With the 2016 holiday shopping season gearing up, great deals and discounts on any number of R/C vehicles and aircraft can be found. Newegg has a great deal on a refurbished DJI Phantom 3 Standard quadcopter, originally priced at $799.99, now priced at $314.00. The DJI Phantom 3 Standard features a 2.7K camera mounted to […]
A drone racing simulator and pilot tryout program, all in one. 2016 will be known for a variety of events and topics. In the world of radio-controlled flying, it may be known as the year when drone racing went mainstream. The popularity and projected success of multirotor aircraft competitions was at a fevered pitch shortly […]
LaTrax is a brand name with a rich history in the world of R/C. Introduced by Jim Jenkins, the father of Traxxas owner Mike Jenkins, in the mid-1970’s, the LaTrax name has made a comeback after years of dormancy. After it was reintroduced in 2013, LaTrax has focused on bringing lower-cost, smaller-scale radio-controlled models to […]
Get into radio-controlled drones on a very small scale. A person can only sit on the sidelines so long before a wave of interest pulls them into the pool. If you replace "wave" with "gust of wind" and "pool" with "sky", you have my situation with quadcopters. 2016 has truly been the year of multi-rotor aircraft. With […]
There's no denying the fact that GoPro is the 800-pound gorilla when it comes to action cameras. If you've seen any action sports video on YouTube, you've probably seen footage that was shot on a GoPro. And while they got their start in action sports, there are many R/C racers, scale trail drivers, drifters, and […]
