G'day Mick The material I was talking about is called Bem Silk which is a dress lining taffeta. Costs under $10 per metre, technique is the same as silkspan. Cheers Rob B

G'day Mick Wayne is right, if you can't get this stuff in cabra you're blind. However, I know lincraft stock it. Cheers Rob B

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

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...

Happy Birthday Mr Murray. You must be almost as old as Gazz now?? I forgot to thank you the other day for sharing memories of your participation in the Boer war. Thanks mate, was interesting stuff! ...

Hey Hey... Happy Birthday Kev ya fossil. Congrats on being one year closer to the Zimmer Club. Cheers Rob B

Gday Dave Happy birthday mate. Hope your day went around, and round, and round and........ Hovered a bit Then around again and again... Note: Autorotate powerless at midnight likely. Cheers ...

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

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 Wobbly Personally speaking I would 30 min epoxy the bugger. Then, use what you have left on the skyfun. Cheers Rob B

That does look pretty cool Steve, however 5 secs is a long time without throttle, could be very interesting!! It would be heaps better if you could tailor the "hit" response for specific members airc...

Gday All Some time ago i decided to get off my arse and source some folding props for my gliders. Kieran pointed me to a gentleman called Peter Pine who stocks Aero-naut gear. I emailed Peter with ...

Gday Jason If Steve cannot assist I have props coming out of my arse, will check to see if I have what you need (likely) when I get home tonight. Cheers Rob B

Gday Gazz I'll have you know that having props coming out of ones arse is incredibly handy. My prostate is actually a very high kv inrunner so if I connect a 4S battery to my balls when I fart I c...

G'day Jason A quick zip around with an endoscope indicates I do not have the pitch you need. Sorry mate Also, have I just made the first arse/ fart joke on the PRCAC website? If so can I get som...

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...

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 ...

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 ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 ...

Gday Kev Just saw your HK order. Onya mate!!! :thumbup: Cheers Rob B

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...

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...

Gday KV Count me in too! Cheers Rob B

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...

Thanks gazz Should I go the torque tube upgrade seeing as I will be gutting her? Cheers Rob b

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...

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...

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

Gday Fellow Heli Heads Just following up on the thread from the Airwolf "For Sale" forum. The quality of the trex compared to the hk's is considerable and must make the point again that Gazz has...

Gday Andrew I was chatting to Dave about this on the weekend. I am not going to mod the airwolf, it looks the goods already. My attention in regards to multi blade rotors would be applied to the HK...

Gday Gazz I am still spun out as to what happened. Stay tuned, I would like to bounce some theories of the fellow club rotor heads. I am getting info together and I am going to try an suss out what...

G'day Dave The blades in question were HK 3d composite jobs and had come from Darren so can't question their integrity from that perspective. Ran some calcs as per your equation and was well below ...

Gday All Hope you had a good AGM, apologies I could not be there, I was seriously delayed flying back from Brisvegas so missed the show. When I got home I decided to have a bit of heli practice in t...

G'day Gazz Stunning aircraft mate. Will be a showstopper with you on the sticks. I too look forward to seeing you shred the atmosphere with her. Cheers Rob B

G'day Kev Woahh, only 3S and, I don't believe it, a balanced prop? You must be sick or something. Really sick..... Deathbed sick even.... :) Cheers Rob B

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 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 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...

Yep :):thumbup: Cheers Rob B

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...