We have exclusive information regarding Zone 2012! Are you ready?

This years event will be one of the main attractions featuring at the 2012 International RC Air Show in Yeovilton, Somerset May 26th and 27th.

Make your plans now to get in on all the excitement the last weekend in May. Join old friends and make new friends while being immersed in rich aircraft history at Yeovilton’s Fleet Air Arm museum.

Continue on to read more about the location, sponsors, media partners, and more.

Bert and Bobby of SmackTalk RC take time to do a tandem flight so Bobby can take the Outrage Fusion 50 for a spin. You can hear them communicating the next moves. A cool video no doubt. Click for video.

Gryphon has a couple of innovative products available for Nitro or Gasser fans. Check out their new pump and filter lineup. Click for photos and info.

Apparently, Matt Botos has been getting a lot of questions from people regarding the TT Conversion for the Synergy E7. Well, Matt answers the questions of “Where is it?” or “Why isn’t it out?” In true form of a top notch helicopter design company, only the best will do for its customers and pilots.

Thanks Matt for putting out quality products. Continue on to read the update from Matt Botos and Synergy R/C Helicopters.

Here is a cool little camera with some nice features, possibly for your first tries into aerial video or pictures. The team at HobbyPartz introduces the HD 720p Dice Mini Camera w/Night Vision. Thanks HobbyPartz for the information. Click through to view the video product overview, read the details of this camera, and watch a test flight video.

Here is news from the Facebook page of Skookum Robotics. They announced a couple of products added to their Skookum Direct site as well as provided information regarding the refurbished SK-720 Flybarless Systems. Thanks Skookum Robotics for sharing the news. Continue through to get the details.

Horizon Hobby posted news on their Facebook page announcing new setup downloads for the Spektrum DX8 and DX7s. Well, this morning I downloaded the files. I knew how easy the process was so I decided to document the step by step process I use. For this process, I’ll be using my DX8 and installing the file for the Blade mCP X. Continue through to get the description of the new files posted by Horizon Hobby and view the step by step pics I took for the process from start to finish.

The sharing continues . . . . SmackTalk RC releases Learning 3D Chapter 10 – Pirouetting Funnels (Circles). Season 3 of SmackTalk RC is definitely starting off really well. Thanks Bert and Bobby for sharing your knowledge with the rc heli industry. Continue through to get the info about Chapter 10 and view the peak vid for it.

This looks like a sweet fuselage of a Bell AH-1 Cobra. The team at RC Heli-Action posted this vid of a homemade Bell AH-1 Fuselage to go along with an article set to publish in the February 2012 issue. Pilot is Gunther Winkle and camera work is by Sabine Winkle. Although the narration is in German, I still appreciated the way this heli flew in the vid. Check the vid out for yourself. I know I’ll be looking for an English version of the article to read.

Ever wanted to learn how to do autorotations? You are in luck, well maybe not luck, but in for a treat from Bobby Watts himself. SmackTalk RC has made available Smack 101 Chapter #5: The Basics of Autorotation. Get the info about the latest Smack 101 chapter and view a preview vid by continuing through. Thanks SmackTalk RC.

Sebastian Zajonz is preparing for the ToyFair, but photos of the Compass Warp 360 prototypes are starting to make their way around the internet. It looks like a beefy 450 class heli swinging 360mm blades as we have been told. Click for the latest photos.

If you are in need of nitro fuel and you live in Europe, then this will be good news for you. If you are a shop or retailer looking to carry rc nitro fuel, then this is good news for you.

Frogs Distribution is the Exclusive Europe Distributor for Cosmo RC Fuel.

Frogs Distribution contacted RCHR with information announcing their exclusive distributorship. Continue through to get the details and info on where to go to start carrying Cosmo RC Fuel.

YS 120 shows its power in a Trex 700 equipped with all KDE Direct upgrades and flown by Mitch Pricer. This is a serious vid showing what the YS 120 can do. In the hands of a talented pilot such as Mitch you know you are in for a treat. Nice flying Mitch. Click to check out this vid uploaded by Rusty Haggard.

For those pilots who have or are looking to get the CGY-750, you will be glad to know you have great support from Team Futaba pilots. Here Team Futaba Pilot Nick Maxwell shares some tips to improve the flight performance of the CGY-750. Thank you very much Nick for sharing your tips with us. Continue on to read these valuable tips from Nick.

Keeping your Kontronik Jive ESC cool is essential to extending its life. A cooler ESC is a happy and better performing ESC.

Christian Wulff emailed us and shared his design of a lightweight and effective heat sink for all JIVE esc’s. Here is the JIVE Active Heatsink with Fan. Thanks Christian for sharing your product with us. Click to get the details and check out the various mounting options for different heli frames.