We just published over a dozen in-depth reviews on a variety of rc airplanes, Detail construction photos and online video. We have some new articles online as well.
It is free to view them and no registration is necessary.
To mention just a few:
Great Planes Extra 300S 1.60 ARF Hangar 9 FuntanaS Hobbico NexSTAR Trainer Paul S. & Mark S. Fat Free Taco Profile Century Bell 222 Scale heli Mecca Models Fiesta Pattern Plane ARF Sportsman Aviation Hot Knife Kyosho Pitts S2C Fliton Flubber Electric GWS A-10 Electric Cermark Javelin II Serge's article with Torque rolling tips more..........
If you have not yet seen an RCU product review go ahead and check it out.
A lot of forum software has evolved to take on a somewhat similar look because they've found over time what people like. That and there have been several forks (code branches) that have lead to different software with basically the same look, but with different features.
The old faster RCU and many of the other sites use the same software. The new and ad-> Perhaps the same software vendor?
Did you bother looking, or are you just bashing in RCU's general direction?
I was curious about it myself, having some first hand dealings with a couple of those kits listed. The A 10 review was about right. They stated how horribly underpowered and fragile it was, giving it 2 stars in performance and a dismal one star in aerobatic ability.
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Is there some product they give a good review to that you disagree with? I'm not trying to start an argument or anything. I just want some specifics we can banter over. I don't know too many bad products out there, and I haven't seen any good reviews on any of them other than in RCM. Which is one of the many reasons I haven't subscribed to it or MAN in years.
Honestly no, I hadn't read them. I have read several of their previous ones and, considering their recent lapses of integrity, didn't see much reason for them to change. Quite the opposite in fact.
So, since I hadn't been back to RCU in awhile, I decided to give it a shot. Couldn't read their forums but was finally able to get the magazine to load after almost 45 seconds (and I'm on a T1, 6-7 times faster than a cable modem mind you). I did read a few of them and let's just say they most of their sentences end in an exclamation point.. I'm SURE they are being objective...
The only product in the review that I had any experience with was the Funtana. While it is a nice plane, he missed several of the major problems with this plane that most others have brought out in real reviews. For example, their is no mention of loose fitting wing dowels that just about everyone else has reported.
Why do I care? I find it objectionable that this site continues to portray itself as a site BY and FOR modelers which is an outragous lie. People sucked into going there or, even worse, giving them money might as well answer that Nigerian man in their spam email.
Truth is their are other sites run by honest people that are rapidly growing into wonderful communities of very knowledgable RC'ers. Most of these people helped make RCU great and left because of their shady deals and lies. Visit and contribute to them. Let's take back our community.
What other sites am I talk> >> Wow, I bet the ARE awesome reviews of almost perfect products. Imagine >> that!
No kidding.... My favorite Scuba related board looks just like my Tundra owner's board... and in a few days, another Scuba board will also look just like them.
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