Gday Mick I have been down a identical road with my Twinstar, Kieran's suggested parts list looks good stuff. I am going to hold off posting the specific specs for the moment as Kieran is going to...

Gday Dave and kieran Thanks for the info I will liase with John and see what we come up with. In regards to the soaring star I have made some major changes to the stock setup which I considered to ...

G'day KV Would you be able to post the details of where you got your folding prop from for the tt siren? John jellyV and I are interested in getting a couple for our gliders. John, I was talking wit...

Gday All Hey KV, you don't seriously expect us to believe this comment do you? "I was just crusing slow, straight and level with the Stryker":lol: Thanks for the heads up re fog and 2.4 though, I ...

G'day Gazz I am up in bananaland at the moment when I get back to Syd I'll see if I have got what you need. May not have enough to do the whole job though in for that spec balsa. Cheers Rob b

Gday Gazz I have enough various balsa at home to potentially build the Kon-tiki Raft. What do you need? I may have what you require. Cheers Rob B

Gday Rob Thought you had completely disappeared, still have to swap some cash for some batteries with you mate. Cheers Rob B

That Banzuke is bloody funny. !!!! Some good and bad flying efforts in there. I'd be keen to try some Banzuke style commentary next time Andrew is down with his camera. :thumbup: A KV hand launch w...

Gday Steve Yes will be down today for a bit, just cramming coffee into myself as we "speak". Can only stay untill 1030 or so, expect field arrival about 9'ish. Looking forward to it as I am sure th...

Gday Steve Sorry, I missed your earlier reply, to recover from the incipient spin it is stick forward to regain airspeed, however to recover from the actual spin it is opposite rudder to the directio...

Yep :):thumbup: Cheers Rob B

Gday Dave I can't interpret the gold wings requirement as needing the spin to be uncontrolled, whatever that means. However what you have described would be a real "tester" for sure. Also, last...

Gday Steve Any aircraft (fixed wing) will spin. If the aircraft enters the stall and descends wings level with a nose high attitude (mushing) the spin can be induced by aileron input to drop the wi...

Gday KV Can you elaborate? A spin is a simple and fundamental maneuver that any pilot must master. I am unsure where the confusion lies. A true spin involves a reduction of airspeed to the point w...

Gday Graham If it is any consolation, from memory Ingo and I had to cool our heels for a few months back when we joined the club. It's just one of those things. Cheers Rob B

Gday Gazz Yep, the determination is thumb only or thumb and index. Might try the latter? I can test that out on the HK Pitss, if i pulverise it in the process it will fit into the category of who ...

Gday John/ Gazz Thanks for the advice, I may have a shot at tightening the stick tension as suggested. I'll whip out the manual and see what is involved. Hopefully I can tension up just the throttl...

Gday All Hoping someone will be able to help me out with a TX issue. I mentioned in another post that I was having some probs keeping my heli's in a nice stable hover in the vertical sense. I have ...

Gday KV I stand corrected. You wanted "to believe". Now it seems you can. Good Stuff. Cheers Rob B

Top idea. Because I fly like crap compared to Gazz I am a bit more of an "expert". And have done quite a bit of building.... and... rebuilding. Cheers Rob B

Gday Claudius Now that make a bit more sense, will re-scale using that philosophy, still feel the overall geometry does not support that. Cheers Rob B

Gday All Seeing as I am speculating my nuts off in another forum at the moment I must ask the question, why is HK now selling turbine FOD guards? Could we see some budget turbines in the near futu...

Gday KV I am too seeing a lot of Blackhawk interpretations however it makes no sense. In the picture you posted there is a guy with his hand on one of the stubby little wings. A Blackhawks dimensio...

Gday KV Blackhawk? You're joking right? From the scale of the wall it is leaning against + the people standing around it I would say that it is not more than 4 or 5m long, has very short high rpm ...

Gday Fellow Heli Heads Have you guys seen the bad arse looking heli drone that the US stacked whilst getting Bin Laden? Now THAT'S an rc model from hell, probably got Mikado written on the side of...

Thanks for the field reports. I was not sure what to charge up batteries for, big stuff, little stuff, stuff with wheels, without wheels etc etc. Cheers Rob B

Gday Paul In all fairness to Kev if all the fasteners etc on your T28 were adequately loctited you would never have had that flyaway. Cheers Rob B

Gday Fellow Rotor Heads I have 2 things to say about Dave's machine. 1- It is one of the most awesome pieces of model engineering I am likely to ever see. Absolutely magnificent! I though Align ...

Gday Andrew Nah mate, if a copter did that it would be renamed the John McEnroe Special Edition and sold at a premium price. I envisage it will also have a taser installed to assist with "discussio...

Gday All I was not sure where to put this however please follow the link below to CASA's Flight Safety Magazine in regards to the dangers of airfreighting Lithium batteries, article is in the middl...

Gday Ingo Glad to hear all went well for you, the twins do sound quite angry don't they. :D I was a bit concerned though when you stated that one engine fired up whilst the other failed to kick in...

Gday All There was s short but sharp storm yesterday afternoon that zapped through Toonie about 1530hrs. From the field condition it was a serious H2O dump. Looked awesome on the radar! Cheers...

Gday All This location is bad news, I do not have the required vaccinations and visa's to get into The Shire. Does anyone know if your basic Hazmat pressure suit would suffice for a quick visit? ...

Gday Gazz/ All We had some light rain here in toonie last night however it was all pretty minor. It looks visually a bit ominous now but the radar is indicating that the crap stuff is mainly coasta...

Gday all Following up on previous field reports rain has been solid all night, field would be well and truly underwater for sure. A look at the radar now indicates it's going to be be one wet da...

Gday Stephen " 72 volts at 68km/h till motor smoked" This explains many things Stephen, actually, it explains everything. :D Quick question, have you ever got your hands on something electrica...

Gday All This is going to shake things up retail wise for sure. However I don't think the LHS is going to suffer that much though, HK does not stock gear of the same quality and LHS's have a loyal...

brotherblonde Wrote: (13-03-2011, 11:07 PM) -- Then of course there was that "noisy" Spitfire that somehow had 2 flights, but no landings! :) I told Darren that my quest was to actually land it on...

Gday Steve I'd go the bullets for those puppies, I don't think XT's would safely carry the current you will be drawing. Knowing you it would be sufficient current to power a small town for a brief ...

Gday Drew Nice rocket work mate, how many shots did it take? Cheers Rob B

Gday Gazz Every other aircraft you have is going to be boring after you get this one in the air. Looks magic! Cheers Rob B

Gday KV I too saw the HK hotliner and my thoughts were the same, however, a quick lesson from Paul J on the art of fibreglassing could do the trick. In regards to the bungee launch queries Dave...

Gday Gazz/All We did not get a drop of rain here at Toonie, the storms last night faded out about 5k west of this location. Cheers Rob B

Gday Gazz I remember doing a prac in Engineering that dealt with this matter. Wish I could remember more than the fact that I remember doing it! However I have to date converted 3 aircraft from ...

Gday Gazz Mate that PC9 looks comprehensively mashed, sorry to see her in such a state. My Camel has HD9150MG's installed, they are good for 16kg's, are bloody fast and very smooth. Only downer i...

Gday Steve That was awesome mate. WTF was all the red "confetti" just after you smacked the lines? Cheers Rob B

Gday Gazz Yep it's easy as. For the DX8 Spektrum have set up a website called "Spektrum Community". https://community.spektrumrc.com/Login.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fMyAccount%2fDefault.aspx You register...

Gday All I finally got around to investigating the implications of this with my DX8, too easy, downloaded an update to the TX and I can now choose between DSM2 and DSMX. RC Model review makes an in...

Gday All There are now a few Durafly Spitfires floating around and I have to say she is a great looking aircraft. However as per the usual HK fare some mods are needed. I am hoping I can both share...

Gday All I wonder how long the rotors took to get back to terra firma? In the famous words of Andrew R "Holy snappin dooley That could have taken an eye". I really enjoyed watching that cos' it...