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  • The show floor just after the doors opened. The 41st annual WRAM Show was held in White Plains, NY from February 20-22nd, 2009. This mid-winter event has historically been the largest indoor trade show on the East Coast. This year WRAM was noticeably smaller than the 2008 show. A number...

    WRAM Show 2009 Report

    The show floor just after the doors opened. The 41st annual WRAM Show was held in White Plains, NY from February 20-22nd, 2009. This mid-winter event has historically been the largest indoor trade show on the East Coast. This year WRAM was noticeably smaller than the 2008 show. A number...

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  • The 2009 Weak Signals Toledo Show was held April 3rd-5th in Toledo, Ohio. This event is a hallmark of the RC industry and attracts the full range of manufacturers, distributors, and vendors from all over. The main show floor is quite large. I’d guess it’s about four times the size...

    Toledo Show 2009 Report Part One

    The 2009 Weak Signals Toledo Show was held April 3rd-5th in Toledo, Ohio. This event is a hallmark of the RC industry and attracts the full range of manufacturers, distributors, and vendors from all over. The main show floor is quite large. I’d guess it’s about four times the size...

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  • Welcome back! If you missed it, check out part one of our Toledo Show coverage. Miniature Aircraft Miniature Aircraft was one of only three dedicated helicopter manufacturers at the show (the other two being Hirobo and Thunder Tiger). Among other models on display was the new X-Cell Fury gasser. My...

    Toledo Show 2009 Report Part Two

    Welcome back! If you missed it, check out part one of our Toledo Show coverage. Miniature Aircraft Miniature Aircraft was one of only three dedicated helicopter manufacturers at the show (the other two being Hirobo and Thunder Tiger). Among other models on display was the new X-Cell Fury gasser. My...

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  • The 2009 Electric Tournament of Champions (ETOC) was held in Toledo, Ohio on April 3rd and 4th. This indoor flying competition brings out the best pilots from around the world, and is held in the evenings on the same weekend as the Weak Signals Toledo Show. The large main gym...

    ETOC 2009 Report

    The 2009 Electric Tournament of Champions (ETOC) was held in Toledo, Ohio on April 3rd and 4th. This indoor flying competition brings out the best pilots from around the world, and is held in the evenings on the same weekend as the Weak Signals Toledo Show. The large main gym...

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  • The 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, California on May 30th and 30st. This unique event combines electronics, robotics, radio control, crafts, sculpture, and much more, and has some of the coolest things you can find this side of Burning Man. I’m going to concentrate on...

    Maker Faire 2009 Report

    The 2009 Bay Area Maker Faire was held in San Mateo, California on May 30th and 30st. This unique event combines electronics, robotics, radio control, crafts, sculpture, and much more, and has some of the coolest things you can find this side of Burning Man. I’m going to concentrate on...

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  • The Big Apple Jet Rally is an annual tradition, put on by the PARCS club of Brooklyn, NY. As always, this event was held at Floyd Bennett Field, New York’s first commercial airport, which now serves as a multipurpose park. The club flies from one portion of a former full-scale...

    Big Apple Jet Rally 2009 Report

    The Big Apple Jet Rally is an annual tradition, put on by the PARCS club of Brooklyn, NY. As always, this event was held at Floyd Bennett Field, New York’s first commercial airport, which now serves as a multipurpose park. The club flies from one portion of a former full-scale...

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  • Helis Over Delaware is an annual, three day event put on by the Delaware RC Club. It features all sizes of machine from micro (T-Rex 250) up to enormous (turbine-powered). Check out our exclusive, HD highlight footage of the flying on Saturday (make sure to watch it fullscreen): Here are...

    Helis Over Delaware 2009 Report

    Helis Over Delaware is an annual, three day event put on by the Delaware RC Club. It features all sizes of machine from micro (T-Rex 250) up to enormous (turbine-powered). Check out our exclusive, HD highlight footage of the flying on Saturday (make sure to watch it fullscreen): Here are...

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  • The annual IRCHA Jamboree is the largest gathering of RC helicopter pilots in the world. This year was the 20th anniversary of the event, held as usual at the AMA National Flying Site in Muncie, Indiana. Updated August 22nd: Check out our HD video coverage of the show: This year...

    IRCHA 2009 Report

    The annual IRCHA Jamboree is the largest gathering of RC helicopter pilots in the world. This year was the 20th anniversary of the event, held as usual at the AMA National Flying Site in Muncie, Indiana. Updated August 22nd: Check out our HD video coverage of the show: This year...

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  • The 10th annual NEAT Fair took place September 18th-20th, 2009 in the Catskill Mountains of New York. More than 300 registered pilots attended this all-electric show from all over. Updated 9/27/09: Al Ramsdell from Maine Aerial Photography Service was kind enough to let me post these three shots of the...

    NEAT Fair 2009 Report

    The 10th annual NEAT Fair took place September 18th-20th, 2009 in the Catskill Mountains of New York. More than 300 registered pilots attended this all-electric show from all over. Updated 9/27/09: Al Ramsdell from Maine Aerial Photography Service was kind enough to let me post these three shots of the...

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