I got my Shoestring (EF1) out of moth balls last weekend and took it for a couple of flights down at Appen. It was quite a lot of fun to fly it again after almost a year. I can't believe the last time...

Racing all day Saturday and fun fly on Sunday Should be a great weekend COMSOA has a great field with plenty of room and heaps of shade Better get some practice in. I think I'll dust off the sh...

Here's another clip from Richmond http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZE9ZSAuJc

Here's a great bit of video Wingtipper took, The planes/pilots are: Red FFC Mustang (Ranjit with Ian L calling) White Rarebear Jason A with Craig S calling. White extra fast scratch built with ye...

What a top day it was, and a great presence from PRCAC !! The weather was perfect. There was some great flying and very close racing indeed The Richmond guys were Fantastic hosts and cooked an e...

It's race time at Richmond next weekend Come along and get amongst it Even if your not flying it's well worth comming out for an AWSOME days entertainment. If you want to get involved an...

Very interesting !! People used to make things from scratch back in the dim dark ages. That engine would have been a chore to manufacture with the machine tools of the day !!

I some times have a look around the net for info in an attempt to find answers to some puzzel or another that's plauging me. Mostly this raises more questions than finds answers, but it's often an...

Looks Great !! If you want to toughen up the wings then you can add some fiber tape top and bottom I did this to my fun jet and that fairly slipps along. It also has no spar in the wings.

hey that looks good. I've got the earlier Turnigy 9 channel radio and I'm using it with an FRsky module and I've been very happy with it.

Get a DX6i minimum and get one of these http://www.amazon.com/Flight-Simulator-Dongle-Helicopter-Airplane/dp/B008JVHWQM

I like the way he adjusts the load on the dyno using that pot connected to an array of Fets sitting in the plastic container of water. That is a classic !! I wonder what the windex is for ?????

Yes very interesting !! I like the idea of using the fets instead of the flywheel diode. makes sence with the on resistance of the fet being much lower that of a diode. The drama I can see there i...

I would go for a bigger than suggested spec motor with any model you intend to fly at McCoy park For the simple reason that it's a field with very short approaches and quite a few obsticles. When ...

That's a big bird !! I'll bet it flies even better than the smaller ones !!

Speedy Dee !! Looks like a very nice model !!

Come along to the club and get one of the instructors or experienced flyers to have a look over your plane check the C of G and other things. They will be able to take it up on a buddy lead for you so...

Nice machine !! I think you'd need nads of titatainum to test fly that one of those !!

the dart looks like a fun machine, Ill bet its reasonably swift as well :)

probably post them in the members section of the forum?

Excellent!! Yes my mistake, I thought you were talking about a Skywalker X8 which is quite a large flying wing I quite like the X8 optocopter configuration. And it should be no problem to fly it at ...

Yes as Steve says, that would be a good time to do some testing, the 14th and 15th especially early in the morning before the breeze comes up. There are a few guys that have quite a bit of time up the...

I forgot to mention what the size means. A 250 size quad means that if you drew a circle so that the motors were all at points on the circumference then the diameter of the circle would be 250mm ...

You could allways go for a 250 size racing quad they will carry a Gopro but not in the protective case I've never put a Gopro on mine to see how it flies but it goes for a bit over 5 mins with a 2200 ...

I know it's a bit dearer to go with the parts I posted and I half expected you to point that out I'm pretty frugal too and I don't like to waste money but I did have the benefit of buying an SK450 ARF...

To carry a gimbal with a Gopro in it's protective case, which is quite heavy, you will need at least a 450 size quad. You won't get much flying time with a 2200 pack probably about 4 mins with some ma...

Sensational Value !! You cant beat how these things fly in still air

Yes there are a couple of products you can use as a light filler mixed with epoxy west microlight which is phenolic micro baloons, Ie bubbles made form backalight It's really light and easy to sand...

I normally use Micro light filler mixed with west systems epoxy for filling jobs. that makes a really nice light strong bog for filling things. It's not as flexible as foam tho so it will cause a hard...

You can actually run it with 6 if you look at the spread sheet it means heats of only two planes tho but it would still be fun as you can have everyone fly against everyone else. I think racing t...

We have an excellent racing class in the fun fighters!! In this class the all ingredients really are there !! They are swift fun little machines to fly, they are NOT difficult to control or fly a...

All the very best Kev and Paul !! I'm sure we'll see you at McCoy park in the future, I can certainly understand the attraction of IC power I don't mind the smell of methenol and caster either...

Nowra's getting closer. I'm Hopefull the weather will be good and am looking forward to some good racing, especially after the last event at Pitt Town was washed out on the Sunday. The Plan ...

gbanger Wrote: (05-06-2013, 06:21 PM) -- I would have come with bells on, but that weekend is my wifes birthday so I will have to give this one a miss as well.... hopefully I can come to the next one...

What better way to end the Finantial year than a bit of RareBear Racing!! Nowra Field is available to all classes, obviously there is no noise restrictions so there will be some Awsome...

All the very best for the year to come! I hope it exceeds all expectations!! Have a good one !!

Interesting !!

Defiantly drop by the field and have a look, say g'day you'll learn a lot by asking a bunch of questions and you'll get the chance to see some of the gear you'd need in the flesh and being used

gbanger Wrote: (01-01-2012, 08:10 PM) -- No problems Jason. SOLD! Do you want me to bring it down to the field tomorrow? --

I can't resist, I've always wanted an Ultimate Bipe Is it OK If I fix you up with the funds on Thursday?? If so consider it sold Jason

I found that with Hitec servos back in the days when I used to run 4cell NiCad packs they were allways up around the 6V when freshly charged and the servo's would buzz untill the pack voltage ...

I've tried quite a few things as tape hinges and as Paul J sugests the fiber tape works by far the best. but a good quality wide clear scotch packing tape works nicely but you'll have to keep an ...

Skidz Wrote: (27-03-2011, 06:49 PM) -- I have been considering my next addition to the fleet. I have now placed on order a Mikado Logo 600. The Trex500 FBL is flying absolutely fantastic but I hav...

Very interesting indeed !! Canards !! Would you start a new thread with some pics please Mick?

The usual dead stick landing approach Tha paint on the prop is for balance. These APC props are actually pretty good this is where I'd like to be in front of the MSXR's ;)

http://www.naas.org.au/Large%20Scale%20Air%20Racing%20at%20NAAS Thanks symo Heres a whole bunch of pics from the NAAS web site It was tge NAAS club tgat hosted the event Some great photots here?

samste Wrote: (22-10-2015, 05:41 AM) -- Very Enjoyable reading Jason, well Done considering all the hicups you had with the Plane, for sure you will do very well next time, arrows are a great piece f...

I went to my first Large Scale Air race on the weekend and what an experience that was. It was an amazing spectacle to see these large machines compete against each other around the pylon course. It w...

The Vampire is sold to the Irish wolf

will any part with $100 for it ??