G'day Paul Yeh that was funny and well put together. Don't think Rocelle would buy into that however my daughter Maya is progressing nicely. She is only 3 though so time is not on my side. Cheers Ro...

Gday Jonathan On a scale of 1 to 10 ( 1-Crap, 10-Excellent)the field drainage capability is rated at about minus 60. Forecast for later today is for potential rain of biblical proportions, highly ...

G'day all I am standing on the field as I write, nowhere near as bad as what I expected. The field is not underwater however quite slushy. Bottom of driveway being protected by 9 ducks and an atta...

Gday Jonathan There a a few of us with DX8's, great tx, lots of functionality, compatable with DSM2 and DSMX. The SD slot lets you upgrade the firmware easily when "upgrades" are released. The tel...

G'day Steve I rarely get to finish work on time (1730). Today was one occasion where I knew I would actually be able to not work back. So, the torrential downpour that hit at, I kid you not, 1728 was...

G'day All I can say with certainty that today Gazz could probably launch one if his vessels at the field. Walking past the canal that goes under fitzwilliam on the way to the station at 0615 the wa...

Gday Dave I suspect that the dx4 can "smell" the hardcore futaba fumes that you emanate and reacts the only way it knows how, ie shitting itself and unbinding. Cheers Rob B

Hmmm, I am not sure I like the way this is going; I seems that my aircraft or myself are possibly going to be sacrificed for a supposed greater cause. If this is going to be the case I wish to choos...

Gday BB In matters of impending death full clarity is truly critical. No way was I going to let myself end up in an Oxford St afterlife, even with an ginormous amount of beer. Now I must zip off ...

G'day Claudio You raise an excellent point there re my sacrifice=good weather. However, I just got home from work and note only 2 beers in the fridge and no nympho supermodels to be seen! As such...

Dave San Tamer of rotation, son of the god Futaba. You are truly wise. I now embark on your suggested quest. Cheers Rob B

G'day Gazz I will be taking my daughter to her ballet lessons just near the field at 0845. Once she has been deposited I'll check the field condition and report. Cheers Rob B

G'day all Field in ok nick, bit slushy, needs a mow however flyable. Suggest walk in as very wet at the end of the driveway. Cheers Rob B

G'day Jonathan You need to have the same system as the pilot you are buddying with. So, a futaba tx will not buddy with a jr/ spectrum and vice versa. Dual receivers won't resolve that issue. J...

G'day Jonathan No worries mate, have a shop around however please check out Model Flight. Their service and prices are hard to beat. Also, would you like to "borrow" my dx8 and a couple of receiv...

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...

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 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 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 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...

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

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...

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...

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 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 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 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 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 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 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, ...

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

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

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. ...

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...

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...

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. ...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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...

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...

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...

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 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...

Yes I did Claudio, sorry, blonde moment there Rb

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