Rusty 73
100cc
Yes I would agree that the best pilots fromnall over the world Canada USA Italy Mexico Japan and Austrailia were there .All of them were justhappy and excited to be Invited and qualified to come to this Event . They have annouced that there will be a 2018 TAS at Tucson this year , it doesn't always happen usaually every two years put i guess the sponser's provided enough cash for this year's event plus a couple of private donates have help things along .
For me to drive it would be along two day drive to Tucson 2600km so i flew down for only $600 and change and rented a car for ten days from Phoniex about $1000 Cda for the ten days down there not bad. I'm thinking if i go this year i would pull the Airstream down and camp at the site , just have to get a generator for the A/C in the trailer .
There wasn't as many kits to purchase but Extreme flight had some and i didn't see any PAU kits . Also Jtec Radiowave brought some kits for guys who ordered them and even Dalton didn't have kits avaiable . Of course DA had agent and Extreme as well as RC Depot and a DLE dealer was also there on friday .
What was told to me (Mr Powerbox himself) is that in Europe the frequency space is half as wide as in North America so the radio has alot narrow tolerances and they require the 900mhz as a secondary signal transmitter . The Powerbox radio has to Lithium batteries that can last eight hours of flying with WiFi capacity very nice feel to it , i'm using their ignition cut off box works faultlessly . The owner to told me that when they designed the new transmitter if he couldn't understand how the menu and anything worked he sent it back to the enginners to develop it easier .
