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Battery packs are not all created equal. Even within a specific battery family, like the lithium-polymer (LiPo) family for example, there are internal design differences which allow some brands and grades of packs to be charged and discharged at higher rates than others. The maximum rate is almost always expressed as a C-rating and almost all modern hobby-grade battery packs …
Read More »Katie Martin Tribute Fun Fly – June 7, 2014
Bob Martin Models produced a line of slope planes back in the 70s and 80s which included the Bobcat, Coyote, Gryphon. Katie & Katie II, Mystery Ship, Pussycat, SR7 and Talon. Bob also purchased the tooling and continued to manufacture the Hobie Hawk for several years after Hobie Alter stopped making them. All these planes are considered “old school” now, but the …
Read More »Memorial Day Weekend 2014 – RC Events
I’m aware of three RC events during the Memorial Day weekend, so I thought I’d combine them in a single post: Fake Fest: The Inland Slope Rebels used to host a PSS Festival at Cajon Summit every Memorial Day weekend and it attracted PSS enthusiasts from around the world. The Intermountain Silent Flyers also hosted a popular slope soaring event called Soar Utah every year, …
Read More »RCX – May 17-18, 2014
As far as I know there are only two major remote control hobby shows here on the West Coast and they’re both held right here in Southern California. One is the AMA EXPO which is held in January and then there’s the RCX which will be held this year on May 17-18 at the Orange County Fairgrounds. That, by the …
Read More »AMA Expo 2014
The AMA Expo is Southern California’s premier model aviation show and I’m proud to be involved as one of the Flight Demonstration Area’s coordinators for the 9th year in a row. What that really means is I’ll be providing music, doing some announcing, and shmoozing, but I’m serious about the proud part. It’s a welcome opportunity to help an organization which …
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