HobbyTron.com RC Blog

We’ve carried small and affordable flexible RC Airplanes before at HobbyTron.com, but we’ve never had LED lights on one that flew quite this well. We love the Venom Hawkeye 2CH Dual Electric Motors EPP Foam RTF Electric RC Airplane. What’s really nifty about this plane is that the EPP foam wings will actually bend and twist in a crash, which means no broken wings and no replacing them. The Venom Hawkeye even comes with a couple of replacement props in case you somehow manage to break those in an unexpected landing.

The night-flight LED lights can be turned on or off with a simple switch under the fuselage. They are surprisingly bright for their size and you can easily see them when flying at night. The Venom Hawkeye also charges directly from the controller which uses “AA” batteries. All in all, we love the control, love the lights and were nearly giddy about the EPP construction. Make sure to check out the Venom Hawkeye RC Airplane.

Last night we were featured on KSL newsradio’s Nightside Project radio show and we all had a blast! We talked about all the great father’s day gifts we have available. Michael made the point that dads have had enough socks and ties…it’s time to get something cool for dad.

Some of the RC cars, trucks and helicopters we featured on the show were the:

Superscale Ford GT 1/5th Scale RC Car
E-Zilla 1/10 RTR RC Electric Monster Truck By Hot Bodies
Traxxas Revo 3.3 RTR Nitro RC Monster Truck (55+ mph)
Hornet 3 Mini RC Helicopter Digital Proportional 2 Channel
Electric Mini Hughes 300 Fairy 2 Channel RC Helicopter

We had a great time, special thanks to Michael, Ethan and Paul for having us on the show. Check out our Airsoft Blog to see how the airsoft segment on the show turned out.

Once upon a time we carried a sweet little RC hybrid called the hydrofoam. They were difficult to get a hold of and we weren’t terribly impressed with the quality at the time so we regrettably pulled them from the site. Low and behold, just recently we were able to get a direct line of new, improved RC hydrofoam RC airships and are excited to make them available once again!

The Airship F4 RC RTR flies when you want it to, lands in water and rides like a boat when you want it to, and as if that weren’t enough, glides on land and over virtually any surface. It gives an amazing amount of control that we loved and the lightweight construction make it really durable and crash resistant. What we really loved about it was the 280/380 Brushless Motor with External Rotor. It comes with a 1300mAH Lithium battery for long fly times. You’ll need to check out the other specs on the F4 Airship at the main site.

Our own little Hornet 3 Mini RC Helicopter has been more and more popular lately and is picking up momentum. The Hornet 3 will be featured in an upcoming review in Model Retailer Magazine. It hasn’t been published yet, but should hit the stands in the next several weeks. HobbyTron.com will also be featured on KSL’s Nightsite Project next week as a popular item for Dads and Grads.

If you haven’t seen the Hornet 3 yet and haven’t seen it in action, make sure you visit the Hornet 3 page and check out the video and information we have posted about it.

This weekend the Utah Valley Aeromodelers Club will be holding the UVA annual fly-in weekend show. Here is the information direct from their website:

“For years the UVA has held an open house. This year we are shaking things up. This year we will have a Fly-In instead of an open house. I’m very excited for the Fly-In. All Utah clubs have been notified. There has been great interest from the Northern Utah clubs. If you have never been to a fly-in you should plan to attend. They are great for meeting new pilots and seeing great aircraft fly. While the Fly-In is mainly for those who fly RC we will have a few demonstrations on Saturday. A full size helicopter will drop by the field for a short visit. Now that’s something you won’t want to miss. There will be some great prizes in our Raffle. Including RTF’s, ARFS, etc. Food and drink will be available.”

It will be a great opportunity to check out some of the hottest RC Airplanes, RC Helicopters and other hot flying models.

As you know, we had our father’s day segment on Fox 13 yesterday morning. Favorite segments were where John Morgan from the Utah Valley Aeromodelers Club took his nitro raptor 50 RC helicopter for flips and tick-tocks on camera and our RC electric car race in the parking lot. You can view clips of the segment below:

RC Electric Car Race

RC Helicopter Stunt Segment

Pirate Ship Segment

RC Electric Boat Race

Special thanks to John from UVAC for the stunts on the helicopter and thanks to Fox 13 for featuring us on their show.

Tomorrow, June 5th from 6-9AM on Fox 13 news with Bug Budah the hobbytron.com guys will be putting on a show up at the Fox 13 headquarters in Salt Lake City. We will be showcasing some of the fun ways to get out this summer and be active outdoors with RC Electric Boats, RC Nitro Trucks, RC Boats, Planes and have the pleasure of having John Morgan, president of the Utah Valley Aeromodelers RC Club on the show who will be doing some AMAZING stunts on his nitro helicopter. We’ll specifically be showing the following RC stuff:

RC AH-64 Apache RTF 4 CH Electric Helicopter
1/5th Scale SuperScale Ford GT RC Car
Hornet 3 Mini RC Helicopter Digital Proportional 2 Channel
CEN Grey Thunder RC Electric Boat RTR

Check it out, it’s going to be an awesome show