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	<title>Great Planes &#8211; Big Squid RC &#8211; RC Car and Truck News, Reviews, Videos, and More!</title>
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		<title>Horizon Hobby Files Bid To Buy Hobbico</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Cubby]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Mar 2018 23:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[BigSquidRC has learned that Horizon Hobby has filed an official bid to buy Hobbico. The bid of just under 19 million dollars was filed earlier today. The closing of the sale is slated for April 6th. Click Here to read more industry news on BigSquidRC.]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hobbico Files For Bankruptcy, Possibly Sell Company</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jan 2018 21:32:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The entire crew at BigSquidRC has very sad hearts over the following news. We have received the official press release from Hobbico Announcing Their Bankruptcy. Most people already know that Hobbico has been having a rough go at it lately, we are posting the press release to give you the most accurate information possible. As [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>3 New Airplanes from Great Planes</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Sep 2017 00:20:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Just announced by the good folks over at Great Planes are three new airplanes. All three offer great value while bringing performance and big fun to the table. First up is the Giant Big Stik XL. You can see this one pictured above and it certainly is a giant airplane. Great Planes took the classic [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Great Planes Ultra Sport 46 EP ARF</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2017 14:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Recently announced by Great Planes is the Ultra Sport 46/EP ARF. The Ultra Sport is a classic aerobatic plane with contemporary styling and the ability to run off of a electric power system. * Comes as a Almost-Ready-to-Fly model * Can be used with electric or glow power * Mechanical retracts for better performance &#038; [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RealFlight Drone Flight Simulator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 27 Oct 2015 19:05:26 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Thanks to the new RealFlight Drone Simulator from Great Planes, you can now practice drone flying &#038; camera control on your PC. If you haven&#8217;t noticed, a good quality camera drone set-up runs easily over a grand, why take the chance on crashing it without getting in some simulator time first? The software has features [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hot Racing Aluminum Upgrades Now Available from Hobbico</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 May 2015 13:04:34 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There are a lot of different aluminum upgrade companies out there, but one of the best is Hot Racing. About a week ago they signed on with Champaign Illinois based powerhouse Hobbico. What this means to consumers is that Hot Racing products will now be available at local hobbys shop via Great Plane Model Distribution, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Hobbico/Great Planes at the &#8217;14 HobbyTown USA Convention</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 12 Jul 2014 04:45:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[What was new in the Great Planes room? A whole lot! Starting on the surface side, the Axial Yeti was in the room and getting tons of love. You&#8217;ve seen our review and soon you&#8217;ll be seeing them flying off the shelves of your LHS. There was also a sighting of the new ARRMA Typhon [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Kyosho + Hobbico Again?</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 14 Jun 2014 05:07:35 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Will we be seeing Kyosho being sold again at Great Planes &#038; Tower Hobbies this summer?]]></description>
		
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		<title>Grab your Smartphone or Tablet, Time for RealFlight Mobile</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Jun 2014 20:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[It seems like nearly everyone has a Smartphone or Tablet, now that is all you need to practice flying an rc airplane. How? RealFlight Mobile has just dropped and is available for both Apple iOS and Google Android. RealFight Mobile comes with one flying field and two different airplanes to get you started, but 6 [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RealFlight 7 Update M with Quadcopter Trials</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Apr 2014 21:20:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[The latest update to RealFlight 7 is now available and for all your multi-rotor fans it includes something really cool, Quadcopter Trials. The Update M starts out with two easy quadcopter challenges &#8211; making a pinpoint landing on a reactive touchpad and flying through a rectangular gate, then gets progressively harder. There are 10 challenges [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Raging Rotors: Blade Runner, Part 2: It&#8217;s All About Balance</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Big Squid Staff]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Apr 2014 20:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[In this week&#8217;s conclusion to &#8216;Blade Runner&#8217; we discuss an important aspect of multirotor and airplane flight, propeller balancing. Granted an unbalanced propeller doesn&#8217;t keep something from flying, but it can cause propeller based failures as well as increased noise due to the blade imperfections. There are two parts to propeller balancing: Horizontal and Vertical [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>RC4WD Now Distributed by Great Planes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2014 14:15:47 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There is some big news out of Champaign Illinois that Great Planes is now distributing RC4WD products. This arrangement makes it easier for GP dealers to stock RC4WD products. On the consumer side, it means more local hobby shops will have your favorite RC4WD scale parts on the shelf, or if not in stock, they [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Great Planes Curtis P-6E Hawk EP Biplane ARF</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2014 14:43:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[One of the latest airplanes in Great Planes product line-up is a Curtis P-6E Hawk EP Biplane ARF. The P-6E Hawk was one of the best looking bipes of the 1930s and was the last biplane produced for the Army Air Corps. The new Great Planes version features incredible scale detailing for an authentic look, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>Product Spotlight &#8211; RealFlight &#8211; RC Flight Simulator</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Brian]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 24 Jan 2014 23:04:29 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[A while back a few of us around the office caught the flying bug. We love bashing vehicles, but planes just don&#8217;t quite take the same abuse. Our in house pilot 3DBill would take us out, get a plane in the air, and hand us the controls. This would normally result in two things. One, [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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		<title>New Videos from Great Planes</title>
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		<dc:creator><![CDATA[Tim Mohr]]></dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Oct 2013 14:58:53 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our friends over at Great Planes have sent out two new videos showcasing the features and flying abilities of some of their aircraft. In the first video below you can learn a lot more about the F1 Rocket Evo Sport Scale ARF and see it in action. The second video features the Escapade MX GP/EP [&#8230;]]]></description>
		
		
		
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