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BMFA Nationals 2010 Results

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BMFA Nationals 2010 Results This year's BMFA Nationals took place over the August bank holiday weekend at RAF Barkston Heath. Despite less than ideal weather conditions which included high winds, there were three R/C helicopter competitions successfully held. These were the F3C, Scale and new F3N class, which is a cross ... Read more

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Park Hall 3D Cup Results

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Park Hall 3D Cup Results CML sponsored pilot, Adam Turner has posted a short report on the recent Park Hall 3D Cup on the CML Distribution website. The report can be found by clicking following this link http://www.cmldistribution.co.uk/flighthub/index.php/2010/08/park-hall-heli-3d-cup/ It includes details of Adam's own performance and also contains links to the competition results ... Read more

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R/C Rotorworld issue 54 out on 3rd September

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Next issue of R/C Rotorworld out soon! Don’t miss the latest issue of R/C Rotorworld magazine which is published on 3rd September. Issue 54 (October 2010) of R/C Rotorworld includes the following features: 3D Masters 2010 - A full report from the year's biggest 3D competition Competition - Win a fantastic Multiplex Cockpit SX ... Read more

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New Furion 6 from Miniature Aircraft

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New Furion 6 from Miniature Aircraft Following the release of the nitro-powered Fury 55 earlier this year, Miniature Aircraft has now launched a new electric-powered version called the X-Cell Furion 6. The new Furion 6 is already available in the UK and we were alerted to this when Fast-Lad added it to ... Read more

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Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition Results

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Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition Results Further to our news about the success of the recent Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition we now have the full results, class results first followed by the overall standings. Super Scale Class Results1st Lee Marshall2nd Nick Clark3rd Kenny Morton4th Martin Briggs Scale Class Results1st Martin Briggs2nd ... Read more

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Better Byron Blend

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Better Byron Blend Byron have done it again! They've taken one of the finest helicopter fuels, at the peak of its popularity, and improved it. It seems to be company policy at Byron Fuels! Rotor Rage 30 has been turning rotors and pilots' heads at record speeds worldwide. The easy tuning, cooler ... Read more

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Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition

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Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition The Midland Helicopter Club recently held an Open Scale competition which took place on Sunday 15th August 2010. The purpose of the competition was to have a set of rules and two classes that to allow owners of sports scale machines to compete on an ... Read more

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New F3N competition at the BMFA Nationals

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New F3N competition at the BMFA Nationals This year the BMFA Nationals that take place on 28th - 30th August at RAF Barkston Heath will include an FAI F3N aerobatic competition for R/C model helicopters. This is freestyle discipline will contain similar manoeuvres to 3D and is the closest thing yet ... Read more

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Century UK ‘Super Special’ offers

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Century UK ‘Super Special’ offers Century UK is offering some of its RTF helis at special offer prices. Products on offer include the following: Art Tech Angel 300 - The Angel 300 is Art Tech's latest offering to the indoor beginners market, something that looks more like a real helicopter than the ... Read more

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US Nats 2010 Extra & IRCHA Jamboree

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US Nats 2010 Extra & IRCHA Jamboree Rotorworld’s US correspondent brings a brief report from this year’s US National Championships and the IRCHA Jamboree. The US Nationals became an integrated part of the IRCHA Jamboree for the very first time. Numbers for competitors were extremely high confirming that many 3D pilots really ... Read more

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BMFA Nationals 2010 Results

BMFA Nationals 2010 Results This year's BMFA Nationals took place over the August bank holiday weekend at RAF Barkston Heath. Despite less than ideal weather conditions which included high winds, there were three R/C helicopter competitions More...

Park Hall 3D Cup Results CML sponsored pilot, Adam Turner has posted a short report on the recent Park Hall 3D Cup on the CML Distribution More...
Next issue of R/C Rotorworld out soon! Don’t miss the latest issue of R/C Rotorworld magazine which is published on 3rd September. Issue 54 More...
Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition Results Further to our news about the success of the recent Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale More...
Midland Helicopter Club Open Scale Competition The Midland Helicopter Club recently held an Open Scale competition which took place on Sunday 15th More...
New F3N competition at the BMFA Nationals This year the BMFA Nationals that take place on 28th - 30th August at RAF Barkston Heath will include an More...
Century UK ‘Super Special’ offers Century UK is offering some of its RTF helis at special offer prices. Products on offer include the More...
US Nats 2010 Extra & IRCHA Jamboree Rotorworld’s US correspondent brings a brief report from this year’s US National Championships and the IRCHA More...
Curtis Youngblood wins the 2010 US Nats The final result of the 2010 F3C US Helicopter National Championship held between 8th - 12th August have More...
UK 3D Championship 2010 Being run at the same superb venue, Croft Farm Waterpark in Tewkesbury, Gloucestershire, the major 3D helicopter competition More...
F3C Euros blog Bruce Naylor, one of the judges at this year's F3C European Championships held in Sibiu, Romania last month, has produced a very More...
NEW PRODUCTS

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Let battle begin with Force from Horizon

Let battle begin with Force from Horizon New from the innovative team at Horizon in the U.S., FORCE is a combat system for the R/C category that gives both novice and experienced pilots the opportunity to have an out of the box air-to-air and More...

Introducing the new Top Gun Pro Heli range from CML Following on from the success of the Top Gun range, CML are please to announce a new range called Top Gun Pro Heli. The first release in this range is the new Rapier 450 and 250 ready-to-fly 3D More...
New Furion 6 from Miniature Aircraft Following the release of the nitro-powered Fury 55 earlier this year, Miniature Aircraft has now launched a new electric-powered version called the X-Cell Furion 6. The new Furion 6 is already available in More...
Better Byron Blend Byron have done it again! They've taken one of the finest helicopter fuels, at the peak of its popularity, and improved it. It seems to be company policy at Byron Fuels! Rotor Rage 30 has been turning rotors and pilots' heads More...
LiFeSource AC/DC Economy Charger & 6.6V 1900mAh Pack   The ideal charger option for the entire line of LiFeSource Lithium-Iron Phosphate (LiFe) batteries, the AC/DC Economy LiFe Charger utilises the cc/cv charge method, with voltages customised More...
The latest stabilisation system The new Copilot 2 has arrived and is available from Aurorra now. Copilot 2 is a fantastic new flight stabilisation system for any plane or helicopter featuring the new wireless infra red programing network More...
Thunder Power RC Multi-Chemistry, Multi-Function AC/DC Charger   Thunder Power RC has introduced an AC/DC powered, all-in-one charger, discharger and cycler with built-in LiPo/LiIon/LiFe (A123) cell balancer that delivers up to 60% more charging More...
AirRacer 3 Channel Convertible Chopper Attractively styled in stunning racing car livery, Silverlit's remarkable new Air Racer will supersede the popular Sky Auto for 2010. The Air Racer may be operated as a conventional car, then at the pressof More...
Mikado scale Hughes 500 available in two colour schemes Coming soon is this new Hughes 500 scale body from German manufacturer, Mikado. The new body has been designed especially to fit onto the company's LOGO 600 chassis. Unless already More...
New and improved SwitchGlo Pro The best glow igniter just got a whole lot better! Following the success of the first generation SwitchGlo, the SwitchGlo Pro is loaded with new features to improve functionality, versatility and More...
Hot Rox Hand Warmers - the end to cold hands! New from Energon Solutions are these Hot Rox hand warmers which offer a brand new way of keeping your hands (and other parts of your body) warm. Get ready for the cooler weather with these reusable More...
Reviews

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Bantam BC8DX Charger Review

Bantam BC8DX Charger Review Jamie Cole tests out the latest 'must have' Bantam BC8DX charger to see if charging can be twice the fun it used to be!   So what makes the Bantam BC8DX such an interesting and different charger? Well there are two More...

Savöx Servos Review Jamie Cole tests out the latest value for money digital servos from Savöx that have recently arrived on the scene courtesy of CML Distribution and seem to be taking what has traditionally been a demanding market by More...
Flight Test - Thunder Tiger Raptor 90 3D   The Raptor 90 3D is a step forward in Thunder Tiger’s quest to regain the lead in R/C helis. they have taken the 90 SE and removed parts and changed others for lighter ones to get a lower weight with More...
Flight Test - E-flite Blade mCX2   Tom Stacey offers rotorworld.co.uk a first look and mini review of the brand new E-flite Blade mCX2 that’s just arrived at the Rotorworld office. E-flite’s smallest member of the Blade family was an More...
Flight Test - E-flite Blade Tandem Rescue The incredibly successful Blade mCX range expands again, this time into a superb looking Canadian CH-113 Labrador replica, complete with twin rotor system and massively modified control software. Tom Stacey More...
Flight Test - Thunder Tiger Raptor 50 Titan SE Richard Budd takes the opportunity to reacquaint himself with one of his favourite model helicopters by building and flying the latest incarnation of the classic Thunder Tiger Raptor 50, the Titan More...
How To

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How To - The Art Of Autos

How To - The Art Of Autos   In this, the latest in his series of articles on aerobatic training, John Parker gets stuck into the art of autos. Hopefully, you'll be getting pretty confident now, doing those loops, stall turns, and rolls that More...

How To Trim Your Heli So you can perform nose-in hover, execute a roll, and loop the loop, but is it all neat and tidy? John Parker takes us back to basics…   Almost the start of the new season, so now's the time to start learning those new More...
How To Loop Your Heli Bored with hovering, circuits and stall turns? take the path to more advanced flying by following our new series. John Parker starts us off with a loop   Some of you remember, and some of you have yet to remember, your More...
How To Perform Rolling Autos   John Parker offers some help and handy tips designed to help intermediate 3D pilots improve their rolling autorotations. Spring is coming and with all the winter flying that you've done just to keep your hand in, More...
How To Understand Exhausts   Exhausts, mufflers, silencers, tuned-pipes, expansion chambers, exhaust diverters - there are lots of names and types but what do they do and how do they work? Nigel Fraser Ker tells all... In this article I'm going More...
How To Set Up Computer Radios Learning to fly a model helicopter in the first place can be one hell of a challenge. In fact I would argue that this hobby is 40% set-up, 40% skill and 20% having the balls to simply try it in the first place. If More...
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