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I used to fly RC airplanes back when I was in high school. I've been out of the loop for 20 years now... are there good sites to re-engage the RC world and/or

I used to fly RC airplanes back when I was in high school. I've been out of the loop for 20 years now... are there good sites to re-engage the RC world and/or get into FPV?

commandar 13y ago
I recently got into the hobby and found that Youtube was honestly the best source of information. There's a channel called RC Model Reviews that's particularly good. It's run by a guy named Bruce Simpson that's a bit of a crazy old Kiwi but he has a ton of really solid explanations of nearly everything you need to know getting started out. One cool thing is that the past couple of years have seen some serious disruption in the field. Open source firmwares for controllers are a thing now, and it's had nearly the same effect on RC that the WRT54G had on the consumer router business - you can now do things with very cheap hardware that used to cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. Some links for you: ER9X Firmware - https://code.google.com/p/er9x/ https://code.google.com/p/er9x/ FrSky, a company doing a lot of interesting things in terms of radio equipment - http://www.frsky-rc.com/ http://www.frsky-rc.com/ The aforementioned RC Model Reviews - http://www.youtube.com/user/RCModelReviews http://www.youtube.com/user/RCModelReviews
niels 13y ago
http://fpvlab.com http://fpvlab.com is a good forum for all things FPV.
yeahsure 13y ago
This is my favorite RC/FPV YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest?feature=watch http://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest?feature=watch
primitur 13y ago
Re-engage the RC world: http://rcgroups.com/ http://rcgroups.com/ http://flitetest.com/ http://flitetest.com/ RCGroups - contains endless gold for enthusiasts and hobbyists and mad scientists, alike. I suggest you get right into the forums in whatever subject interests you, and start looking for the build threads. This site, alone, contains enough information to get you seriously hooked on RC again. FliteTest - fun, easy to watch videos on getting into the hobby. Also, these guys produce easy to make planes that will give you all the basics - me and my 6 year old recently got the FT Basics kit (nutball, delta, flyer) along with an FT Spitfire 2-pack, and we're having the best time of our lives flying a nice variety of cheap, easy to build/repair, planes. We'll probably go FPV in a little while ..

I used to fly RC airplanes back when I was in high school. I've been out of the loop for 20 years now... are there good sites to re-engage the RC world and/or get into FPV?

commandar 13y ago

I recently got into the hobby and found that Youtube was honestly the best source of information. There's a channel called RC Model Reviews that's particularly good. It's run by a guy named Bruce Simpson that's a bit of a crazy old Kiwi but he has a ton of really solid explanations of nearly everything you need to know getting started out. One cool thing is that the past couple of years have seen some serious disruption in the field. Open source firmwares for controllers are a thing now, and it's had nearly the same effect on RC that the WRT54G had on the consumer router business - you can now do things with very cheap hardware that used to cost hundreds or thousands of dollars. Some links for you: ER9X Firmware - https://code.google.com/p/er9x/ https://code.google.com/p/er9x/ FrSky, a company doing a lot of interesting things in terms of radio equipment - http://www.frsky-rc.com/ http://www.frsky-rc.com/ The aforementioned RC Model Reviews - http://www.youtube.com/user/RCModelReviews http://www.youtube.com/user/RCModelReviews

niels 13y ago

http://fpvlab.com http://fpvlab.com is a good forum for all things FPV.

yeahsure 13y ago

This is my favorite RC/FPV YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest?feature=watch http://www.youtube.com/user/flitetest?feature=watch

primitur 13y ago

Re-engage the RC world: http://rcgroups.com/ http://rcgroups.com/ http://flitetest.com/ http://flitetest.com/ RCGroups - contains endless gold for enthusiasts and hobbyists and mad scientists, alike. I suggest you get right into the forums in whatever subject interests you, and start looking for the build threads. This site, alone, contains enough information to get you seriously hooked on RC again. FliteTest - fun, easy to watch videos on getting into the hobby. Also, these guys produce easy to make planes that will give you all the basics - me and my 6 year old recently got the FT Basics kit (nutball, delta, flyer) along with an FT Spitfire 2-pack, and we're having the best time of our lives flying a nice variety of cheap, easy to build/repair, planes. We'll probably go FPV in a little while ..