15-05-2011, 05:12 PM
Well, those that flew today would agree that is was a superb day. A light breeze with a deep blue sky to fly around in.
I wont go through the names of people that flew today as it was a long list. Considering the flying equipment assembled and the crowded skies, there were surprisingly few incidents. Highlight of the morning was the high speed buzz saw runs by Gazz, SteveB and Kieran. Mick doppler'd you guys with his iPhone app and reckons only 122kph (take it up with app writer !). I think SteveB was the unofficial winner on account of being the only one of the three to land correctly. One plane didn't even land on the ground at all and had to be fished out of a tree in Collinsville, the other collected mud up its nose from the lawn dart landing.
The good samaritan award today goes to Joe a.k.a. "Mister Twister" (budding new member come June/July) who returned to the field last Monday to see if that guy from PEMACs plane had fallen from the power lines. He timed his visit perfectly as it fell down while he was there (half of it) and the other half fell down later after a phone call from the council grass cutter. The PEMAC pilot was absolutely ecstatic to learn he could collect from Joe his motor/prop, 60A ESC, AR7100 and Satellite. ChrisM and I estimate around $180-$200 recovered. The Lipo and the plane itself were recovered but sadly, bean bag filling only. Onya Joe
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About 1pm, a fellow enthusiast (sorry I didn't get your name) showed me his brand new "never been out of the box" Blade mCPx flybarless heli. I was invited to fly it. Mick set the heli up on his DX7 (it was a spektrum BNF heli - no good on my Fooootaba TF8G). Mind you, Mick says "I've never set up a heli before". From box to radio config to flying took about 5 minutes. Easy peazy. What a little ripper (literally ... "little" that is!). I had it zooming around without any tinkering with settings at all. Surprised me no end. For anyone wanting a zippy performance heli for home, office or, as I proved, flying park this heli was so cool and so easy to get set up!! I was offered a second flight with a second battery. Took that up in a blink (more fun). A few of the guys watching, I think, were very surprised. We didn't set it up for stunt mode so inverted hovering and loops didn't quite work -- but I reckon I can make it do them! (please bring it back one day to see?). Thanks Mick for the radio configuration "while you wait". As you can see from my jibbering on, size doesn't matter! (but go FBL control ). Thanks also to the heli's owner. He seemed mighty impressed with his decision to buy this helicopter after seeing it exceed his expectations. My advice to anyone wanting to get a micro (nano?) heli, don't get a co-axial, get one of these 
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Have a chuckle at the photos below of the Blade mCPx with my Logo 600.
I wont go through the names of people that flew today as it was a long list. Considering the flying equipment assembled and the crowded skies, there were surprisingly few incidents. Highlight of the morning was the high speed buzz saw runs by Gazz, SteveB and Kieran. Mick doppler'd you guys with his iPhone app and reckons only 122kph (take it up with app writer !). I think SteveB was the unofficial winner on account of being the only one of the three to land correctly. One plane didn't even land on the ground at all and had to be fished out of a tree in Collinsville, the other collected mud up its nose from the lawn dart landing.
The good samaritan award today goes to Joe a.k.a. "Mister Twister" (budding new member come June/July) who returned to the field last Monday to see if that guy from PEMACs plane had fallen from the power lines. He timed his visit perfectly as it fell down while he was there (half of it) and the other half fell down later after a phone call from the council grass cutter. The PEMAC pilot was absolutely ecstatic to learn he could collect from Joe his motor/prop, 60A ESC, AR7100 and Satellite. ChrisM and I estimate around $180-$200 recovered. The Lipo and the plane itself were recovered but sadly, bean bag filling only. Onya Joe
.About 1pm, a fellow enthusiast (sorry I didn't get your name) showed me his brand new "never been out of the box" Blade mCPx flybarless heli. I was invited to fly it. Mick set the heli up on his DX7 (it was a spektrum BNF heli - no good on my Fooootaba TF8G). Mind you, Mick says "I've never set up a heli before". From box to radio config to flying took about 5 minutes. Easy peazy. What a little ripper (literally ... "little" that is!). I had it zooming around without any tinkering with settings at all. Surprised me no end. For anyone wanting a zippy performance heli for home, office or, as I proved, flying park this heli was so cool and so easy to get set up!! I was offered a second flight with a second battery. Took that up in a blink (more fun). A few of the guys watching, I think, were very surprised. We didn't set it up for stunt mode so inverted hovering and loops didn't quite work -- but I reckon I can make it do them! (please bring it back one day to see?). Thanks Mick for the radio configuration "while you wait". As you can see from my jibbering on, size doesn't matter! (but go FBL control
). Thanks also to the heli's owner. He seemed mighty impressed with his decision to buy this helicopter after seeing it exceed his expectations. My advice to anyone wanting to get a micro (nano?) heli, don't get a co-axial, get one of these .Have a chuckle at the photos below of the Blade mCPx with my Logo 600.