My Name is Ray Close and i am part owner of Heligods along with Mark Altenroxel. We started this forum because we are passionate about the rc helicopters and want to become involved in the industry. We think the hobby should be fun. I remember when learning to fly how i felt that much of my sucess was in the lap of the gods. I used to joke about Heligods all the time to my friends and we used to laugh all the time. From this banter the Heligods was born.

To give background about my experience, i was an electronic engineer in the 80s and designed industrial computer controlled equipment. From that position i moved into software development and then into quality assurance and regulatory for a large engineering company. Then i left that field of work and opened a software development company in the 90s. In the year 2000 I started a job server/it administration manager for a biomedical research company. My field of employ took a drastic change as i was asked to represent a mining company in 2010 (go figure!). It was a great expereince and i had chance to rub shoulders with some of the richest mining magnates in Australia. During that time after raising substantial capital I realized that our area of mining was on the downturn so I started a business in IT services and this is my current employ. Because of my experience in representation and my close and powerful relationship with technology I feel we can make Heligods something special.