of an event that is not listed, or there are event details that need to be updated, please do not hesitate to contact Modelflight

New South Wales RC Plane Events