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Comment on Laser Cut Simplicious Kits Are Now Available! by Baron’s Hobbies – Online Hobby Magazine » FPVicious- Purpose Built FPV Parkflyer

Wed, 03 Mar 2010 19:23:13 +0000

[...] is the newest member of the Simplicious family, designed by Scotty Bouck Click here to see the article on the Simplicious. Specifically intended for First Person Video flying, FPVicious is set up with a pusher motor to [...]

Comment on Thunder Tiger Gearing Up To Release New Helis by Baron’s Hobbies – Online Hobby Magazine » Early Video Of Thunder Tiger Mini Titan E325 V2

Fri, 19 Feb 2010 19:22:28 +0000

[...] Click here for an older article with more information on the new 450 and Thunder Tiger’s ne… [...]

Comment on Adding an On Screen Display for FPV by bumpinvan

bumpinvan — Thu, 04 Feb 2010 22:53:51 +0000

I’d love to see some of the size and weight comparisons and photos of some of the different options out there. Can you turn just about any rc plane into an first person view (FPV) flyer or are there some definite winners out there to work with?
Chris

Comment on Living Room Flyer Design Contest by Baron’s Hobbies – Online Hobby Magazine » Living Room Flyer Improvements Yield Better Results

Tue, 01 Dec 2009 00:19:04 +0000

[...] my first attempt at building a model capable of flying in a living room (click here to see the first article on the Living Room Flyer design contest), I was less than impressed. I decided to tweak the design and give it another try before I scrapped [...]

Comment on Align T-Rex 450 Pro Super Combo- Build by Baron’s Hobbies – Online Hobby Magazine » Align T-Rex 450 Pro Super Combo- Setup and Flying

Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:40:50 +0000

[...] you to the Align T-Rex 450 Pro Super Combo, and built the helicopter. (click here to see the intro, click here to see the build) The build went very smoothly, and now its on to the good part, how does it actually perform in [...]

Comment on Living Room Flyer Design Contest by Baron’s Hobbies – Online Hobby Magazine » Zap-O Foam Safe CA; Best Foam Safe CA Yet?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 20:20:36 +0000

[...] name product, until now. In the process of wrapping up my first prototype of the Living Room Flyer (click here to read about the LRF Design Contest) I ran out of Foam Safe CA. You cannot use regular CA on most types of foam without melting it; the [...]

Comment on Design Concepts For Living Room Flyer Competition by Baron’s Hobbies – Online Hobby Magazine » Living Room Flyer Design Contest

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 19:46:38 +0000

[...] Click here to see the follow up article on design concepts [...]

Comment on Simplicious Is Simply Delicious! by scotty bouck

scotty bouck — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 22:19:00 +0000

Kits are in. my email is gtrscottyRC@gmail.com

Comment on Design Concepts For Living Room Flyer Competition by bumpinvan

bumpinvan — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 18:14:21 +0000

I agree Scotty! I remember flying my indoor electric plane at Aaron’s old hanger and the prop assembly was it’s weak spot. Too many people demo flying and crashing into one thing or another and it just started to lose it’s front end symmetry and the prop started to go.

Comment on Laser Cut Simplicious Kits Are Now Available! by scotty bouck

scotty bouck — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:00:09 +0000

Here’s the URL to the build log on RCGroups with videos of the build and more info.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1077461
here’s another thread with more vids and good info.
http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1062306
and for all my vids of simplicious and others, my YouTube channel is GtrScottyRC.

Comment on Design Concepts For Living Room Flyer Competition by scotty bouck

scotty bouck — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 06:34:21 +0000

So after storming on this project for
12 hrs now, my thoughts are changing in some ways and the same in others. My first pictures that came to mind were tractor setups but considering the space to be flown in, for durability sake, a layout that offers a degree of protection for the prop is in order.
The airfoil/planform combo remains the choice for me, however a lighter construction method than 1mm depron plank would be good so I’m considering some film options.
As far as look goes, it’s going to be challenging to come up with somthing unique that still performs in these perameters.
This promisses to be a fun and rewarding project for all and I’m sure some very cool stuff will come from it.
Stay tuned….
GtrScotty.

Comment on Living Room Flyer Design Contest by Baron’s Hobbies - Online Hobby Magazine » Design Concepts For Living Room Flyer Competition

Tue, 27 Oct 2009 02:29:51 +0000

[...] today and discussed ideas for the living room flyer (LRF) design contest going on over at RCGroups. Click here to see my first article about this design contest. We went over control arrangements, material selection, and came up with several concepts. We both [...]

Comment on My Name is Aaron Shell Part 1 by Baron’s Hobbies - Online Hobby Magazine » My Name Is Aaron Shell Part 2

Fri, 23 Oct 2009 20:12:47 +0000

[...] and this is only my second installment in my biography. If you haven’t read the first part, click here to see it. This second installment will cover my middle school and high school years, ending with my [...]

Comment on About Us by aaronredbaron

aaronredbaron — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:31:36 +0000

Thanks guys! smh20502… please check out this video for now,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHpMK4tPzp0

that will help tremendously if you can adopt the concept, and I’ll work on more

Comment on Align T-Rex 450 Pro Super Combo- Build by aaronredbaron

aaronredbaron — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:23:44 +0000

I have to agree with you Krefi. If given the option, I would much prefer to build the entire model myself. However, since the model was provided partially pre-built, I attempted to build the model like they had intended. If I had found any screws without threadlock, I would have torn down the entire machine. I did find it frustrating certain parts needed to be disassembled regardless to finish assembly, such as the servo mounts.

Comment on Align T-Rex 450 Pro Super Combo- Build by krefi

krefi — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 17:06:40 +0000

With regards to thread-lock on the pre-assembled bits: do I understand correctly that your approach was to take a random sampling of screws to check for threadlock, and once satifisfied that your sample was locked, you stopped short of tearing everything and rebuilding it? I wish manufacturers could inspire more confidence with these assemblies and other things like ARF kits. I find the prospect of the teardown/rebuild chore quite frustrating, and it’s one of the reasons I chose a Mini Titan kit that I could build from the bottom up from the get go.

Comment on About Us by Windcrafter Inc.

Windcrafter Inc. — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 21:22:33 +0000

Way Cool site- you are the BOMB!!

Comment on About Us by smh20502

smh20502 — Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:10:57 +0000

Are there any training 3d helicopter vids here?

Comment on Air Force Shoots Down Rogue UAV by emerson

emerson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:42:03 +0000

Try this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=82JDJNjcHZ8&feature=related

Over Afghanistan. It’s not THE one that was hit. But gives you an idea they can still do it.

Comment on Air Force Shoots Down Rogue UAV by emerson

emerson — Sat, 17 Oct 2009 22:33:56 +0000

Probably the most likely reason they shot it down, as you said (and personally I agree with this one), was to avoid having the thing getting into enemy hands.

Although another idea comes to mind.

If you had lost control of a drone, carrying high powered weapons in a hostile area. There is the possibility of running into a terrorist with the brains to take control of the thing and turn it against your own troops. And therefore, you’d want that thing out of the sky as soon as possible.

Does this idea hold any water? Not really, but back around the start of the year, one of our drones was shot down in Afghanistan by an SAM. They still haven’t found it. Reverse engineering?