I have 2 3M x 3M gazebos that I'll bring to shelter some aircraft from the heat of the Sun....er...I mean, rain. :(

Oh yeah, Rob, by the way......I looped the Airwolf! :)

Well Dave, after talking to you today, i knew YOU'D understand. :) And that's why the Logo is so light! It's the reverse mass displacement quotient.

Many years ago, Rockwell International decided to get into the heavy duty automatic transmission business. They were preparing to tape their first introductory video and, as a warm-up, one of the stag...

There were a couple of souls braving the rain & having a fly, including one bloke who took Rob's Airwolf up to blow out the cobwebs (but not the rain unfortunately). Colin was kind enough to hold my p...

Gday Adrian and welcome to our club, and forum. If you can't get to the field this weekend, and you're free on Australia Day, come down to Paramatta Park early in the morning & you'll see us all there...

Yeah there's some rain coming in but radar shows it may only last a little while (however long that is).

Gaz, does our request on your other post count if we can't make it to the field?

Sorry for the late notice..CH7 NOW. David Jason (Inspector Frost) Battle of Britain. Lots of Spitfires. I missed the 1st 10 mins but I'm recording it if anyone wants a copy.

Thanks Gaz, I've passed the info on.

Thanks for the ideas guys. The servo travel appears to be ok. Not too little, Steve, and not too much, Gaz. Anyway, here is today's effort, the subject of my previous post which nearly caused Rob to ...

Rob, Shhhhhh! They wouldn't have noticed until you..... BTW, the grass is cut square, not round. Explain that. Anyway, update on yesterday.. I did as Paul suggested and the gear still operated norma...

Thanks Jason. Paul, good thought thanks. Tomorrow I'll put it on a stand that keeps the gear free to move, then move all the controls while exercising the gear switch to see if that recreates the pro...

Yeah, just drove back from the 2020 cricket at Homebush...Bucketing down!!

Well I got the Airwolf airborne in preparation for it's Australia Day Debut. It took i bit of fiddling around with swash mixes, throttle/pitch curves, boring heli speak, gyro gain, blah blah, yada yad...

Went to the field this morning to give the Airwolf a go. Dry at home....raining at McCoy!!! Grrr

Me too..around 9am.

The website said "extensive travel"...I hope they didn't mean China! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0BKR9nbQH2Q

Gazz,thanks very much for your efforts today. I'll echo Wayne's "excuse"...err..reason too. :)

Very nice Jason, as always.

Aaron, I use this camera & I can highly recommend it. The lens area swivels about 30' but I modified it to swivel 90'. That way it can sit flat on the a/c (and heli in my case) and the lens still poin...

Sounds good John. Keep up the practice and remember, don't rush. Longevity and saving $$$ is the name of the game :)

Yeeaaahhhh, bring it on Dave! We should try something like that. I have an advantage because I've already done some drops. And my heli is already decorated :) But you have an advantage because you'r...

Kieran, i emailed Thomas Benedini about the 20s delay & this is his reply: "Hello Andrew, thank you for your inquiry. The shut down time in autostart can NOT be changed, sorry. It is set fix to 20s...

Thanks Kieren. Yeah that might be an idea because 20secs is a bit long....5 to 10 would be better I think.

Well, the Spitty finally got airborne with all the associated noises. I'm glad the landing was on hard stand because had it been on grass, it may have nosed over..A bit longer in the flare to get the ...

9. You need a GPS to get to the flying field.

4. The callouses on the thumbs have disappeared.

Finally I've finished modding the Spitfire (I think). Here's a quick video of what's been done. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwPTE8CO2ik

What a great flight Jason. Beautiful landing too!

OK, here's MKII of the bomb/lolly dropper. I even offered to fill it with gravel from Area 51 & dump it elsewhere........might take a while though. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SsaskTAivNo

Guys, after 5 months away since the shoulder injury, I can't tell you how good it was to catch up with some of you today! Flying the plane & heli was great fun, but more importantly, it was terrific ...

Would "no trespassing/no motorcycles etc" kind of signs do any good?..........Probably not is the answer I gave to myself.

Thanks Dave. Wow the whole video??!! that's brave. :) I have made version 2 & it works beautifully with no attitude change. I will upload that vid shortly. BTW, if you don't fly Rob's Airhawk, (You ...

Here's my idea for converting a DX6i to "7 Channels"...for a heli to use retracts, or whatever. The box is designed to allow lollies etc to fall and have kids pick them up afterwards. This is MK 1. MK...

That's fantastic Dave. Do you have a spare channel on your TX to do that with the Logo? Christmas Party time would be great for the kids!....and some adults,:)

Thanks Gazz. I hope to be back at the field soon & watch some real flying.:)

Here's the start of my practicing. Getting used to flying the flag again. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRMM1T6E6Qw

I think it does come down to personal preference. Many years ago I had flaps operated by a rotary knob. I only ever used 2 settings..full up &full down. On the DX6 now, I use the switch for the sam...

That looked like my normal hovering! :) What will they do next? See how many Trex 700's it takes to lift a man?

Servo Wrote: (12-11-2011, 09:01 PM) -- I want to practice some takeoffs. KevB -- What about the landings? ;)

Thanks Steve. I use Premiere Pro CS5. It has more features than I know what to do with, but I've used various forms of Premiere for 11 years, so the workflow etc is familiar to me. Thanks for the kin...

While recovering from my shoulder surgery, i thought some extra "physiotherapy" would speed things up. Holding the transmitter, even with a strap was tiring, but good "excercise". I set the camera up ...

Aaron, I feel your pain about not flying. Actually I feel my own pain, but that's another story. :)

It looked smoother than our normal 767 landings...with the gear down!

UPDATE: 3 weeks post op. All progressing according to plan. Saw the specialist today, he said, "Definately no flying for another 6 weeks!"(It wouldn't have mattered last weekend). Fortunately he mean...

Dave......maybe after a bit more development. I'll wait until it can do 3D! Then I'll watch YOU fly it. :)

Thanks Kev. Just hit "record" in time! :)

I won't be there......again.......sniff.

Dave H......wanna go halves???? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0f-g1ZkbYnU&feature=feedu