87" SHP & 70" Gasoline Slick in Stock!

The 3D Hobby Shop 87" SHP in the red color scheme is back in stock and shipping daily!

Photo courtesy Ryan White

The new 70" Gasoline Slicks are also in stock, in RED or BLUE.


Fly Low!



Basher

Arizona Electric Festival

Join us this weekend at the 6th Annual Arizona Electric Festival in Mesa Arizona!




3D Hobby Shop will be there flying, and ADC HobbyStore will be on hand selling 3DHS ARFs.

Fly Low in AZ!


Basher

Flying Giants Huckfests 2010

3D Hobby Shop is proud to announce that we will be sponsoring the Flying Giants Huckfest 2010 US Tour!!




This year's schedule has been posted:

  • June 24th - 27th - Mega Huckfest - Sallisaw, Oklahoma
  • July 29th - August 1st - Snap a Huckfest- Gardnier, Massachusetts 
  • September 9th - 12th - Heart of Ohio Huckfest- Napoleon, Ohio
  • September 30th - October 3rd - Sunshine State Huckfest - Tampa, Florida
  • November 12th - 14th - West Coast Huckfest- Sacramento, California
Make plans to come to these great events, and


Fly Low!

Basher

New Look for the Website and New Combos Now Available

The 3D Hobby Shop website is getting a facelift- check us out!  It's a ongoing process, so bear with us. 

And while you're there, take a look at our Combo page- we've got combos back in stock, and a couple of new ones added, including for the 46" Vyper and the 57" 330 SC.

Fly Low!


Basher

AMA Expo This Weekend

Check out the AMA Expo this weekend in Ontario, California!



One of our dealers, ADC HobbyStore, has a booth and will be selling 3D Hobby Shop planes all weekend.   (One of our customers snapped this shot on the run through the convention center!)  Stop by and say hello to Rob and his staff, and pick up a 3DHS ARF!

3DHS End of Year Sale!

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

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

The 65" Vyper, our latest ARF design, is now available for pre-order at 3D Hobby Shop!




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.


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

68" Velox In Stock!

The new 68" Velox is in stock and shipping out daily!



Scott Stoops posted a great video flying with the 30CC DLE engine:



Order one in red or blue today!

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

57" Sukhoi Video

Another great RC video from one of our customers!




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

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

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

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