Last week, we reported that Horizon Hobby had was set to make a bid on several of Hobbico’s assets, including Great Planes, Axial and Tower Hobbies with a combined value of $18.8 million.

You read that title correctly - HobbyKing’s batteries were used on the set of Hollywood film ‘Alien: Covenant’.

Giant US retailer Walmart has reportedly filed a host of patents that could potentially change the way consumers shop in store for good.

With rules and regulations surrounding drone safety and its use constantly changing, it is forcing manufacturing and distribution companies of drones to become wary of its effects.

In the case of a natural disaster or similar extreme weather conditions such as hurricanes, tornadoes and earthquakes, it can be really hard to get power or mobile service to call a family member or other services for assistance for many days after the initial devastation.

Many major drone operators, including those who are part of the Commercial Drone Alliance (not be mistaken for the Alliance for Drone Innovation) have called for a repeal of Section 336.

As HobbyKing News has previously reported, drones have been used to benefit society in a number of ways.

As you may have heard the war on hobby flyers is on, as the major corporations such as Google, Amazon and the Commercial Drone Alliance (which includes ford motor company, CNN and many more) have called to repeal a law known as Section 336.

Micro drift hovercrafts are tipped to be 'the next big thing' in the hobby community. So enthusiastic are the followers of this hobby that the first-ever micro drift hovercraft championship has been announced.

So you may have noticed that on Friday HobbyKing mysteriously went down for a few hours and all that was left was a cryptic note posted to social media channels.