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The skies above Waterloo Corner, South Australia will come alive this April for the 2015 Adelaide Golden Era Air Races. Held on April 18 and 19, the event will feature over 80 model planes from all over Australia. Modelflight is proud to be supporting this event, as we have done since its inception in 1997. In fact, some of our staff members will be participating in the races themselves! Mike will be competing in the Golden Era class with a Mew Gull and in the Reno class with a Hangar 9 P-47 Thunderbolt. Klaus is also participating in the the Formula One class.

We are also pleased to announce that we will be sponsoring a ParkZone T-28 event which will be held on a shortened course at various stages throughout the weekend. The double points final race is a thrill

RC Radios - Which One To Choose?

Remote control radios - the essential tool for any model pilot. You are no doubt aware of that a great radio can lead to great performance. If you are just starting out and are about to buy your first RC radio, you are probably also aware that you are spoiled for choice! With so many different radios from different brands, choosing the best one for you can be difficult. That's why we wrote this blog post - to help you find the transmitter that is right for you. We will be discussing several different radios from Spektrum, Futaba and JR, before making some key recommendations.

It was a huge weekend for Modelflight, making our first appearance at the V8 Supercars Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, South Australia. As a proud sponsor of the Brad Gallard #454 race team, we worked in conjunction with Toyo Tires to run a “come and try” race event at their R/C Arena. Clipsal 500 attendees (in addition to some special guests), were able to drive RC trucks from Traxxas across a custom-built clay track. The trucks featured at the event were the Traxxas Slash VXL and the Dakar Edition Slash.

INDOOR AT ETSA PARK IN FEBRUARY 2015

To my dear flying friends...do you find me appealing? Well I am appealing to you all once again, although not quite as seriously as I was last month. Mike O'Reilly and I, your humble scribe find that we have to push, push in an effort to get all our friends back to ETSA Park. You would have more about which to complain if you were in a Maternity Ward - I only asked you to push twice.  You all know, as well as I that we are most fortunate to have our flying facility.  We had some Interstate visitors join us for a while this month and they had nothing but praise for our good fortune in having our magnificent venue - a venue that does cost us a considerable sum to visit each month.  We must keep our numbers up to maintain our payments and, whilst Model Flight, through its General Manager, Mike O'Reilly, has been picking up the shortfall often, I think the time may arise when they might have to withdraw their help. As you all

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

Update: Read our report on the Clipsal 500 here.

We are thrilled to announce that Modelflight will be making an appearance at this year's Clipsal 500 in Adelaide, South Australia. As some of you may be aware, this year's Clipsal event will be hosting the Stadium Super Trucks (SST); the first time this racing series has been held outside of North America. These 600 horsepower V8 trucks are a sight to behold and while we cannot promise you a chance to drive one of these beasts, we can offer you a smaller-scale experience at this year's event! In conjunction with Toyo Tires Australia and Gallard #454 Motorsport, Modelflight will be assisting at the Attack The Dirt R/C Arena. This is your chance to drive a remote control Stadium Super Truck across a race track that features jumps, whoops and banked corners.

In our final blog post on the new releases announced at the 2015 Nuremberg Toy Fair, we will be picking up right where we left off in our previous post and talking about two updated Spektrum radios.

New Spektrum DX7

Here is an RC radio that certainly punches above its weight! The new Spektrum DX7 may only come with seven channels, but it is now packed with features that you would normally see in a nine or eighteen channel transmitter. For example, this radio has a built-in telemetry feature that, when used in conjunction

Following on from our previous blog post on the new releases announced at the 2015 Nuremberg Toy Fair, we are pleased to report on several other RC products that have just been launched. Check out some of the exciting new offerings below:

Losi TEN-SCTE Troy Lee Designs

The TEN-SCTE has always been a favourite among short course truck drivers. As a tribute to the enduring appeal of this truck, Losi have partnered with Troy Lee Designs to create this new version of the SCTE with a trim

The new year has kicked off with the release of exciting RC models at the 2015 Nuremberg Toy Fair. Modelflight is fortunate enough to be attending the Fair and is thrilled to show you the latest offerings in these series of blog posts. Let's begin with the new Blade 360 CFX.

Blade 360 CFX

An RC helicopter that reaches a whole new level in performance and convenience, the new Blade 360 CFX is the ideal grab-and-go model. It comes with servo geometry that has been optimised for thrilling 3D maneuvers and includes a Spektrum SPMAR7200BX flybarless control system. With the ability to accomodate a 6S LiPo battery, the 360 CFX is an absolute dynamo.