The RCModelReviews not-so-weekly update #15 (14 Mar 2011)

[Travisscoble]

you can give me a neck strap they dont send me anything

[nz3rdsqr]

if its strong enough you could use it for other things like a one point sling for paintball or airsoft if others are keen had a little bit of luck with a massey uni lanyard for a bit then it broke but was kinda funny

[jbx907]

what site did you order?

[aviatorshyd]

Use the neckstrap to hang your planes on the wall..

[jandirks]

Bruce, where can I send a t-shirt and what size do you wear (L, XL or XL)?

[ASSMYLICK]

when you do the PC power supply charger. please include how to make the power supply work when it doesn't have an on off switch on the casing of the supply.

[vanepico]

what I would like to see from the goverment is an actual chart showing the legal frequencies that are open to free usage, and the max power, because there is no way of finding out without trawling through endless PDFs, it is incredibly annoying!

[SuperCurunir]

Hi,

as you already mentioned in this video, we here in Germany (may be in several other countrys as well) are not able to see all of your video reviews because YT is blocking them. I´m very fond of your reviews and I signed up your other YouTube channel as well. I guess you´re right, if you are using music, it seems YT don´t really care wether you have licenced it or not. The going to block it anyway. So I guess you need to write an mail to them to make things clear.

Thanks and greetings

Dirk

[mikgus]

The only HK package i got without a neckstrap was the one with the 9x radio in it?!

[liambowers666]

I have an idea for the neck strap, SEND ME ONE!!! :D

[CMP50SpitfireUK]

Hi Bruce Im a little confused as I saw your last review of the keyfob cam, went to hobbyking and bought one for aprox $10, now I understand that the cam wasnt from there and cost infact $40. Where is the cam from, any chance of a link?

Keep up the good work, John

[MSargeNZ]

Weren't the Corona FHSS systems quite terrible?

[iFlyByWireless]

Hi bruce, can you tell me what the Field of View is for the 720p camera?

I used a FE-12 180 degree lens from deal-extreem on a standard type 8 keychain for videos, as the FOV was too narrow.

I have 2 videos on youtube that demostrate this:

iFlyByWireless

[RCModelReviews]

@iFlyByWireless I haven't measured the FOV but you can see from the two sample video segments I posted (my SD wide-screen camera and the keychain 720P version) that it has a much wider FOV than my camcorder.

Right now I'm wondering if it's worth spending time to make a system that will use the camera in "webcam" mode in conjunction with a spread-spectrum 900MHz downlink to create a digital hi-res (but not HD) video downlink. Apparently in webcam mode they have a resolution of 640x480.

[agektm]

you could send me the neck straps

[mikebell192]

send me one in the one

[bcalv]

Hobbyking have never sent me a neck strap so you can send a couple my way.

[Cjudd001]

An other informative not so weekly video Bruce. Well done

[Airman17054]

Great videos Bruce. Cannot wait to see the reviews you have been talking about.

[splitty77]

R they allowed to be used in Aust. then?

[videoguy837]

For the audio copyright issue you mentioned, there is a selection box after you upload a video.  One of the choices is for you to state your music is licensed so that YouTube will not perform their copyright checks on it.

[ENGFragStorm]

... with a neck-strap and a couple of zipties you could make a 'chain' for your glasses/shades ...

[brunosoto]

You forgot to change the date on the camera

[Fra42below]

just bought one of those keychain cams from hk, are they really unusable?

[SubatomicMD]

Another Outstanding video By RCmodelreviews...

[astrecord]

great job buddy 

[kangsterizer]

Youtube in Germany is the horror, 50% of the videos just don't work unfortunately. You have to dispute the copyright issue in the YT interface somewhere so we can see it usually. Note that its not really YT fault as much as the government and lobbies forcing this.

[KWAKAPILOT]

I'll be over to see you in May- Can I have a neck strap please... Stewart.

[insanegeniuses]

is there any difference between 2.4Ghz surface and 2.4Ghz air?

[erezra]

I used my neckstrap to hold the cast of my broken arm :)

[erikdravn]

I'd LOVE to take one(or two, or three...) of those neck straps off your hands!!!! :) I may be able to be talked into paying for postage as well.

[msevyt]

I'm hooked i refresh my youtube page every day to see if there anything new on rcmodelreviews haha, nice one as allways

[psygn0sis]

I've spent well over $2,000 in one shot a couple times at hobbyking and they NEVER sent me a TX Strap.

[minameisjake]

how are your vids with alishanmao going

[startazz]

Great video Bruce and i've got one of them Key chain HD cams coming from Ebay (Hong Kong) and it's one of the blokes that is in the top four supplies rated on one of the rcgroups threads about the HD key chain camera,so i was pleased when i saw his name right up there with the others ;-) but it could be snail post though as i couldn't get EMS ;-( but not to worry as no flying for me just yet.

[sbglobal]

Xjet, get all your transmitter straps, bind them together and make a hammock :)

[minameisjake]

i hate hobby king expensive products no instructions takes month to come

[minameisjake]

futtaba fasst is the best 2.4 set up

[minameisjake]

get loads of them and sow them together to make a bag for your transmitter

[mrstarman57]

Enjoyed this , thanks for sharing

[CrackerMcGillicuddy]

I use my free Turnigy neck strap only because there's still snow on the ground here and I don't want to get my radio wet while I'm tinkering about with my plane. I won't use it when the snow is gone. Otherwise, I don't see another use for it.

[Lithoushine]

i checked where i live (West Virginia) it's legal if it's under 3watts.

[RCModelReviews]

@Lithoushine That's only for channel 1 -- the other channels are on parts of the band that are internationally allocated to aircraft navigation, collision avoidance and secondary radar. Outside the USA, channel one is allocated to GSM mobile use so there's no legally usable frequency available from these devices "as shipped".

USA residents are lucky -- the rest of the world are not.