In mid-January, I moved my blog from WordPress.com, a free service, to a host that costs me $60 a year. And the domain name (umflight.com) costs $10 a year. Sadly, I am adding ads to umFlight to pay for hosting, the domain name and other costs related to running umFlight. Read more…
You may be wondering why I never posted yesterday. And why part 2 of last week’s post hasn’t been published. I’ll give those answers. Firstly, I remembered that I would have a few new aircraft come in today. This gave me the idea to, instead of a part 2, give Read more…
Warning: you should be VERY proficient at flying RC planes normally before attempting to fly an RC plane via FPV. If you are going to fly FPV quadcopters, you should be proficient at flying quads normally before attempting to fly a quad copter via FPV. Now that the warning/disclaimer for Read more…
Reader’s Opinion is back this month! And this Reader’s Opinion is… Do you use AS3X on your UM planes? Me? I haven’t modded anything yet, so my fleet is mostly non-AS3X because the fleet is completely stock. Now it’s your turn! Vote in the poll, leave a comment, or both! Read more…
FPV might be the most fun part of the RC hobby, but the FAA is trying to regulate it because of a few experienced pilots and the people who have “the cool new flying camera gadget” flying their quadcopters (mostly DJI Phantoms, which DJI has advertised as flying gadgets) dangerously Read more…