Alan with Aerobeez shows off his new 50cc Extra. This 90-inch-span aerobat comes with control surfaces attached and is an easy electric conversion. It costs $629 and also comes in red.
Yuneec is debuting their HX3 here at RCX! Here Mark Padilla holds the prototype. With a retail price of 3K, it has a carbon fiber frame and comes ready to fly. It can carry a 4.4 pound camera! More info at www.yuneec.com.
The skies over Triple Tree were beautiful and blue all day and the crowds came out in force to enjoy the best of the best at the noon time airshow. Although Joe Nall Week features a special noon line-up Wednesday thru Saturday, the Friday show is known as the one to attend. Today’s demo began […]
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Everyone knows that when you want to see the best scale aircraft flying and competing, then Top Gun is the place to go. All sorts of amazing aircraft were there this year and electric powered jets also made a pretty good showing for themselves. All serious level scale aircraft with all the bells and whistles, they […]
One of our good friends Pedro Sanchez showed up at Top Gun this year with a beautifully detailed Warbird in the form of a CARF-Models P-47 Thunderbolt. Powered by a Moki 5-cylinder 250cc radial engine, the 1/4-scale “Jug” has a 110 inch span and weighs in at 54 pounds! Pedro only started with a CARF-Models […]
After all the dust had settled at Top Gun this year, we had a chance to grab some of the contestants and get the back story about their aircraft. One of the more interesting tales was that of the F4U Corsair flown by Dino DiGiorgio. This beautifully executed aircraft carrier based WW2 fighter was all […]
With 1,414 registered pilots already in attendance, the Joe Nall Fly-in has broken its 2013 record by 168 pilots and it’s only Wednesday! With even better facilities than last year (which hardly seems possible), the Triple Tree Aerodrome has ample room for all in attendance. In a crowd this large, it’s hard to stand […]