Dom (Essential RC)

Unbox, assemble and fly. All the hard work has been done. Could almost assemble it at the flying field.

Comes with everything in the box including the transmitter, flight batteries, USB charge lead, fixed landing gear and spare propellors. Big fun even in strong wind !

First flight of my F7F Tigercat. No trim for level flight straight out of the box !

Have always wanted to do this !

Roof and chimney inspection with the Mini 3 Pro. The collision avoidance is just fantastic for making this a relatively low risk task...

After 3 videos of my resident heli expert having a go...thought it was time to show anyone can fly one of these new Fly Wing FW450-V3s

Heli auto-inverts to upside down flight

Growing trend for GPS enabled RC helicopters...and this is the latest. In this first video we explore the difference between GPS and 3D modes.

Jason flies the NEW RTH version of the Atom RC Swordfish and within 90 seconds finds out how a Flight Controller can prevent you from crashing !

His first EDF jet flight at 10 years old !

PC-21 in action at LMA Cosford. One of my favourite flights of the year. Marc really turned on the taps on this flight!

Sharing news that we have a new Member joining the 'Essential RC' Team. Finn is a member of our local model flying club and only last week proved his flying ability by passing his British Model Flying Association (BMFA) B Certificate. All the more remarkable because he is only 10 years old ! Finn will be helping me review RC aeroplanes over the coming months and inspiring other kids to get involved in our awesome hobby...

Added some interior detail to my FPV Super Decathlon

Largest autogyro I've filmed in a while

Now this was fun to fly...even on a windy day !

Glider tow demonstration at LMA Cosford 2022

Unboxing, assembly and first flight of FMS dual 70mm EDF Su-27

It has a proper 5 cylinder radial engine. Moki 250. Not cheap but about as authentic as you can get for RC warbird sound.

Yup. The panning servo drifts but only when I've got the head tracking running. If I switch that off and configure the pan/tilt to work via sliders on the radio it works fine. When I get time I'll try and debug it but it should work.

A cracker for Christmas Eve. This is Geoff's super scale F4U Corsair. The sound is just gorgeous...and the slow fly bys perfect for the camera. Happy Christmas folks !

We do have head tracking Geoff. Friend created the module from an Arduino board. It sends the head movement to the transmitter via bluetooth which then sends the pan/tilt signals on 2 trainer channels to the receiver. I've got a fantastic 280 degree panning servo but for some reason it 'drifts' and I have to keep re-centering the servo. Interference from something can cause this with cheaper servos. Seems to be worse in the Pitts but was not so bad in the OMP Super Decathlon. And yes on the goggle stickers. I get that comment a lot !

It's my local club and I have flown FPV at it many times. Problem with a biplane is the limited forward view. I need real time telemetry with altitude and a pointer back to home. Got that on other models. Just a bit time consuming to setup.

And actually flying with the FPV goggles. I got disorientated a few times ! So important to have a spotter.

First test flight...went quite well...