All good PJ - no worries at all!

No worries John - I'll be over at McCoy for a couple of hours tomorrow morning ... I usually stagger in at the crack of 10:00am. Feel free to drop by after that if it suits you.

OK Dave (... and others), Dennis dropped by the field this morning and kindly left me a box of supplies, along with a list of names. I've got them in the boot of the car, so all good.

Yeh, Sunday looks a better option from the weather forecasts but I'll be there both days playing "pretend secretary".

All good Mick - if I remember correctly, one KevB built one of these a few months back but didn't write up a maiden flight report, so you'll have to pick his brains directly to see if there are any go...

Interesting - thanks for that. I wonder if the full clip is available somewhere?...

I haven't done any of this myself - but Samste-Steve has, if I remember correctly. I think most of the time the telemetry data is used to fine-tune power train combinations. However for learning, it...

Of course, with it being Monday now, the conditions for flying are very good! :(

Ouch - sorry to hear that Angus. I don't know of any local suppliers of parts - only Philip Workshop http://www.pw-rc.com/

Yes Steven, looks like yet another weekend where the battery charger gets a bludge!

For a proper 4-channel plane, ready to go, $100 would be more like it - depending on the brand of receiver, ESC and servos already installed. Yes, some picture frame wire or even a cable-tie on the l...

Well, that's interesting. I'm quite sure there aren't any more Blu-Baby's of that type lying around but there might be some Eflite Apprentices or similar amongst the membership which are surplus to ...

It's very frustrating here at the moment - I'm immobile after a less-than-enjoyable trip to Westmead yesterday, and the conditions outside are absolutely perfect, not a breath of wind in a clear blue ...

Have a good time Mick!

Very classy, Claudio :thumbup: very nice indeed :) ... but I still haven't seen your root-locus plots for the autopilot and where are those gain and phase margins? ;)

samste Wrote: (02-08-2012, 08:01 PM) -- I will be down Tommorow just after lunch and will bring mower and give it a trim if i get time as i will be busy fixing other stuff up. Steve :) -- No worries...

Thanks Pete - another 36 hours until Saturday morning with no r**n forecast. Good, because we deserve a break!

Thanks for the report mate. Yes, it's a bit disappointing as it seems we're relying on evaporation only (plus what the turf draws up through its roots, which isn't much in the winter months).

Yeh, it's a tricky trade-off between enjoyment and risk. I'm going to open a new thread in the member's area to discuss this sort of stuff by the weekend (a part of the lead-up to the AGM) - look for...

Claudius Wrote: (31-07-2012, 08:12 PM) -- ... did the r$#n perpetually forecast since Saturday ever actually arrive? -- In fact Claudio, it gives me great pleasure to say that it did not! Jeez, it k...

Wow, transmitter and all, for $40! What next, I wonder?

A 1.27m wingspan T-28 sounds like it might be the Dynam Trojan. If so, it's a perfectly adequate plane but I think with a little shopping around you could get that plane and a DX6i (brand new and the...

Can't help you with the XBox stuff Kev, don't know a thing about 'em - but I would recommend you get an RC flight simulator. You connect your transmitter up to your PC with the simulator installed a...

Yeh ... I was only thinking of a short-term fix that could be applied before most members turned up tomorrow and might suffice for the day, rather than anything substantially like a real long-term sol...

Would putting sand down on the ramp help at all? I've got about half a cubic metre in bags which could be poured over the suspect areas.

OK mate - no worries, all the best!

I parked up and walked in and hadn't thought about driving in Victor, I must admit - I guess we should have a look at it tomorrow with your warning in mind. Thanks mate. By the way, I have some heat-...

The runway is still mushy at the western end and there's one pool of standing water which needs avoiding completely, but the strip is probably just good enough to use tomorrow if most of the traffic i...

Half of the runway isn't currently in a serviceable state for planes with undercarriage. I went over there with my mower this afternoon, but didn't even start the thing up once I walked along the run...

I'll let you know later George - just about to go to the field now and see what can be done with it.

Update Dave: Put tomorrow's plans on hold :( It's bucketing down here at the moment, and I've got to get off-line now before I overload the profanity filter :(

No worries Gazz - thanks anyway!

OK Dave - that fits my schedule perfectly.

Update: Willy has improved things, by dropping the probability of rain tomorrow and Sunday to 5% chance of 1 to 5mm - "keep it up champ!" Dave - I can give you a hand on Friday afternoon, I've sched...

I had a look at the runway late this afternoon and was pleasantly surprised ..... for a ****ing change. It's looking pretty good, considering the rain we had earlier in the week. I don't know whethe...

samste Wrote: (25-07-2012, 08:30 AM) -- Typo in the Amps Discharge, It will be approx 5 Amps with the two 12 volt 60 watt bulbs in series at 24 volts. Steve :) -- Yes, you're right there Steve - it w...

All good Frank, no worries - we have to give Claudio a 10 out of 10 for effort though, he's obviously not getting enough homework to do already ;)

Frank - your 6S battery (roughly 24 volts, as you say) doesn't seem to be high enough voltage to drive enough of a current through the bulb to make it glow. The low current that you are putting throu...

You'd better give him an iPod Jason, to bring him up to a contemporary standard.

Thanks to Steve and John for helping Ben out with the Blu-Baby today - hopefully he can get some stick-time with one of our instructors next weekend. Cheers!

In case anyone is interested, BrightHobbies (in Silverwater) is having a sale, and FMS 1400mm series planes are going for $192 - haven't seem them at this price before! http://www.brighthobbies.com.a...

An update: Whereas it's still too wet to mow at the moment, the field is improving. There's a chance of rain tomorrow which is unwelcome news (... to say the ****ing least!) but if it doesn't hit har...

Cheers Claudio - I'll see you there ... perhaps as early as 10:00am, you never know ;) Don't like our chances of driving in mate, but we'll see what it looks like when we get there.

Is the usual mid-week mob intending on a morning session tomorrow? I don't think the runway will be in very good condition, but I've got to catch up with srl some time.

Very nice PJ - your weathering job and the rivet details look great! At 470W she'll have a power-to-weight ratio that the poor buggers who actually flew them could only dream of.

It's waaaay too wet I'm sorry to say.

It ain't good Frank - I met up with Russ and FrankR this afternoon at McCoy and there's way too much water lying about. As usual there is standing water inches deep in parts, all the way from the tax...

Good work Gazz - those Hacker motors can be counted on to deliver, by the looks of it.

Gazz - couldn't you move a few of the ones at the back up towards the front, putting them on the sides and subtracted a few from the total? Just a thought.

It looks like another balls-out job Gazz :) What sort of readings are you getting from static tests? You'd be aiming for something in excess of 1100 Watts I guess. Good luck with it mate!