Gday Wayne/ All My read on the weather this weekend is not so diabolical. For the coast yes rain is likely and will be windy however I don't expect rain out here. Breeze will pick up in a couple ...

Gday Steve Yeh that downpour was very short however very very sharp. Will be no good for the field at all. Cheers Rob B

G'day all Funny that, I woke up this morning and realised there was a huge void in my life. In an almost instantaneous moment of clarity i identified 60kv of charging capacity would fill that void pe...

Gday Samste Apologies for the disappearance however great things are afoot. I will soon have access to state of the art weather forecasts, and... Watch out BB, you are soon to have company on Cla...

That's great advice Steve. I'll add the point that if your prop or fan is not correctly balanced the vibration will, over time, cause potentially terminal damage. Firewalls and mounts will cop a be...

Gday All If you thought the profanity filter was a good idea, or, you like cats? Do NOT head for the link below http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qY6DxWFgnJc Cheers Rob B

G'day All I love cats and I love rc. This is a match made in heaven. Imagine how seriously you could piss the dog next door off with one hovering just above fence height? Cheers Rob B

G'day Gazz All good, when a little guy comes to have a chat and 15 seconds later the MCoy field profanity filter explodes you know it's me. I will then prob grab you for an expletive filled few fl...

I too was a little concerned that I had not assisted at all with the ongoing awesome maintenance of the field however thought an apology would be pointless as nobody will remember who I am anyway. I ...

Gday All Ok, here's the link for the Habsheim stack http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-cv2ud1339E Dave- Aircraft was a first gen A320. BB indicated he would fly a licence revoking, aircraft damagi...

G'day KV Yeh, knew you'd be onto it. Speaking of geek the earlier video with the old rc equipment was amazing. We are so spoilt nowdays, our kids are going to look at our stuff the same way too. ...

Yep, BB, that's what the diff is between bus drivers and aircraft B pilots. We don't distinguish trees/ forests etc like normal humans, with true Gallic flair one lands in the forest to view the tree...

Yikes BB You'd be zipping along at well over 300kts then? That might be a stretch for samste? How about we take my bus and I'll throw some low level low speed alpha floor protection at the proble...

Great video BB Those guys are awesome! So, we nick your big bird, config to say flaps 20 vref+40, install samste in seat 10a and see if the funjet keeps up. Let me know when your ready to go. I'll...

I have full plans for a 40 sized AN2. A pilot mate of mine described the AN2 as the result of a caribou bonking a J3 cub. I started building her yonks ago and have the aft fuse and rudder completed. ...

G'day Stephen I see your pylon monster has a v tail. Is that normal for that style of racing? Cheers Rob B

G'day Steve 28 amps seems more respectable, your original amp draw was as I said previously just diabolical. Nice work narrowing down the issue! Cheers Rob B

Yes I did Claudio, sorry, blonde moment there Rb

Gday Paul/ Claudio I was very active with astronomy when I was at school, used to have a very nice meade reflector until it got stolen. I have been meaning to get back into it for ages however t...

G'day Steve Wow, that's a big difference. With the change in blade count vs same motor/ esc/ fan housing etc etc does the set up change in efficiency? Ie does current draw, thrust, watts output and...

Gday All Why not approach Craig Thomson? he seems to have plenty of spare cash and a reliable income stream with zero financial controls? Branson would ask too many questions.... The only problem...

I thought the HK store WAS also the HK warehouse. Well that is just insane if the shopfront is competing with HK's warehouse? Who'd be dumb enough to sign up for that?? Having said that a local HK...

Right o, this is all starting to fall onto place. Gazz KV and Steve. Tourette's High KV Hobbies. Opening soon! Cheers Rob B Edit -- sorry KV missed your err umm "business plan"earlier". Any chance yo...

Ok Steve, if you are involved we are going to have to scrap the extended warranties on esc's and motors plan. :):) Cheers Rob B

C'mon KV Chuck a good 7 year business plan in front of me and I'll pony up the dough! You could run a business like that easy as, with some good mentoring you would then have the skills to kick it...

G'day Wayne Pull her apart again, pull the horn off the aileron servo, re centre the servo w/ no trim or sub trim and reposition the horn to centre the ailerons, fine adjust w/ sub trim. Then after...

Interesting Mick Your technique is different to mine. I completely wet the silk with distilled water, apply a very thin coat of dope/thinner to the surface to be covered then lay down and tack. I t...

Gday Mick Awesome stuff, she looks gorgeous. How have you found working with bem silk. Also, had any issues with uneven drying or surface warping? Cheers Rob B

Mornin All I have a couple of q's. Can anyone recommend a good high speed mg digital servo to run the swash in my my new HK 500? Goteck gd9257's prev fulfilled the role however one stripped its gut...

Truly an unusual way of conducting business. Generally if goods or services cannot be provided, or, can be proven to be not supplied as specified the transaction is reversed and we all start again. ...

Gday Steve Yeh I am curious about the field condition too, the rain although not that heavy did continue for a while. BTW, what is involved in the transformation from a yurrumevets to a smuzz? A...

G'day Gazz From someone who has spent the last few days laboriously preparing and analysing end of month financial reporting please accept my sincere advice which is... You suck! Golf ball through...

Nice one KV Damn you instructors are good. I am particularly impressed with the pin point precision shown as you gracefully embed your aircraft in the largest area of standing water on the field. ...

Face it Steve, you're a Marshall amplifier.... Which go all the way to 11. This is why batteries, esc's and motors secretly hate you :) Cheers Rob B

Gday Steve "Though i tended to fly full throttle most the time." Thanks for pointing that out, I would never have guessed..... :lol::lol::lol::lol: Cheers Rob B

G'day Steve Not doubting your data at all mate, if I had a serious electrical question you'd be the first person I'd ask! I just find it amazing that such a tiny plane can, if given the opportunity, ...

G'day Steve 50+ amps thrown at a rare bear? That's just diabolical. I am trying to reconcile that to my 2m 4kg cub that draws under 40 amps. Seems incredibly inefficient? Cheers Rob B

G'day Gazz Stock 70mm Sapac fan mate, full power runups give a healthy amount of thrust however feel that this fan will only give "sport" performance. The way the weight is piling on suspect an angri...

G'day Steve Thanks for that, I am using mg939's too however mine are mounted in the wing not on the covers like yours. If work doesn't get in the way I hope to finish the viper today. Tests last ...

G'day KV Yeh that is an option, I could easily make horns out of pcb or carbon strip. However I want my horns screwed through the wing not epoxied. I really want to know what Sapac supply as sta...

G'day Steve Would you be able to do me a favour and measure the height off the control surface the top hole of your viper control horns are? The horns were missing from my kit so need to source al...

G'day Frank I have the blue 4 aileron HK Pitts and I bloody love it. Easy to fly like a pussy and capable of aerobatics way beyond my abilities. The servos in it are shithouse so replace those, I...

G'day All Thanks for the b'day wishes. Frank, have a ball on your moth flight, literally. If you pay attention you will note that a lot of rudder is needed to keep the aircraft out of slip/ skid...

Gday Wayne Happy bithday for today mate, I know for a FACT that only the most awesome of human beings are born on Apr 11. Cheers Rob B

Gday Claudio Apologies, I have indeed been a bit lax of late, all my attention has been focussed on Fiji, Japan and Dallas Fort Worth of late. Rest assured I will return attention to our neck of t...

G'day All To be fair to the control line guys I see merit in the style of flying. For example, if your "opponent" was a naked supermodel I'd be signing up on race day! Or, being able to sledge t...

G'day All That control line racing was one of the strangest things I have ever seen. I don't know if I just lost, gained or plain pissed away 6 odd minutes of my life? Cheers Rob B

G'day Paul Too funny mate. May I suggest a restructure of your domestic business model? Reassign your financial advisor to assistant financial controller, the controller bit seems to effectively ...

G'day Steve I too thank you for the esc review/ advice. I have been considering esc's for the viper and sabre so your post is very timely. The k forces must be bloody good to survive the samste e...

G'day Sujit I can assure you that commercial aircraft turbines are not merely araldited on. 2 pretty serious bolts do the job on an A320. The thought of an engine breaking away completely quite f...