Video – Eitan Goldstin @ Israel F3N
Skookum pilot Eitan Goldstin won the Israel F3N Flight to Music competition over the weekend. The video above shows Eitan’s victory flight with some extra footage of Eitan putting his Gaui X5 through its paces just after the break.
Click here to view the second video
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - add a comment
Video – Nigel Sawyer & Synergy N5c
Synergy Helicopters have released this video of Nigel Sawyer shot at the Huntsville Fun Fly 2012 smacking the Synergy N5c with high and low head speed.
Source: Synergy [synergyrchelicopters.com]
Tuesday, May 8, 2012 - add a comment
Video – Kyle Stacy & SAB Goblin
Here is another video of Kyle Stacy smacking the SAB Goblin helicopter. His machine is equipped with a Scorpion motor, Castle controller and Furaba CGY750 FBL system.
Source: rstacy [ youtube.com ]
Monday, May 7, 2012 - add a comment
Fusuno Blade 450 3D/450X Pineapple canopy
Fusuno have released new shape canopy for the Blade 450 3D and 450X helicopter. The fuselage sports a red, yellow and green Pineapple called design and is made from high-quality fibre glass and painted using automotive-grade paints and clearcoats. The canopy is a direct replacement for the stock part and available now.
Source: Fusuno [fusuno.com]
Monday, May 7, 2012 - add a comment
Futaba 18MZ software update
Futaba have just released a new version of the 18MZ software. This release adds additional functionality to the telemetry features including synthesised voice readout of the sensor(s) status. Other new features include the timer function with vibration alerts, the camera shutter can be assigned to a switch, maximum RPM can be displayed by condition and much more. Check Futaba’s download section for the download link and additional information.
Source: Futaba [futabarc.com]
Monday, May 7, 2012 - add a comment
Thunder Tiger Mini Titan E325 V2 FBL
Thunder Tiger America have released information on the Mini Titan E325 V2 FBL helicopter. The updated heli features a new flybarless head and makes use of many of the features of the V2 flybar version such as a torque tube-driven tail, 120° CCPM control, carbon fibre main frame, integrated battery and ESC tray and a prepainted narrow canopy. The V2 FBL is compatible with most flybarless systems, comes with CF main and tail blades and will become available as kit only, kit including motor and ESC, as well as two ARF versions with or without motor and ESC.
Click here to view the features, specifications and more photos
Monday, May 7, 2012 - add a comment
Video – Martin Larsen @ Pitchbrothers Smackdown 2012
Here you can see Martin Larsen’s Saturday evening flight at the recent Pitchbrothers Smackdown. His Mikado Logo 600 is equipped with a Scorpion HKIII-4035-560, Kontronik Jive 80HV, Mikado Full Size Vbar 5.2 pro, Futaba servos, Edge 603mm Flybarless main and Edge 95mm tail blades, and powered by Voltz 10S 65C 4500mAh batteries.
Source: Martin Larsen [ youtube.com ]
Monday, May 7, 2012 - add a comment
JR Propo XG11 firmware update
JR Propo release a firmware update for the XG11 transmitter. The version 0001-0005 addresses an issue that occurred when transferring data between an analog trim XG11 and a digital trim version. In heli mode the throttle trim data of the digital version could not be read on the analog version which is now possible. Click here to download the new firmware from JR Propo’s software download section.
Source: JR Propo [jrpropo.co.jp]
Monday, May 7, 2012 - add a comment
