This week the gang is all here and we have lots to talk about. Summer is here and we're all getting in flights, Alex and Nick are cranking out flights, Brian puts the work in and heads to his first contest of the year, and Kenny hits the Dragonfly funfly and well... you'll want to hear what happened.

On top of this we have all the latest news from SAB, updates from Tron, warnings from YGE, updates from Global 3D and Bert Kammerer drops by to tell us more about what to expect at IRCHA this year.

Oh but wait there's more... the crew spends some time talking about when is it time to let go of a helicopter and consider selling it, and when should you hold onto it?

Rotor Replay Links:

Kenny Ko Victory Flight at Global 3D (courtesy of Ethan Williams)
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/kGJZWN1xvoth8cGz/

Kenny Hutton's Specter Meets Scott Graham's OMP M7. It doesn't end well.

Bill Ann's Version:
https://youtu.be/aL8tdISQdiE?si=nwV-2F0fSQ9o18_t

Tanner Ingram / Fly Right RC Version:
https://youtube.com/shorts/HHBP3Koa3N8?si=OCS-8973DvpALfel

As always thanks for listening! Any questions or news for the team? Hit us up at questions@rotorrevolution.live via email, or find us on facebook at facebook.com/rotorrevolutionrcpodcast and message us there too.

This week Alex, Kenny and Nick sit down with Rotorflight power user Tomas Kirnak to discuss this extremely affordable FBL that utilizes open source community written software to power it. We cover the basics of how to get involved with the rotorflight community, what are the hardware options, which radios it's compatible with, how is the setup process, what's the learning curve like, how does it fly, what's tuning like, and who is it really aimed at. At 100 dollars per FBL and being able to purchase a radio that would allow complete integration and forward programming for only 250 dollars, it's a system you can buy 3 or 4 of for the price of some more expensive radio and fbl combos. Our hope is to help guide your purchasing decisions by explaining just what you would be getting yourselves into, and where to find help if you decide to take it on. Special thanks to everyone in the Rotorflight community who helped us with this episode.

On top of all that we catch up with the crew (spoiler alert: there all back to flying again!), as well as cover the latest news in the hobby. There's also some updates on how to get a hold of us, as well as the latest on swag here at the Revolution. As always, for listener questions, advertising inquiries, funfly information, or any news items you would like us to cover you can email us at questions@rotorrevolution.live, or message us at our facebook page at www.facebook.com/rotorrevolutionrcpodcast.

Some helpful links:

Central hub of all Rotorflight Information:
www.rotorflight.org

Rotorflight Facebook Page:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/rotorflight

Rotorflight Discord:
https://discord.gg/6QUySXdEvd

Rotorflight on RC Groups Discussion Forum
https://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?4000345-Rotorflight-Flight-Control-%28FBL%29-Software-Official-discussion

Rotorflight on Github
https://github.com/rotorflight

This week the gang is all here and excited to catch up on what we've all been up to. Nick dives back into the hobby after all that work travel, Alex has yet ANOTHER funfly mishap, Brian is finding new ways to practice, and Kenny is tuning up a storm. We do the usual news catching you up on the latest goings on in the radio control helicopter hobby, and then Alex gets a chance to sit down with Satinder Dhindsa to talk about night flying helicopter rigs. How to make a temporary one you can put on your favorite helicopter, programming lights to music, or just building a basic night flying rig that anyone can put together. The two of them cover the subject in detail as reveal some great new products aimed at night flying in the works. Lots of resources on this one so here are all the links:

Satinder's Super Helpful Night Flying Rig Guide:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1h-6PK7xhUu2z_FHfSYyUiqiziOu5fcH0QPv0XeOKkQ0/edit#heading=h.nvw33z87c4bn

Satinder's Night Flying Rig Demo:
https://youtu.be/4_sNgcAy9Bg?si=bkqv_wn_MTSBuulG

Alex's Night Flying Rig:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aJLb_dk0CYU

Rotor Replay Jonas's Nexus FBL Rotorflight Walkthrough
https://youtu.be/YdfZgF5WKuQ?si=4-qnlL7WJ7vIp3yk

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