samste Wrote: (12-11-2011, 08:11 AM) -- gbanger Wrote: (12-11-2011, 06:32 AM) -- Saturday morning 6.30 a little high cloud but the forcast looks promissing. I am heading up to Wisemans but will dr...

Sadly I won't be there tomorrow unless it's later in the afternoon I have some domestic duties to attend to in the morning But I hope to be there on Sunday :)

It's a building, repairing, maintenance, and other shed related projects day. while the missus watches Dr Phil. :)

I'm thinking of heading down to the field tomorrow morning, looks like the wind will be calm and hopefully the showers won't start untill later in the afternoon so I hope to be there for an early ...

Look at that prediction for Sunday both wet and windy. Things could change tho' A week is a long time in the weather forcasting business Might have to looking at fitting windscreen wipers to my...

I'll be there shorty

anyone flying today ?

Flew at Penrith for the first time on Saturday, Nice field and plenty of familiar faces :) Also had a chat to some of the Penrith guys Nice people!! Sadly I had to rush off with out getting much ...

If the weather's OK I'll probably be there for a while in the morning I'm optimistically charging batteries at the moment :)

It was a great day !! I think I found that one puddle in the cross strip 4 times with the Edge 540. Didn't seem to bother it tho' with the bigger wheels it was not that prone to tripping up I ...

I might head down tomorrow with a couple of hand/bungee lanuch models I've got some build projects to do if it's raining but I don't mind walking in for a fly if the track is too slipery for car...

Flying fisho Wrote: (07-08-2011, 06:46 PM) -- Whilst waiting for the gate to open this morning, a Toongabbie resident kindly notified me of a wayward plane landing in a neighbours house. He later de...

Just arrived need a key Conditions excellent Several flyers here

Servo Wrote: (06-07-2011, 06:28 PM) -- Looking good for slope soaring, anyone interested? -- I'd definatly be in a slope soaring expidition I have a couple of slope models that can be made read...

John you might try lee O'riley in SA I think they have a repair/service department that might be able to sort it. I think they trade under the name OMP "O'Riley model products" or something li...

Just got back from the field. I noticed a few moter bike tracks but it seems they steered clear of the strip and there was no damage or tracks on there at all. Which was nice to see after being a ...

Might see you there

Yes I've just finished hinging the ailerons and fitting the undercarriage on the Yak

I'm on a couple of weeks leave as of Wednesday I'm going to try and get a few in but if the weather's bad I'll have plenty to do :)

I might go down for a look this morning and take something to hand launch

It certainly was windy this afternoon, I managed to get down to the field around midday, The upgrade motor/ESC for my fun-jet arrived in the post Friday arvo so Saturday morning was spent mounting...

It was an Excellent day thanks popeyepete for taking the video of the Extra MX !! Sadly the undercarriage on it need a little repair, I've started on it but I'm not sure how long it will take to get i...

A gray sky with little contrast, wind at times quite gusty, challenging conditions conditions but certainly flyable. I brought an old friend Frank with me to the field today. He hasn't ...

yarrumevets Wrote: (24-03-2011, 05:27 PM) -- Yeh, ditto Dave - I went over at about 4:30pm and saw much the same. There are a few patches that were squelchy underfoot, but it's recovering really qui...

Skidz Wrote: (08-04-2011, 11:12 PM) -- gbanger Wrote: (08-04-2011, 10:33 PM) -- Hey Dave As you would expect I have a library or high quality servo extensions. I have 150mm, 300mm, 450mm and 600mm...

It was a good day and a lucky one for me with my Edge 540 stripping a gear in the elevator servo and still getting it down safely. Fortunately the servo continued to work over most of it's travel...

I hope to get down there tomorrow to test fly the new edge. sorry to hear about the pogo.

I might get down there if the wind drops a little it seems to be building at the moment tho' I'd have been down there earlier but I've been putting the finishing touches on my New Edge 540

Group post from the half dozen of us down at the field: No wind, no rain, no key. :-)

Skidz Wrote: (13-02-2011, 06:53 AM) -- There are some low clouds but most of the the layer of overcast stuff seems quite high. May not be that bad. The dry ground would have swallowed most if not all...

stillflyin Wrote: (24-01-2011, 05:46 PM) -- Hey Drew, Check with Jason for your planes. He flew his FPV plane over the reeds a couple of times and was recording. His recordings are usually smooth ...

I think the forcast is for a few showers and clearing ?? Hopefully I'll get down there this morning I'd like to test the new antenna I made for my video link :) Been hanging for Saturday all week Lo...

Skidz Wrote: (15-03-2011, 08:42 PM) -- secant0give Wrote: (15-03-2011, 08:30 PM) -- Skidz Wrote: (15-03-2011, 06:49 PM) -- secant0give Wrote: (14-03-2011, 06:52 PM) -- I also found that they hunte...

Skidz Wrote: (15-03-2011, 06:49 PM) -- secant0give Wrote: (14-03-2011, 06:52 PM) -- I also found that they hunted a bit around the center and had a little back lash too. Now it's going to be Hitec 5...

It was a lovely morning for flying this morning. I managed to get in some good stick time. The air was mostly as still as it gets with just the bearest breath of wind at times. :thumbup...

It was a nice morning this morning, a bit humid and sticky but the air was still enough, a bit of a bad sky gray with little contrast. Managed to get a few flights in which was fun befor...