Category Archives: Fun

RC Heli Nation……check it out!

For those if you who aren’t aware of this site RC Heli Nation is a fun and informative site for all of those RC addicts out there. Of particular interest is the podcast which is available for free, offering hours of useful news, views and other items of interest on all matters RC helicopter related. [...]

Another great day at Omagh Model Flying Club

Had another great day at Omagh Model Flying Club. Once again the guys there made me feel very welcome, many thanks.
Also got a chance to see Dave McClean’s Whiplash Nitro up close. Really nice bird and the canopy looks great. Nice one Dave.

I made RC Heli Resource!

I just caught this today on their Twitter feed and then their Facebook account before visiting the actual site but the guys at www.rcheliresource.com linked my Omagh Whiplash video!
Thanks for doing that guys it is very much appreciated.

Whiplash Electric video from Omagh

With the brief spell of good weather here at the moment it was a good opportunity to get some flying in. Omagh Model Flying Club was the venue with Rodney Kee and TJ Leighton.
Thanks guys for a great days flying and thanks to Rodney for taking the video.

More Savöx testing

I have received a couple more Savöx 700 sized helicopter motors for a bit of testing. These two motors are again Pro series motors but this time instead of the 500KV (which I am currently running) they are 530KV and 550KV. I will report back when I have thrashed these bad boys around a bit [...]

Quadcopter GoPro action!

I had a bit of a visit to Craigavon Model Flying Club at their Cranny road site today for a few flights and one of the club members Christopher Hamill produced his quad copter with GoPro video camera attached. During one of my flights he took some aerial video and it is well worth a [...]

iPhone 5 panorama photo

Out at the field this afternoon for a few flights all on my lonesome! I just happened to think of the panorama feature on my new iPhone 5 and took one of the field. Although the photograph shows the path as bent it is actually straight.
The 180 degree panorama photo feature is cool and I [...]

Happy new year!

Just want to wish everyone our there a happy new year for 2013. I hope it will bring plenty of success and happiness for us all.
I would also just like to thank all of my sponsors for supporting me in 2012. I hope I can bring you all plenty of success in 2013.

New Optipower Website

Optipower have recently rolled out their new website to help keep those electric nuts amongst us up to speed on the latest developments in the world of lithium polymer (lipo).
Check out their full range of lipo battery packs, chargers and power supplies which offers quality and performance without charging a premium.

Check out Savöx servos!

Check out the full range of Savöx servos on the CML Distribution website. I have been running these servos for a long time now and am super impressed with their performance, durability and reliability….and all of this coupled with very reasonable pricing for servos of their type.
I am playing around with Savöx latest range of [...]