There was a fly-in at Blacktown club 26-27 Feb but that was for helis. Seems there is another one in March but you have to look hard to find any details on-line. I kept getting hits on Google for the ...

You can get 2 x 4S batteries in series and shrinktube them together or use them separately without shrinktubing them Only rule is that the pairs should be kept together and not mixed. This is for int...

Is this going to be something that can fly at the field or is it a dedicated large area plane (with longer runways etc)? Looks like some serious performance in that set-up. Suspect too "hot" for the f...

yarrumevets Wrote: (22-05-2011, 08:28 PM) -- Hmm - I didn't know that Dave ... interesting. Thanks! -- Steve, that rule really only applies when you want to look after your batteries and get maximum...

Great plane Paul. Looks great. Nice finish.

Looks the biz Paul. Smuzz flies his on 4S. Rips up the sky. Only tip is to land the plane on the rear wheels as often as you can. The nose wheel is not very tolerant to a nose first landing. Also, it...

Claudio, I have one of these in the garage. 2.5m wingspan. You can have it if you want it (free). Probably not quite what you might have in mind but you can convert it to electric.

Yes, that is my brother "Sleepy". No, actually it is a picture off the interweb. Same glider though. It is an Aeroflyte Albatross. It is a high lift slow flying glider - 2ch. Oh, those were the days.....

Well, funny you mention that. This glider was actually maidened at Area 51 circa 1995. Back then you made the entire plane from balsa sheets. The wing is superb. Washout is perfect. Bungie launches we...

needs a feed

I am up for one. Do we contact your buddy directly? I will need more batteries unless I can run this on 6S or maybe 10S (ha, ha). I am sure the 2200 3S batteries will poop themselves in 60 seconds. ...

I will call you as well. Thanks George.

Do you have a transmitter yet?

yarrumevets Wrote: (26-03-2011, 04:14 PM) -- Hmm - another interesting development. A chap over at RCGroups is saying that HStore at Carringbah is actually to become the HobbyKing retail outlet!! --...

yarrumevets Wrote: (27-03-2011, 05:33 PM) -- Skidz Wrote: (27-03-2011, 09:24 AM) -- So all us westies have to drive down to the shire for counter service? -- Heh, heh, heh ... yes, we'll all drive...

yarrumevets Wrote: (01-04-2011, 07:00 PM) -- Well, it would seem that as we thought, pricing at the shop will be comparable to the online/warehouse pricing (it couldn't be much different really). If ...

I noticed the HK photos also revealed the wings didn't line up in the same way. Must be a design "feature".

Take it to Samste's chop chop shop for the needed mods. Comes with a 12 second guarantee from "power on" though.

If 4S has 1.7kg thrust, 6S must have proportionately more allowing for heavier battery. Cripes, that oughta hoot! It might be hard to hold on to when launching!!

That is a different Panther ??

Your wife gets a paypal confirmation email every time you buy something? That's looking for trouble!

Thought I might add a build thread for my new heli. First comment is that there is plenty of video assistance on Helifreak to supplement what appears to be nice big well laid out manual. Managed...

The rotor head was a breeze to put together. Large, strong plastic grips (for weight saving I presume) with high quality CNC machined components made life easy. This head is for flybarless configurati...

brotherblonde Wrote: (01-04-2011, 03:53 PM) -- It certainly does look impressive. Is it larger than the Trex 600?? Or is the photo deceptive? How different is it to the layout of the Trex family? -- ...

More progress. Tail assembly done. Went together real neat without issue. Once assembled, the long drive belt slipped through the tube with a bit of help from the carbon tail rotor control rod. The...

Shopping day today... Update 6/4/2011... Kontronic Jive 80+HV & heatsink (mega powerful) - ** ARRIVED ** 623mm FBL CF main blades + 95mm CF tail blades by "Edge" - ** ARRIVED ** Scorpion HKIII...

After a few deliveries of bits, there has been some more progress. New CF tail blades.. and off with crappy kit blades. Main blades now fitted. Heli not so "naked" any more. Linkages to main...

Probably not too many posts remaining. Getting so close to maiden. Limiting factor presently is that, despite stock and my batteries being "reserved", Hobbyking just can't seem to get someone to put t...

Well guys, no maiden today due to "issues". Let's call it an engine run-up test and declare it extremely successful (just quietly, I was surprised with how much power this machine has. Holy cr*p Batma...

robair Wrote: (10-04-2011, 07:37 PM) -- Personally I am gobsmacked and that's only after seeing it static and a brief run up! WOW :thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup::thumbup: Cheers Rob B -- Rob.....

Well, some hunting around on the net paid dividends. Found in a forum that a person with the exact same heli had similar issues with heli lurching on spool up. Seems his problem turned out to be...

The good news: Well, it turns out that the violent wag is coming from the rudder servo and not a set-up issue as such. Athough the servo used is designed for exactly that, a heli rudder servo, it seem...

gbanger Wrote: (23-04-2011, 06:41 PM) -- Thats great Dave I was a little suspicious when you said it was probably the Align Servos fault... I thought yeh right! Glad the beast is sorted. Hope to b...

24 hours later ... the problem was revealed. It seems the DS620 servo, whilst not the calibre of a Futaba BLS251 rudder servo, was actually not the offender. Looking over the mechanics this mor...

nor me. The mCPx is fine for indoor. Probably a good heli for newbies but the price looks a bit on the steep side.

Give these posts a read. It is buried in another thread but covers the same question. http://forum.rcflyingclub.com/showthread.php?tid=95&pid=17741#pid17741 +1 for PZ T-28 Just on the mode 1 v mo...

probably both.

Looks similar to Claudius's Extra 3D.

+1 for the quad charger[hr] gbanger Wrote: (26-03-2012, 11:43 AM) -- As Kieran said, your plugs are a personal choise thing. And I personally think Deans are crap. I use bullets on everything becau...

Yep. I am inclined to agree with you Jason on the lower C ratings having the higher energy density. I think that is because with the higher C rated batteries, the extra weight and bulk is from carryin...

"Epoxy Airlines"... classic.

So you flew it out of range of the TX receiver? What RX were you using? Lucky you missed the cars eh? Looked like a dive bomber run!

Found this very interesting series on the development of tactical fighters and the Sukhoi Su-27. Worth a view if you have the time. It is a Russian documentary (in English including the Russian guy na...

IMAX Fighter Pilot. Spectacular cinematography! It's high definition so go full screen and crank up the volume. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V30f88a8OTA

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3kECIH-UwU&feature=g-vrec

Mig 29 documentary from Wings of Russia. 2 parts. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wXYevIHV5a0&feature=g-vrec http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SokBfoIOiFg&feature=relmfu

Sit in on a restored military pilot training film for the B-24D bomber. Approx 60 mins http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JO0iSx-ZCAQ&feature=related

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VmG5uTVvS2c

For those who may have not seen the Four Corners documentary on the near miss with the Qantas A380. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1hsegYjqX2U

An interesting documentary on the beginnings of Clarence "Kelly" Johnson with Lockheed. It covers the development of the P38 and on into the "first" jet engined aircraft by the Americans. http://www....