May 2012 Director's Update

by FliteTest | May 16, 2012 | (15) Posted in Just Fun

In this episode of Flite Test Chad updates us on some of the new things going on with Flite Test and also response to some of our viewers. 


Website and Forum
Tim Hoyer’s thread: OFFICIAL Bixler thread!! has over 20,000 views!
BMSWeb - Posting some great videos about the Nova OSD - Watch Paul and Thomas on their YouTube channel!
Colorex - Really great Mountain Flying Document on our new website!
Flying Monkey - Where are you?

Website - What makes a good article?
Our community needs reference material. We need more technical information and how to’s. Anything that helps people learn about this great hobby!

Prizes and competitions
Brings out the worst. There was cheating going on the picture competition. We will be cautious on how we choose to promote the show and website.

NEWS
-KK2 has on screen display.
-Hobby King is working on the new Turnigy 9XR controller.

Popular YouTube comments:
you guys need to do a fpv plane review of planes that are dedicated fpv planes...such as skywalker....X8....ect ect
USAFA21

When is the 'Advanced FPV' episode? :D
SIXEIGHTTWO

this A-6 is the worst plane hobbyking sell it is rubbish ffs
thephantomsguest

I was about to go search for a video on youtube when I saw that flitetest had uploaded this video. And I was like: "Screw this search, im watching flitetest!" :D Love you guys SO much!
TheHobbyProductions

Horizon Sponsorship:
Two full-time sponsors were a lot of work. We’re cutting back on REVIEWS. We mutually decided to take a break. There are no hard feelings. The folks at Horizon have been very friendly and supportive of what we do.

Other great RC people:


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COMMENTS

Carbon on May 16, 2012
It's really great to see that the flitetest crew is listening to their viewers. The downfall of many YouTube mini-celebrities is the loss of contact with their fans.
Some thoughts:
1.cutting back on reviews-yes! The name "Flitetest" to me is all about experimenting and learning in the hobby. A review is good, but only to people interested in that plane, whereas scratch-build information will appeal to a wide variety of viewers. Personally, my favorite episodes involve at least one of these four things: carnage, danger(tricopter lift lol, bad idea!), David!(he rocks), or some good humor from Josh S coupled with great info from Josh B.
2.We need David back! After checking out RCexplorer, I convinced my dad that our summer project would be an FPV tricopter. I really would love to get some aerial shots of the beautiful scenery in the Pacific Northwest where I live. RCexplorer and David really inspired me, and Davids sense of humor is great!
3. a quick suggestion: do you guys think you could get some guests on your show? For example, an episode with Will from MikeysRC involving say...a scratchbuild, would make a great episode!

Well, that's just some thoughts, hope I didn't ramble too much!
~Carbon

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Funky Diver on May 17, 2012
Nice update Chad, cheers. So far as your reviews are concerned, they are what they are and the fact that really speaking most are sponsored... what do folks expect? You're not going to slate a sponsor at the end of hte day.

So far as merchandise costs are concerned, have you checked out cafepress.com? They do multinational shopping options (handy for folks who don't live in the US ;))
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juxsa on May 17, 2012
I would really like to see a review on different flight control boards such as the Quadrino multiwii and others. I really want to buy another flight board because as a newb to the R/C world the HK KKBoard (although cheap and it does the job) I want a flight board that is easier to fly and use for airial photography instead of crazy 3D multi copter flying.
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jdgomezb on May 16, 2012
I feel kind of silly posting comments both here and on Youtube, but, what the heck.

Nice video Chad, I see a big future for flitetest, keep it up!
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Non Action Man on May 16, 2012
Great hearing about whats going on. Thanks Chad!

NAM
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bmsweb on May 16, 2012
Thanks for the update, its really good to know where you guys are at and where you see things going. Hope David makes his way to the US soon for some more FPV videos :)
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May 2012 Director's Update