We've been talking about doing something silly like taking a Vapor to a basketball game. However, it seems someone improved on our idea with the new ParkZone Sukhoi by taking it to a baseball game. Having it make the news and be noteworthy is the goal, so if you know who flew the sukhoi, let us know and we'll send them a hearty "thanks!" from the Right Stick!

This is awesome, watch and enjoy...

Toy plane takes off at Dodger Stadium - Remote-control flier stops play briefly in sixth inning

        

This definitely fits into the "cool stuff"... night flying large planes. And not just "flying" but really throwing the things around. Plane in question is the 103" Extra 330SC from 3DHobbyShop, it's running a DL111, lit up with Xero Gear lights, and flown by Jared Clark (There's also an 89" Extra SHP occasionally flying in and out of frame being flown by Ben Fisher). The event was the "Heatwave in the Heartland", and although word on the ground is that this wasn't Ben's most awesome flight, I think all will agree that this video is certainly very cool...

        

Nothing too terribly exciting..

For those of our listeners who may be also wrapped up in the FaceBook craze, we went ahead and spread our Facebook wings..

We can be found at Fans of TheRightStick.

        

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In This Show...

We get right to the chase and interview one of the best RC pilots around, Andrew Jesky. He's one of those guys that enjoys it all so we do end up talking about a whole bunch of stuff, though Andrew has really carved his place in the world of precision and 3D aerobatics. At the end of the interview we also let people off the hook about the 3DHobbyShop 40" Edge contest by announcing the winner (and many thanks to all that joined in the fun and 3DHobbyShop for making the contest possible). Throw in that Andrew's willing to field your questions (details provided in the episode, naturally) and we have ourselves the makings for an interesting show and for some fun follow-ups.

        

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In This Show...

This is a long overdue show that is finally up and live. SEFF was a very busy event to attend and has kept things busy ever since. The event itself does invigorate ones interest in various projects; for Jeff it was Heli's, for Arron it was a 47" Edge from 3DHobbyShop. Anyways, this show is just the pre-banter for episode 15 where we interview Andrew Jesky... as such we spiel the fun experiences we had at SEFF (well, simply getting there was interesting enough) and the fun flying times we've had since. Hope you enjoy, it's a little someth'n to tide you over the few hours until Andrew's interview arrives.

(links and references will be posted shortly)

        

SEFF is a time for flying, and the only thing stopping more fun is the number of packs you can walk to the flight line with. I was walking to the 3D area with 6-8 packs at a time (cargo pants are indeed handy!) and this was in part made possible by K2 Model. Attendees may have seen the banners on the field or simply stopped by their table in the vendor area. They're new into the market, and they're certainly bringing the goods. Plus, these swell guys lent us a couple of 2200 3S packs to try out, and try out we did.

Jeff took one and headed to the speedy area and I went right to the 3D area. Jeff got his speed freak on with his Ritewings, and I was tearing holes in the sky with a couple of aerobats. I'll let Jeff spiel his results on the show, but for myself they turned out to be great packs indeed. Of all the packs I was flying, these packs were keeping the volts high and came down the coldest. Actively testing the packs I flew some flights with more throttle through the flight, and alternative pushing the flight times... they took it all in stride. They quickly became the "fly the fun packs last".

There's more spiel to come from us about these packs but if you check out their site, they're priced pretty dang well. Great performance and spiffy packaging. In fact, the "nutritional info" on the packs caused some concern to airport security on the way home.

K2 X35's... for your consideration.

        

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In This Show...

We interview Scott Stoops! ...and if that's not enough, we interview Scott Stoops! ...and we give away a 40" Edge from 3DHobbyShop. Listen for the details about what we're after and how to participate. A link to a participating thread on RCGroups will be added to this post, and will most likely play out in the "3D Aerobatics" section on RCGroups (and maybe FlyingGiants), so check back real soon to join in the fun!

Post your contest entries and join in the fun on the RCGroups thread found here!

If you want some theRightStick graphics for the contest (or whatever, go nuts):
Outlined Logo: 3000px wide, 1500px wide, 750px wide
Arrow Device: 3000px wide, 1500px wide, 750px wide
Both Together: 3000px wide, 1500px wide, 750px wide


Talked about on this episode:

• Pitts S2
• Piper Super Cub
• 233 sailplane
• Blanik
• DC3
• Pitts Stearman
• The Red Baron airshows
• Turbine Waco
• Yak 55
• Sukhoi su26mx
• Cap
• Giles
• Rare Bear
• Kirby Chambliss
• Pucker Factor
• Extra SHP
• Stevens Aero .40 size Cap

The NTSB report from the "incident": http://www.ntsb.gov/ntsb/brief.asp?ev_id=20061115X01674&key=1
(thanks to Mark for sending that link in to us)

NTSB animated recreation of the same "incident" (includes actual audio):
http://www.ntsb.gov/events/2006/MostWantedFed/AnimationDescription.htm

        

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In This Show...

This episode and episode 13 (the interview with Scott) is a little late due to the craziness that is going to SEFF. But here it is. This episode is all banter that would have normally been on the front of episode 13, but there was so much goodness that we decided to split it out so people can consume them separately (the interview is 1.5 hours after all). This episode goes first mainly to provide context to some of the wise-cracking going on in the next episode.

So if you like banter, this episode is for you, but make sure you catch the next one as it was a great interview, AND, we're giving away an Edge from 3DHobbyShop! (contest details are in the podcast itself, naturally ).

        

HobbyLobby is starting a new contest where you can win the *bleep* that we were talking about in episode 11!

Trust us, it will be an awesome prize indeed, as the *bleep* comes with *bleep* *bleep* and can *bleeeeeeeep*! Very exciting stuff. Everyone going to SEFF will see it, naturally, but who wouldn't want one for free? Just keep on filling in those reviews for HobbyLobby items you've used and you're in the running.

Get it done people!

        

Everyone who attended the Weak Signals 55th Toledo Show noticed at least two large models; the rocket, and the big Slick from our friends at 3DHobbyShop. Well, the "coolstuff" news is that BigSlick has flown, all 126" of it! According to Andrew, it flies well indeed and if you watch the vids he seems to have no issues hitting the lines from snaps along with all the rest of the aerobatic maiden fun. The video is pretty much the full story as to why this DA-170cc beastie is pretty dang cool indeed!



3D Hobby Shop 126" AJ Slick from tim tworek on Vimeo.