Flight Report: Sky Angel Twin 35mm F-15 EDF
Manufacturer: Sky Angel Wing span: 395mm Length: 550mm Battery: Thunder Power 2S2P 325mAh Weight: 200g RTF Power System: Twin 35mm EDFs Flight Duration: 3-5 Minutes HDFlyer presented a Workbench Update on this latest of the Nano sized Sky Angel EDFs a month or so ago (Workbench Update: Sky Angel Nano Twin 35mm F-15 EDF). After a particularly dry Northern... Read More »
Revolectrix FMA CellPro 10XP with MPA...
Designed by: FMA Manufacturer: Leo Industries, Singapore Distributed by: Revolectrix Chemistries: Li, A123 (LiFePO4), NiCd, NiMH, and Pb Input Voltage: 10-32VDC Max Output: 645W @ 32VDC Price: $159.95 USD Available from: MaxAmps Maximum Output: 1150 Watts Input Voltage: 100-240VAC Output Voltage: 24.3VDC Max Current: 47 Amps Weight: 6.5 lbs Price: $159.99 USD Battery charging technology, especially in the venue... Read More »
Workbench Update: Durafly 1100mm...
The brand name Durafly is a relative newcomer to the popular genre of electric radio control models. Models with a one meter wingspan are generally considered as being in the park flyer class of models. This is a very popular size of models and there are more than a few choices when it comes to selecting a model in... Read More »
Flight Report: Durafly 1030mm SE5a...
What do a SE5a, a P-47, a Corsair, a Mustang, a T-28 and a Vampire all have in common?! In a word … Durafly! Manufacturer: DuraFly Available from: Hobby King Wing span: 1030mm (40.6 in) Length: 820mm(32.3 in) Weight: 1220g(43 oz) Price: $160.00 USD Hobby King has been developing their own house brand for more than a few months... Read More »
E-Flite Super Cub 25e Platinum Series...
Building the Super Cub was a fun project that didn’t really have any stumbling blocks or pitfalls and everything came together pretty nicely. Most of the construction technique was ‘by the books’ and didn’t entail the use of any specialized tools or fancy machinery. All in all the build took me a week with working on the plane during... Read More »
2012 AMA Expo
The HDFlyer.com staff was on hand in Ontario, CA this weekend to take in the sights and sounds of the annual AMA convention. As with years past, the AMA convention appeared to get a good turnout with folks attending to enjoy some good old fashioned bargain shopping as well as to sneak a peek at this years up and... Read More »
Coming in 2012 ~ 550mm Sky Angel Four...
We here at HDFlyer have been flying and lovin’ our Sky Angel Mini War Birds for the last dozen months or so. They currently reign supreme on our list of models that always get brought along when heading out to fly. The JPower/Sky Angel design and production team has been quite busy behind the scenes, turning their shrink ray... Read More »
More New Videos ~ Sky Angel Mirage...
HDFlyer recently upgraded our NLE package to a new major release revision … Sony Vegas Pro 11. New versions of our NLE always reignite our passion for video editing and SVP11 is no exception. We have been having a bunch of fun flying these new Sky Angel releases and had some decent weather this past weekend. Soooo, off to... Read More »
Product Close-up: New Sky Angel 35mm...
Though we have already sent most of these new Sky Angel products aloft for their maiden flights, we wanted to give folks a close-up, in-studio look at these exciting new products! Also, the end of this video has an announcement regarding the next new product line from Sky Angel. HDFlyer already has media samples of this product line in-house... Read More »
Flight Report: Sky Angel Nano 35mm...
“The three airplanes in this article are all Exclusives and as of this date, HDFlyer possesses the only ones on this continent … but we like to share! “ Sky Angel has been quite busy lately expanding the models available across all three of their main product lines: 35mm EDFs, 50mm EDFs and Mini War Birds. We at HDFlyer... Read More »
Workbench Update: Sky Angel 35mm F-18,...
” Glue the vertical stabilizer(s) on, install a receiver and charge a lipo and you are ready for the maiden flight!” A week or so ago, we here at HDFlyer gave you all a sneak peek at the first two twin 35mm Sky Angel EDFs to hit the market…the Sky Angel A-10 and Mig 29. Sky Angel has also... Read More »
Workbench Update: Two New Sky Angel...
” Folks have been clamoring for some delta goodness for many months now and Jalin of Sky Angel has answered their prayers …” All around the globe during 2011, RC folks have tuned into the fun that is contained within the Sky Angel 50mm EDFs. These little foamy jet EDFs first caught our fancy almost 12 months ago and... Read More »
Workbench Update: Two New Sky Angel...
We at HDFlyer have been abuzz over the Sky Angel mini war birds for almost all of 2011. We first received samples of these cool little war birds earlier this year. If you missed or first look at them, check out some of the models in the initial batch of models released in the article entitled “Mini War Birds:... Read More »
Flight Report: Sky Angel Twin 35mm F-15 EDF
Manufacturer: Sky Angel Wing span: 395mm Length: 550mm Battery: Thunder Power 2S2P 325mAh Weight: 200g RTF Power System: Twin 35mm EDFs Flight Duration: 3-5 Minutes HDFlyer presented a Workbench Update on this latest of the Nano sized Sky Angel EDFs a month or so ago (Workbench Update: Sky Angel Nano Twin 35mm F-15 EDF). After a particularly dry Northern... Read More »
Workbench Update: Sky Angel Nano Twin...
“One of the most notable features of this newest release is that the servos now feature an industry standard connector, negating the need to retrofit the servo connections.” Let’s get small! Really small! Sky Angel was designing and manufacturing “Nano” sized EDFs long before the major US based RC distributors decided to enter the market with their own versions... Read More »
Workbench Update: Durafly D.H. 100...
“For it’s first EDF model, Durafly chooses one of the sexiest jets ever! The deHavilland Vampire was the first RAF jet to crack the 500 MPH barrier and the first “pure-jet” aircraft to land and takeoff from an aircraft carrier!” Durafly has been quite busy ramping up it’s production lines, with the apparent goal of building a hangar of... Read More »
Horizon Hobby UMX ASK-21
E-Flite UMX ASK-21 Those of you looking for a little ‘micro’ thermal action should check out the ASK-21 E-Flite and Horizon Hobby ripped the covers off of this afternoon. Touting awesome looks, great thermal performance, a 4 channel radio w/ working tow hook and a Hi-start launcher, I think it’s safe to say this thing will be a big... Read More »
Spektrum DX18 (yup, that’s
Spektrum DX18 So I never thought I would see the day that Spektrum would release a full featured 18 channel transmitter … and at the $799 price point to boot! No, it’s not that I didn’t think they were capable of bringing one market it’s just that I figured JR and Horizon would keep them as more of a... Read More »
Great Planes Micro F-86 (30mm)
What’s with all the micro R/C stuff lately? I think it’s safe to say it’s currently the ‘hot bed’ of the R/C world. Just look around and you’ll see just about every major manufacturer pushing out some kind of smaller model ranging from quad-copters to EDFs. Recently Hobbico and Great Planes entered the arena to announce their latest offering... Read More »
E-Flite UMX Carbon Cub SS from Horizon
Well it seems like Horizon Hobby let the cat out of the bag in terms of what is coming this flying season for their UMX series of models. After the announcement of the Mig-15 I didn’t think I would be too excited about anything they had coming out …. boy was I wrong! Seemingly after my wallet they just... Read More »
Revolectrix FMA CellPro 10XP with MPA...
Designed by: FMA Manufacturer: Leo Industries, Singapore Distributed by: Revolectrix Chemistries: Li, A123 (LiFePO4), NiCd, NiMH, and Pb Input Voltage: 10-32VDC Max Output: 645W @ 32VDC Price: $159.95 USD Available from: MaxAmps Maximum Output: 1150 Watts Input Voltage: 100-240VAC Output Voltage: 24.3VDC Max Current: 47 Amps Weight: 6.5 lbs Price: $159.99 USD Battery charging technology, especially in the venue... Read More »
Workbench Update: Durafly 1100mm...
The brand name Durafly is a relative newcomer to the popular genre of electric radio control models. Models with a one meter wingspan are generally considered as being in the park flyer class of models. This is a very popular size of models and there are more than a few choices when it comes to selecting a model in... Read More »
Flight Report: Durafly 1030mm SE5a...
What do a SE5a, a P-47, a Corsair, a Mustang, a T-28 and a Vampire all have in common?! In a word … Durafly! Manufacturer: DuraFly Available from: Hobby King Wing span: 1030mm (40.6 in) Length: 820mm(32.3 in) Weight: 1220g(43 oz) Price: $160.00 USD Hobby King has been developing their own house brand for more than a few months... Read More »
Horizon Hobby announces a new micro...
Oh boy, 2012 is off to a great start for the Micro EDF crowd! David Payne of Horizon Hobby just gave us word they will be showcasing a new micro jet at E-Fest. Not to be outdone by their competitors, Horizon has quickly whipped the covers off this great looking jet and is telling us that it will feature... Read More »
ARF, BNF, PNP, RTF …. WTF does it...
It’s got to the point it could almost be considered ludicrous. Everytime you visit the hobby shop or read an advertisement for a new airplane you see these magic letters next to the models name. Sometimes it reads “ARF” or maybe this time it reads RTR …. or possibly even RX ready. Deciphering these things doesn’t really require a... Read More »
Workbench Update: ElectriFly Mr....
Recently I started the “Mr. Mulligan” kit ElectriFly released a few months back. Available from Tower Hobbies for around $200 it’s a nice looking kit with a decent wingspan (52.5″). I’m about 1/2 way through the build right now and haven’t encountered any real issues per say and I’m hoping to have the model completed for a maiden flight... Read More »
