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Woohoo Big day for Mr KevJ on Sunday. You're going to turn into a ducted fan nut bigtime, I can see it happeninng after, maybe...... 2 Habu Flights. :D Then you are going to want a jet!!!!!! :lol: ...
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Gday All Wing angles and offsets all calculated, cabane almost 100% installed, dry fit up shown below.
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Gday Steve Kieran is spot in regards to cutting up the wing more, you will just lose more rigidity. Another option could be using light fibreglass cloth or the polyurethane sealer to stiffen things u...
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Gday Kev She looks like a highly aerobatic machine, good stuff. I got massively bogged last night working out the wing positions for the ES40 biplane conversion. I had forgotten just how "dry" the fi...
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Gday All Just had a wander down to the field to see just how bad it is. However I could not actually reach it due to the huge amount of water flowing through spraycan alley. Can only imagine the inla...
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Welcome to weight reduction 101. We indeed have Swiss Cheese. As Kev built her like a brick outhouse there has been no reduction in strength or rigidity with all the removed material. Goes to show a g...
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Gday Paul Thanks for dropping her off, it is going to be an interesting journey with this one. FYI I have been busily drilling and have already knocked off almost a kilo from the fuselage all aft of ...
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Gday All Thanks to Kev he has kindly donated the Easy Sport 40 (hereon ES40) to myself as an experimental test bed in regards to build and design techniques. There are a few things we know about the ...
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Gday Steve Interesting idea, shame it did not work out to your satisfaction, the extra weight would have certainly added to the wing loading, also the propwash would have been taking a most unusual a...
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Gday Steve.. Depending upon how rambunctious my daughter is we may come down and say gday, also please note the weather for today, you may want to try for earlier rather than later. I have found a n...
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Nothing wrong with the stick and rudder approach Kev. After all it is the pilot via inputs to stick and rudder that ultimately enables a plane to fly!!! I just can't help myself in regards to hooverin...
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Gday Kieran In regards to your earlier comment: "you'd get the most benefit from some dihedral in the main cross section (Like how my Stryker looks now!) This directs the air to spill up over the win...
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Gday Paul I will be leading a true life of leisure until the 1st March when I begin a new work contract, I can't remember the last time I had a decent amount of leave, pretty sure it was 3.5 years ag...
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Gday All I have the rest of the week off, if anyone is heading down to the field let me know and I will try to drop by to say gday. Also, I noted a comment stating that Kieran has joined the rotor he...
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Wow. and I was thinking about taking my gliders down this afternoon. I thought we would need Kierans Jet Ski, we had an amazing amount of rain last night, it woke me up at one point it was so heavy. ...
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Arrr Captain Vella, arrrr. Your Jet ski we be needing for flying today, arrrr. Cheers Rob Byrnes
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Hehehe, nice one Steve, if anything Mac Bank should be proud of the way this guy keeps focussed on the figures and their related vital statistics. After all, that is what finance is all about. Cheer...
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Gday All A truly dodgy morning indeed. Looks like a "build" day for sure. Field has got to be a swamp after the serious rain we had yesterday and overnight. Also I do not know what you guys are compl...
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Looking good Paul, nice work! Cheers Rob B
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Gday All Weather report for the next few days looks about as friendly as a truck crash. 2149 UTC 04/02/10 AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA GENERAL MET MESSAGE BRIEFING ...
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Gday All Thanks for the advice, Kieran you are right, I am "scared" of raw horsepower at the moment. Due to the fact that I have had very little flying time of late I have decided to step back a bit ...
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Very Tongue in Cheek reply from RB Gday Paul (Getting crazier) and Kieran (Known and Certified Power Loony) That is one hell of a motor for a teeny cub, as a comparison my glider drew a max of 16 am...
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Gday Colin I would be happy to help you out with the above, have just the toools to do this. Also, funny article below involving a model aircraft in the UK, luckily Toongabbie residents are obviously...
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Gday All Wondering if I could get some advice here, I have just inherited a Hobby Zone Super Cub however it still has the brushed gearboxed crap motor Esc etc etc.What would be a good Hobby King moto...
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Gday Paul Next time I see you we can have a chat about your options re duplicating parts. I uses to be a Dental Technician and can offer about 8 different methods to duplicate objects using various m...
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Gday All In regards to the "graffiti crew", as you may know I have to walk through there with my planes to get to the field. I have found them to be either completely disinterested or very friendly, ...
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Gday Kev Wondering which day you will be at the field with the "monster" bits. I am easy either Sat or Sun, however will be hungover to the max Sunday due to a Sat night party that is going to be "in...
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Gday Kev The cub incident was a f#$kup not a mishap, oddly enough I did exactly what I was afraid of doing, over-rotating and not being positive enough with the rudder after I just got a wheel in the...
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Gday Kev I know what you mean about trusting the tx and rx, I guess you have 2 options, bim em and get new gear or you could test them in something more expendable and see if you get glitching. In re...
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Message to Kev and all Sorry to see your monster dig a hole today, however.. if you are agreeable I would like to offer my services to rebuild the aircraft, you did state that you were going to bin it...
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Gday All Weather report is a bit suss for today. Please see below: General MET Briefing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 0124 UTC 06/01/10 ...
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Gday All Hope you all had a great xmas and Santa's gifts were all LiPo powered. Not too sure about the weather today! I am going to focus on the "easing later" bit. Rain has been constant and heavy a...
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Gday Drew Sorry for the late reply, I have had internet issues, no did not find anything at the field. Cheers Rob Byrnes
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Gday Drew I will be taking my dogs for a strut in an hour or so, I will wheel by the field and have a look for you. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Ingo Hope the weather holds for you, please see report below. Cheers Rob B General MET Briefing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 2100 UTC 25/...
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Gday Kev All good mate, I was worried that we were both held up re progress. Good to see you are powering along. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Kev Sorry to have missed you on the weekend, I am currently trying to find out when my shrink will arrive so I can get my covering done pronto and get the iron to you. Cheers Rob B
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Gday All Any idea when the goods that Colin picked up will be available, I need to get onto my heatshrinking ASAP so I can shoot my iron to Kev? Cheers Rob B
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Gday Kev Yep, fully understand the "Cover of Dark" modelling caper, my 16 month old daughter dictates this. Will drop the iron to you an Saturday. One thing you may wish to think about is to get so...
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Gday All I am finding the weather very interesting right now. Here is an updated forecast. 1017 UTC 19/11/09 AIRSERVICES AUSTRALIA GENERAL MET MESSAGE BRIEFING ...
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Gday Kev That's pretty funny mate, however.... I'll let you in on a tip, it is really hard to stick down when you put it on backwards, ie with the protective film upwards. How do I know this...........
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Mate, you can borrow mine if you want. I am busily recovering my glider at the moment, even if you want to drop by my place for a few hours, have a few beers and do it there is all cool with me. If yo...
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Gday All I find soldering Deans plugs a pain in the arse. Kieran mentioned to me the other day that the HobbyKing Deans "style" plugs are much easier to solder as they have a solder reservoir so to s...
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Gday All Weather report for the thursday crew as per usual. Pretty much a carbon copy from last thurs. Suspect your ESC's will be overheating before a battery is even plugged in. General MET Briefin...
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Gday All Weather report below for the Thursday crew, hope you beat the southerly and the storms. General MET Briefing --------------------------------------------------------------------------------...
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Anyone going for a fly this arvo (10/11/09)? I am getting twitchy and need an urgent rc P40 fix. Expect to get to the field at approx 1830hrs. Cheers Rob B
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Gday Mick I'll have those priced up for you in the next day or so. Cheers Rob B
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Gday All I choose to be optimistic re this forecast. The Cub has to get a go this weekend and I also plan to unleash my refurb'd P40. Therefore any rain can just sod off!!! General MET Briefing ----...
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Gday Bob If Kieran is not around I would be more than happy to get you sorted out and in the air. I have a DX7 and also have flown/ owned an ST360 so I know how they go together. I would have helped ...
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Having your elevators offset mixed for roll purposes is easily acheivable with our TX's using mixing to the aileron channels. HOWEVER. You would want to set that up as a flight mode selectable action,...
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