IFO stall at Chinese Garden

[nic]

Just went to Chinese Garden latern fest...
there is a stall selling IFO, GWS plus some other planes.....
the guy flying the IFO above everyone's head looks very familiar..... can't remember where (which LHS) I met him....

[loyn]

Aaaa...... selling RC planes at chinese garden ...... what can they think of next Selling RC heli at china town during CNY .....

Oh I know.... the IFO must have been light up like a flying latern right ! That will be fun ..... super bright LED

[ammo]

Good idea but hopefully they intro it the right way so people won't think of it as a TOY

[iskandarfaisal]

Originally posted by ammo
Good idea but hopefully they intro it the right way so people won't think of it as a TOY

Ya got to agree wif ya man ammo.....the public often thinks what we r/c enthuasiast are playing are toys....once when i brought my r/c car down at my void deck....damn! some passerby teens gave sarcastic remarks.....like" ala like kids siak playing with toy car", " wah! so big still play toy car" and etc.....wah piang! very angry man....they don't know that this hobby requires precision and skill to construct.....

[dabiddo]

Ya... saw him there last night too at chinese garden... he was flying the LEDs IFO on top of everyone... zooming in and out at quite low speed...
Looks nice but was feeling a little uneasy... what if glitch and came down... will hurt kids ...

but he looks quite proficient in flying that...

Ask the girl maning the stall... said their shop in bukit batok..

Took some vid of him flying... will give it to mike to post later

[jameswilliam]

Not from That Hobby Shop hah?Because I saw the owner Chris is over there too.BTW I saw them at Clarke Quey on Friday too about 10plus to 11 onward.And YES! I think they are promote the IFO to ppls over there,because I saw ppls keep asking question about the IFO and there is this guy in the IFO group talk to those ppls who like to know more about IFO like a saleman talking.And ask one of his flying friend to do 3D flying infront the ppls.

Jameswilliam

[ammo]

I believe it's michael, the guy who "first" came up with the firefly to sell.

[nic]

The IFO stall is very near to the entrance... so when the IFO was flying.. a lot of people at the entrance where going... "ooooo... ahhhhh... what's that?" I think the thought it is another lantern display thing since it is lited brightly.

Ehh.. if you go chinese garden.. watch out for the other stall that sell the improve version of the traditional helicopter toy... (the one that pull a string and the rotor blade fly up into the air....)

The version they have is lighted with lots of LEDs... so when the kids play.. it looks like a UFO flying up into the sky.... (it actually flew quite high and look nice...)

[loyn]

Eat mooncake and fly RC ....... that is something new, may be should come up a balsa build up plane that can light up like a latern ...... may be a slow stick with hollow wing structure with all the LCD in it ..... That will lead to a evo in latern ...... at least it is better than those solid plastic latern powered by AA batteries

[Art]

if the shop's in BB...then it's william..from Ace hobby

ps : not the one in US...but sg's ace hobby

[YZY]

Hmm thought how can a ifo stall??

Think its michael he was nxt to ntc at heli jumboree

[baby_zyklon]

bukit batok ace hobby??where is it huh??

[nic]

Yup... this guy in dark blue polo was flying the IFO... .. (thanks Xiao Ma)

http://www.daddyhobby.com/forum/attachment.php?s=&postid=16235

guess he is from Ace then?