Well, the kit has arrived and the build is underway. Unfortunately, due to a mixup the frames and bottom plate were missing from the box. The kit came from RRE Models and a call to Bobby Smith got it sorted out and the replacement parts are on the way and should be here in a [...]

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As some of you may have noticed, we’ve picked up a couple of sponsors here at HeliGeek. Our latest sponsor is Common Sense RC, who have relatively recently begun distribution of the Compass Model RC helicopter line which includes the Atom 500, the Knight series, and the Odin .90. With the assistance of the great [...]

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Some of you may remember my occasional mention of the Evil Plane-Eating Tree© that lives at my local flying club’s field. This tree has also been dubbed the “Charlie Brown Tree” in honor of the old Peanuts comic strip, which constantly eats Charlie Brown’s kite. Our tree is similar. in fact, I’m convinced that there [...]

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Yesterday, Sunday May 17th,  Align pilot Bert Kammerer was eating lunch at an IHOP in Orlando, Florida when his car was broken into. All of Bert’s helicopters and radio gear were in the car and were stolen! Please keep an eye out on the boards and eBay for any of the following equipment (excerpt that [...]

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Well everyone… all I can say is SURPRISE! I’m very glad you managed to find us in our new location, heligeek.com! A few months ago, I started kicking around the idea of getting my own domain and moving the blog from WordPress.com (an AWESOME free blog hosting community) and decided to give it a go! [...]

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Protos – Finally finished and all the bugs worked out! To get rid of the persistent wag, I took all the advice I could get my hands on. I moved the ball link on the servo in, I re-mounted the Spartan gyro on the steel plate, and I ditched the 9650 on the tail in [...]

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