We've got a great sale for the end of the year right now at 3D Hobby Shop!
Deals on ARFs and combos from the 46" Aspera to the 103" 330 SC. This sale ends on New Year's Eve, while supplies last.
Wishing everyone a Happy New Year from 3D Hobby Shop!
Fly Low!
Basher
Flying Giants Photo Contest
Congrats to Ryan White from Colorado- his photo of Tyler Hawker's 103" Extra 330 SC won the Flying Giants' Photo Contest this month!
Great job Ryan! (And nice flying Tyler!)
Fly Low!
Basher
Great job Ryan! (And nice flying Tyler!)
Fly Low!
Basher
DFW Area Fly In This Weekend!
We're headed to the 114th RC Aero Squadron's 7th Annual Santa Cops Fly In this Saturday, December 5th! The field is located in Grapevine, Texas, and every year these guys put on a great event, for a great cause. Admission to the event is one, new, unwrapped toy, which will be donated to the Grapevine Police Department Toy Drive. For more info, see the club's website, or the thread on RC Groups. See you there!
65" Vyper Available for Pre-Order
Designed by Scott Stoops, the 65" Vyper is a Hybrid Precision/3D ARF design.
Available in red or yellow, these birds are due into our warehouse Dec 15. For more info, visit our website, and check out the discussion thread on RC Groups.
Available in red or yellow, these birds are due into our warehouse Dec 15. For more info, visit our website, and check out the discussion thread on RC Groups.
Finally on Facebook
Well, we finally made it to Facebook! Join us in the 3D Hobby Shop Owners' Club Group and keep up with the latest from 3D Hobby Shop.
To celebrate our Facebook arrival, we're sponsoring a Holiday video contest! Enter and you could win $100 gift certificate or a 40-42" ARF from 3D Hobby Shop. Log on or sign up for Facebook and read more about this event here.
Fly Low!
Basher
To celebrate our Facebook arrival, we're sponsoring a Holiday video contest! Enter and you could win $100 gift certificate or a 40-42" ARF from 3D Hobby Shop. Log on or sign up for Facebook and read more about this event here.
Fly Low!
Basher
68" Velox In Stock!
Pre-Orders for 68" Velox Now Available
The new 68" Velox is now available for pre-order!
They are due into our warehouse in mid-October. For more info, check out the product pages on our website- (red & yellow or blue color schemes) and follow along on the RC Groups thread.
Fly Low!
Basher
Ohio Huckfest!
Just got back from the Ohio Huckfest- we had a blast! Beautiful weather, lots of flying low (especially in the corn field), and a little bit of carnage!
This is a great shot of Josh Price hucking his 103 Extra 330 SC-
Head over to Flying Giants for the Sleepy's weekend report.
Fly Low!
Basher
70" Slick Video
New 70" Slick video is up on our YouTube Channel!
Fantastic vinyl package from ADC Hobbystore.
Fly Low!
Basher
Fantastic vinyl package from ADC Hobbystore.
Fly Low!
Basher
And for the Vyper Fans...
We've got some new T-shirt designs on our Cafepress site for you Vyper guys-
In green & yellow, of course!Fly Low!
Basher
Cool 89" Slick Video
Check out this video from some 3DHS pilots on the Pacific coast- very cool piloting, videography, and editing on this one- good job, guys!
They let us post it on our YouTube Channel, so once you've watched it, head over there and tell us what you think!
Fly Low!
Basher
They let us post it on our YouTube Channel, so once you've watched it, head over there and tell us what you think!
Fly Low!
Basher
3DHS in Model Aviation Magazine
3D Hobby Shop is featured in the September 2009 issue of Model Aviation Magazine!
Model Aviation is the publication of the AMA (Academy of Model Aeronautics). Author Jay Smith wrote a great article in the About Us section (pp. 114-115), which includes interviews with yours truly, as well as our aircraft designers- Scott Stoops and Andrew Jesky.
The write up also includes a contest to win one of our 57" Sukhois- so check it out!
And to find out more about everything the AMA does for the RC airplane community, visit their website.
Fly Low!
Basher
57" Extra 330 SC Video
Here's a video of the 57" Extra 330 SC in action:
Expected in our warehouse mid-September, you can pre-order here in red/blue or blue/yellow, and follow the thread at RC Groups.
Fly Low!
Basher
Expected in our warehouse mid-September, you can pre-order here in red/blue or blue/yellow, and follow the thread at RC Groups.
Fly Low!
Basher
AJ in Portugal- F3A Pattern World Championship
So, as many of you know, one of our designers and National Pattern Champion Andrew Jesky is in Portugal to contest the F3A Pattern World Championship. Here's his basic schedule:
Aug 20th Thursday- Arrival of Teams FAI Jury and Judges.
Registration.
Unofficial Practice at Practice sites.
Aug 21st Friday- Arrival of teams and registration
Briefing and training flights for judges
Team Managers Meeting
Model Processing and Official Practice
Aug 22nd Saturday- Model Processing and Official Practice
Opening Ceremony Reception at Town Hall and Buffet
Aug 23rd Sunday- Round 1 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 24th Monday- Round 2 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 25th Tuesday- Round 3 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 26th Wednesday- Round 4 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 27th Thursday- Reserve day for Preliminaries Flights
Official practice for semi-finalists
Judges Briefing
Sightseeing Tour
Aug 28th Friday- Semi-finals - Rounds 5 and 6 - Flight line A and B
Meeting for judges and TM of Final pilots
Aug 29th Saturday- First round of finals according to schedule F09.
Second round of finals according to unknown schedule 1.
Third round of finals according to schedule F09.
Fourth round of finals according to unknown schedule.
Closing Ceremony in front MCPO headquarters Banquet at Sporting Complex of Pombal.
And here's the first pic I've found of AJ at the contest.
This plane is his custom-painted Krill Aviation Spark.
We'll post progress and results as we receive them...
Good Luck, Andrew!!
Basher
Aug 20th Thursday- Arrival of Teams FAI Jury and Judges.
Registration.
Unofficial Practice at Practice sites.
Aug 21st Friday- Arrival of teams and registration
Briefing and training flights for judges
Team Managers Meeting
Model Processing and Official Practice
Aug 22nd Saturday- Model Processing and Official Practice
Opening Ceremony Reception at Town Hall and Buffet
Aug 23rd Sunday- Round 1 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 24th Monday- Round 2 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 25th Tuesday- Round 3 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 26th Wednesday- Round 4 - Preliminaries - Flight line A and B
Aug 27th Thursday- Reserve day for Preliminaries Flights
Official practice for semi-finalists
Judges Briefing
Sightseeing Tour
Aug 28th Friday- Semi-finals - Rounds 5 and 6 - Flight line A and B
Meeting for judges and TM of Final pilots
Aug 29th Saturday- First round of finals according to schedule F09.
Second round of finals according to unknown schedule 1.
Third round of finals according to schedule F09.
Fourth round of finals according to unknown schedule.
Closing Ceremony in front MCPO headquarters Banquet at Sporting Complex of Pombal.
And here's the first pic I've found of AJ at the contest.
This plane is his custom-painted Krill Aviation Spark.
We'll post progress and results as we receive them...
Good Luck, Andrew!!
Basher
3DHS Build Videos
One of our goals here at 3D Hobby Shop is to provide great info and resources about the RC hobby. Although our aircraft are ARFs (Almost Ready to Fly), they of course do require assembly and set up. While each kit comes with its own instruction manual, sometimes it's helpful to see the steps of a build rather than to just read about them.
IPSmotors, one of our Team 3D Hobby Shop pilots, has put together some great build videos for most of our ARFs. You can find them here on his vimeo page.
These videos are well-made and give some great building tips for beginners and pros alike.
IPSmotors, one of our Team 3D Hobby Shop pilots, has put together some great build videos for most of our ARFs. You can find them here on his vimeo page.
These videos are well-made and give some great building tips for beginners and pros alike.
This is build video #1 for our 70" Slick. Check out all his build and flight videos on vimeo!
Fly Low!
Basher
Heatwave 2009 Night Flying
The Tulsa Heatwave in the Heartland lived up to its name- it was hot!! But there was some great flying, all day and all night.
We rigged up our 87" & 103" Extras with Xerogear LED lights- they lit up the whole field at night! (Credit goes to Brian Chitty for the above pic.) Check out this video on our YouTube channel-
We rigged up our 87" & 103" Extras with Xerogear LED lights- they lit up the whole field at night! (Credit goes to Brian Chitty for the above pic.) Check out this video on our YouTube channel-
51" Slick Vinyl Bling
Just got the vinyl decal packages for the new 51" Slick fantasy scheme in from ADC Hobbystore, and they are awesome!
Here's the new color scheme out of the box:
And here are two different vinyl packages ADC created:
This vinyl will be available for the 70" Slicks as well. Great job as usual, Rob!
Fly Low!
Basher
3d EPP
A good friend of ours in the RC world is launching his own website tonight- 3dEPP.com !
If you were at SEFF or the Fly-Low-In this year, you saw some of these amazing little planes fly.
By popular demand, they are now in production as a pre-painted EPP kit. To see how they fly, check out our YouTube video:
And to get one for yourself, visit 3d EPP.com!
Fly Low!
Basher
New!! 57" Extra 330 SC
We introduced a new ARF to the 3D Hobby Shop lineup this week- the 57" Extra 330 SC!
This gorgeous new ARF was developed for us by Scott Stoops, and is the little brother to our 103" Extra 330 SC.
Specs:
- 57" Wingspan, 57" Long (w/ spinner)
- 680 sq. inches wing area
- Covered in Ultracote
- Carbon landing gear
- Composite-reinforced LG plate
- Tinted canopy
- Single Ball-link controls
- SFGs included wing bags, with pockets for wing tube and SFG's
Recommended Equipment:
- 8-10 oz. brushless motor
- 80-85A ESC
- 4S 3000-4400mah or 5S 3000-3700mah
- 4 x HS225MG servos
- 63mm spinner
- DUB672 servo arms
- 14x7 or 15x7 prop
Decals come standard with the kit-
Thanks to ADC Vinyl for allowing us to use their design.
These planes are available for pre-order in red/blue or yellow/blue (no pics yet of the yellow/blue, but the scheme is very similar to the 103" 330 SC) and are due into our warehouse in mid-September.
For more info, follow the thread on RC Groups-
Fly Low!
Basher
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