Spark ignition 2 stroke petrol engines seem to handle it up to a point. But your right the reliability and power to weight ration of electric power systems really does have the edge untill you get up...

The Super and cheaper MX2 comes as an ARF airframe doesn't it? with out any servos in it as all? the best servos to put in that airframe would be hitec 5085s or the new High voltage version of t...

Congratulations !! wtg :)

Too Drunk to Fly Wrote: (08-07-2014, 10:57 PM) -- Ok, I'll add that to my pile. Honestly, as long you have COG correct, I don 't see why a different wing and tail plane would not work a trick. ...

They don't bother me very much, Snakes just about allways flee when you get near them. every one I've ever caught I've had to chase after. If you Pin a redbelly Black snake it will rearly...

I went for a look late this afternoon the ground is still wet and muddy but the water on the strip has subsided a little If the weather's nice tomorrow there's no reason not to take a hand launche...

Tomorrow looks better

There's a big difference in weight between the two motors the G160 is 35% lighter for the same power. Mind you it has a higher KV 290 instead of 190 but that, understandably means, just a different...

Clever idea but I can see lot of problems with that !! Perhaps some of them can be overcome.

robair Wrote: (14-12-2011, 12:03 PM) -- Gday Jason If Steve cannot assist I have props coming out of my arse, will check to see if I have what you need (likely) when I get home tonight. Cheers ...

I understand fully your point of view Wayne, and in a sence we are saying the same thing. If you look at the Martin Bryant Tradigity that guy was obviously out of his tree to start with, I mean ...

Couldn't help my self, I caved in to the temptation, and ordered a fun jet from HK early last week. I also ordered the up grade motor and a heavier duty ESC I received the kit on Friday bu...

Gues what there's another load of rubbish dumped in front of the gate I saw it as I drove past the field 10 mins ago on my way to mum and dads I also notice there is a big yellow warning under video s...

Will anyone open up the gate tomorrow morning?? The weather looks perfect and I have the day to my self :)

Yep it's pretty soggy this is what it looked like this afternoon

Well chuck is happy he's been patiently watching me put together his ride this evening A couple of Pics Fitting the Horosontal Stabelizer and fitting the rudder

Yes it was getting cold and late at that stage

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

Oh yeah !! good antennas of matching polarisation make a huge difference !! samste Wrote: (11-06-2016, 05:44 PM) -- I'm Very impressed with the Fat Shark Antennas that i have put on the Freex Quad...

Hmmm I was thinking along these lines only the other day. If it's carefully designed it should be able to provide a lot more than 15% extra thrust The Russians made an early jet fighter that us...

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...

There is an MAAA MOP for operating pulse jets But they won't run under the 80 dB noise limit Interestingly enough the engine on the V1 was rated at around 600 HP

brotherblonde Wrote: (05-12-2011, 10:54 AM) -- What a great flight Jason. Beautiful landing too! -- Thanks Andrew :)

Congratulations to Ingo, who chose the windiest 10 mins of the day to do his bronze wings test and passed !! Well done Ingo, nicely flown despite the challenging conditions. Web masters could ...

I'd put it as close to dead in line with the axis of the model as you can. or at least parrellel to it if your mounting it up higher. You can allways adjust it a bit later if you find you nee...

TopGun Wrote: (01-06-2014, 09:46 AM) -- Where is the pylon racing happening today? wouldn't mind watching. -- Sorry I didn't see your post until now All the pylon racing dates can be found at nswp...

Well Let me say that I had an absolutly AWSOME Days flying today !! despite the wind and the cloudy sky!! Claudio and I went out to the Pylon racing at Pit Town today. It was great fun, What ...

It looks like a good machine bob but the controller doesn't have the Alt hold feature so it will take a bit of getting used to to fly FPV The extra few dollars spent on a controller that can d...

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 ?????

The date for the Barnsdale Large scale race day has changed I've snipped this from the Australian Large Scale Pylon Racing Face Book Page. It was previously the Queens birthday long weekend. "H...

Nice one Steve !! That's going to fairly hoot along !! Does it use the same fan unit as the previous one or does this one have an extra blade or two ?

Sounds great Rob, I like the idea of keeping it light as possable !! I'm very keen to see what you create from these cores !! I put up a build thread a while back on the smaller (1.4m) set of co...

smuzz Wrote: (23-07-2012, 06:05 PM) -- You'd better give him an iPod Jason, to bring him up to a contemporary standard. -- I'm not going to spoil him too much, I was thinking of putting the clu...

Wow Ive never seen it like that before We should try and get some more photos

Gotta Love that video. Steve that's your Viper that laps him on the last lap ?? Nice one !!

Marulan is Next week end !!! If you want to come post up or send me a PM and I can give you directions

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...

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...

Thought I'd put up a couple of pic of how I put together my Racing Rarebears. These are the naked Rarebears that come with no decals or covering. The first thing to do is remove all the li...

I'm hoping to get there a little before 4 pm It all depends on how things go at work today but at the moment things are looking remarkably good. :)

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

Here it is the Dynamite ready for a test flight. It still needs the fairings for the servos put on and the fairing for the top of the wing but these can be done later. I want to make sure the travels ...

video of the new launcher http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=am44XkIerPc

gbanger Wrote: (14-03-2012, 07:21 PM) -- Next time you need access to the field in the afternoon Jason. Give me a ring mate! I drive past the field almost every day at about 3.20 and could have opene...

The elevator servo, A HXT 500 is mounted in a tray inside the fuse just behind the Trailing edge of the wing. 246 The servo is connected to the elevator control horn by a ridged push rod. In the p...

Hi Sammy We have a few instructors at our club. Come along and introduce your self and someone will be able to take your plane up on buddy lead so if (when) things start going wrong th...

Flying fisho Wrote: (14-07-2012, 04:39 PM) -- As previously mentioned Eratix control throws were a little lame so adjusted rudder & ailerons at the control horns. Carefully adjusted evenly, assiste...

Here's another one of my home town http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpIkIc7QRPs

Been looking at some Lipo's for this bird. Since it's a racer and it only needs about 120 seconds of full power carrying any more than enough to do that plus enough to putt around for another min a...

Sounds like a plan Can the plush ESC handle 8s ? It's good to have your lipos do double duty like that