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Welcome to our web site. TORCHS is the largest R/C helicopter only club in Florida. We have pilots of all skill levels, from beginners to world class pilots. Come visit us at our Winter Garden field and we promise you will want to join our club!

2010 Mini Blowout! – Saturday May 1st

Flying, Fun, Food and Prizes!

We are having an informal Pre-Memorial Day get together and BBQ again this year!

Our Winter Garden field will be open to any and all pilots who wish to come, a small $10 dollar donation will be required to fly.

All pilots wishing to attend need to arrive no later than 12pm. Spectators are welcome all day and all hours.

We are even going to have a pilots raffle!

Trex 450 v3 Sport courtesy of EspritModel.com
2 Gallons of Byrons Rotor Rage 30% Heli Fuel

Come Join:
Bobby Watts
Bert Kammerer
Mike Fortin

As we show you how we do things in Orlando!

New Officers for 2010!

Our most important meeting of the year was held this past Tuesday and we elected the new officers for 2010:

President: Bert Kammerer
Vice-President: John Green
Treasurer: Carey Shurley

Safety Officers: David Blain, Russ Prince & Mark Watkins

Congrats to all!

Orlando Helicopter Blowout 2009 Trailer!

Thanks to our friend Derrick Threatt from http://www.rcheliresource.com/ for putting this nice trailer of our fun fly together!

A very successful blowout!

The Orlando Helicopter Blowout 2009 was a success! We had close to 220 registered pilots and about 500 spectators. The winner of the grand prize donated by Heli Wholesaler was John Green from Orlando, Florida. We also had many pro pilots from all over the world and great sponsors. Media coverage was abundant with Mark Ryder from http://www.runryder.com/, Derrick Threatt from http://www.rcheliresource.com/ and Chuck Bassani from RC Heli Magazine.

The 3D contest went very well, for result scores, please click here.

Thanks to everyone who made this event possible, including Carey Shurley, David Jeffery, Mike Fortin, Jose Soto and all the TORCHS and RCACF volunteers.

We look forward to doing this again in 2010!

For media coverage:
http://rc.runryder.com/helicopter/rrTV-Photo/funflies/Orlando2009/

Bert Kammerer

Orlando Helicopter Blowout 2009 Teaser Video

T-Rex 700LE by HeliWholesaler

HeliWholesaler http://www.heliwholesaler.com/ is donating a ready to fly T-Rex 700LE to our event. Continue reading T-Rex 700LE by HeliWholesaler

Click here for event info!

Click here for 3D contest rules and details!

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3D Contest – Orlando Helicopter Blowout Info

We’re having the same 3D contest we had last year! This is a relatively informal competition geared towards pleasing the crowd and having plain fun! The winner will get a nice trophy and $300.00 cash! 2nd and 3rd place winners will receive trophies and gift certificates from one of our sponsors!

All competitors need to be present at 1:00 pm on Friday 12-11 for a pilots meeting! Competition starts at 2:00 pm.

If you are a competitor, CLICK HERE to download the rules in pdf format. Also, you need to bring your music in a CD, the CD must be an actual audio (track) CD, not a data CD. The music should be limited to the 3:00 flight time.

Competitors:

  • Quang Do
  • Joey Scott
  • Jeremy Strickland
  • James VanHook
  • Kyle Mouttet
  • Austin Stephens
  • Noah Wiley
  • Andrew Rozen
  • Viktor Farkas
  • Russ Prince
  • Steven Fox
  • Alex Ruiz
  • Al Austria
  • Luca Invernizzi
  • John Thorpe

Alternates:

  • Marshall Scalisi
  • Caleb Phillips

We have two alternate spots available, if you want to compete, you might want to consider being an alternate because there is always a chance that one of the competitors might show up allowing you to take their spot. If interested, lease email Bert Kammerer directly at bert@kammerer.name.

Judges:

  • Danny Szabo
  • Marcus Kim
  • Matt Botos
  • Nick Maxwell
  • Darrell Bell (Big D)

Please note that the only requirement to enter this contest is that you must not have major competition experience, such as XFC or 3D Masters.

Indoor Flying in Orlando!

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Join us on Saturday May 16th for a 1 Day Mini-Blowout!

Flying, Fun, Food and Prizes!

We are having an informal Pre-Memorial Day get together and BBQ!

Our Winter Garden field will be open to any and all pilots who wish to come, a small $10 dollar donation will be required to fly.

All pilots wishing to attend need to arrive no later than 12pm. Spectators are welcome all day and all hours.

We are even going to have a pilots raffle!

Trex 250 courtesy of ReadyHeli
2 Gallons of Byrons new Rotor Rage 30% Heli Fuel

Come Join:
Bobby Watts
Bert Kammerer
Craig Martin
Mike Fortin

As we show you how we do things in Orlando!