This is probably at the top of my 3 best trailers made this year. Simply jaw dropping, from the clean video to the shots to the music, I mean everything about this vid is awesome. Word of caution: you may have to watch this trailer 3, 4, or 5 times to take in everything. I got a sense that I was there participating and enjoying myself. Who is this done by? Well, click to check out this HOT Trailer and to find out who it is done by.

Did you hear about developments at Shape Helicopters. If you were at 3D Masters you saw the Team Pilots for Shape Helicopters flying the Shape S8 Prototype. That’s right Florian Otzmann and Nico Niewind are the Team Pilots for Shape Helicopters. Congratulations Florian, Nico, and Shape Helicopters.

Also in the latest from Shape Helicopters is setup details of the Shape S8 Prototype flown by Team Pilot Nico Niewind. Click to read what Shape Helicopters had to say (loosely translated from German of course, as best as I can) about these talented pilots and get the details of the Shape S8 Prototype.

Dave Ketelhut, Sebastian Zajonz, and John Cook, will be doing a BeastX Help, Tweaking and setup seminar at the Compass booth between 2-4pm on Friday, August 12th at IRCHA. The seminar is sponsored by BeastX. Click for more details. Team Compass wants to help people that have questions about the BeastX that need help setting [...]

Our friends at Outrage shared with us some news about things happening at IRCHA 2011. There is a giveaway happening and also special pricing on a very popular item. Click through to get the details from Outrage.

Updated with pic of very popular item.

Haven’t decided yet about participating in this event with the SmackTalk RC hosts, Bert Kammerer and Bobby Watts? Well, Bert go in touch with us for a heads up on an update to R/C Heli Pilots at Sea. Click to get the updated details straight from Bert.

Enrico at SAB Heli Division has brought an interesting prototype video to our attention. SAB Heli Division is developing the project of a Cobra AH-1G in scale 1/7.
The model is interesting in that it uses two motors, one for the main rotor, one for the tail.
It is very quiet and with very little vibration. The mechanical module front is completely separate from the tail module.

Yesterday, we reported exclusive info from Bert about the most anticipated episode for SmackTalk RC. Well, we are proud to report that latest episode is available for download from the SmackTalk RC website. Click to get the details of this anticipated episode and to the link to get your hands on Episode #15 – 3DM 2011.

Andrew Merlino is one of the talented and young US 3D pilots touring events across the country, conducting demos and assisting other pilots (both young and older). Andrew is a proud Pilot for Team A Main Hobbies. Here is a rare insight into 3D flying, well stick cam PIP view of the flying style Andrew has while flying Demo at this past weekends NERDFF Fun Fly. Outstanding flying Andrew. Click through to check out this rare PIP stick cam vid.

Are you still holding out with your old radio system, waiting maybe for the perfect opportunity? Or maybe you need more channels along with the security of FASST? Or you just flat out want a new radio system.

Well, what ever the case Futaba might have the answer, the radio system, and the promotion for you. That’s right Futaba is running a promotion on several of their Air Systems along with one of their Surface Systems. To get the details of this outstanding promotion, please click through.

Our roving photographer brought back almost 300 photos of the 2011 3DMasters contest in Venlo The Netherlands. Enjoy.

Here is the latest vid showing the true capability of the KDE Direct XF Brushless Motor Series. This past weekend at the Snohomish FunFly 2011, Synergy R/C Team Pilot Mitch Pricer was asked to push the limits. You might have to watch this vid a couple times at least to get a feel for the power and performance of this new brushless motor series. Not to mention getting a show of the sheer talent of this young pilot. Absolutely amazing flying Mitch.

To check this extreme flight testing vid, read what the KDE Direct Team had to say about the flight, and get the latest info about the KDE Direct XF Brushless Motor Series, please click through.

Last week we posted a review of the new High Voltage Brushless cyclic and tail servos from MKS.  Due to time and equipment constraints we ended up flying them on a 6V Align 2-1 system.  This week we converted the Trex 700Nitro to an AR 7100 and Voltz 2S LiPo receiver pack sending 8 volts straight to [...]

Well, are you ready? The most anticipated and best episode yet from Season 2 of SmackTalk RC. Yes, that’s right Episode #15. Straight from the Bert himself we have exclusive info for Episode #15.

Have you seen the preview to Episode #15? If you haven’t, all I can say is “It is stunning”! But, don’t take my word, click through to check out the preview and get the exclusive info about Episode #15.