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Cheers Fisho, I understand safety is paramount. So I can bring my planes with me tomorrow.
Even if I wont fly them, at least you can see them and give them a safety check.
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Hi All- Please let me introduce myself-
Very new, never flown,
I am based in Eastwood and my family is looking for a club we can join and learn with. Currently we have a Parkzone Radian Glider and a DX6 Tx for equipment. Been building up with some good advice from various LHS. We have also been “Practicing” if you could call it that with Phoenix Simulator at home.
At a suitable stage we want to venture outside and have some guidance. I am wary though that some clubs may have a “Pro competitive” focus and others may have a more laid back “families and new guys welcome” vibe.
Strangely enough, between yourself and the other two closest, you are all within 25 minutes of where we live so which club is neither here nor there.
How does your club work with Kids and Familys and new people joining? Is it crowded or Quiet? Do you fly every Sunday (weather permitting) or twice a month? How does it generally work? What does a “Sunday at the field” look like? Lunch BBQ or everyone split whenever?
I guess, also kinda important for this glider, is there sufficient space? I think it has a 30m+ turning radius. Many people at the club fly gliders or is it all Prop and fan drive focused?
Sorry for all the questions, hoping to be airborne soon,
Kind regards
Mike
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Hi Guys,
I'm very interested in getting involved in your club. I have been doing some indoor flying, mostly FF, but also a little bit of RC, so I'm pretty much a beginner. It would be great if I could visit your field and introduce myself. I have a plane that I have just about finished and if possible, I would like to have it checked out and perhaps maidened by an experienced flyer if convenient.
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Thanks Chris. I'm looking forward to meting you all.
Brendon
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Hi Guys, I'm back again.
I know I haven't been back after my first visit, but life got in the way of me getting a chance to get back there. So in the next week or two, I hope I can come and visit again.
I still have my planes with a few more to my collection.
Anyhoo, I'll keep check of the flying thread for next weekend.
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Hello all,
New to the forum and keen to join the hobby. I enjoy Heli's and Quads. I can fly small indoor Eflite fixed pitch types, but haven't flown outdoor.
I did excited and bought a thundertiger 50 nitro, and am now looking for a place to learn to fly outdoor.
Cheers,
Shane.A
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Hi Andre
The Nitro .50 Heli is flybarred, and so is the electric 360? thunder tiger electric [mini titan].
I have the mini titan to learn on, but am unable to set it up. I think the blades are unbalanced because there is a death wobble when the blades start winding up.
I also think there may be a servo which does not wok well at it exhibits a twitch and its movement appears limited.
I have a reasonable flight sim which I have practiced on, and that helped a great deal.
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Hi All!
I'm looking to get a bit more serious into the hobby. I've done a few hundred hours in flight sims and have done a 30min glider flight. A few years back, I spent a few hundred dollars on some RC planes and helis before gyros were in everything and, long story short, basically crashed a couple thousand dollars worth of kit which discouraged me from going further.
Recently, I won a DJI Phantom 3 drone in a competition and it has rekindled my fascination with RC. For airplanes, I have a few cheap trainers from Jaycar (3ch and 4ch), a Flyzone Aircore, a HobbyZone Supercub S (with SAFE). For helis, I have a broken Phoenix 350 CP, a Double Horse 9116 FP, a couple of cheap 3A gyro cyclicals. I have a couple of cheaper drones as well such as a Hubsan X4 and RCTech Hornet.
I'm also greatly interested in cars, with a couple of rock crawlers (AX10, Wraith, HSP Pangolin) and some brushless models (Kyosho Fazer, HPI Cyclone).
At the moment, I've started to heavily get into robotics, prototyping some stuff using Arduinos, Rasbery and Banana Pis, servos and motors, etc.
I usually fly my gear in the local fields in Seven Hills behind Lily's and opposite the RSL (I only live a minute from Riley's Gym), so a dedicated field out in Tucks Rd sounds ideal!
Hope that wasn't too much to read lol
Really looking forward to meeting you guys!!
Marvin Montais
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Evening all,
I'm Richard. I came past the field a few weeks ago & met Rob and a few other fellows.
I own an RTF Blade 400, bought it second hand about 6 years ago now, and have only just got back into flying it. 3yo boy children and mortgages tend to put plans on hold ...
I'm using the DX6i that came in the box, I've read the "set-up" e-books from a few people in the know and applied their wisdom to my heli; it fly's really gently at the moment ... but that still doesn't stop gravity or the "mong on the box" from interrupting play; when it's too hot outside (as of the last few weeks) I turn on the pheonix sim and try not to crash in the virtual world.
To feed the addiction, the boy child, my wonderful fiance and generally keep a dry roof over our heads, I work as a glorified plumber and also occasionally get out and do some real plumbing.
Like many others I'm also a "wannabe" pilot ... if I ever get the money up, I plan to learn to fly a full size heli ... on day ... maybe ...
Anyway, that's a bit about me. I hope to meet a few more of you soon.
Richard
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Hi Everyone,
Introducing myself, my name is Anton, one of my many online aliases is schr4nz (hence my username) and I'd be interested in joining the RC club as I live relatively close to the field and I have a lot to learn.
Quick summary about me:
Complete newb to flying, recently bought a quad and have experimented in simulators, took it out for its maiden flight today and my mind was blown. I am very interested in learning more about RC from more experienced peeps, would also be interested in learning some fixed-wing in the near future, have previously owned RC cars (oh childhood how I miss thee) but haven't really played with anything RC in awhile until now. I do have a bit of experience with a soldering iron, I like to build/experiment with gadges/toys (the Rasp Pi and Orange Pi come to mind) and I have some experience in coding.
Current kit:
- FlySky i6 (great controller for the price)
- Eachine Wizard x220 (so far has been an awesome little unit)
- Eachine goggles (the only regret I have thus far, should have forked out some more)
- SJCAM4000 HD camera -- really gets some quality, crystal clear footage.
Thanks for taking the time to read!
-Anton