Forgot all about this different insurance stuff, sorry mate. Until MOP 57 is sorted, you can't fly at Penrith. I don't like to look of the weather at this stage either, "It's blowing a friggen gale" s...

I will be flying Saturday this weekend... the wind is not looking to great at this stage but I have a family function on Sunday, so if you want to come to Penrith Saturday ..... Sweet, happy to take y...

Hi George The weekend weather is looking good but the wind is a bit of a concern Saturday morning wind 15 to 20 ks south west increasing in the afternoon 30 to 45 ks Sunday morning 20 to 30 ks easi...

Will do mate. You are right, I do have an amp tester with 4 mm bullets and if the weather permits I may be heading out west. I will let you know Friday night. Gazz

Hey George. Sorry I had to leave in such a hurry on Sunday, I wanted to help with your trials but got called away. How did your testing go?

I'm happy to talk you through a flight at McCoy George, but in all sincerity I wouldn't fly it there until you have a few flights under your belt and are comforable with the beastie at a place where a...

Happy to help out with a PEMAC visit George. You will want to fly it in some space first, It is very fast on approach even with full flaps and flying it slower than you think you should be. I have h...

Its definately better than the Hacker A50-14 but cant really be compared to the 50-16 because it has a much higher kv. So it's sort of on the middle but not....if you get my drift.

Maiden flight report Take 2 (sort of) With the new OS motor ready for action I headed out to PEMAC for some flight testing. The difference in throttle response between the Hacker and the OS is huge....

Yes George, Lookin good! But do me a favour and paint that bloody spinner. Mine was red too. Now its black. Although I am thinking about painting it chrome, to make it look "fully sick" bro.

That looks great George, I would cut a hole in the foam you have against the forward bulkhead to allow some airflow through the aircraft to cool your ESC and battery otherwise things may tend to get a...

Good thinking 99.

Yeh was thinking about putting my Hacker A60-22 out of my big Sukhoi in it. It is 217kv and currently spinning a 20 x 16 prop running on 10S. It could spin a 16 x 14 without even trying. That would w...

Yes but the prop to ground clearance only allows a maximum prop of 16" diameter. So a big low kv motor would be counter productive.

You dead right there Kieran, After todays trials I will see what modifications may be afoot.

Last piece of work was adding weight to the nose to get it trimmed... 230 grams of weight..... I dont know if any of you guys have thought of this before but because I needed to add so much weight I ...

Steve I am pulling 58 amps at 1240 watts spinning the 15 x 10. Max current for the Hacker is 50 amps continous with burst at 70, so I am pretty happy that most of the time I will be well under 50 am...

Here is the Super Tucano Pics guys. The most troublsome build I have done, purely because I have converted it to electric and the battery tray is smack bange in the center of everthing, it would have...

George is spot on there Steve. The sliding arm on one side of the front retract get connected to a normal STEEL clevis. dont use plastic they will fail from the sliding and rubbing. Here is a pics of...

Smart move installing the servoless retracts mate. If I had the cash I would have put in Eflite's myself, and in hindsight it would have made the build SOOOOO much easier, but anyway, I am almost fini...

Most of the guys flying these with electric conversions are running 50 size motors 5S 550kv or 6S 400kv or there abouts. The tried and true Watts equation says we need a minimum of 1100 watts (workin...

8S at 295kv. You will have a heap more power than me champ, plus a lot more unusable weight. I will be running my beastie on a maximum of 6S maybe even only 5S The only issue I can see with running ...

Just tested the 15 x 10 APC on 6S 1140 Watts at 48 Amps, I think that will be sweet. Here is a link to some valuable info on your electric modification http://www.jperkinsdistribution.co.uk/downloa...

That looks like the ticket George. I spent last night doing a heap of static tests with various motors I have from previous aircraft that need new homes in a vice on my work bench. I used a 14 x 10 ...

I have already finished hinging all the control surfaces and the biggest modification necessary and thats the complete redisigning of the back of the front retract bay to install a battery carrier. N...

This particular Hacker is the motor I was running in my Seb Art Katana 50. I was spinning a 16 x 8 in that through the same 80 amp Dualsky ESC powered by a Flightpower 6S 5000mah 30C battery and the ...

There's nothing secret about them, they are probably on par with the high end Scorpions, they are just very powerful and are close to indestructable.... oh yeh... almost forgot... they are made in Ger...

There sure is Steve, but good luck with the shootin down shit champ. To shoot someone down you actually have to be able to keep up with them, don't fancy your chances, and now you have given me the h...

You are in the same boat as Kieran (scratching your head) His little 450 deceided to commit aviation today while flying perfectly. It carried out a half heimlic following by an impersonation of jour...

Nice explaination Rob, could not have said that any better if I tried Sorry to hear old faithful tried to decapitate you. Gazz

Hey Rob I found the extra set of stronger rubbers for the rotor head and the spare main motor gear. I have them in my flying bag and will give them to you next time we get a chance to fly. Gazz

Just got back from the field, gave my Trex 600 Airwolf its maiden flight. Very very happy with the first flight,trim was almost spot on and only have to give 2 clicks of aileron right to get it into ...

Thats entirely up to you Rob. There are pros and cons for both systems. The torque shaft is less likely to fail during flight and will probably only fail after an impact. The rubber band driv...

No Rob Tail strikes during landing with Helis with torque shafts will regularly strip those gears to. Happens with the Trex 600. The short answer is NO. You have to strip the rear end of the h...

Thanks guys I thought that was prettty much the case, BUT.... my Trex always hangs its arse when batteried up and ready for flight, and it hovers like a champion with almost no trim adjustments apart...

Hey Andrew I remember you saying you had to add some ballast to the front of your HK500 when you fitted it in the EC 135. How did you work out the correct C of G (so to speak) or did you just te...

Hi Kieran Ive got a pretty good set of drivers, but if its got Align on it and it less than $20 I have a set. Thanks. Gazz

If you fly mode 1 fixed wing. I would not reccommend trying Mode 2 for helis. You will completeley blow up your brain thinking about the hand eye motor control. I fly my heli mode 1 and I have no is...

Hi Pete Nobody does a build video as good as Finless Bob. I studied his Trex 600 build videos and they are seriously the goods. But with that said let your own grey mater have a bit of a thin...

Howdy All Here is a link to the guys I bought my Airwolf fuse off. And by the way, I picked it up yesterday and this thing is just awsome, so if you want to be in on the best deal you will e...

Hey Rob Im glad that you are having fun with the heli, remember little steps is the only way to go. You will probably find you are chasing the tail because the ground effect of the really low hover...

Hey Rob Thanks for the offer, but as we speak I have a couple on route from HK. As it turns out there is no great hurry anyway, my Airwolf fuse has been distributed by Flying Hobby and started its t...

Well done Kev Trust you to find that ancient (BUT REALLY COOL) footage. Will probably be 2 or 3 weeks before the body arrives, but I can deal with that, like your PC9 really cool shit is worth waiti...

Howdy All Thanks for the support guys Andrew - with all due respect all I can say is Yeh right mate. Good luck with that. Sydrob - dont forget your video camera. Good videos of maidens are an ess...

Thanks for the link Andrew I have emailed the supplier and they have been informative and very helpful. So I have just ordered and paid for one of these babies. http://www.flying-hobby.com/sh...

brotherblonde Wrote: (15-10-2010, 06:04 PM) -- Gaz, make sure you get "servo slow" for those retracts please. A nice, slow extension is a pleasure to behold. :) -- I've been doing quite a bit of rese...

Thanks for your help guys Am getting closer to purchasing an Airwolf fus for the mighty 600 Gazz

Thanks Rob But my Heli is a 600 mate although the 500 bodies look sweet they just dont fit and that is where the delema is! Heaps of companies have after market fuses for 500s but fuses for 600 are ...

Howdy fellow Heli pilots Was wondering if any of you have come across a supplier of authentic Airwolf bodies for the T Rex 600. I found this one on the net but cant find a supplier. Any info apprec...

Here is a facinating look at how clever the Ford Motor company was BEFORE the Americans even entered the war.... Most impressive. http://www.youtube.com/embed/iKlt6rNciTo?rel=0.