samste Wrote: (28-09-2010, 01:36 PM) -- Hi All Gary look what they have done to your alpha Jet (THE NEW AND IMPROVED VERSION) Now That Is A Set Up for It, Retracts, 90mm edf , 6s lipo That w...

No Claudio Dave didn't find out as we were driving out the gate, he found out just as I was pulling into my street, at which point he ran me and asked if I could return to the field and give him a ha...

Yep..... its quite now!!!!

Thats fantastic flying. Kev and I will have to put in some serious air time together and get our PC-9s happening. Me thinks there will be more than hours to get anywhere near that level of flying th...

Hey Kev Might be time to start thinking about a PC 9 upgrade (is that possible?) Its big brother has arrived It looks like my good friends at Sebart have been burning the midnight oil to do just th...

My PC9's flight weight is 3.8 kgs. Seems pretty resonable to me. Its not a 3D plane Jas its arobatic like the PC9, its just that Sebart builds such great aircraft that it is capable of semi 3D fligh...

Not biased towards 3D .... come on Jas .... you.... no way... would never have picked that mate .....:-)

I'd recon its to put your receiver and battery in to protect them from the water

Yes thats right Paul But this is a RETAIL store, so it will be very interesting to see how the shelf pricing compares to the net. Gazz

I dont understand why HK would want to open a store up down there. I used to live 2 blocks from Vaggs Hobbies and the Shire is not exactly booming with RC clubs. Personally I think they stuffed up bi...

Told you so.... Retail store my arse... Why burn the fuel and waste half a day going down there when it costs less to order online and it comes to you. Nice example Steve. I almost ordered one of t...

Now here's a great idea !!! Maybe they could get a warhouse/shop in TUCKS RD TOONGABBIE. I recon that would be awsome. Certainly is central enough. We would probably even let them be affiliated with ...

Yeh and that the Orange HK receivers suck when compared to Spectrum

I didnt say they dont work mate just that you get what you pay for.

There are certainly some beautiful aircraft there John.... but I will have to wait until I retire before I get the time to SCRATCH BUILD anything. Its a dying art, and that is a shame... but who has t...

Terriffic news John I'm building a Hanger 9 P51 D 150, it is ARF but will go close to 8kgs when its done, so you can get your pencil ready to tick a few boxes for me.

Nice job as always George, hope it flies as nice as it looks.

Het Kev Go to u tube and type in dogfights There are heaps or them. A really good one with a P51 and a ME109 from the history channel

What is the Raptors length & wing span and is there enough room in the fuse for 2 separate batteries plus electronics?

I recon they should hang 'em by the nads, pin back thier eyelids and light the morons up with a dozen 500 watt floodlights, see how they like it.

Hey Hawkman Were were you this weekend dood. You missed the best flying conditions in a long time. Ive replaced the Eflite Power 46 bearings fitted a new APC 13 x 8 and it is back to its former glo...

Something else to think about ... when it comes to storage and charging of Lipo's When you purchase a brand new Lipo.... what is its charge state..... They are all delivered with a base charge of 3.8...

I will hold the door open for you Dave, If you like! Always happy to help!!! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Truth be known I just want someone else to do the hard yards... ...

Yet at the field most people charge their batteries on the top of their cars engine right beside a petrol fuel source - something to think about!:D

My advice would be to stay away from those charging issues in the first place and run 2 x 4S batteries. Most of the people I know that fly with big power (Over 6S ) all fly with 2 batteries in series...

Your not Robinson Crusoe the John... I charge my Lipo's in the garage at home to... I am fastideous with my safety and charging protocol... you can take all the precautions in the world but never kno...

Recent literature released on Nanotech,s specifically suggests charging only prior to flight to get any longevity out of them. If you leave Nano,s for any period of time with a full charge you will re...

Looks sweet Dave!

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 be flying tomorrow from 9am waeather permit...

That sucks Dave

Whats really cool about flying at that almost non existant altitude........................................................................................................................................

Hey Mick Im an old school engineer so I learnt both Imperial and Metric while I was doing my trade. To cut through the bull. With almost everything in the enginering industry these days, the close c...

Shame about the landing gear George. As I had to add 250 grams of weight to the cowl of my Tucano to balance the plane, you might want to re think your motor choise. I will stick with what I have fo...

Looks like a nice plane Jason, If you can get some longevity out of it I recon you are on to a good thing.

My Hacker A50-14 is 370 grams and my Lipo is a Turnigy 6S 5000 25C @ 800 grams. No, I am only half way down (see photo) My battery is mounted in a housing mounted at 45 degrees and sits against the b...

Congrats on the successful flights Wayne. Now you're in trouble mate, you have contracted the dreaded speed bug... and I'm happy to report that the only cure is... MORE SPEED !!!

Come on Jason, I thought you were a glass half full man? or to put it another way... Don't take any shit from the lady luck bitch!

Always great to here when a maiden goes without a hitch and youve got a smile from ear to ear. Well done.

Hi Simon Sorry to here that mate.... its a big dissapointment when a miden goes south. I'm curious does it have counter rotating props? I'm sure you checked the aileron centering before take off. ...

WELCOME TO WATER WORLD, Yes folks, I have shoved one up the peverbial weather gods arses by purchasing a magic HK seaplane. Took the Icon A5 up this arvo after work at Putney on the Parramatta riv...

In a high speed EDF, I wouldn't use anything less than a Spectrum AR500, would be a real shame to stand watching your pride and joy heading for the horizon, oblivious to your requests as you pull your...

Maiden Flight: Seb Art Sukhoi 140 Weather at Penrith: 25'C Blue sky 5 knot Westerly. Carried out a range test and all was OK. Plugged in the 10S 5000 battery with a loud crack (which is good) Throttle...

Its difficult to say what the cause was.... I was just going through the motions to try and dispose of the things that didn't cause it. It's very strange for a dual engine aircraft to roll over so vio...

Very, very good chance you will see it at McCoy next weekend Claudio, you could land this thing on a postage stamp. The only other thing I can say (and Darren and Kev will agree) is, if you ever do a...

No Dave. I think it is quite flyable at Parramatta. Southeastern approach should be fairly straight forward coming in over the causway. I had another 2 flights today at Penrith and am starting to ge...

I would put a GPS in the sucker and get a proper top speed reading over 100 meters or more... that would save a shit load of muckin around... don't you think!

Flying the big Seb at McCoy will depend on how well the field dries this week. As you said.......Fingers crossed!

Fit 2 x 4S Nanotechs - OK Flight suface control checks - OK Retract test - OK Flaps checked - OK Weather (at Penrith) No wind, no clouds, 20 degrees - Perfect Took off with flaps set at half, p...

Took the mighty T Rex 600 Airwolf down to the field this afternoon for its maiden. Had to move a lot of my electrionics forward during the build as I knew it would be tail heavy after preliminary C o...

Timing errors eh Jas? The GPS looks ok to me. Looking at the huge variation in the data you have taken and the mathematical equations used that still give you a varience of over 30kph, I would be mo...