Flying my Blade!

I had 3 great flights today with my Blade CP Pro and didn't break anything!!! Here's some video of my first flight at my favorite place, The Duck Pond:

So, you think you can fly a helicopter?

Try this, http://www.topgamez.net/games/helicopter.html

Heli Fun Fly this weekend in Brooks, OR

The Cascade Rotory Wings are hosting a Fun Fly this weekend, September 28 - 29 - 30, 2007. It will be in Brooks, Oregon -- From Portland that's I-5 South, Exit 263, Go Right, Head West till road T's, Turn Right and keep a lookout on the right side of the road.

*update* Pilots meeting at nine o'clock and running from there. Dinner Sat night...at five they will start cooking -- steak or chicken -- till 7:30. When dark there will be night flying.

I'm not sure I'll be up to flying my Blade...or, if it'll be in one piece that long :)...but, it sounds like fun. I haven't been to an all Helicopter event yet.

Did you know about IRCHA? I didn't until today. The "President's Perspective" in the October issue of "Model Aviation", by the president of the AMA, mentions how big this group is now and talks about the helicopter event they conducted just after the Joe Nall Fly-In.

Tyco SKYFORCE RC Airplanes

I finally added my review of the Tyco SKYFORCE planes to my JoeFlyer web site.

These are fun little foam planes that can fly indoors or outdoors and can also be flown as RC or Free-Flight. I love these things :)

Super Cub...Super "Inverted" Cool!

This is a cool video I just found. It's of a HobbyZone Super Cub flying inverted with stock everything except a Li-Po battery. The Super Cub is my first and largest plane in my hanger...and I love this plane. It is the perfect first plane. Check out my review of it here.

Have you joined the AMA yet?

You should. The organization is here to protect the hobby for all enthusiasts and membership has its privilages...like the Model Aviation magazine; a web site full of useful information, tips, and even model plans; And, most RC club airfields are AMA sponsored, which means to be a member or to fly at their AMA sponsored events, you need to have a current AMA membership.

I didn't join until recently, but I love the magazine and I've already flown in one fun fly event, the yearly RC Airshow in Banks Oregon at the OMAS airfield. I flew my HobbyZone Super Cub with another aviator who flew his GWS Beaver. We put on a simple little cub show including some slow and low flyby's over the runway and several touch-n-go's. The audience was more impressed with the warbirds...but, we didn't care...we had a good time anyway. I took some onboard video of our flying:


Back to the AMA...If you decide to join, let me know and I'd be honered to sponser your membership. Send me an email and I'll get you my AMA info.

The 2-Channel Heli can fly pretty well...

...with the proper mods. I ended up taping two AA batteries to the front of the canopy, a little left of center, and it's flew pretty well today. I didn't have the supplies with me to properly mount my Cobra DMC300 5-in-1 camera to the heli, but I managed to stuff it inside the cockpit. Below is some really bad/shaky video of one of the flights. I'll try to be better prepared for the next flight.

So, the camera was mounted upside down at an angle...as I said, I wasn't prepared, so I just fit it in the cockpit the best I could. I used my video editing software, Pinnacle Studio, to try to flip the video so you wouldn't have to tilt your head too much.