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Gday Alex I can drop by on Saturday however it will be around 1300hrs, is that too late? Failing that 0900 on Sunday is fine. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Alex Sold for $150. I will not be down at the field this saturday however will be down on Sunday. Let me know when you want to hook up. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Alex Just a couple of things to check here before we seal the deal, is this the same Spitty that Andrew has? And, is it $160 you want for her? Very interested, if it is the same as Andrews ...
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Gday Rob Sorry to have missed you on the weekend, will give you a call a bit later when the coffee has kicked in and my brain is working. Cheers Rob B
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Gday KV Hmmm, an interesting offer. I can just see it, mini swifts in the boardroom, Ipad controlled UAV's in the hallways, 450 heli in the kitchen................ Mein gott...I see utter chaos :)...
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Gday Rob Ok, disaster resolved. Anyone want to work in Risk Management, I now have a spare seat in my team? Calcs as per the below, RBA USD/AUD rate is 0.9877 as at 1245 18/01/11 *0.9877 ...
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Gday Rob I'll take these off your hands, I have no idea what they are worth. When I have a spare mo I'll repost with a fair and formal offer, just resovling a mass disaster here at work. As a rough...
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Gday Drew That is seriously bizarre. I can only surmise that you may have a dodgy solder join somewhere, or, a break in the wires from the motor that is causing an intermittent fault. I cannot see ...
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Gday All We just had some quite heavy rain here, hope this has not swamped up the field too much. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Alex I 110% endorse Gazz's comments re take the baby steps. When I purchased his Storm 3D he must have mentioned this to me 400 times. The learning curve via "days" is fantastic as it keeps it...
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Gday Alex You may wish to check your swash is level with the sticks at neutral, that may explain the aggresive drift. In regards to keeping the heli in the one spot when you are set up properly one...
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brotherblonde Wrote: (09-12-2010, 09:49 AM) -- The only heli I know of that moves the swash DOWN for increased collective is the Blade 400. Peter, go into your "Swash Mix" settings on your TX. Che...
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Gday Mick I'd be happy to help out if you like, I love covering, it's when your collection of balsa becomes an aircraft. Very satisfying. Cheers Rob B
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G'day Alex I will be repairing exactly the same issue on my heli, your machine has had a tail strike for sure. As Andrew advised take her back get a heli that is actually new and never return to that...
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Thanks gazz Should I go the torque tube upgrade seeing as I will be gutting her? Cheers Rob b
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Gday Fellow Rotor Heads I just has a minor mishap with the 500GT and stripped a little chunk out of the pinion that meshes with the main gear and powers the drive belt. Note to self, nose in hoveri...
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Gday Ingo Bummer, I thought you had a charger for your 36mhz radio that you were going to use. I didn't actually get a charger when I got her off Darren, I have been using the one that came with t...
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Hoy Hoy Mr Ingo The DX8 has arrived, I will tfer the heli settings over and if ok with you we can do the deal on wednesday at the committee meeting. Let me know if this suits. Also, any help you ne...
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Gday Gazz DX8 is on the way mate. I was going to follow you down the 11x road however it wasn't mode changeable. Quite a bit more $$ too! Cheers Rob B
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DX7 SOLD to Mr Ingo. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Ingo No worries mate, just to clarify, are you interested or a buyer? Cheers Rob B
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Gday All I have 2 TX's for sale, details as follows. 1 * JR2610 36mhz TX with 36.010 and 36.490 crystals 1 * R700 Full range receiver (36.490) 1 * RS77S Scanning full range receiver + When th...
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Gday KV Count me in too! Cheers Rob B
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Gday Kev Yah I have my DX7 set up the same way, it feels so bloody odd though having the cyclic split over 2 sticks. :confused: I haven't flown Gazza's heli though since I ripped out his 36mhz r...
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Gday Mick HK covering is good, easy to use albeit a little heavy, I can lend you my iron if you like as I have no covering jobs on at the moment. Planning to be down at the field tomorrow and/ or w...
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Gday Peter The best forum I have found is called, Kieran, Gazza, Andrew and Darren, you can "log on" to them most weekends at the field. There are also a couple of Rob's and a Kev who will join you...
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Gday All JR orange RX satellite receivers have arrived. Sweet. See last line of my HK order for a quick link to them. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Kev Just saw your HK order. Onya mate!!! :thumbup: Cheers Rob B
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Gday Kev For me patience has been the key so far, taking the little baby steps and adhering to the day 1, 2 day.. etc principle. The training gear is tops and vital for the newbie. Easily absorbs ...
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Gday Kev No way could I say I have "made the transition", my flights are generally at dot feet just sliding the training legs around, highest flight would be at about 15cm. I am treading very ginge...
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Gday Gaz All good mate, that Airwolf is going to be a cracker. I am waiting for my next paycheck and might get a DX11 so I have capacity for the future, although probably will get a DX8 as they lo...
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Gday Gaz/ All I have two of the servo speed regulators that Kieran posted the link for. One is installed in the Valkyrie's landing gear circuit and it works as advertised. I am super happy. The ot...
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Gday Steve Some arvo flying would be great, however I would not get to the field until about 7 o'clock at the absolute earliest. First to last light periods are increasing so in a month or so that...
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Gday All Kieran, nice job putting the xmas decorations on the house and lawn, but..it's October mate? I don't recall any references to Helicopters in the Bible either. But I could be wrong! Andrew...
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Gday Gaz Yeh you're right, the 600 bodies are thin on the ground. Do you want a Hughes 500, maybe a Hughes 500, ever thought about a Hughes 500? Is the lack of 600 fuse's due to it being a new si...
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Gday Gaz Andrew R posted this link on the group order discussion page that may assist. http://stores.ebay.com/sylvian1975/_i.html?rt=nc&_sid=362156939&_trksid=p4634.c0.m14.l1513&_pgn=1 I reall...
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Gday Paul I decided to do some further analysis of the F14 maiden video using software called "It's all in the Eyes". This magical program biomechanically studies the face and eyes and provides a r...
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Gday Rob (Ver.2 Upgrade) Thanks for the spare parts suggestions, in summary it appears that anything that moves is a candidate for the spare parts list. On another tack, I have just noticed that...
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Gday Peter There is a "right" way and a "close enough" way to approach this issue. The method also changes if you are are calculating for a straight wing aircraft as opposed to a swept wing. I fin...
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kizza42 Wrote: (30-09-2010, 12:13 AM) -- No wing sweep as of yet, but all things considered this F-14 maiden is already more successful than the original Grumman F-14 maiden (Which crashed!) -- I'l...
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Gday Steve At risk of sounding like a sexual deviate..:sick: :D Your new glider looks dead bloody sexy. :thumbup: What is it? Cheers Rob B
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Gday KV Thanks for the reply, I figured you were uber busy! Can't wait to see you though to get em all on my DX7. I am going to persevere for the moment on mode 1 as even though I find it odd I...
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Gday Andrew What I would prefer is a mode 2 setup, reversed, ie cyclic left stick, throttle/tail rotor right stick. From a Pilots perspective I have always found mode 1 odd, however got into that ...
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Gday Rob Thanks for your reply. No you have not misunderstood me, cyclic one stick, the other, throttle and tail rotor. Having said that I would prefer a "mode 2" setup with throttle on the right ...
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Gday Fellow Rotor Heads I have been spinning up the Twister into a light on the skids "hover" to get used to the controls. One thing that is starting to drive me nuts is the fact that the cyclic is...
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paulj Wrote: (25-09-2010, 09:07 PM) -- I will be down in the morning too. Hopefully for F14's maiden flight :) -- Gday Paul Mate I hope the 14 flies well, it didn't look like a simple build and...
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Gday Kieran/ Capt R Could you check the blades I have ordered for the heli I have just grabbed from Darren are the right ones. Darren suggested I save the carbon blades for when I actually know wha...
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Cool plush 60's and orange rx's back in stock Yay Cheers Rob B
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Gday Andrew Yep, I'm sure our paths will cross eventually, I am back and forth to BN regularly. Next time I see you will discuss the best way to TAF merge. Or, other options. I'll be able to talk h...
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Gday Andrew Yep, I am sure there is something out there, I am working on "combining" the YSBK YSRI and YSSY TAF's to try and get a better picture. The weather itself is not too hard, it's calculati...
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