To all the InsideHeli listeners in the US, Happy Thanksgiving! Chris and James are taking the week off to celebrate with their families, and no doubt will eat way too much food. :)
I know, it's terrible. No IH this week either! The guest we had lined up had schedule issues, and we had no backup plan or material. So, go fly something! Why are you here? :)
That's right! You can win a full year of RCM&E Magazine. We have 2 subscriptions to give away this month!
But how do I win?!
We want audio content. What that means is a mix-up of past shows. This could be a full mixup, comedy, serious, cool ATTF music with hosts sounds, whatever you can imagine! The full theme music can be had here. This is for InsideHeli and ATTF. Whatever you choose.
Eg: A 5min audio clip of Diggs saying how he lost a Radian. etc.
The audio must be in either mp3, wav or ogg. If you need a good audio editor that is free, check out Audacity. Email the clip to: contact@allthingsthatfly.com
We will let this contest go until Holloween night. We will then decide on two people who win the full year of RCM&E Magazine. Listeners will get a chance to hear these as we get them. (fun, fun) :)
and Go~
--------------------------- ATTF network is under the Creative Commons License. Meaning you can do whatever you want with our audio and images as long as you don't profit ($$) from it.
It's IRCHA week! That means half of the show (James) is at IRCHA having fun playing, and the other half (Chris) is at home being bored. We'll be back next week with lots of talk about how much fun James had.
Get ready! This will be our first live show. What this means is that we will host call-ins and talk with YOU! in celebration of episode #100.
* Sign up. This is also where the show will be and you can see the countdown. * If you do sign up on TalkShoe, then we will see your name in the list (instead of "guy11"). * You can call the number listed anytime during the show and will be on hold until we "un-mute you". Then you will be a live caller. * Turn down your computer speakers when you are a live caller. (lag between us and the live feed could hurt your brain!) * We may give out prizes to live callers! * If you are unable to make it live, the show will still be released as a normal show - so don't worry.
InsideHeli #59 will not be published for a few more days, so that we can include XFC coverage! That's right, James attended XFC and should have lots of good stuff to talk about. Wait for it!
I just bought the DX6i. I love the scroll wheel programing, very low power usages and features of this radio. However, once you buy something it's easy to find things wrong with it. There is no perfect radio in existence (listen to last show), so here is some basic help/fix/upgrades for the DX6i.
Diggs has been at SEFF for a few days now. Jamie flies out Tue28th AM. Giving that the field has no real internet connection we will be limited on what we can broadcast live.
No InsideHeli this week. James was planning to talk about the new flybarless setup on his Knight 3D, and we have a ton of listener emails to read, but a family emergency means Chris will be unavailable to record for several days. Sorry to disappoint, but you guys will just have to go back and listen to repeats until next week. ;)
UPDATE: Thanks for the well wishes! Chris' family is OK, this is more like a "rescue mission". Even though it involves sick people stuck out of state, they'll be OK.
If you want to create any audio, video, decals or whatever you can dream up, please feel free to do so. ATTF is licensed under the Creative Commons License.
Looking for 2to3 hosts for AllThingsThatFly.com - Sub - " a glider show"
This is going to be a specific show for: Gliders, sailplanes, thermal soaring, dynamic, DLG, etc.
This market is vast and will easily carry an active audience who (we know) would love to have a dedicated show to their hobby.
Chris (justplanechris) has years of gliding experience. He is willing
to help get it kicked started, but we will need at least 2 new hosts
since Chris will not be carrying the show (that's for you to do).
We would like 1-2 experts, then maybe a new enthusiast to ask the new'ish questions and learn with the audience.
We are working on a new website structure now and will have 3 different
RSS feeds for the 3 shows (both current shows and this new one).
Ideal hosts would be:
* Someone who has been doing slope, thermal, DLG for many years.
* Computer technical enough to understand skype and basic audio editing.
* Has 1-2 hours a week to dedicate to a podcast
* Speaks clearly, can keep a show moving.
* Is enthusiastic about RC and wants to help grow a network.
The second ideal host would be:
* Computer technical enough to understand skype and basic audio editing.
* Has 1-2 hours a week to dedicate to a podcast
* Speaks clearly, can keep a show moving.
* Is enthusiastic about slope/glide/DLG RC and wants to help grow a network.
If your interested, please e-mail us. We will then send the basic terms as well as talk to you over skype.
Go to the GiveAway page and check it out! Aprils' contest is from RCAdvisor. Also, HigherPlaneProduction is sponsoring the video drawing (which I think is going to be a trend)! Gotta love Heater and Fred!
Thanks to our generous vendors! Thank YOU for all your support.
First to announce, 2DogRC.com has a new kit of planes! Yep, a 3 pack of great flying planes ready to ship. These are not "AirHogs" quality. (Videos speak for themselves)
- 900mhz - 3 different plans - Fly great, just watch the videos!
Getting email and questions about listeners that want to make their own ATTF templates and items. You may do this under the CC license as long as your not selling ATTF gear. Feel free to create whatever you want.
It took 70 episodes but Dr David Halko from SuperFlyRC has joined us. Learn all about how these flying triangles came to be and new products to come! Of course, news and emails also enlighten this fun filled episode as well.
We talked a bit with Lucien Miller from innov8tivedesigns.com about a new segment for the show called "Power System Corner". We will have the audience (you) email questions about motors, power setups, setups for helis and planes and have Lucien himself come on and answer the question directly.
These will be short 5min segments that will be interjected into the shows effectively answering these tough questions.
Also be on the look out for giveaways sponsored by innov8tivedesigns! This means free Scorpion motors, gift certificates, speed controllers, etc.
So, get in your questions in now via our contact page. You can email them in using either email address, or use the voice mail system!
We may be doing small giveaways for each question answered as well, once we iron out the system!
I'm so sorry about getting the orders out for the shirts and hats the last couple months. My printer guy has been on vacation, but now is back. So the good news is that we will have shirts this week!!
If want to dive into flying-wing building, tuning, power setups or just want to learn all you can about building a fast wing the riteway- check out RiteWingRC.com and subscribe to the podcast.
The guys are also putting up build and fly videos as well.
"RitwingRC Addicts Workshop Podcasts. Your place to look when you are in need of support and information on the correct build methods for the RitewingRC high speed flying wings."
It seems there really was a desire for an RC related podcast. Since over the year, (ya! Happy birthday to ATTF!) you can really see huge growth. We want to thank everybody who participates in the podcast and all of YOU - our listeners for a wonderful year. Hats off to Diggs and Chris for wonderful content and direction.
Here is a small preview of stats for the podcast. Here is too another year in progress.
Burke~
(Oh, yes we do have decals now in the store - go get some.)
No show this week because we record on Sundays and it's Easter! Hope everybody has a wonderful day and until next week, go back and play Desktop Tower Defense to keep you busy.
Quinn Coldiron, owner of Kalteisen, Inc. has graciously donated a Skeeter 30 kit to the prize bucket for the ATTF logo contest! Thanks, Quinn! We really appreciate your generosity.
As mentioned in episode 35, we need a new logo and we're having a listener contest to get one.
Logo contest ground rules: -Send all submissions via Email -Deadline: March 8th 08 -First Prize: Hobby-LobbyEsky Carbon BeltCP RTF ($428 value) for the prize kitty! Bling bling, baby! -All design work sent in becomes property of AllThingsThatFly -Winners will be contacted via email -See an example of an entry that was submitted by a listener
Browsing iTunes in seach of more RC addicting materials, I came across another RC podcast. This one seems to be dedicated to helis (which is always nice) and the host does a great job. Check out his podcast if your looking for more content for sure.
This is a great intro to the GWS SlowStick. "Vanning" made this some time ago and suggests it is now horribly antiquated. However, there is great info within this guide that I would like to help Vanning share. Newbies Guide To the Slowstick
At this date, I would recommend the following for a good brushless slowstick (I think Diggs would agree as well). Motor 2 Servos 1825A ESC Prop Prop saver Lipos (or even the 1650's)
Trying to find that great deal to save some dough can be time consuming. Here is a list of the best ways to find those current deals on RC products. Coupon codes for RC and a whole lot more.
Just some quick code we did for our local community. Basically, we wanted a quick way to find somebody to fly with at the last minute. This allows us to talk and pick a spot to fly in. This is setup from the BoiseRC.com website (for the Idaho'ans). But you can take my code and modify it for a local forum group in your area.
Basically, just sing up at maps.google.com Create an account (a gmail account). Then click on "My Maps". Edit up your map as you wish. Once done, just right-click the KML link and "copy link location". Look at my source code on my page. Copy that into a text file Change my map link with yours (paste from the KML link) Also change your lat / long in the code as well. I made each fly spot a #. So we can talk about what number to fly at. You can zoom in and also choose satellite view so you can see just what the field really looks like.
Anyways, this is one of many ideas to find people who want to go fly with you. Mine is really basic, but I hope it helps. Another intergration may be to use Twitter, or Jaiku for SMS.
Have fun editing the code and coming up with ideas.
QuietRiot from RCgroups met up with me today. Let me get some photo's of his heli's and showed them off for me. We have some high-rez photo's of his Trex 450, Trex 600 and Trex 600 scale AirWolf. Little did I know he would con me into flying my first CP. The 600 of course! Once I hovered the 600, the 450 was just "cute" and not intimidating. Watching the lights and landing gear on the Wolf go with the switches on the TX is amazing. Here is photo's of them, and video of him flying. (no video of my hovering). QuietRiot possesses "chris style flying powers". However, watch closely on the AirWolf video- something goes astray.
This is kind of a "newbie" thing, but would have helped me out recently. Crystals. We (in the US) use 72Mhz band for our radios receivers (RX) and transmitters (TX). You must use the same channel of crystals in your RX and TX. Me, being new, was not sure how to take a Mhz rating, and match that with a channel. Keeping things simple here is a standard chart. Most are included. This is helpful if somebody is selling a "72.110Mhz TX crystal" and your RX crystal just says "CH 16".
We all want a nice Align Aluminum carry case for our sweet, ever so precious heli for taking it to an event, or showing it off at a family get-together. However they can be expensive for an "Align". The name costs too much for me! So after much searching and digging, I have found the measurements and comparable aluminum cases that are just as nice (in my opinion) for a fraction of the cost.
One option is the PROCASE 4 row euro CD case. I found the size is about the same as the Align Trex 450 case. You can choose your color as well, which is what the Align guys don't have. Also, check out this CD 4 row case as well on eBay. Nice, but only one color. Here is an older used case with about the same size dimensions.
Basically, I'd rather be buying nicer heli parts than a "brand -A" carry box. You can sticker it up, color/paint it. I will get getting one of these and since I have access to foam, I can make my own padding inside. Since I'm building a 300 size heli, I could even go a bit smaller.
Ok, feeling bad about not giving you #69 this week, we decided to disclose the giveaway details for November!
If want to dive into flying-wing building, tuning, power setups or just want to learn all you can about building a fast wing the riteway- check out RiteWingRC.com and subscribe to the podcast. 
No show this week because we record on Sundays and it's Easter! Hope everybody has a wonderful day and until next week, go back and play Desktop Tower Defense to keep you busy. Category: general -- posted at: 12:59 AMComments[0] 
Quinn Coldiron, owner of Kalteisen, Inc. has graciously donated a Skeeter 30 kit to the prize bucket for the ATTF logo contest! Thanks, Quinn! We really appreciate your generosity. Category: general -- posted at: 9:37 PMComments[0] 
As mentioned in episode 35, we need a new logo and we're having a listener contest to get one.
Browsing iTunes in seach of more RC addicting materials, I came across another RC podcast. This one seems to be dedicated to helis (which is always nice) and the host does a great job. Check out his podcast if your looking for more content for sure.
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One drawing Oct 31st, one on Nov 30th and one on Dec 31st.
This is a great intro to the GWS SlowStick. "Vanning" made this some time ago and suggests it is now horribly antiquated. However, there is great info within this guide that I would like to help Vanning share.
Trying to find that great deal to save some dough can be time consuming. Here is a list of the best ways to find those current deals on RC products. Coupon codes for RC and a whole lot more.
Just some quick code we did for our local community. Basically, we wanted a quick way to find somebody to fly with at the last minute. This allows us to talk and pick a spot to fly in. This is setup from the BoiseRC.com website (for the Idaho'ans). But you can take my code and modify it for a local forum group in your area.Link to the page (no password needed)Basically, just sing up at maps.google.com
Due to having family and BBQ's, there will be no show this week. However, thanks for all the wonderful support and have a great Independence Day! We will be back next week for full blown Heli talk!! 
Check out the new stickers for your car, boat, case and shovel!
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This is kind of a "newbie" thing, but would have helped me out recently.
We all want a nice Align Aluminum carry case for our sweet, ever so precious heli for taking it to an event, or showing it off at a family get-together. However they can be expensive for an "Align". The name costs too much for me! So after much searching and digging, I have found the measurements and comparable aluminum cases that are just as nice (in my opinion) for a fraction of the cost. 
JustPlaneChris reviews the Dragonus II ARF heli from Hobby-Lobby. 