Recently we've had a few of the moderators from wattflyer attempt to place personal attacks and clownish remarks on Z8RC; what they create everyday in their little cesspool. The regulars here don't need to be told, but in case any more wattflyer moderators show up, realize that unlike watflyer, this site is actually moderated.
Intelligent and insightful commentary will always find its way onto my blog. That assumes, of course, that one is materially capable of participating in an exchange of interesting and useful ideas. Try it, after experiencing a little refinement and culture, not to be confused with having no opinion, you might like it better (not that I care if you do).
Z8RC is for civilized and objective, interesting and pointed RC commentary. It is not a sales forum, disguised as discussion, where adolescents brashly peddle mediocre merchandise--like wattflyer pushing their cheap 3DHS slap-togethers, or rcgroups hard-selling Horizon Hobby's brittle and acutely unsafe, mostly garbage product line.
Perhaps equally obvious: if you think your products need a covert advertising campaign to create the illusion that they carry reasonable value, then by definition, you think they don't.
This site's intelligent readership require better.
Sunday, June 12, 2011
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Update: Jiggy Gets a Heart Transplant Update: Nano Corsair video link added. A lot of people probably think I hate Horizon Hobby produc...
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I've moved Super Tigre ESCs to my AVOID list based on their poorly implemented arming safety sequence. Most ESCs require moving the t...
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The Blade SR's twitchy tail takes getting used to, but the errors generally offset in a hover. The SR is a Collective Pitch lead-in tr...
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Great looking 34" span model handicapped by E-Flite's lack luster UMX value proposition. Hmmm... high price, looks great, no ...
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Update - 11 Aug 2011: My OrangeRx has been performing well in conjunction with my Dx6i. Seems the problem was with sub-standard Spektrum t...
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Update: Out of curiosity I swapped out the Super Tigre for a Power 10. Results: little T:W difference and very nose heavy. Recommend an S...
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Updated in yellow. A flurry of Super Cub's have hit the market, it's an embarrassment of riches. Flyzone's entry, their Sele...
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Update: Also see: Fixing the Flyzone Fokker Dr.1 Micro Update: After all that was discussed below, the little Fokker's motor shaft r...
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BlitzRCWorks G4 Quad Charger / Thunder T6 Multi Charger Update: My Common Sense RC 250W PSU has two sets of outputs (see photo below). ...
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Update 8/30/2012: See http://z8rc.blogspot.com/2012/08/aeo-rc-50mm-ducted-fan-combo-w5800kv.html for a great fan upgrade (and noise reduc...
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UPDATE: After pretty light use, the E-Flite 370 in the Ascent failed without warning between two flights. It landed fine, only to never r...
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Update 3: See also: http://z8rc.blogspot.com/2012/01/blade-mcp-x-100-tail-blow-out-fix.html Update 2: mCP X with Z8RC truss upgraded to A...
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Update: Correction: I found a 3 Ch BNF, though I personally wouldn't trust the Scout Tx at range: http://www.amazon.com/Super-Cub-Tr...
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Addendum: As a result of my review, Horizon lowered the price of the UMX Beast to $99, earning it a B+ Z8RC overall rating. Horizon deserv...
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Update: After several more trips tot he field, I am upping the Mosquito's overall grade to A . Update: Added a discussion of slow flig...
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The HK P-38 flies beautifully, so it was an easy choice to sink $35 into a decent set of 32g servoless retracts . The stock retracts don...
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