Father’s Day is a holiday celebrated around the world, dedicated to honoring fathers. Normally, Father’s Day is celebrated with gift giving and family activities. Why not combine these two great ideas and get your father something RC for Father’s Day? The RC toys on our website make really great Father’s Day gift ideas and they can also provide quality family time learning how to fly. Every item on this list is a quality, easy to fly RC aircraft, choose whichever one you like. This article will help you decide what to get your Dad for Father’s Day. If you would like to learn more about RC helicopters, we encourage you to read the many informative articles on our information site: www.rchelicopter.com

• Esky Lama RC Helicopter - The Esky Lama is a great first RC helicopter. The Coaxial (dual rotor) design guarantees stability, and the included 4 channel transmitter aids control. You can fly the Esky Lama indoors or outdoors (depending upon the wind speed). An empty gym is ideal for flying this aircraft. Crashing is almost impossible, just keep it away from walls and other obstacles. The Esky Lama also comes with a flight simulator cable, so that you can fly all sorts of models on your computer using the FMS software. Esky Lamas make great gifts for anyone interested in RC helicopters, or model aviation in general.
• Easy Star RC Airplane – Want a great electric plane that’s also easy to fly? Then the Multiplex EasyStar is the perfect choice. Anyone can learn to fly the Easy Star, because of it’s stable flight characteristics and durable foam construction. The Easy Star can be easily repaired with super glue (cyano acrylate) and has been known to sustain only minor damage in the most severe of crashes. The Easy Star is also a popular platform for RC Aerial Photography. Get this plane if your father is interested in RC airplanes, or aerial photography. The EasyStar is the perfect platform for modifications and experiments. Note: The Multiplex EasyStar now comes in an attractive silver/white color scheme. We will have an article about this change published within a few days.
• Airship America RC Blimp – With the Fourth of July so close, what could be more appropriate than an RC blimp, decorated like the American Flag? Like all of our Mach IIIz blimps, three channel control lets you control direction, speed, and altitude. RC blimps are perfect for anyone who wants to fly indoors. The Mach IIIz is un-crashable as it bounces harmlessly off of any object that it hits. Like all of our RC toys, a full range of replacement parts are available. You can get helium for the Airship America Blimp from any party or wedding supply store. Please do not fly the Mach IIIz outdoors, it will get blown away in the wind and lost.
• Vortex RC Airplane – Get a Vortex if you’re Dad is interested in RC airplanes. The Vortex is even easier to fly than it’s larger cousin, the Multiplex EasyStar. Fully proportional two channel control lets you maneuver safely in almost any park, and its durable construction helps minimize crash damage.
• FireFly and Micro Mosquito – Both the FireFly and Micro Mosquito are great indoor RC helicopters. Each comes complete with a small charging base and a radio transmitter. These RC helicopters are for indoor use only, but you would be surprised how fun it is to fly them in your living room! Land anywhere, and bug the family pets with these excellent micro RC helicopters. In the event of a crash (or a mishap with the cat) replacement parts are available on our website. Choose the Micro Mosquito if you want extra control (provided by a tail rotor), and the FireFly if you just want to fly casually around the house.

That’s a pretty daunting list, but every item makes a nice surprise for Dad. Choose something that you think is interesting, and then spend the day learning to fly it together. RC flying provides great opportunities for spending quality time with the family, so have a happy Father’s Day!

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Give Your Dad the Gift of RC Aircraft This Father?s Day

Pulled straight from the ‘what will they think of next category’, well known toy maker Silverlit is still riding the success of the award winning PicooZ series of toys with an innovative new twist. The Wingsmaster I-Bird is one of the most fun newcomers to the R/C world. This video here shows why this hobby will never reach an end.

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Silverlit Wingsmaster I-Bird Overview

Wingtip view from Mirij glider

Onboard RC glider at Caerphilly, S Wales

“The 2008 Florida Winternats Official DVD is the 25th release from Ray Wood RC Videos and the 3rd time we have covered this popular annual international event. With a talented field of European, North and South Americian drivers present to contest both 8th and 10th Scale Nitro On Road, we bring you over 100 minutes of hi reving RC action on one of the most unforgiving tracks in the world. Paulo Morganti was racing for the hat trick after winning the 200mm Class here in 06 and 07 and Mike Swauger has had a few wins here in both classes and wants more. Burch, Tosolini, Grosskamp, Lemieux, Baker, Salven, Cyrul etc all winners here before and here again along with many others, to try for the coverted Winternats titles. Multi camera coverage of both 45 minute Finals, interviews and lots of close action hi lights.Get yourself a 2008 Florida Winternats DVD for that next rained out race day. The (fully compatable) pressed DVDs are in full sized DVD case and sealed, and available now. A preview is on my website now, at raywoodrcvideos.com Don’t forget to check out the “Snowbirds 2008” DVD preview if you did not see that yet. It was our previous release. Awesome Oval and Circuit Carpet stuff, and 2007 8th On Road World Championships DVD from Argentina.

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2008 Florida Winternats Official DVD

“XRAY announces its new line of premium quality shock and differential oils. The small details are often the ones that yield the largest gains in racing. With this philosophy, XRAY is pleased to introduce a new high-quality, lab-certified line of oils that will make “dialing in” quicker and easier. XRAY Premium Silicone Oil is manufactured in Europe by a specialized silicone oil premium manufacturer, these new oils were exclusively created for XRAY. Each batch of premium oil is laboratory tested and calibrated to ensure the highest possible consistency and quality from batch to batch. Based on the industry-proven CST rating, the new line of oils will be easy to identify, adjust, and feel.” (more…)

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New XRAY Premium Silicone Oils

Team Magic Europe was in contact to let us know that UK electric on road racer Jason Moggridge has become a member of their official team. Jason finished 4th last year in the UK SLCC, and is currently sitting in 2nd place in this years STCC & SLCC’. Jason will now run with the new Team Magic E4RS for the rest of the season.

Source: TM Europe [teammagic-europe.com]

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Jason Moggridge joins Team Magic