Horizon Hobby’s RC Fest is a true hands-on celebration of the fun, power, speed and latest tech of RC. The event venue, located at Eli Field in Monticello, Illinois, is expansive, with plenty of parking and a huge aircraft hangar, paved runway, try-me tracks, an epic off-road and trail adventure area, dirt race tracks, RC crawling and pulling areas, a boat pond, a mud bog, and so much more. It’s such an epic event that I made the trek out to America’s heartland to check it out firsthand.
There is something for everyone, from seasoned RCers to beginners. Every hour of the day the place is humming with RC demonstrations and races, with an emphasis on getting transmitters in the spectators’ hands. Each day of the event is capped off…