Well thought of video although never fly that close to your self and do not practice circles around yourself (Do that in a club and your gone) bad practice to learn.
I just brought my local hobby shop 3 weeks ago, so to see anything rc related on ye old Seabreeze makes me smile.
The zen of flying - funny fella. 
Awesome Matt!!! Great flying of course, but love the new effects and just the whole way it is put together, pans around the 3D words at the end particularly
I have flown helicopters for 15 years and the cost of the hobby has fallen so much that I no longer fly $5000 machines but $300 cheap crap and still get the same buzz. The cheap electric helicopters are so convenient and quiet and can be flower in the back yard without the need to join a club or risk going down the local park. I would be very nervous flying any RC aircraft in a public park. Very nice flying on the video.
When I was a kid, I used to see everyone flying those stunt wings. Zaggi? Or something similar. It looked like a lot of fun, you could crash em hard, play tag with other planes. Burly things!
I used to fly crash a pair of Kiwi produced "Canterbury Sail Plane" gliders, kit form- made from a type of polyfoam that you couldnt break if you tried (and we did our best)
One was a flying wing type- the other a conventional wing and tail, both used a 2 channel radio.
Launched from about 20' of bungee cord pegged to the ground, with brickies string to lengthen it.
Both haad been flown hundreds of times by myself, then passed onto mates.
litterally hundreds of crash landings, cartwheels, bouncing off walls, goalposts, stuck in trees, into lakes and a bus while we were learning.
worst damage was an aileron's tape came loose- fixed in seconds and flying again immediately.
Great fun- best stuff ever to come out of Kiwiland
The price of 'leccy r/c stuff has dropped heaps since then- and is much more reliable and powerfull too.
Get into it crew!
Stephen
The shop is doing goodish. I have managed to triple business in the 3 weeks although alot of that was due to the previous owners lack of everything and the place was so darn dirt it took 3 7x5 trailer loads of crud to the tip just to see the floor.
I have actually applied to be a hobby king distributor, although I will not buy any electronics due to insurance and how crap some of the stuff is. Just not worth the risk of someone burning their house down
Hobby king is zero threat to my shop due to the brands I sell. For now I am not interested in going online to much work and hassle. Every second person says go online go online, yet they are still at the shop buying goods and gaining valuable advice. Not to mention they get off their lazy butt and see the world
Its such a shame that alot of places are closing down "however" people try to make to much money off 1 product - so far nearly every person has said to me, how close my price is to ebay - I have not even checked how my prices match ebay/competitors ect, I just place a reasonable markup and stock has been walking out the door (funny that - other shops!) .
If more shops looked after their customer first instead of there pocket they might last a little longer. Almost like they are above the customer --- wrong wrong wrong.
Full Throttle RC, Lawnton --- Sorry Laurie just one and only plug member of 7 years
member of 7 years
Not flying, but RC fun
Reflex - Thanks - great viewing your depth perspective both on film and more so when flying - I recall zoning out until what I was focused on left my vision - more than once the plane collected a tree when I miss-judged its distance. - That I always found tricky with power planes (0.75 - 5.0cc). - The advent of electrics and the refined throttle control - luxury. Mostly stuck to hill soaring with gliders because U could fly them as close as U do with power (nice skill)!!
Ian K. The ones with strings (fine piano wire) were great fun - Combat control line - trying to chop off the other guy's streamer w/o crashing - almost impossible.
Did U have a relay controlled model plane? - U wound up a large rubber band - powered the relay in the plane -connected to the rudder. 1 push on the transmitter button - released the gate on the relay = 90 deg' 2 pushes 180 deg 3 = 270 4 - back to base. After 'n' pushes the next push took it back to 0 degrees. 1 push = left - 3 pushes right. McGregor used to make these - could have used 'sn's polyfoam ....
Young Bull - a local enthusiast started retailing from a market a few years back with the ethic you mention moved into a small warehouse once established - great approach - good fortune with Full Throttle.
Reflex - we R all looking forward to chapter 2
(and when U R done and dusted a bloopers skit too (U can't be that good all the time!!)
Cheers
AP
This one is kind of an unofficial episode 0 - a definite blooper at the end.
That's so cool. I fly cheapo Ric choppers after work. It's such a good brain reset after a day in the office. And there are times when it does feel like an extension of your body and very zen like.
I saw this www.bynorth.com/ this morning and thought it would make a really cool way to replace the transmitter.
Imagine using taichee moves to control your craft. You would feel like a Jedi!
