I've been tinkering with some video editing software I got today. It's much nicer than using what windows offers Here's the rest of the morning's flight http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_qdoxWRUs5E

I had a bit of a tinker with my gopro yesterday morning. Here's a short bit of video I took with the camera mounted on my hat. It realy needs a narrower lens for things a bit far away. but it takes...

Thanks for taking and Posting that Video Paul !! The launch was pretty hairy and the cross wind didn't help much :) Cheers Jason

Love that clip AWSOME One can only hope[hr] I complained to the ebay seller of the camera that their instructions were wrong and instead of saying run on 9-12V it should be 6-9V and they said th...

Well it flies !! I managed to get in a test flight today despite the weather and some small technical problems. Problem no 1 was I'd set the model up with wing mixing and tested it all then...

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...

G'day Dave, I've got one but it might be nicer to part it off on a lathe If you want to bring it along to the field next I'll shorten it for you neatly. Jason

A bit more covering at lunch time and some hatches Just the tow hook and the winglets to go and I think that's it ready for a test flight. Oh gotta straighten up the camera as well, It's on a ...

Drew Wrote: (04-04-2011, 06:16 PM) -- I really like your total disregard for the initial function, carving holes and notches where it suits for your equipment :). I really like building and experime...

That little machine flew nicely. I realy liked the look of it in the air, it fairly slipped along after fan stopped as well. I reckon it'd be a Keeper :)

kizza42 Wrote: (04-04-2011, 01:43 PM) -- Awesome, I love your work! I take it you've been looking at Trappy's stuff ;) -- Oh yes Definatly Trappy is the inspiration behind getting this old sloa...

Next it needs a mount for the motor I decided to combine this with another spar. What better place to mount the motor than onto the strongest part of the wing. This wing already has a spar. It'...

I started building this a while back but I took photo's with my iphone at various stages so I could look back at it after a while. The object of the build is to end up with something practi...

Super nicely engineered machine !!

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...

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...

dingy Wrote: (22-03-2011, 09:26 PM) -- ~KevJ~ Wrote: (22-03-2011, 07:14 PM) -- hey ingo nice model mate , i reckon it looks like a beauty! i too look forward to seeing that in the air. whats the wi...

Wow that looks very nice Ingo !! I keen to see how it flys!! Hopefully the weather will come good again soon

chrism Wrote: (19-03-2011, 02:53 PM) -- Hi Drew/Andrew, Thanks guys for the info. I must say that I am a little disappointed that digital servos can not be reversed by rewiring, this means that I wi...

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...

I would realy like too this arvo, I have a new model to test fly but I fear the weather and work are both conspiring against me and tomorrow work is going to get in the way as well :( Perhaps I can g...

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 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...

Many thanks to John, who is certainly handy with a camera, for taking these photo's of the edges first few flights.

Test flew the new Edge 540 this morning couldn't have been a nicer flyer and bearly needed a click of trim. However on the 4th flight the Motor stopped, It had made a couple of odd noises ea...

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...

Nice one Steve Ive found hot melt glue to be quite usefull on depron. I'll have to give the UHU a go ones day and see what it's like:) Cheers Jason

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 ...

Look at this forcast is nice and still for Saturday morning !! :) Picking up to about 12 knots later if it makes it to that, big high means nice and stable air

kizza42 Wrote: (19-01-2011, 08:43 PM) -- Be VERY afraid! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W18Z3UnnS_0 -- That is AWSOME !! very very clever stuff I love autonomous systems like that. It's the so...

Very nice machine Gazz :)

Just unpacked a new machine this evening. It's an edge 540 from super and cheaper. It's light straight and very nicely built. should be a bit of fun to fly.

A bit of edited video from the testing the new Bi-quad antenna I made for my FPV set up. It really does work much much better than the standard antenna that came with the video receiver. De...

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...

gbanger Wrote: (05-01-2011, 04:10 PM) -- OK Pilots This is a pretty impressive display. These guys have spent a lot of time and money getting this display on the road. Gazz -- loved the low in...

Here's the edited version of the first test of the video link of my FPV system http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ksc9YUSySQA&feature=player_profilepage

Here's a quick flick of the small field we fly from at work. It's surrounded by gum trees. note the 'S' turns before steep landing approach to wash off some speed. Sadly there's a boarder of 2X4s ...

yarrumevets Wrote: (28-12-2010, 08:40 PM) -- "All systems GO!" -- Cool I might get down there for some stick time as well. Not long finished puting a new motor and ESC in an old model might be...

Kedumba Wrote: (01-12-2010, 10:35 AM) -- Just to re-open a really old thread, I think I've found the reason why the camera is wavy, finding a solution may be a little harder but it might be worth whi...

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...