If you end up moving to Qatar, one thing you do not have to worry about is a proper RC field 

This video from a powered glider has some nice aerial views of the field.

Couple of videos from the best 3D heli flyer at our field, Ali.

That was wonderful flying, how long has he been flying Helis?

Also was there any reusable part left after the crash?

The crash looked like the heli went out of fuel or something

Ali has been flying close to an year, may be slightly more.  He is one of the fastest learners I have come across.  And everyone knows the trick; lots of sim time, and some willingness to crash/spend


Yep, in fact a whole lot is safe.  The blades booms etc are gone, but the frame, engine, servos etc usually survive.


The crash is caused either by pilot error, or some mechanical failure.  Still waiting confirmation on that.

Looks like wrong pitch input caused it.

Flew with him again today.  Yep...  it was wrong pitch input... pilot error   The heli is rebuilt though.

One more flight from our local 3D master, Ali

Cool! 

What gyro tail servo is he using on that 700?

Just the one that comes in the Align 3G FBL system.

Some non-RC action from the old RC airfield in Qatar. This field is now a full scale only field.  There were some large turbine RC aircraft being displayed and flown, but they were removed by the time we got there.

Some turbine action by a friend, at the main field, and a private (carpeted!) desert field.

being a heli flyer i did not understand what is wrong pitch in the middle hard core 3d flying

He applied pitch in the wrong direction, hence the crash.

got  your point ,when he was in inverted position ,he came very close to the ground,,, i am am very happy and delighted  to see ali is flying so beautifully may allah bless him to acheive more and go for world championship

Never considered this, although the dunes are only 15 minutes away from me !

White sand beach wow, when can fly there

A coro F22 built by a fellow flier. The nose is EPP, the rest is 2mm coro.

Mounted a regular Sony camera on the HK FPV plane.

Reduce the volume, the thing is noisy !!!



PS: No marks for guessing who the pilot is

Being in Qatar was the best experience during my transfer there..
Hence, we were stuck with Nitro buggies.
Unfortunately, I used to stay in Ras Laffan and did not come out to Al Khor most of the times, but the open places are the best for flying.
If I come there sooner, I am giving you a call Anwar.

A nice video compiled by fellow flyer Faisal from the Wakra field in Qatar.  Lots of flying by myself, my brother and Faisal... many planes including  AXN Floaters, Calmato 60s, a coro one and so on.

There is a place called barmer in Rajasthan, very similar, open space lot of sand dunes to mitigate your fall, required air filter for your engine though. During winters on a bright sunny morning to  do aeromoelling is like any modelers dream. These videos and pics reminds me of early nineties Rajasthan in winters, like Arabian nights. Jane Kahan Gaye woh din

Our field has been witnessing more and more variety of models.  We had our first DLGs and hexacopters recently.

The hexacopter uses a board called "Copter Control", with a bluetooth comm board for remote configuration from the laptop.  Interesting aspects of this board are the fact that all gyros are SMM, and nothing is standup vertically on the board.  Also, the board documentation makes it clear that no special mounting is needed (unlike almost all other boards which require the mounting to be vibration sensitive).

http://www.openpilot.org/product/coptercontrol/

http://www.hyperflight.co.uk/products.asp?code=ELF&name=elf-mini-dlg

Some pics are attached... video to follow.

Apparently this board is so much in demand, that people are asking for high premiums !  Someone on RCG started this funny thread in response

http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1609491