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I have added notes on good places that I have ordered from.  It may be helpful if you are looking for the best place to buy an item.  Keith 

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Use This Page Directory to Jump to the Category you want
New Links Sent in By Area Club Members Indoor Micro Flying (Planes under 5oz.) Personal Web Sites
AMA and Special Interest Groups Indoor RC Products Used By Omaha Area Flyers Radio Web Sites
Battery Dealers Lithium-Polymer Local Clubs RC Clubs (Out of Area)
Cad Software Magazines RC Links Web Sites
Clubs and Web Sites for R/C in our area Miscellaneous Web Sites RC Supplies
Engine Manufactures Motor/Battery Calculators RC Web Sites
Flight Simulators Motor Data Ripstop and carbon Fiber Rods
Full Size Airplanes New Flyers Sailplanes
Helicopters Newsletters Scale Planes
Hobby Stores Online Flying Games Software
Indoor Electric Flying Pattern Planes WW-I & Golden Era Aircraft

 

New Links Sent in By Area Club Members

 

.8 Gram Muscle wire servos www.micronradiocontrol.co.uk more info www.toki.co  buy them from www.bsdmicrorc.com  Sent in by Larry Bailey

12.3 gram Aito Foam Bi-Plane "RC Groups discussion" www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=806217&page=8 Sent in by Larry Bailey

Preliminary ideas for equipment and total plane weight.  Sent in by Keith Paskewitz
Many kinds of foam  http://www.rcfoam.com/cart.php?target=category&category_id=75  Sent in by Keith Paskewitz
Cheap Carbon Fiber tubes. http://www.canuckengineering.com   Sent in by Dan Cramer & Fred Tuckerman
I Ordered Carbon Fiber rods.  Good prices & good selection. http://www.acp-composites.com/ACP-CAT.HTM  Sent in by Keith Paskewitz

Here is a couple of sources for getting EPP Foam  RCSkyFlyer.com   &  FlyingFoam.com  Sent in by Roland Lyons

Cheap 10 gram $12 Outrunners -- Light Weight $6.29 Good Quality Servos -- 2 cell 300 mah $6.34 Batteries, etc.  http://www.hobbycity.com   Details for Servo & Outrunner & Battery Sent in by Bret Grell 

Ideas for building light weight foam planes  http://home.quicknet.nl/qn/prive/d.vandervecht/indoor  Sent in by Bret Grell 

5 Gram Brushless Outrunner https://www.unitedhobbies.com/UNITEDHOBBIES/store/uh_viewItem.asp?idProduct=6312   

RC Groups discussion of this motor. http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=778956  Sent in by David Cantrell

Excellent 3-D Foam airplane kits & equipment, also have great hinge tape   www.fancyfoam.com  Sent in by Kip Dirkschneider

Landing Products APC Props www.apcprop.com Sent in by  George Lieb

Tiny little 3 pin JST connectors & wires for Ultra Micro Servo & new Nanolite 2 gram Spectrum Receiver  & connects the two 2.4 Ghz. JR Radio receivers too.

http://www.homefly.com/products.asp? id=29  "I finally found the right ones! Be sure to pick the 3 pin plugs"  Each plug comes with a male & female end including wire & pins. Sent in by Keith Paskewitz

25 Amp Dynam ESC for $11.99  http://www.neoplanes.com/radio-control/dynam-25-amp-esc-brushless-speed-controller.html  Sent in by Fred Tuckerman

Outrunner Motors for $6.95!!  http://www.unitedhobbies.com  Sent in by Dean Copeland

Forum for the Western Front Dawn Patrol    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Western_Front_Dawn_Patrol    Sent in by Dean Dingman

New lighter weight Hitec HS-45HB servo  with carbonite gears, for indoor electric flying.   http://www.hitecrcd.com/servos/show?name=HS-45HB  Sent in by  Keith Paskewitz

New light weight Spektrum Receiver  and new light weight servo from Spektrum, for indoor electric flying.   www.spektrumrc.com  Sent in by Keith Paskewitz

Good web site to order from.   www.espritmodel.com Sent in by Larry Bailey

Hey all,    I found this deal on Ultrafly parts. Great prices, for Tower Hobby. If you add on the coupons they always send out you've got a fantastic deal. Spread the wealth and send out the link to all who may be interested.  http://www2.towerhobbies.com/cgi-bin/wti0872p?&L=UFL Sent in by Fred Tuckerman

Surfing around and found www.HiModel.com  Great prices on brushless motors. Also, they have a sale on brushless ESC's. 40A for $16.00! Here's the link. http://www.himodel.com/electric/TP-40A_Brushless_Speed_Controller_G2.html   Enjoy and spread the news,  Sent in by Fred Tuckerman

 

AMA and Special Interest Groups

AMA District IX  (Our District Web Site)

 JPO Jets NEAC Electric Flying
AMA District IX    (Overview) LSF Silent Flight NFFS Free Flight
AMA Insurance   (Explained) MACA Combat NSRCA Pattern
AMA Main Organization MECA Engine Collectors SPA Senior Pattern
IMAA Large Scale NASA National Assoc. of Scale Aeromodelers SAM Old Timers 
IRCHA Helicopters NCLRA C/Line Racing VR/CS planes before 1970

 

Battery Dealers Lithium-Polymer
Bob Selmons Designs  (Li-Poly) Dynamic Web Enterprises  small (Li-Poly) Plantraco.com                   (Li Poly) 
Castle Creations            (Li-Poly) E-Tec 700 Li-Poly cells (Higher Amp Draw) Radical RC                      (Li-Poly)
CheapBatteryPacks.com read warning & cont. FMA Direct                   (Li-Poly) Unitedhobbies.com (cheap Batteries)
homefly.com Dave Lewis                        (Li-Poly) Great Planes               (Li-Poly) Wild RC                   (Li-Poly)
Duralite Batteries         (Lithium-Ion) Indoor Flyer                 (Li-Poly)  

 

Cad Software
AutoCad  (2-Ddrafting easy) ModelCad  (Specifically for drawing Models) SmartDraw  (Free Download)
Compufoil  (software for designing wings) WingMaster  (Airfoil Design)  
DesignCAD  (Complete CAD Program $999.99) Graphite  (2-D 3-D Trial version available)  

 

 

 

 

 

Engine Manufactures
Aircraft International  (Large Scale)   Gas Engines Rossi  (Super Engines)  Rossi Specs etc. 
B&B Specialties Quadra Zenoah US Engines & Fuji MDS Super Tiger Engines
Desert Aircraft             (Large Scale) Moki

Webra Engines  Dist. by Horizon Hobby
Enya  (Model Rectifier Corp) OS Max  Dist. by Tower Hobby Zenoah

 

Flight Simulators
Aero Fly Pro   (Has Omahawk's field) Dave Brown Products   realitycraft.com
Cockpit Masters Real Flight (I have this one-Not recommended)  

 

Full Size Airplanes
DC - 3 Aviation Museum DC - 3 information Reno Air Racing Pictures 2000 Reno Air Races  

 

Helicopters
Bruckner Hobbies  (Thunder Tiger Hirobo) Hobbies & Helis Int.  (Quick Helis)  
Century Helicopter Prod  (Electric & Glow) HUI Robbe Schluter  (Kits) RC Direct  (Electric)
Chief Aircraft    (JR  Kyosho  Piccolo) King RC  (Many Kits) Rick's R/C Helicopters  (Everything)
CyberHeli  (Good prices & service)  Lite Machines  (Directory) TrendTimes.com  (Ask for 10% off)
Heli-Kraft   (Best price on Raptors) Modelrectifier  (Hirobo Shuttle Plus) Vario USA  (New & used kits)

Heli-Proz  (Everything)  I got Align Micro Heading lock Gyros from here

 New Creations RC      X-Cell RC Helicopters  (Fury 80-90)
OS Helicopter Engines   (.32 to .91)  

 

Hobby Stores
Bob Boumstein used engines E-Mail Bob HobbyPeople.net Sig Manufacturing kits balsa etc.
BP Hobbies Hobby Town - Irvington  402-498-8888

Tower Hobby  Kits Engines etc.

I got slow flyer APC props
Dave Brown Products Simulators Hobby Town - La Vista    402-597-1888
Dubro Products Horizon Hobbies JR Radios  3-D Waverly RC Model Aviation (Waverly NE)

 

Indoor Electric Flying

2dogrc.com Good Stuff- Batteries E Cubed R/C  Micro Ant.& Good Stuff! Plans  Sent in by Don Pogue
ACE Hobby  Chargers etc.

E-Foamies.com/3D (Unbreakable planes)

I got Revolution 3-D EPP (Batteries)

 Plans  Sent in by Don Pogue 

Aeromicro.com Cheap/Free shipping over $100

I got 1320 Thunder Power Batteries & Hitec 56HB servos W/Carbonite Gears

 Peck-Polymers  (CO-2)
Electric Jet Factory Ducted Fans Quiet Power  (Electric information)
Electro Dynamics Batt. & chargers Radical RC  (From Dean Copeland)
Airdyn   (Corners for carbon fiber rods) Electric RC Web Site Radio Shack.com

AllERC  All Electric RC

I got Kokam 20C 340 packs here

 E Zone Mag  (Rec. by Mike Moritko) RC Micro Flight From Dean
FlyingFoam.com  (Has EPP Foam) RC Toys.com
ACP Sales  (Vacuum bagging materials) FlyingModels.org (Motor Data) Red Rocket Hobby Shop  E-Planes etc.
Air Dynamics  (Carbon Fiber Rods etc.) FMA Direct Inc. everything Sirius Chargers bypass diode on Futaba trans.
Astro Flight Inc.  (Brushless Motors)  FoamFly.com  (Build with foam board) Sky Hooks & Rigging  888-562-8277

Balsa Products  (Blue Bird Servos)

I got Blue Bird servos for 13.95 ea.

 Force Field  (I got 3/8x1/16  Magnets) SR Batteries everything
GoBrushless.com Build your own elec. motor Room Flight (carbon rods & lots more stuff)
balsausa.com Great Planes SR Batteries everything
Batteries America Hobby Club Kits Motors, batteries. Star Flight Gear Drives etc.
Batteries, motors, Gearbox - Calculator

Hobby Lobby  (Everything Electric)

I got Nippy Black Brushless Motors 0808/98 for 8oz planes 1210 /103 for 15 oz planes

 Sullivan Prod. Hardware
BMJR Model Products Kits and electric Super Nova 250-S  Charger
BSD Micro RC TheProfileBrotherhood.com 3-D Profile forum
B & T Racing Products House of Balsa ThePlanPage.com (Sent in by Kerry Bassett)
Castle Creations Indoor Flyer                 lots of items Thomas Distributors (2400Mah AA Nimh)
Cermark Kits motors ICS Batt. 800-704-6229

Joe Cole's Mini FEDA Heli  ($255- w/shipping)

 thunderpower-batteries.com

Chokes for receiver antenna

 KoKam  (Lithium Polymer Batteries)

Todd's Models   (Phoenix 10 ESC)

I got a Phoenix 10 for 50.95 including shipping
copicmarker.com  (Paint for indoor planes) Magellan Tech  Batt. Zapping for more current
Dave's RC Micro & Parking lot Mark's Hobby  Park Flyers TrendTimes.com  (Ask for 10% off)
David Lewis Micro Electric Maxx Products From Dean - Sanyo Trick RC  Zagi
Didel  (Planes, robots interesting) Megatech Cars Chargers Radios Ultra-Light 3-D Sport Bipe  "IFO like plane"
DJ Aerotech Indoor & Park Modelair-Tech Plans kits and belt drives Unitedhobbies.com  Outrunners for $6.95
Download plans here.  (Good plans) Monster Cable.com  (2100mah AA cells) Turnkey RC Kits
Du-Bro Products Micro hardware Nelson Hobby   (Paint etc) WES-Technik  (Germany)
Duralite Batteries  New Creations RC  (Has everything)

Wild RC  I got my IFO's from here. 

Dymond Turbo Super Charger (chargers etc.) North-East Sailplane Products Windsor Props 
  Penn Valley Hobby Supplies .

Indoor Micro Flying (Planes under 5oz.)

Gordon's Micro R/C Plane Site

 List of Links for micro planes parts "rcgroups"

3-pin JST Plugs for 2 gram Spektrum RX

Warning most JST plug Equip. has reversed + & - wires with black wire in the center of the plug.
Micro Indoor Electric Planes
hobbycity.com cheap light weight good servos Outrunners etc.  Plantraco 1.2 gram RX 4 ch w/Built in ESC 5 Gram Brushless Outrunner 11.95 12/16/07

 

Indoor RC Products Used By Omaha Area Flyers
Brett Grell's Recommendations Page

Micro Indoor Electric Planes

  

 

Magazines
Airborne  (Australian R/C) Internet Scale Modeler Plastic, but good stuff R/C Soaring   (UK)
AMA's Model Aviation  (AMA Publication) Model Airplane News  (MAN Web Site) Rotory Modeler  (Helicopters)
Fine Scale Modeler   (Building tips etc.) RC Micro Flight   (Online Newsletter) The E-Zone   (Electric Flyers)
Flight Journal   (Scale Articles) R C Modeler  (RCM Web Site)  
Fly RC   (Indoor to Giant Scale) R C Model News  Australia and New Zealand  

 

Miscellaneous Web Sites 

airfields-freeman.com (Abandoned Airfields)    

 

MotorCalc.com Download Motor Calc Motor Calculator (Figure Engine Size) FMA Battery Calculator Kokam Batteries

 

Motor Data  

Acrobat Chart  (Page 72 (Nippy Black data)    

 

New Flyers
RC Airplane World  (Lots of good info) New Flyer Help AMA good tips for everyone New Flyer Information Web Site

 

 

 

Pattern Planes
Gator RC  (Good pattern planes and accessories)    

 

Personal Web Sites
Aerial RC Pictures Selling their Pictures

Metro R/C Flying E-Store (Keith's Online R/C Airplane, Heli, Books and Magazines Store)

 ScottsPaint.com (My son's paint business)

Buy-topia.com (Keith's Amazon type store)

 Mid-Missouri Radio Control Association Shay RC  Share RC pictures videos etc.
Cameras4Fun (Keith's Online Camera Store - Buy something to help fund my R/C Web Sites)
Paper Airplanes  (Sent by Mitt Grimes) Steve Peck's web site  (Buy planes etc.)
Christian Modelers Pete Rosas (Pics on Carden Aircraft Web)
Store4Tools.com (Keith's Online Tool Store - Buy something to help fund my R/C Web Sites)
Jeff Raskin (Friend of the Sky Knights) RC Airplanes.com (Very interesting site) RC Airport.com  (Very interesting site)
JoeColeMagic.com (Great Magic Show) Scottish Aerobatics (Aerobatics Site) Quiet Power Electric Flyers Only (Elec. Info)

 

Radio Web Sites
Airtronics.net  Airtronics Inc. 1185 Stanford Court Anaheim, CA 92805 714-978-1895

JRRadios.com JR-Horizon Hobby, Inc. 4105 Fieldstone Rd. Champaign, IL 61822 887-504-0233

 Spectrum  (New Spread Spectrum Radio)
FutabaRC.com  Futaba Service Center 3002 N Apollo DR. Champaign IL 61822 217-398-0007 KennedyComposites.com Sombra Labs Shadow Change frequency on receiver  Sombras web not working yet so I am sending you to Kennedy  
HitecRCcd.com Hitec Customer Service Cntr. 12115 Paine St. Poway, CA 92064 858-748-6948  PolksHobby.com (Receiver works with any frequency)  

 

RC Clubs (Out of Area)
Blue Max R/C Flying Club Good building tips

Mile High R/C Flying Club  Cross Wind Runway

 Sky Rangers Model Flyers  (Canada)
Charles River RC Club Charles River RC Club Ottumwa Radio Controlled Flyers  Ottumwa Iowa  Skylark's RC Club  (Hastings NE)
Cedar Rapids SkyHawks Cedar Rapids IA RC Soaring Clubs Links to Clubs in USA Sooland RC Modelers
Delta Hawks Model Flying club Rocket City Radio Controllers Huntsville, AL The Buzzards' Roost RC Club Tallassee Alabama
Iowa City Aerohawks (Iowa City Iowa)