RC Afterhours Podcast 84 - Goodbye 2020
31 Dec 2020
Poll Results:
(Highest votes win, selected the top 5 votes)
Best Foam Plane
28% Defiant Wings Renegade Twin Motor FPV
22% FMS Pitts 1400mm V2 PNP
22% HRC Seven
17% FlightLine OV-10 Bronco 1400mm (55") Wingspan - PNP
11% Flex MAMBA 10 G2 SUPER PNP
Best Balsa Plane
38% Hangar 9 Cubcrafters Carbon Cub FX-3 ARF
17% Hangar 9 OV-10 Bronco 30cc ARF
17% Kingcraft Limited Edition (ARF) Super Stearman 1400mm (Balsa/Ply/Composite)
17% Nexa SBD-5 Dauntless 2060mm (81") Wingspan - ARF
11% Flex MAMBA 120CC ARF
Best EDF Jet
39% E-flite® A-10 Thunderbolt II 64mm EDF BNF Basic with AS3X and SAFE Select
29% Flex F-100D SUPER SABRE 90MM EDF SUPER PNP
19% Freewing MiG-29 Fulcrum Digital Camo Twin 80mm EDF Jet - PNP
9% Freewing JAS-39 Gripen 80mm
4% Freewing 80mm T-33 Shooting Star
Best Warbird
40% FlightLine OV-10 Bronco 1400mm (55") Wingspan - PNP
35% E-flite® P-51D Mustang 1.5m PNP & BNF® Basic Extra Scale Warbird
10% H-King Hawker Hurricane Mk IIB (PNF) 750mm (30") W/6 Axis ORX
10% Nexa P-40 Warhawk 1570mm (61.8") Wingspan - ARF
5% HRC Texan
Best High Wing
31% E-flite® UMX™ Turbo Timber® BNF® Basic Ultra Micro STOL Airplane
24% E-flite Night Timber X 1.2M BNF Basic with AS3X & SAFE Select
17% E-flite® Timber X 1.2m BNF Basic with AS3X and SAFE Select
17% Legacy Aviation / Extreme Flight Turbo Bushmaster
11% Durafly Micro Tundra (PNF) Sports Model W/Flaps EPO 635mm (25")
Best Multirotor
90% DJI Mavic Mini 2
5% AirBlade UAV Transformer Mini
5% Flywoo Explorer LR HD 4
Best Radio & FPV Technology
11% Spektrum NX series
11% Radiomaster TX16S
11% Jeti DS-12
5% Fat Shark FPV
5% TBS Tracer 2.4
Other Topics:
Best Helicopter:
Goblin Kraken 580. https://www.bkhobbies.com/product-p/sg580.htm
Roban 800 BO-105
HRC Texan
Best Other (Optional)
Wings simulator
Favorite Plane: Durafly Tundra
Axial crawlers of course
HRC Texans
Best New Technology (Optional)
*** More new radio options
Caddx Vista (came out in January right? It counts!)
DJI FPV/HD FPV
Spektrum smart technology, Batteries and Chargers, although I won't buy it...yet.
*** Insta360 V2, the whole naked thing
INAV 2.6 with Safehome
HRC Texan
Comments/Other Product Votes (Optional)
*** Real Flight for when the field is closed due to COVID
HRC Texan
Anything from the Banggood adult section
Suggestion for the podcast (Optional)
Keep it up ANDRE! You are doing awesome!
Keep it up Andre you are the best!
Polar plunge episode
Scratch builds
Cut your hair live!
Some guest suggestions: Mike Finley, Chris and Mike, David W, Steve Neill, RC Saylors, Capt Drone, Brian Phillips (youtube), Bill Decker
Surprise of 2020 (Optional)
Legacy Aviation Muscle Bipe
RedCat buys Fatshark
Stuart back at Hobby King
The Hangar RC
COVID depression 😜
Giveaway?
*** With the pandemic, the prices of RC planes seemed to go up and there were less sales. There were less new planes released this year, at least it seemed that way. We don't know what the governments will do in regards to rule changes affecting the hobby. Hopefully 2021 will be better for new releases and planes being in stock. There have been a lot of planes out of stock this year.
the virus!
André’s Highlights:
- The yard challenge
- The Hangar RC link
- Diving into the sub 250 quads again
- The sign from Nat
- And still growing as a podcaster/youtuber
- 2021 hopes? iNav, Fuel based flight and maybe some reviews
Thank you to Sam, Shawn & Frank, Nat, Bill for the Dream Flight Li
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