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he Fayette Flyers’ 2012 Southeast Electric Flight Festival (April 23–29) was simply the best yet! SEFF 2012 was hosted at the now famous Mac Hodges’ airfield. It was a huge event, graced by fantastic weather. Lots and lots of airplanes and helicopters were on display and in the air. SEFF had super noontime demonstrations and lots of product vendors. The event also had a food vendor who served up scrumptious southern food with lots of downhome hospitality—possibly the best ever. Furthermore, the people who organized this extravaganza and those who participated in the 2012 SEFF are truly aces by any measure. This was especially true of the new event director Matt Klos, who did an outstanding job taking over for Jeff Meyers. The SEFF folks really ROCK! As it has been for the last 10 years, the 2012 SEFF event was hosted at Mac Hodges’ airfield, which is located just north of Americus, Georgia on Highway 49. Americus is approximately 135 miles 4
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SIMPLY THE BEST SEFF YET! 2012 SEFF Old Glory flies over Mac Hodges’ airfield, reminding all the attendees that the heart and soul of this great nation live on in the South.
2012 SEFF This house represents a snippet of the fantastic history that makes the Americus area such an attraction for pilots and vacationers.
SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF This photo of the famous Andersonville Prisoner of War Camp, which was located just north of Americus, GA, is compliments of the museum.
2012 SEFF The 44-in. wingspan ParkZone F4U Corsair was flown by Seth Arnold. It is just one of the many warbirds that are shown and flown at SEFF.
2012 SEFF You’ll want to visit the Andersonville National Historic Site if you come to SEFF. It is an awesome experience— one you won’t find elsewhere!
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2012 SEFF Horizon Hobby and Hangar 9 have been sponsors of the SEFF event and this supplement to RC Sport Flyer magazine now for over 10 years.
2012 SEFF Every year team JR pilots put on an excellent show for the thousands of spectators who attend the SEFF event to see what RC is about.
2012 SEFF Spektrum radios and control gear is a huge part of the event, with its radios and gear controlling a good majority of the airplanes at SEFF.
2012 SEFF Horizon Hobby sends a huge team of pilots and representatives to SEFF each year to demonstrate and give information about their products.
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2012 SEFF The new E-flite electric ducted fan (EDF) F-4 Phantom was designed by David Payne. It demonstrated its abilities to all!
SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF This Blade 500 helicopter is fitted with a Bell 222 body set, which you can buy at horizonhobby.com. The part number is BLH1885.
2012 SEFF E-flite is a huge part of any SEFF event. Every year it introduces many new and innovative electric-powered airplanes at the event.
2012 SEFF Steve Petrotto showed how well the new E-flite Hawker Hurricane 25e’s electric-powered retracts work by doing touch-n-go landings.
2012 SEFF Check out the split flaps on the Hawker Hurricane. They not only look great in the air, but they work super well for slowing the model too.
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2012 SEFF Hangar 9’s P-40 Warhawk 50 ARF was designed and flown by Matt Andren. It uses a Power 52 motor married to a 5S battery pack.
2012 SEFF This gorgeous Hangar 9 B-25 Mitchell ARF is powered by two E-flite Power 46 motors and 4S LiPos. It is being flown by David Payne.
2012 SEFF If you want this warbird, you’ll want to buy the Hangar 9 P-47 Thunderbolt 60. Power it with an E-flite Power 60 and a 6S 5000-mAh battery pack.
2012 SEFF A crowd favorite is the 65-in.wingspan Hangar 9 Spitfire MkII 60 ARF. It uses a Power 60 and a 6S 5000mAh LiPo pack.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF The ParkZone F4U has a 44-in. wingspan. It is powered by a 950Kv motor, and uses an 11.1-volt 2200mAh LiPo battery pack.
2012 SEFF Matt Andren put this beautiful ParkZone F4U-1A through its paces. The plug-n-play version is just $199.99.
2012 SEFF Here you see that the ParkZone F4U Corsair can be outfitted with a set of drop tanks and the new electricpowered retracts. Very cool!
2012 SEFF ParkZone also offers their UMX Spitfire Mk IX in a bind-n-fly version. It uses AS3X technology and sells for just $99.99.
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2012 SEFF This Top Flite P-47 has a 63-in. wingspan and is powered by an O.S. 375-Kv motor that gets juice from a 7S 4700-mAh Flite Power pack.
2012 SEFF Trent Wilhelm flew this Banana Hobby Skyraider. It comes as an almost ready-to-fly airplane and sells for just $219.90.
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2012 SEFF The Skyraider A1 has a 63-in. wingspan and is powered by a 400-Kv motor and a 4S 3200-mAh pack. It comes with rockets and bombs.
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2012 SEFF If you want a powerful airplane you’ll score on this Seagull Models T-6A Texan. It is powered by a Power 110 motor and an 8S LiPo pack.
2012 SEFF With its gear down and locked, the T-6A Texan makes a steep approach to landing. This model is very aerobatic as well.
2012 SEFF The Team Futaba guys at this year’s event had a booth just off the main flight line that showed off the new 18MZ radio system.
2012 SEFF Team Horizon’s pilot David Payne was putting his E-flite F-4 Phantom through its paces. The model comes as an ARF EDF.
2012 SEFF Dan Landis of Team Futaba flew this 62.5-in.-wingspan F4U Corsair. It is powered by a RimFire 1.20 motor and a 6S 4400-mAh battery pack.
2012 SEFF Peter Goldsmith flew the Seagull Models PC-9 in his country’s native colors. This 60-in.-wingspan model is a very nice flying airplane.
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2012 SEFF The FlyZone Focke Wulf FW-190 comes transmitter ready with a 39-in. wingspan and a brushless motor that turns a 10x6 propeller.
2012 SEFF Trent Wilhelm’s big B-17 bomber has four, big electric motors. It drops bombs, has retracts and puts on a real show for the crowd.
2012 SEFF John Morgan flew this very nicely detailed ME-168 comet. It had a complete cockpit and gorgeous weathering. It flew well too.
2012 SEFF Mac Hodges always flies his huge four-engine-powered B-29 bomber at the noontime shows. Here it is carrying the X1 to altitude.
2012 SEFF The X1 is shown here just after it was released from the B-29. The B-29 is powered by four DA-100 2-cylinder engines, so it has tons of power.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF The ParkZone Albatros D.Va WWI model comes as a bind-n-fly package. It has a 42-in. wingspan and gets power from a 480-size motor.
2012 SEFF ParkZone’s Albatros sells for just $249.99. It comes with battery pack and charger, so all you need is a fourchannel radio to fly it.
2012 SEFF E-flite’s Albatros D.Va 25e ARF is an absolutely gorgeous model. It sports a wingspan of 53 in. and is powered by a Power 25 motor on 4S LiPos.
2012 SEFF The X1 glides down from the B-29 drop and once near the runway ignites its onboard rockets for a blast back to altitude. This is a fun show!
2012 SEFF This little Gee Bee R2 is an E-flite UMX model that uses AS3X technology. Mike McConnville is shown here flying it in knife edge.
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from Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport. Getting to Americus from Atlanta is a beautiful drive, with much to see along the way, such as the exceptional Andersonville National Historic Site, which nearly borders Mac’s airfield. You can also explore the Habitat for Humanity Discovery Center in Americus. Aviators will likely enjoy stopping at Souther Field north of Americus to snap a photo of the Charles Lindbergh Monument that honors the site where Lindbergh first soloed in a Curtiss JN4 Jenny. For those who come to SEFF from afar, there is significant history in and around Americus, so spend a few extra days exploring the absolute splendor of southern Georgia.
David Payne puts his E-flite UMX MiG 15 ducted fan model up on knife edge. It uses UMX technology to give it stability even to fly outdoors.
2012 SEFF Keith Pitcher flew this very niceflying electric ducted fan F-18E Super Hornet with retracts, which is sold by Hobby-Lobby.com.
2012 SEFF The F-18E has a wingspan of 37 in. and is 52 in. long. It is powered by a 90-mm fan that marries to a 1750-Kv motor and 85-amp controller.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF Thunder Power’s MiG 29 EDF with vectoring nozzles was flown by Jason Cole at SEFF. It is amazing what this model can do.
2012 SEFF Steve Rojecki flew the heck out of his ParkZone F-27Q Stryker. This model comes as a bind-n-fly package and sells for only $249.99.
2012 SEFF When it comes to all-out fun, the 37-in.-wingspan Stryker delivers. The motor is a 480 size and the battery pack is a 3S 2200-mAh.
2012 SEFF Master builder Dave Blum flew this little 30-in.-wingspan BD-5. It is powered by a PJS-300 motor and a TP 830-mAh battery pack.
2012 SEFF This original Stryker is still flying, although it got a hop up sometime back with a hotter motor and a bigger battery pack.
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2012 SEFF Peter Sripol built this Boeing 777 model from scratch. It weighs about 10 lb and has a wingspan of 8 ft. It is powered by two 90-mm EDFs.
2012 SEFF David Payne really tore up the sky with this 54-in.-wingspan, Power 90 powered Christen Eagle II biplane. See the complete review in this issue.
2012 SEFF Steve Rojecki converted his 1/3-scale Hangar 9 Piper Pawnee to electric power. He uses it for aerotowing and fun flying.
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What makes Mac’s airfield so perfectly fitted to SEFF is its size. Plus, this year Mac excavated an area near the east end of the runway to form a lake. He used the excess dirt to level an existing dip in the runway. As a result, the runway is better than ever! There is also plenty of parking and set-up areas—including the new RV hook-up spots at the west end of the field. SEFF has a great vendor area too, and there is an on-site hobby shop. What pilots really come to SEFF for, though, is the immense, unobstructed airspace for their airplanes and helicopters—it is outstanding! While Mac’s airfield has always been a fantastic site for pilots and spectators, the addition of Lake Hodges this year really put the float on the fly! This year’s weather at SEFF could not have been better. There was a bit of wind a couple of days, but even so the pilots had ample opportunity to fly their models. The days that I attended the event were absolutely spectacular, with lots of sunshine and plenty of flights completed. It was a joy to see everything from small indoor models to giant-scale aircraft hitting the flight line pretty much whenever they wanted. What struck me about this year’s SEFF was the diversity of airplanes and helicopters gracing the flight lines. It reminded me of the days when electric-powered airplanes were defining their place in the RC world. I noticed many scratch-built models as well as almost-ready-to-fly (ARF) aircraft. Additionally, many of the ARFs had been customized for more power or details. To me, the scratch-built OH-58A helicopter built and flown by Darryl Sprayberry was an outstanding machine. It wasn’t a model he simply bought off the shelf and flew; it was a highly modified aircraft he made a ton of custom parts for and painted in ultimate scale detail. The quad copters were pretty mind blowing too, such as the one flown by Condor Aerial. Their quad copter carried a full-on digital single lens reflect (SLR) camera and could run the full length of the runway from end to end without problem. Even the ARFs were super cool. For example, any red-blooded
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2012 SEFF The Piper Pawnee is captured here pulling a Seagull Models Ka8-B ARF to altitude. The Ka sports a wingspan of 118 in.
2012 SEFF The E-flite UMX Carbon Cub with AS3X tows an E-flite ASK-21. The ASK-21 also uses AS3X technology. The combination works well!
2012 SEFF Scale glider pilots should check out this affordably priced Seagull Models Ka8-B. It is priced at just $269.99 at horizonhobby.com.
2012 SEFF Talk about cute—the E-flite UMX Carbon Cub SS BNF model has it going on. The model sports a wingspan of just 24 in., but it flies well outdoors.
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2012 SEFF Dan Landis gets ready for the launch of his Calypso limited motor run glider. This model comes with a folding propeller and a landing wheel.
2012 SEFF The FlyZone Calypso EP Tx-R has a 73-in. wingspan and is powered by a brushless outrunner motor and a 1300-mAh LiPo pack.
2012 SEFF This 84-in.-wingspan Gilmore Red Lion is a 1/4-scale airplane sold by Hobby-Lobby.com. It is powered by an AXI 53 motor and a 12S LiPo pack.
2012 SEFF Chris Sydor converted this 72-in. Great Planes Waco YMF-5D to electric power. It uses a RimFire motor and speed controller.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF The new FlyZone Cessna 350 Corvalis shows just how well it flies with its full-house control: flaps, ailerons, rudder, elevator and throttle.
2012 SEFF Mike Hines flew this great-looking 1/8-scale Waco YKS-6 that is sold by Hobby-Lobby.com. It sports a 50-in. wingspan and AXI power.
2012 SEFF There were a number of Apprentice 15e RTF airplanes being flown at SEFF. This is a great aileron trainer.
2012 SEFF Matt Putnam built and piloted this 50%-scale Bumble Bee I. It is powered by a Hacker A60-18M motor with a 12S 500-mAh LiPo pack.
2012 SEFF Even the graphics on Matt’s Bumble Bee I are cool. His model turns a 20x8-in. Xoar propeller. The model only has a 40-in. wingspan.
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2012 SEFF Andrew Farmer showed off his superbflying Hangar 9 Piper Cub. It has an 81-in. wingspan and is powered by a Power 46 motor on a 4S pack.
2012 SEFF This super cute little E-flite Aeronca Champ 15E ARF was flown by Matt Andren. It uses a Power 15 motor, a 40-amp controller and a 3S pack.
2012 SEFF The Great Planes Cosmic Wind is a little hot rod. It flies on a 36-in. wing and gets power from a RimFire .10 motor and a 3S 1500-mAh pack.t
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jet fan would have fallen in love with the new E-flite® F-4 Phantom, which literally blasted down the runway doing super high-speed passes. I’m telling you, I fell in love with the Great Planes® Waco flown by Dan Landis. It was converted to electric power by Chris Sydor, but it flew fantastic on electric. Also, I really, really like warbirds, and there were plenty at SEFF. They included the outstanding B-17 bomber by Trent Wilhelm, the 44-in. wingspan Parkzone® Corsair, the Top Flite B-25 and the Hangar 9 P-51, and the list goes on and on. These warbirds just make great flyers and put on a great show for the onlookers. This year, at the northeast corner of the field, SEFF had a dedicated area for the 3D airplanes. The pilots could really cut loose and put on a show without interrupting the flight groups that had adjoined them at past SEFF events. Chris Hinson went all out for me with his new 60-in. wingspan MXS. Also, the helicopters were able to go wild at the far east end of the airfield. While the 3D helicopters are super cool to watch, I gotta tell you the scale-bodied helicopters turned me on with their realistic flight performance and handling. Then there was Lake Hodges! The lake added a whole new dimension to SEFF. Whether it was a Multiplex Fun Cub or the Parkzone Icon A5 flying off the water, the lake was definitely a huge and refreshing addition to this annual event.
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2012 SEFF The Multiplex DogFighter has a distinctive look and is a fast foamy. Power comes from a 500-watt motor, 9x6 propeller and a 3S LiPo.
2012 SEFF The Great Planes Escapage 61 EP ARF is powered by a RimFire .80 motor and a 3S 5000-mAh LiPo. Notice the GoPro camera mounted on the wing!
2012 SEFF The E-flite Leader 480 is an excellent airplane to use for pattern practice. It gets power from a Park 480 motor and a 3S 2200-mAh LiPo battery.
2012 SEFF Bobby Baker built and flew this P-27 Bean Shooter. It has a wingspan of 128 in. and is powered by a Turnigy CA-120 motor. The controller is a Fat Boy 300. Battery power is a 12S 15,000-mAh LiPo pack. The propeller is a 28x10.
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2012 SEFF Nathan Barley tore up the sky with this Rite Wing Demon. It is powered by a Mega 16/35/1.5 SE motor and a 6S 4000-mAh battery.
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This is Bobby Baker’s P-27 Bean Shooter in the air. Bobby built the airplane in 2009 and has been campaigning at events everywhere.
2012 SEFF Damon Atwood’s huge Emmaselle 1919 has become a fixture at SEFF events. You have to see this huge 198in. machine in flight!
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One of the things that SEFF has become known for is the noontime demonstrations. The SEFF team puts on a great show too! Their demos give manufacturers and vendors a chance to fly their products to show how they perform for about 2000 spectators each day. They feature airplanes from Horizon Hobby, Hobby Lobby, Hobbico/Great Planes, Atlanta Hobby, 3D Hobby Shop, Extreme Flight and more. For those of you who haven’t been to SEFF, the show always ends with Mac Hodges flying his huge, 20-foot-wingspan, 98-pound B-29 bomber, with the X1 airplane dropped from beneath its wing. It is truly a tremendous sight to see! Anyone who knows me knows that I enjoy good food. Well, let me tell you, the food at SEFF’s Saturday night barbecue is always absolutely excellent! This year was no exception, with the cooks serving up some of the best southern food you’ll find anywhere, let alone at an outdoor event like this one. Furthermore, if you like southern food there are many excellent restaurants in and around Americus that will delight your palate. My favorite is just a bit out of town, but it serves the absolute best catfish you’ll find anywhere, and I mean anywhere. It is The Olde Inn Restaurant on Highway 30 about 15 minutes from Americus, sitting right next to Lake Blackshear. Don’t miss it. You hear! What has made SEFF such a huge success over the last 11 years is not the airplanes, the radios, the batteries or the advances in technology. These things contributed to the growth of the event of course, but they are not what keeps people coming back
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2012 SEFF The 52.5-in.-wingspan ParkZone Icon A5 plug-n-play models made use of the new Hodges’ Lake. Their power was a 480 motor.
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SIG’s 72-in.-wingspan Rascal is a superb flyer. It is powered by an 800-watt motor. This one was an absolutely outstanding flyer.
2012 SEFF AMA Hall of Famer Jerry Smith showed off this fantastic free flight airplane that had been converted to electric power—just WAY COOL!
2012 SEFF Quique Somenzini’s new HobbyZone Firebird Stratos RTF airplane was flown at the noontime demonstrations as well as by some beginners.
2012 SEFF Hobby Lobby’s 94-in.-wingspan Senior Telemaster is a winner on electric power. This model is powered by a 60size motor and a 5S LiPo pack.
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2012 SEFF Chris Manns put on a show on the 3D flight line with his Extreme Flight Extra 300 EXP. This model flies on a 60-in. wing.
2012 SEFF Chris’s Extra is powered by a 4016T 500-Kv Torque motor. It gets power from a 3000-mAh Sky LiPo pack and a Castle Creations controller.
year after year, and bringing their friends as well. No, what makes SEFF such a huge, huge success is the people who organize and run the event. What they do is run a tight but fun event. By that I mean that it is well organized so that pilots and spectators get what they come to SEFF to do and see. The pilots get flight areas that are easy to access. Superb flight line bosses manage the pilot stations areas, with their focus always being on safety, yet providing lots of flight time for the pilots. Then, too, the event is spectator friendly. Spectators can walk the length of the huge flight line and set-up areas that include almost every kind of airplane, helicopter, motor, battery and speed controller imaginable. Moreover, there are many vendors and manufacturers in attendance. Consequently, even the newbie to this hobby can get the inside information on how to buy, build, set up and fly RC airplanes. It is truly amazing how well run this event is, and it has been so for the last 11 years. If you’ve not participated in an event such as the Southeast Electric Flight Festival, consider making it your next vacation destination. As you’ll see in this huge photo supplement sponsored by Horizon Hobby, SEFF is a very fun place to be in the springtime. For the pilot who is into flying electric-powered airplanes, helicopters and even limited-motorrun gliders, SEFF is a mecca for modelers. It is a place where you will make some new friends and meet with old. Again, Americus, Georgia and the surrounding area are places where you come face to face with the rich history of the great United States. So, start making plans to attend SEFF 2013. It is not too early to make your reservations, put together a
2012 SEFF Extreme Flight’s Chris Hinson debuted his new 64-in.-wingspan MXS at SEFF. The model is powered by a Torque 4016/500 MKII motor and 6S pack.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF Quique Somenzini flew his Carbon-Z Yak 54 BNF airplane. This model sports a 48-in. wingspan and is powered by a 25-size motor.
2012 SEFF Ryan Smith put his Hangar 9 Katana 50 ARF on knife edge for the camera. This airplane is powered by a Power 52 motor and a 5S LiPo pack.
2012 SEFF We captured Chris Jewett flying his Extreme Flight 60-in.-wingspan Extra EXP in 3D manuevers. His model is powered by a Torque motor.
2012 SEFF The little 14.7-in. wingspan UMX Beast 3D BNF model with AS3X flew outside super well. It is powered by a micro motor and a 2S LiPo.
2012 SEFF With the shutter speed of the camera slowed way down you get a look at just how fast Chris’s Extra will roll on full aileron defections—WOW!
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2012 SEFF Cody Wojcik flew this very nicely done Performance Aircraft Unlimited Pitts Challenger. He powers this 64-in. model with a Scorpion SS2S motor.
2012 SEFF Joe Smith is an excellent 3D pilot. He flew this 74-in.-wingspan Slick 540. Joe powers his model with a Hacker A50-14L on 8S power.
2012 SEFF Castle Creations was at SEFF this year in a big way. Lee Estingoy managed their booth, and he had lots of new products to show.
2012 SEFF Check out just how low and slow Joe got with his Slick 540 during the noontime demonstrations. No, it didn’t touch, but it came very close.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF This 58-in.-wingspan Edge 540 is by 3D Hobby Shop. It is powered by a Hacker A40-14S motor and a 5S 3700mAh LiPo battery pack.
2012 SEFF Cody Wojcik did some knife-edge passes for the camera with his 3D Hobby Shop 62-in.-wingspan Osiris. Its power is a Hacker A50-12S motor.
2012 SEFF AMA Hall of Famer Jerry Smith has been at every SEFF event since it started over 11 years ago. He is a regular contributor to all the RC mags.
2012 SEFF “Fast Freddy� piloted this fast little aileron, rudder, elevator and motor airplane. Freddy says that he has been flying it for a number of years now.
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2012 SEFF Every year Hobby Lobby does a prize drop from their huge Telemaster. This year, as you can see, they had lots of pilots racing for goodies!
2012 SEFF Jimmy T Graham of RC Groups is always at SEFF shooting photos and posting them to their site. He’ll give you a lift too if you need it.
2012 SEFF Combat is a fun part of SEFF every day. The last airplane still flying at the end of the event is the winner. A Radian won it this year.
2012 SEFF This is a Bell Jet Ranger that Darrell Sprayberry flew at the event. Both of his models use Castle controllers and custom mechanics that he fabricated.
2012 SEFF Darrell also built and flew this stunning OH58-D helicopter. It took him only five months to build this beauty and have it flight ready.
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SEFF PHOTOS 2012
2012 SEFF This scale helicopter is a Eurocopter Tiger attack machine. The pilot flew this model in a very scale-like manner during the noontime demos.
2012 SEFF This HoverFly helicopter had some wild lighting on it for night flying. The copter gets power from a 4500-mAh battery and 12-amp controllers.
2012 SEFF Hobby-Lobby.com was flying this absolutely wild-looking Bumble Bee quad copter. It uses four 850-Kv motors and a 3S 4500-mAh pack.
2012 SEFF Condor Aerial had the outstanding quad copter of the event. This machine carried a full-size digital single lens reflect camera!
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2012 SEFF Matt Botos flew this Synergy helicopter with 690-mm blades. Check out mattbotos.com for more information.
2012 SEFF This SAB Goblin 700 was flown by Greg Alderman. It uses 696-mm Matt Botos Rail Blades and is sold exclusively by helidirect.com.
plan to see some of the sites, and to start building or buying some new models to show and fly at the event. Remember, SEFF is about electric airplanes of any type, so you can buy or build a helicopter, an airplane or an electric-powered ducted fan jet. I think one of the reasons that SEFF has grown and grown over the years is that pilots of every persuasion get to come together at Mac’s airfield in a very organized and safe way to fly and show models. Yeah, there are lots of people that come just to look at or sell an airplane or two, but the vast majority of pilots who attend SEFF seem to be there for the sheer fun of sharing their passion for the hobby. If they get some great weather, eat fantastic food and make new friends, that is just the bonus to it all. I’ll see you there. Let’s do a catfish dinner together at The Olde Inn Restaurant on Highway 30, okay? I’m wishing I were there right now. For information on the 2013 SEFF event, point your browser at fayetteflyers.com. This is a great website that will let you see how a club can come together to create a world-class event.
2012 SEFF This is one outstanding helicopter. It is the Blade 500 with the Bell 222 body set. You can get all the details at bladehelis.com.
2012 SEFF The Bell 222 body set is designed to fit the Blade 500 helicopters. It sells for just $269.99 and will transforme your model into this super-looking heli.
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2012 SEFF David Ribbe put his little Blade 130 X BNF through its paces. This model has 130-mm blades and uses the new AS3X flybarless system.
2012 SEFF The new Blade 300 X BNF helicopter got up close and personal with the camera. This machine flies on 550-mm blades and a 320H motor.
2012 SEFF David Payne gave this Blade 450 3D a good workout. It is powered by an E-flite 450H motor that spins 720-mm blades. Check it out at bladehelis.com.
2012 SEFF All the Team Horizon pilots were flying the new Spektrum DX18 radio system, which features telemetry and pilot-friendly programming.
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