Join Chris, Bobby, and  (for a while) James as they chat with Brian Reed from Horizon Hobby. Brian is a product developer on the helicopter side, so we get to hear about the new Blade helis as well as the mQX, for which he was project lead. It’s another 2 hour show, so settle in and enjoy.

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show

• 24S ESC Design Thread
• Riding the Booster Video
• Hangar9 Don Lowe Phoenix 7 .60 Pattern Plane
• Phoenix 7 flight video
• Great Planes Dirty Birdie .60 Pattern Plane
• Dirty Birdie Flight Video
• Blade Bell 222 Fuselage
• Blade mCP X
• Blade 130X
• Blade 300X
• Blade 450X
• Bert Kammerer Flies the 450X
• Blade 500X
• Blade mQX
• Brian’s Bell 222 (Picasa album)

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Join Chris, Bobby, and James “The Other James” Cobb as they take on a listener-requested topic: Basic airplane setup and tuning. Ignore the “bacon-frying” sound effects in the background, it was raining when we recorded.

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• Spartan officially announces Vortex VX1 FBL unit
• Compass Warp 360 Prototype Testing
• HobbyKing Domin-8-trix
• Blade mSR X
• Aurora RC Lights
• Joe Smith at SEFF with Aurora Lights
• Three Aurora RC night vids in one post
• AleeS Rush 750 Helicopter Specs and Price
• AleeS Rush 750 Helicopter Teaser Video
• Tarot ZXY-S
• Eagle Tree Guardian
• RCAdvisor.com
• Higher Plane Productions Andrew Jesky Series
• Joe Nall Event
• Scott Stoops Book
• 120SR tail rotor blade

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Join Chris, Bobby, and James as they finally get to talk about the secret engines James has been testing. There’s also talk about the last few events they’ve attended, and an update on the resurrected 3DHS Velox that Chris finally got flying. Tune in!

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• SAB Goblin 700 Review
• New JR DMSS radios: 11 Channel, 8 Channel, 6 Channel
• Kevin’s TEFF Pics
• Kevin’s BVRC Pics
• 3DHS Velox Repair Picture Thread
• LA Heli Sniper II 2011
• Protos 700: Video 1, Video 2
• Compass Warp 360 Prototype Video
• Saito FG-14B Product Page
• Saito FG-14B Review and Flight Video
• Bobby’s Furion 6 Night Flight Video
• Bobby’s Battery Tray Incident

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Join Chris, Bobby, and James as they chat with guest Jason Danhakl. Jason talks about flying big gasser planes, and gives us the history of his company FourtitudeRC.com and their excellent ready-to-use gasoline RC fuel tanks.

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• Fourtitude RC, LLC
• AS3X 6ch Receiver / BL ESC from Spektrum
• Spektrum AR400 RX
• Thunder Tiger Titan X50E
• Thunder Tiger Mini Titan V2 FBL

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The gang’s all here for this show! We find out what John Redman was teasing us about last show (the Blade 130X) and we pull a name out of the hat for the mQX.

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• Futaba 8J
• Blade 130X
• Habu 2
• RC Air Sim for iPhone
• Bobby’s Car Race Video
• Precision Aerobatics Ultimate AMR
• Precision Aerobatics Katana MX 57″
• DX18 Teaser Video

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John Redman from Horizon Hobby joins us this week to give us the inside scoop on product development, the new Spektrum DX18, and other fun stuff. This is a long show, but a good one, so grab a snack and get comfy!

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• RC Motor Basics
• Battery Charger Basics
• How to Hand Launch Your Model
• Hangar 9 30cc P-47 Build Thread
• RCast Podcast
• HorizonHobby.com Facebook page
• Horizon Hobby YouTube Page
• Twitter @Horizon_Hobby
• Thunder Tiger Raptor G4 E720 – smooth 3D
• Kyle Stacy – SAB Goblin 700
• 1º Helimeira – Eduardo DFC Boom Strike

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Frank Root and Todd Hodge from Losi along with Gary Katzer from Horizon Hobby join Chris, Bobby and James for a show all about cars! Fear not though, you airplane and heli guys may just find that these cars can be interesting. And Bobby has a bit of an update about the SAB Goblin review for HeliDirect at the end of the show too. Tune in!

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• Team Losi Racing
• Losi.com
• Losi Forums
• RCast Podcast
• HorizonHobby.com Facebook page
• Horizon Hobby YouTube Page
• Twitter @Horizon_Hobby
• Twitter @TeamLosi_Racing
• Gary’s Twitter  @RCGaryK and @RCGaryK2

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Finally, the planets align. Well, sortof. James is being a good husband to his sick wife and didn’t make the show, but our guest made it! Listen to Mike Darnell talk about what it’s like to own and operate Mike’s Hobby Shop (one of the coolest hobby emporiums on the planet), and Bobby gives a quick update on the Goblin. Don’t forget to get your entry in for the mQX… Tune in!

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• Mike’s Hobby Shop
• Bigfoot Classic
• ROAR Carpet Nationals
• J Concepts Spring Nationals
• RC Pro Texas 1/8 Scale (May 19th)
• RC Pro South Division Series (July 20-22)
• Short Course Showdown
• LiveRC.com
• RCTech.net forums
• RedRC.net
• mQX Giveaway
• SAB Goblin Picasa Album

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James is back (but not well), and we are joined by listener Roger “rablett” Ablett who tells us about his Gaui X5. Tune in!

Show discussion: RC Today Show Forums and our Facebook Fan Page

Links mentioned in the show:

• Gaui X5 FES
• 70” Flat Foamy! Charger RC Fusion 3D
• Chris’ New Rainbow Motor
• Castle V4 Firmware Bug Discussion
• mQX Giveaway

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