The Orlando Remote Control Helicopter Society http://www.torchs.org Wed, 21 Apr 2010 16:35:24 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Protected: Improvements made to Winter Garden field! http://www.torchs.org/2010/04/improvements-made-to-winter-garden-field/ http://www.torchs.org/2010/04/improvements-made-to-winter-garden-field/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 15:56:22 +0000 Bert Kammerer http://www.torchs.org/?p=371

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]]> http://www.torchs.org/2010/04/improvements-made-to-winter-garden-field/feed/ 0 2010 Mini Blowout! – Saturday May 1st http://www.torchs.org/2010/02/2010-mini-blowout-saturday-may-1st/ http://www.torchs.org/2010/02/2010-mini-blowout-saturday-may-1st/#comments Thu, 25 Feb 2010 01:13:42 +0000 Bert Kammerer http://www.torchs.org/?p=356 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!

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

Safety Officers: David Blain, Russ Prince & Mark Watkins

Congrats to all!

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]]> http://www.torchs.org/2009/12/orlando-helicopter-blowout-2009-trailer/feed/ 0 A very successful blowout! http://www.torchs.org/2009/12/a-very-successful-blowout/ http://www.torchs.org/2009/12/a-very-successful-blowout/#comments Thu, 17 Dec 2009 02:54:52 +0000 Bert Kammerer http://www.torchs.org/?p=343 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

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]]> http://www.torchs.org/2009/12/orlando-helicopter-blowout-2009-teaser-video/feed/ 0 T-Rex 700LE by HeliWholesaler http://www.torchs.org/2009/11/t-rex-700le-by-heliwholesaler/ http://www.torchs.org/2009/11/t-rex-700le-by-heliwholesaler/#comments Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:09:57 +0000 Bert Kammerer http://www.torchs.org/?p=313 HeliWholesaler http://www.heliwholesaler.com/ is donating a ready to fly T-Rex 700LE to our event. A lucky winner will go home with the following:

  • T-Rex 700LE with Align blades, paddles and tails
  • Align DS-610 cyclic and throttle servos, Align GP-750 gyro and Align DS-650 tail servo
  • Align 91 H Motor (same as O.S. 91 HZ)
  • Funtech 90 pipe
  • Spektrum 7100R reciever with revlimiter
  • Spektrum DX7 SE transmitter with 11ms latency!
  • Custom made, “Orlando Helicopter Blowout” Canomod canopy

This helicopter will be built and test flown by Bert Kammerer. All you need to do if you win it is to turn on your transmitter, receiver and go fly!

]]> http://www.torchs.org/2009/11/t-rex-700le-by-heliwholesaler/feed/ 0 http://www.torchs.org/2009/11/283/ http://www.torchs.org/2009/11/283/#comments Tue, 10 Nov 2009 15:53:14 +0000 Bert Kammerer http://www.torchs.org/?p=283 Click here for event info!

Click here for 3D contest rules and details!

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]]> http://www.torchs.org/2009/11/283/feed/ 0 3D Contest – Orlando Helicopter Blowout Info http://www.torchs.org/2009/09/3d-contest-orlando-helicopter-blowout-info/ http://www.torchs.org/2009/09/3d-contest-orlando-helicopter-blowout-info/#comments Wed, 30 Sep 2009 13:38:35 +0000 Bert Kammerer http://www.torchs.org/?p=249 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.

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