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RCAP 002-Unedited: Indoor to Giant Scale with Mike McConville

This is the original unedited version of our interview with Mike McConville. In our first release of this show we removed a new product announcement made by Mike  during the interview. We did this rather than delay the entire podcast because Horizon wanted to officially release the product in the US market at a later date. We can now release the unedited version. We are sorry for any inconvenience this may have  caused.

Show Notes

We talk to Mike McConville model designer for Horizon Hobbies and world class aerobatic champion to find out what he has been up to. Mike announces a new product to be released shortly. Mike shares his tips for those entering Giant scale. He also explains how to optimize  control throws for precision to 3D flying on the same plane. Mike  also shares his techniques for using flight modes from foamies to IMAC.  Mike then gives his recommendations for learning 3D .  He discusses what he sees as the new 3D maneuvers. He also tells us his routine and goal setting for more effective practice for competition. Finally he shares one of his favorite maneuvers, the Knife Edge Pop/Slide.

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RCAP 002: Indoor to Giant Scale with Mike McConville

NOTE: This Show has been superseded by RCAP 002-Unedited:

The complete unedited interview may be found here.

Show Notes:

We talk to Mike McConville model designer for Horizon Hobbies and world class aerobatic champion to find out what he has been up to. Mike shares his tips for those entering Giant scale. He also explains how to optimize  control throws for precision to 3D flying on the same plane. Mike  also shares his techniques for using flight modes from foamies to IMAC.  Mike then gives his recommendations for learning 3D .  He discusses what he sees as the new 3D maneuvers. He also tells us his routine and goal setting for more effective practice for competition. Finally he shares one of his favorite maneuvers, the Knife Edge Pop/Slide.

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We want your Question:

We want this to be your show, so we are asking you, our listeners, to send us questions for our guests. You can leave them on one of the forums or send us a direct email. We’ve even set up a special voicemail account so that you can be a guest on our show. Just  leave your question on our RC  Podcast Questions Hot line.  If your question is selected for the show you will receive $40 off any regular priced TME product. And just for submitting a question, you will be automatically entered for a grand prize giveaway this December where one lucky winner will win their choice of a TME  Xtrema xG charger or two SmartSmoker Simple Smoke Pump systems.

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RCAP 001: Interview with Dave Patrick

We start off our first show interviewing Dave Patrick of Dave Patrick Models and former VP of Carl Goldberg Models.  Dave was a long time TOC competitor and also has many team Scale championships to his credit.

Dave discusses what he is doing these days and tells us how to set up throws on a new and unknown aerobatic model. He then discusses how he test flies and trims a new design to find the optimum CG. Dave also tells us why scale aerobatic models are deviated from full size aircrafts. Dave shares his list of  ”must have” mixes for precision aerobatics. We also discuss at what point more power is not always better and the secret to consistent wins in aerobatics competitions. He also share how to set up throws for optimum aerobatics competition.

Call in Question:

Fred Buchholtz of Safety Harbor, FL asks Dave if he uses a mantra to learn maneuvers with many stick inputs.

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