My PT20 is back together with a new motor mount, steel reinforced nose (for balance) and ailerons which go the right way!!! I'm real keen to 1/ see it in the air and 2/ have a go if I can. I will be...

Thanks guys - especially Steve & Chris for helping me get 2 5/8 (sorry for the imperial measurements here :wink: ) really good flights. It was a pleasure to actually get on the sticks on my baby eve...

Hey! it's fantastic to see another balsa builder!!! I covered my PT20 wit a standard clothes Iron. I did do some experimenting and tacked the covering with "just warm enough" and then shrunk it with...

Great to be in the air again. With some batteries from the latest HobbyKing order, I was able t oscore quick turnarounds. A great first flight, followed by a loop easily but nervously performed in t...

Steve, I'm interested but just not sure I have the skill to control one just yet. :oops: Drew.

I wont be over today - having a family weekend and envoying the sunshine. Seeya at the Christmas BBQ.

As I am a builder at heart, I thought I'd start a new topic for discussion of your latest designs, experiments and scratch builds. This is not athread for discussing mods to ARFs or overclocking your ...

To start things off, I'll rop some pictures and a vid of my experiment with SPAD. This is based on the FNS 0.15 design. However, this is based on the use of Canadian square PVC downpipe. I've subst...

For some reason, the vid didn't seem to upload (Aha! .AVI file). Here's trying again. [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R5xelyDaV5Q[/youtube] If you look carefully, you will notice the dodgy ...

Steve, I've worked out how to turn the pdf into a dxf. Now I just need a friend with an inventive heart, a cnc machine and who is willing to sell me a sheet of depron ;) (I can supply the beer or ot...

I'm hoping the 9th is a goer. I would have liked to come this week (I'd negotiated Thursday :( ) but we're doing the Magic Cave thing on Wednesday and coming flying would be too much for the boys on ...

K, I realise I probably missed the ordering. Saturday will be my last day down at the club this year so the next order round will be fine for me. Drew.

I'm looking forward to tomorrow and hoping to flatten 4 batteries without incident. I've got to master this take-off and landing bit so I can be less of an impact on other's flying time. It turns ou...

Steve, If I give you a pdf, is it difficult to transfer to your cutting machine? Do you have to have a dxf file or such like? If you could, I'd like to work out how to get it so you could cut me the...

I had an absolute ball at the field today!!! :D I ran out of batteries, did great take-offs and several very nice landings (6 or more of each). The weather was excellent and the bright sun and hea...

Rob, Thanks for looking. I take it that you didn't find anything :(. Drew.

K, It doesn't bother me waiting an extra week to get hold of bits. However, if it is only worth a few cents for extra inconvenience to you to play the currency markets, I don't think you should both...

Steve and I dropped in mid morning and were surprised to find the gates closed! Walked in and had the field to ourselves for a couple of hours. Steve got plenty of grins from his new Christmas prese...

After last week's cartwheels, I needed a bit of a nose job. The fuse had split down the side and the nose was a bit too wobbly :). I've moved the motor further forward but, unfortunately, it doesn't...

I've just stuck in an order for some covering and CF rod as both need a long tube packaging. It'd be great if someone else decided to order some long stuff so we could share the packaging overhead. ...

I have a Scorpion 3020-12 (http://www.bmkdesigns.net/Scorpion-3020 ... r-199.html (http://www.bmkdesigns.net/Scorpion-3020-12-1088kv-800-Watt-Brushless-Motor-pr-199.html)) with a 55A speedy on my 2Kg ...

I'm going be conflicted in getting to the field for the next few weeks and today was my last chance clear flying day. Since my main fly is a ground launch, and I still haven't covered the nose, I'm g...

Paul, That is looking fantastic! I'm keen to see you fly it. The arrow seems like an excellent idea! All that grey and whit is going to disappear on a day like today.

"probably". The family is out most of the morning/ early arvo and it'll be crappy at the field. I'll check out the plans for late tomorrow and post back here. I think you've got my mobile. pls sms m...

I'm in. Where and when?

I'm going to have to look closer at the plans for floats for the Trainer One and BYOB Bipe. Both of which are hanging in my shed waiting for maidens.

I took my new bipe for show and tell to the rod sorting. Despite the rain, I just couldn't resist stopping at a nearby park and trying it out on the way home. It flew really well (after tweaking for...

I have the rare opportunity of a day off with no kids on Friday. I know it's a bit far ahead to plan, but I'd be keen if anyone is thinking about going flying on Friday between schoold runs :) (aft...

Wow Friday is tomorrow already!!! Is anyone contemplating visiting the field tomorrow? I'm keen. I've got a fleet of foamies (Trainer, Biplane, F22R3, mini-3DX) that I could try in the local park in...

Blast! I didn't want to hear that :(. I tried, unsuccessfully, to negotiate some field time last night. I was almost please when I heard a spatter of rain on the roof but woke up to clear blue skies...

I am busting for a decent ly this weekend and praying for really good conditions. I'm in for as long a session as I can get but I may have 1 or two mini-flyers in tow that will limit my timeline. Unf...

There are some beautiful planes there!!! I satisfied my hunger for a decent fly and flattened all my batteries (some, a couple of times), maidened my 3d faomie with great success and returned home ve...

I've sent the family to Adelaide and built a new wing so I'm keen to fly all weekend! :D :lol: Let's hope I can work out which side of the field to fly on this week :oops: :( BTW, (for those wh...

At the end of a great day's flying, Con was very keen to get a flight in with one of his EDF jets. Using Mode 2, at the end of the day... well, the video can tell the rest. [youtube]http://www.yout...

Thanks to Chris for coming to let us in and even hanging around to help some of the newbies with their flights. I had a great day and I know others really enjoyed themselves too. There was minimal c...

I've consulted the plastic surgein and am currently talking to the weight loss experts (robair) but here's my baby all marked up and ready to go under the knife. (any last minute comments/ suggestions...

K, I've ordered some film. I'm in Adelaide this week and then work is sending me up the coast so I won't be able to even think about needing it for amost 3 weeks. If you've already got a big box, t...

That's cool I partially wanted to try my new Index3 as well as get sone decent stick time with the old boat. As I was putting final touches on the index, I discovered it to be grossly nose heavy an...

Sorry Steve, I didn't see your reply unitl 1:00pm. It takes me a while to get there 'coz I live near Top Ryde. Unless you are planning to hang around for a while han have a magical way to get this o...

Here's my PT-20 all covered up and re-assembled. Except for the collet which holds the nose wheel :(. After I cleaned the bench, threw out all the covering off cuts and hung the plane back up in...

That sounds like fun. If you want to fly, I'll drive :).

Whilst buzzing around the local park this weekend, the sunset was telling me it was about time to come in and I mis-judged the turn and dorked my Mini-3dx into a tree. After a climb and csome control...

I've got a window to go flying tomorrow afternoon (weather and field conditions permitting) if anyone else is available. My eldest son is off to school camp so I don't have to be back in time for sch...

Here's two vids of my new Index 3. First with a bit of a dance-about hover and some throw and catching action. The second, a little out-take - the result of trying to execute fine throttle adjustment...

That is indeed a landing to be proud of. It seems I can only do good landings without the camera or when it is not turned on properly :(!.

Is there anyone going to around for the "working bee" who lives somewhere between the flying field and Ryde who wouldn't mind giving me and a plane a lift? We're playing soccer at West Pennant hills a...

I'm keen to be able to find somewhere to do indoor flying a bit closer than Menai. I'd even drop in and visit a club at ermington from time to time as it would halve my travel - however, the club is ...

Kieran dropped by with my white covering on sunday night so it was out with the knife last night. I chopped all the holes, making those on the fuse a bit bigger and rounding all the corners to keep m...

I just bought 10 pairs of Micro Deans plugs for $9.45 + $1.50 postage. The seller is in Brisbane and they turned up almost striaght away! http://cgi.ebay.com.au/Micro-Deans-Style-T-plug-Connectors-BR...

I got another 6g at the tail by drilling 120 holes. Here it is, all ready for re-covering, back to her naked glory and with the minor fuse repair. Now, without the ballast and battery, it weighs 1440...