I said it last year and I say it again, 2013 will bring to the hobby more angry wives and girlfriends.

Nando

Maybe in 2013 the speed limit for turbine jets will be lifted......?

Originally Posted by AeroSheldon

I think some servos will be able to measure their own load and automatically synch on a surface, like two or three per aileron, and discuss that with the Rx. Automatic.

That would be awesome!

Originally Posted by Brave

Oh where was this when I lawn darted my Comp arf 2.3, AeroWorks Edge..... twice, Extreme Flight Yak, Nosen Mustang, Top Flight Mustang, Planes Plus extra, GP Sukhoi, Aero Master, Bill Hemphel Extra, 3D Hobby Extra, Krill Yak, AeroWorks Extra, Extreme Flight MX, Pilot RC Extra, Yak, Edge, Comp Arf 2.6 Extra, Edge, BVM Bandit, 5M Fox sailplane, Dalton Extra, Cub and that's just my first year in this darn hobby............ almost

If I had lost that many, I would have committed planeacide and check book would have had cobwebs. lol

Originally Posted by Monster Energy

Very nice thinking. That is a very ggod one

Originally Posted by Jaybird

That would be awesome!

Thanks guys! Now if Futaba would just do it.....

It would be a blast if someone offered a line of truly 3Dable Warbirds. It would be pretty dang cool to have a plane to go to some of the warbird events with...fly in circles for awhile with the warbird guys... then suddenly pop it into a hover and torque roll right on the deck!!! I think the Warbird guys would really get exited about that!

A small, lightweight, full fuse 3D animal optimized for the little Evolution gasser...

Originally Posted by flyin4fun

Servo's with wireless technology

You still need power and ground. What's one more wire?

Originally Posted by Smacka

this hobby has plateaued and on the border of becoming stagnant. Not for lack of Huckfest, there certainly is a whoooooooooooole bunch of those...but for pioneering the hobby, not so much....

It might seem that way at your traditional flying field with 5 flight stations and the same group of guys flying their same old planes, but that's not where I see the real innovation. It's at the parks and school yards. These, mostly younger, guys don't want or need all the politics and rules of a traditional club. They fly, and drive, anything you can get with a credit card, and if its molded of foam from China that's just fine. They mix and match technologies without fear. Their laptop and smart phones are a part of the hobby, just like their transmitter, and some of them write code and layout printed circuit boards. Some use CAD, and some even productize their stuff through China. They aren't waiting for a turnkey solution. They are hacking it out of a game controller, or security camera, etc. All this happens on the cheap because they are leveraging....everything. Innovation is alive and well, just not in the direction you might have expected.

I'd love to see the value of the American dollar go way up, then maybe I could afford another Krill model!

Less money in the bank and more debt, the circle never ends.

Nando

Originally Posted by juicesqueezer

If I had lost that many, I would have committed planeacide and check book would have had cobwebs. lol

I know it wasn't anywhere near that many planes but at the time time it felt like it...... Maybe 3 or 5 over the past 5 yrs...

Originally Posted by littlecrankshaft

It would be a blast if someone offered a line of truly 3Dable Warbirds. It would be pretty dang cool to have a plane to go to some of the warbird events with...fly in circles for awhile with the warbird guys... then suddenly pop it into a hover and torque roll right on the deck!!! I think the Warbird guys would really get exited about that!

That would be cool... Heck, I would just settle for an entire fleet of 100cc warbirds that have been designed within this decade.....

Originally Posted by jms5599

I'd love to see the value of the American dollar go way up, then maybe I could afford another Krill model!

You could help it by buying american made goods instead of china stuff. must be plenty of american made rc products out there like kits, no one builds kits anymore. havent seen many build threads on here, couple but not many