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The 2008 Neat Fair was held at the Peaceful Valley Campgrounds in Downsville, NY. This three day, annual autumn event is the biggest gathering of electric RC pilots in the Northeast U.S. I spent the day at the show on Saturday, September 13th. Read on to see our photo coverage of the event.

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The Santa Clara County Model Aircraft Skypark (SCCMAS) airshow was held July 12th and 13th in Morgan Hill, California. This free annual show spans a wide range of radio control flight, from gliders to gas powered acrobats, and helicopters to turbine powered jets. It's a great chance for existing pilots and those new to the hobby to see a little of everything that RC has to offer in the air. Keep reading to see these planes and helis in action.

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One way to get into night flying is to fill a plane with LEDs. You can do that by connecting them directly to the motor battery, or to a dedicated second pack, but neither approach gives you any control. Here's how to reuse an old servo to drive your LEDs, with either on/off or variable brightness from the transmitter.

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HPI have finally got the drop on their main drift rivals Yokomo, and come out with a ‘revolutionary’ drifting car – the HPI Pro-D. With a carbon main chassis, carbon upper deck and orange anodised aluminium bulkheads, it's a very slick design. Only one question remains...

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The 40th annual WRAM Show took place in White Plains, New York this weekend. Organized by the Westchester Radio Aero Modelers, the show draws a crowd from all over the Northeast U.S. This year a major snow storm hit Friday morning, the first day of the show. While this led to several vendors not showing up, most of the big names were there, and audience traffic on Saturday was dense.

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Forget about squeezing a little more power from your engine, filing the ports or any of that nonsense. There have been some quite extreme RC machines before now and none more so than Tony Lovering’s 3 engine monster.

Continue Reading How to go really fast – Interview with Tony Lovering

I always hear alot of talk on all the popular forums that the HPI Savage is a difficult vehicle to work on and clean, so I am making this to possibly help out a little bit. Since I went mud bashing the other day, I thought it would be wise to tear the truck down and give it a good clean. Here are pictures, and a detailed explaination of everything that I had done.

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Everyone always has wanted a nice lid on their R/C car. Now it is possible with these great tips by Eclipse Customz.

Continue Reading R/C Airbrushing Tips and Tricks: By Eclipse Customz

When you think about Nitro RC racing, here are a few names that might come into your mind. Adam Drake, Matt Francis, Jammin Jay, and a few other great people. We here at Zero RC received the blessing of being able to interview one of those three men, Adam Drake! Adam is well known for his racing capabilites, and one of his main sponsors is Team Losi. I spoke to him for a few days, getting things ready for him to get the questions and let us know whats up!

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We all know that propellers are dangerous, but it may be less obvious that propellers on electric-powered aircraft carry some additional risks. Here are two important risk factors to be aware of, and how to deal with them.

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