RC India

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Update 29 May 2009:  Draw date postponed to August 04, 2009, instead of basing it on 2000 posts.
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We are very happy to annouce the RC India 2K Sweepstakes ! The winner will be chosen from among the people who post the next 1000 posts on this forum, which are posts 1001 to 2000 (hence the name 2K sweepstakes!).

The winner will receive a full set of Futaba 6EXAP 72Mhz Mode 2 transmitter (with 5 Futaba standard servos, receiver battery, charger, and a PPM receiver)   :o  The charger is rated at 110V, so you will need to use a regulator.  

If any hobby reseller is interested in sponsoring, please let me know via PM/email.  As a payback, sponsors will have a higher percent of free ads display on this forum. I have already procured the item.  It is not brand new, but it has hardly been used.  Please PM me for details of the actual cost of sponsoring this item.  You may choose to sponsor a percent of the cost (like 50% or 25%).

Again, if you have any used items in good condition that you would like to donate towards upcoming sweepstakes, please let us know.

Please spread the word !

Note that we will pick the winner as a number between 1001 and 2000, and the person who made that post will be the winner. So the more you are active on the forum, the better your chances for winning !  



Rules :

1) RC India's decision will be final on all matters related to this sweepstakes.

2) The winner will be chosen from among posts 1001 though 2000. A number between 1001 and 2000 will be randomly picked, and whoever made that post will be chosen the winner (subject to rest of the rules mentioned here). The draw will be done as soon as we hit 2000 posts in total.

3) India RC administrator(s) and all hobby shops are excluded from the draw.  If their post comes up as the winner, the draw will be repeated until a suitable winner is found.

4) The winner details will be published here, and the item will be shipped via courier to the address provided by the winner.


Update 29 May 2009:  Draw date postponed to August 04, 2009, instead of basing it on 2000 posts.

hi anwar bhaiya
this is great
this time i will ensure that i post the maximum increasing my chances

so here we go  (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~

Sure  ;)  The idea is for people to get more active on the forum.  But the activity should *mostly* be significant/serious  ;D  I guess that means posts containing smilies only are not really encouraged  8-)

Good luck to you (and everyone else !)

anwar anna your truly a great guy, we will make sure that your forum will out grow forums like rcgroups etc.

best

sahil

Anwar is really great guy.
See the picture of the prize.
My mouth is running outta water.
Am in!
MEROG

Dear Anwar,

How about if a forum is provided for Free Items in this RC India.org, just like that of RC groups? 'Coz I 've seen so many who are passionate towards this hobby but not in a good situation to buy them. So, by providing forum for free items, one can provide a chance to get some used stuff, for just shipping within our country!

How about this idea!

Awaiting reply...//MEROG

I am confused.  We already have a whole section dedicated to free stuff !

In fact the description of this (http://www.rcindia.org/free-donations-and-sweepstakes/) section itself is "If you wish to offer something for free, this is the place to announce it".  This means that anyone who has anything to offer to others for free, they can just announce it here.

Hi Anwar,
This is a great Idea of promoting RC in India. I am sure this is gonna be a boost to all the beginners into this hobby.

Shreekant

Well, we are already one third the way (1333 posts) to giving away the Futaba 6EX transmitter set !   {:)}

Dear Anwar,

A small confusion. I can still see only 8 posts on this thread, then how can you say the number is 1333? That means Is the number is all the posts on this entire site? If so, how can you choose the winner with the corresponding number. Can you please clarify me?

Awaiting your reply...//MEROG

Heya Anwar am sorry,

I got the answer.

The number present at the bottom of the site. Ok. Thank you!

MEROG

yeeehao!!!! we are half way through people :o :o. i wish random.org picks out my post this time.  (:|~ (:|~
come on give that futaba system to me pleaseee 8-) 8-)
any way good luck to everyone

hey guys we need just 17 more posts for our three quarter mark so keep posting and let the rcindia family keep growing forever  :) :) :) :) :)

Anwar ,
The fact that you have made such a great forum in such a short time is in itself great .
The fact that you have allowed so much freedom itself is great .

I think  the rate at which sweep stake targets are being  swept aside in itself is clear  proof of the popularity of this forum so much so that rules are now being relaxed elsewhere to hang on to members  ;D.

I think this in itself is a big help Anwar , hence I will suggest changing this sweep stake to 5K instead of 2 K  as the price of the futaba is something that will put  avoidable financial pressure on you .

I am sure majority of the members will agree to this

What say guys lets support Anwar for having given us freedom {:)}
sai

yes i agree let anwar bhaiya fly as if he were a free bird

I agree with mr.sai , keeping in mind the cost of the futaba and the cost to maintain a website is definately high.

Let the sweepstake posts be increased..

Thanks anwar for this forum.

Ok, here is what I am planning to do.  In line with my original plan of the sweepstakes running for 3 months, the draw will be held on Aug 04, 2009 !

Remember that you still get better chances to win, by being more active here.

And yes Sai, I do see interesting things elsewhere  ;)  People are not getting rebuked for splitting hobbycity.com into "h obbycity dot com", and the "http://is.gd" link is still alive as of writing this.  I am glad competition is bringing welcome changes  {:)}

hey guys august 6 is my birthday so i hope it becomes my birthday gift  ;D ;D ;D

On Aug 4th ????!!!!!  ??? ??? :o :o

My heart will defenitely fail with the tension if who will win!

I think the number will defenetly be far more than 2000 then!

 nice {:)} {:)}

hey guys its 3k today it shows that we are growing :) :) :)

Every 1000 posts is like a birthday  :P

I need to get my act together on having more frequent sweepstakes, just for the fact they are fun  ;)

so we are 3000 posts old

Anwar ,
touching 3.5K posts , I think the sweep stake could be made a 4 K sweep stake ;D {:)}
sai

It could hit 5K posts by August 4, if someone disses Futaba again ;D   

I have both JR and Futaba  and sell futaba  so I am not going to be one of them .

But I will again say that Futaba 2.4 G receiver has serious heating Problems  ;D ;)

Tally Ho 5 K

"But I will again say that Futaba 2.4 G receiver has serious heating Problems  Grin Wink"

with that comment sai uncle i can hear 5k roaring its way back in. ;D ;D ;D

3 days and 150 more posts to hit 4K ! 

Come on .... Friends... Indians... Countrymen...

excuse me can we have some anti futaba threads here. this would be a record then ;D

Anyone can try, but it is so hard to criticize Futaba, since they do everything almost perfect   :P

Edit: Perfectly "right", in case that was not clear ;D

i agree. lets see whats sai uncle has to say on this. ooh i see the posts meter rising

Hey Anwar,

How and at what time would this be announced??? Kind of waiting to find out who the lucky fellow is going to be

we need 65 more posts only and also pankaj uncle the winner will be announced tomorrow

oops forgot to mention we need 65 more for 4k

just 7 more guys  (:|~ (:|~

and by the way until then anwar bhaiya i think it would be a good idea to post the forum statistics for july 2009

subbu

I agree I use a FUTABA Mhz Tx and have no problem with it  ;D ;D ;D

2.4 G  :( :(

 3 to go

thats it its 4k and i am the person who posted the 4000th post i feel honored ;D

yahoooooo (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~

we got this 2k sweepstake last 2k longer cheers to the rcindia family



hurray



subbu

anwar bhaiya can you please post the statistics for the month of july 2009 just curious to see

Subbu,

would also be interesting to know your stats as well ;D

here you go

http://www.rcindia.org/profile/?u=96;sa=statPanel (http://www.rcindia.org/profile/?u=96;sa=statPanel)

hey guys there was a time when our forum was listed 3rd or 4th in google search but now check this out

http://www.google.co.in/search?q=rcindia&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a (http://www.google.co.in/search?q=rcindia&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8&aq=t&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&client=firefox-a)

i feel pride in being a part of this forum

this tremendous success of rcindia is all the work of anwar bhaiya

closely followed by us ;D ;D

Subbu, you are testing it wrong.  There is not much point in testing "rcindia" as a single word.  What we want to see is the result position in true "keyword" based searches.

The ones below are a little more rational tests.

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=rc+india&meta=&aq=f&oq=

http://www.google.co.in/search?hl=en&q=india+rc&meta=&aq=f&oq=

The second one is particularly interesting, and I remember rcindia.org was on the 20th page a little while ago !  Now we are on the first page !  It is a truly the result of the hectic (heated ? ;D) discussions that we are having here.

It is an honor to be in such company !

Now the real battle is ahead. Which is the best forum of them all ?

The 2.4 G thread is still actively open  ;D ;D ;D :P

We Indians are such opinionated folks, discussions are bound to be passionate and heated.  :) :) :)

Pankaj

I have no clue, but I read in the papers recently that it is the one that "actively promotes open discussion".  Wish the newspaper guys actually posted a name, instead of keeping us guessing  :-\   :-X   8)

hi anwar

are you not forgetting some thing  8-)

sahil

OK, this time we will do the "draw" together  ;)

Please join the online meeting at 5pm India time today.  We will pick a winner between posts 1001 and 4000.

https://www2.gotomeeting.com/join/857383618

The first 15 people will be able to see my screen, as I make the draw.  Let us have some fun ;D

Note that a small piece of software needs to be downloaded to enable others to view my screen, so try to access the URL a little earlier, allowing you enough time to download the software.

I do have a request of the winner.  If you already own a good radio, please consider allowing me to redo the draw, so that it may go to someone who needs it more than you !

hey i will take it sorry for change in  mind

subbu

and i am tuned in from now itself  ;D ;D

just a doubt it says succesfully connected waiting for the organiser

That is correct. You are connected correctly.  I am the "organizer" and I have not connected. It is one hour later !

oh okay , so i can stay connect right?

sahil

Sure, it is up to you.

Can we see you since we have never met  ;D ;D

Anwar  need to keep a watchful eye on you can't say you might substitute it with 2.4 G  ;) ;D ; 8-)

Sai

I am coming to Chennai soon ;D   

I had no plans, but with all your mindless talk about 2.4, you leave me no option but to deal with such behavior face to face  :P

Eagerly waiting for the draw....

And also of the outcome of the F2F on the 2.4GHz... Might want to live telecase the showdown  ;D ;D ;D

Post 3388 by Subbu (Pikle6) has won the radio !

This is the post :

http://www.rcindia.org/radios-and-receivers/crash-on-futaba-fasst/msg3388/#msg3388

Congrats Subbu/Pickle6 !

yeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee hawwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ (:|~ ;D ;D

Subu ,
Congrats I got a suggestion  give away your Turborix to someone who needs it by another draw.
Sai

yes sure i will give it a thought but cant confirm

hey congrats dude..  {:)}

we need a party.. ;D ..you lucky man..enjoy yourselves..

of course people the treat is on in september i am coming to thrisur and going to guruvayur(my native place) and will give you all the treat

Congrats Subu.....


Now to wait for the F2F part on 2.4G  ;D ;D

What about people other than those from thrisur :o

i will come to chennai and give them all a treat there and i thank saju uncle for being a member of this thread as the post i made was regarding him

Hey Anwar,
Could you get to change the ticker/banner to display the winner's name instead of "win a Futaba 6 ....". I think that might be a good way of celebrating.

Pankaj

congrats subu

thanks a lot sahil bhaiya

hey guys just look at the coincidence over here

today is 4 th august
the posts meter is 4k (above actually)
my posts have reached 400 too

so i guess 4 is my lucky number

hey guys recently i had recently purchased plans from dave powers that is f22 raptor with thrust vectoring

if dave allows i will post it here for free as my return gift to the forum

as i love this forum sooooo much


subbu

hey anwar bhaiya i have sent you a pm having my address

if you need anything more please tell me


subbu

hai,
congrats to you.
best of luck

Add up 3388 = 22 = 4 numerogically  {:)} {:)}
Any doubts of 4 being your lucky number

hey guys i have got the permission from rcpowers but i shall celebrate this with only five people (as it is said so)
and please abide by the rules given below the mail.


so first five to post their e-mail are going to get the f22 raptor plans (rs.500) for free.

this is a tribute to rcindia from me

oh and one is reserved for anwar bhaiya

We are making a small change to how the sweepstakes are conducted going forward.  This is partly in response to concerns about prolific posters like Pikle6 (which we welcome!).

Going forward, we will pick the winner from anyone who has posted at least 10 times during the contest period.  Everyone who has posted at least 10 times will have equal chance of winning :) 

In short, we will not be picking a "post" to determine the winner, but we will be picking a "poster".

The next sweepstakes will be announced later today.

i apologize to anyone and everyone who has been troubled by my prolific posting (though it is welcome here anwar bhaiya some people might still not like it)

i will try to add value to every one of my posts

and guys my 4 10$ pdf plans are still out on the loose so grab them

post your e-mail id's

That is great Anwar now it gives quality but the quiter types a better chance . {:)} {:)}
We are not only talking of quantity only flooding out competition is not likely now .
I also think that in some way quality of contribution should also be given some weight age  for guys like  Ismail, Saju, Sahil and the likes who  really contribute  technically on significant areas , must admit your new rule is the best way of leveling it out for such types .

But the prolific posters helped the site to get to the 1st page of google also so a big hand to them as well for having served the forum purpose well   {:)} {:)}

Proactive as usual Anwar  {:)} {:)} {:)}

Sai

Hey Subbu congrats... but you owe me a treat buddy.. for being there for you and giving you the opportunity... just pulling...

I would suggest that now you give of your turborix free to some needy bloke... now that you have become 'sophisticated' with a free computerised system.

And seriously, when do we meet up in Chennai. Sai and me are waiting

Anyway, 3 cheers to Anwar for promoting such an open and transparent forum. It makes me feel quite home... knowing that I can have a hearty no-holds-barred debate with any one on any topic on the forum... envigors the system kind of!!

Saju

hey saju uncle please post your e-mail address i will send you the f22 raptor plans

and also i was also thinking of donating my turborix tx will do it after the futaba one arives so i can take a pic of all three and hopefully bid it goodbye

hey guys keep giving me your e-mail ids

3 more left

one gone to merog


subbu

my email add:
mpsaju@yahoo.com

Saju

why only saju uncle  :( >:(

hey saju uncle

i have sent you the plans and merog uncle too

enjoy the plans

sai uncle you and anwar bhaiya are in the permanent mailing list check out your e-mail id i have sent you the plans too

so here is the list of people who have been given the plans

anwar bhaiya
sai uncle
saju uncle
the merog

i would not include the first two names in the total number as they value to me a lot

so in that case three more to goo guys
 

this is the plane

(http://sites.google.com/site/f22raptorrc/Home/120520091246.jpg)

http://www.rcpowers.com/f-22/f-22instructions.htm (http://www.rcpowers.com/f-22/f-22instructions.htm)


subbu

Thanx alot subbu, I got 'em downloaded!

All the best!
MEROG

hey guys as i said i will donate my turborix tx to someone so here it is

a friend of mine nikhil interested in entering this hobby (had bought a plane)(and had flown my e-starter once) and needed a tx and a rx system i donated to him my turborix tx and a few servos

hey used to help me in designing the osprey from foam he is a very good artist and he needed a tx so i gave it to him

subbu

i took a photo too will post it tomorrow or day after

you have done a good thing subbu.

---Rao

hi subbu, pls send the pdf model to me if i am 1 among the 5. my email mailthis2arun@gmail.com else discard this message

hello rajesh uncle and akash bhaiya you both will receive the plans tomorrow as today is my birthday and i was a bit busy





subbu

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO YOU {:)} {:)} {:)}

thanks a lot guys one more plan left as two more have been sent to akash bhaiya and rajesh uncle





subbu

hi subu

sorry did not observe,wish you a post happy birthday  {:)}

regards

sahil

no problem sahil bhaiya

 anyway my f22 raptor plans sweepstakes has officially some to an end with the last one going to tg(please tell us your name)


subbu

hey tg bhaiya the address you sent me was wrong please resend





subbu

hey anwar bhaiya can i know by when you can send the tx as i am planning to go out in september

subbu

hey guys received the tx today will try to post some pics as soon as possible

Congrats lucky subu  ;D

post the pics asap u lucky man... :P

who is lucky winner of charger this time? 8-) 8-)