Author Archives: Hobby Lobby Team

Slope Junkies

From the title, you must be asking yourself what exactly is a slope junkie. You will have your answer by the end of this story. It all started at about 5am. We were going FLYING! I didn’t sleep much the … Continue reading

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How to Drop Kick a Helicopter

This article is more about drop kicking a specific helicopter, the Durable Micro Heli . You wouldn’t want to drop to kick a .90 size glow engine heli unless you wanted a trip to the hospital. With that in mind … Continue reading

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To Fly In a Glider

I recently went to fly a couple planes at a new field I had heard about. I arrived at what appeared to be a large hangar with a gravel runway and an “Official AMA Airfield” sign. I was the only … Continue reading

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The Drones are coming…

Surely you’ve seen them by now, Tricopters, Quad Rotors, Hexacopters, there has been an amazing increase in the amount of R/C multi-rotor aircraft this year. I believe the increase is due in part by the popularity of the Parrot A.R. … Continue reading

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To catch a plane on fire!

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As the title says, this story is about the day I had a plane catch on fire. The manufacturer sent us the very first prototype, hand carved and all, before the final molds were made.  The foam was obviously rough, … Continue reading

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Feeding Kids Candy from 200ft!

Once or twice a year the fine folks from the Nashville area Metro Parks department hosts an aviation day at our home field called Edwin Warner Park. The idea is to bring a group of about 60 or so kids … Continue reading

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Warehouse Drifting

So to follow up on my Slash body mount video…I took the same camera using velcro stuck it to the roof of my body and angled the lens to catch just a little of the hood, then went drifting! We … Continue reading

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SebArt Mig-29 – The EDF of my dreams

So several years back Hobby Lobby introduced the world to the first twin thrust vectoring jet with the SU-34. It won several awards and kicked off a technology boost for bigger, better performance. About that time while I was at … Continue reading

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Planet 5 Transmitter Plays Well w/ Twister CPX

My experience with Planet park flyer radios began when I decided to jump into collective pitch helis. I picked up a Twister CPX as a training platform since it has a belt driven tail, programmable radio, and is available for … Continue reading

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Mounting the FlyCamHD Video Camera inside a Slash Body

I figured if I’m mounting a $200 video camera to an off-road RC truck, why not mount it inside the body to give you a driver’s eye view. The benefits of it inside the body is lower center of gravity. … Continue reading

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