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[ozace]

I am Adam in Melbourne. 36yrs old
Mainly an E flyer, helis, planes and cars

[Frenche]

I'm Simon and live in Ballarat. 18yrs old and fly e planes and just getting into helis. Used to race gas and electric cars

[Stuntman]

Shawn, AEFA Newsletter editor, 33.

Based in Newcastle, I am a member of Rebel Flying Club. Avid E-flyer - gliders, pylon, hotliners, oldtimers, 3D, sport, not heli's. I also dabble in the dark side from time to time.

[Mavrik]

I am the oldest so far 38. My name is Chris and I fly mainly electric, F5B, Pylon and F5D and some fun stuff. I also go to Jerilderie when I can and fly F3J thermal. Dabled with F3B. I mainly like speed !!!! Member of Sunset soaring Wahroonga, Sydney :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

Chris

[nator_au]

Brett, 27 from sydney
I'm a piscean.
I like long walks on the beach in summer and cosy log fires in winter.
I fly slope gliders, and electric.

You will probably find me on the weekends at Otford, or at Mt Annan flying slope.
Some weeknights after work, i fly electric at Mutch Park, at Pagewood (next to westfield eastgardens).

:)
brett

[olmod]

Hi im Lez. its all there in my profile :)
a lot of custom motor building and not a lot of flying nowadays :o
just tell me what you want :)

[AntonL]

Hi, my name is Anton. I am 32 years old and live in St Kilda, Melbourne. I enjoy slope soaring and electric gliders, and I'm also quite partial to beer brewed by Belgian Trappiste monks. I like nothing better than to head for the hills on a balmy summer day, strap on my Teutonic P4000 Tx with its oh-so-comfortable 'cross-your-heart' shoulder harness, throw planes off the edge until dark, and then drink ice-cold beers from the eski while being chauffeured home. :)

Anton

[Stuntman]

I like those Belgium Trappiste Monk beers too. :D very nice drop.

Nothing better than sitting on the slope on a hot summers afternoon with the cool seabreaze blowing on your face flying the afternoon/evening away. And a coldy stashed away for the inevitable "its getting too dark to fly, lets talk about planes instead" discussion that occurs at the sessions close. :D

[AntonL]

Cheers Shaun, I'll drink to that. ;)

BTW, seeing as you're here, thought I should mention that I maidened the Omega this evening at a flat field. Only had about 10-15 mins stick time over 2 short flights due to some glitching (I think relating to the location, not so much the plane or radio setup), but the performance looks very promising. It certainly slowed up nicely for landings with the flaps. I'm off to the coastal slopes for a 4 day break on Sunday so I'll give it a more thorough test then. :cool:

Anton

[Numb Thumbs]

G'Day

Call me Numb Thumbs. I'm the Honorary President of the "International Order of Flouro Fellas". See the photo below...

I'm editor of the VARMS Newsletter, Aspectivity and the electronic form, AspectivitEE - which you can download from my web site - here in Melbourne.

I fly slope, electrics and electric gliders.

Cheers

Numb Thumbs :cool:

[CustomPC]

Hi,

I'm Michael, almost 36 years old and from Sydney.
I'm a 100% electric flyer and have flown sport planes and electric gliders but my passion is helicopters.
I've been flying RC for nearly 2 years now but i can remember pouring over the Tamiya catalogue when i was a kid and borrowing books from the library about model helis way back in the eighties.
It's taken a long time but i'm finally getting to fulfil those childhood dreams of flying RC.

Is it just me or is the median age of RC flyers over 30? We're all big kids at heart.

[pldaniels]

G'day all,

I'm Paul, living up in North Queensland, inland from Townsville. Been flying models since I was 5 (a good 27 years ago).

Mostly these days I design models and run my online R/C shop ( http://nqrc.com ) where I sell GWS gear as well as some other brands.

Some of you may have already seen a couple of my designs, perhaps the most known is the QuickFlick-II DLG.

Nice to see Australia get its own forums.

Paul.

[Cerberus]

Hi All,
Well my name is Will, Im 24 (just a few days ago actually =)) been flying for close to 3 years now but Ive been into model building since I was 8 but only got the money to go RC when I was 20.

I used to fly glow planes but have since gone into parkflying in a big way with electric sports, 3D planes, as well as helis and slope soaring.

Im from Como in the southern suburbs of Sydney.

Cheers
Will.

[pldaniels]

I also dabble in the dark side from time to time.

Glow power? I was going to say helicopters but you said you don't fly those (Nor do I, I only crash them :D )

Paul.

[Funflyaddict]

Gudday

Im Owen, been flying for 2 and a half years now, and came from racing Stadium Trucks.

I fly 3d, i have a Burrito, Mojo (www.swanyshouse.com) and building my 3dfoamy ProCap.

My first plane was an old timer, then got a Profile. It was my first plane with ailerons and since the first flight i have never been to the feild minus a profile.

Live in Yarrawonga, near albury/wadonga in Victoria

cheers

[mhale71]

Michael from sydney, 90% electric , helicopters and fixed wing.

mike

[SlopeFun]

Hi All
I`m Paul from Brisbane Qld.I fly Epp wings slope.I run SlopeFun (http://www.slopefun.com) and all so i play around with SlotCars as well Sound Barrier Raceway (http://www.soundbarrierraceway.com) .I would like to get in to Scale Sailplanes some time soon.
Thanks Paul

[salisbug]

G'day guys,

I'm Glenn from Melbourne. 43 years old and a VARMS & GMAC member.

I dont get the opportunity to fly too often these days but I still buy heaps and could rival a few LHS with my stock pile of kits and gear.

After selling a few at the club auction recently I still have 21 aircraft ready to fly (fully kitted out ready to charge & go).

I mainly fly slope whether it's scale, sport or my passion, PSS models. I also dabble with electric models as its easier to drive the 5 minutes to the power field than the 2 hours to my preferred slopes.

I hope to see you on the slopes.

Glenn

[rotarypower3]

I wondered what those flags were up the top!

I only fly/crash electric heli's ATM. ;)

[dankers]

Also saw the flag and clicked - G'Day all!

I'm David, 144cm, well built, short brown hair and brown eyes. Interests are mainly helis but some planks, reading, skiing and romantic walks on the beach at sunset.

:)

[bernoo]

Jees sounds like a Dating Service........ :D

[ozace]

:rolleyes: ;) so bern , what are you doing tonight :D :D :cool:

[bernoo]

Oh.......................Ho....................Im tied up.....I mean.......taken........No No :D

[Desert flier]

HI I am a rugged outdoor type who would rater be out on a slope with a gentle breeze waching the sun set on a desert landscape. Na the kids are in bed the misus bussy and I sneak of to the sloap 5m away ge i love day light savings

[bernoo]

HI I am a rugged outdoor type who would rater be out on a slope with a gentle breeze waching the sun set on a desert landscape. Na the kids are in bed the misus bussy and I sneak of to the sloap 5m away ge i love day light savings

A slope At Coober Pedy? Ho.......dig big hole for opal and use overburden for slope hill........................................ :D

[Supersix]

rod 29 from heathcote i fly e,nitroplanes and helis an slopeies, cars and boats as well

[Desert flier]

Hi Berno I am going down to Adelaide over x mas and am taking my foam sloapie and would like to do some flying while there I have been to Halet cove Aero modle club and they said that guys fly of the dunes would like to hear from someone else that flies down there Regards desert flier

[Pecorino]

Hi, I'm Colin from Sydney

Flying electrics for nearly 7 years. Past president and now treasurer of the Macquarie Club in Sydney. President of AEFA and part time domestic engineer..... damn now wheres that list of housework.

100% electric

Also partial to the old trappist beer amongst others of it's type.

[pldaniels]

Pecorino,

Perhaps with Cronulla beach deserted people can finally fly some planes down there :D

Shame about the house work, though I must admit to being the same here (already done 2 loads of washing and cleaned up the kitchen).

Anyone suggest a nice easy way of making some firewall mounts for outrunner motors like the ones int he photo (the big golden coloured one)?

http://pldaniels.com/flying/albums/PDAP-01/mpic00124.jpg

[Stuntman]

Glow power? I was going to say helicopters but you said you don't fly those (Nor do I, I only crash them :D )

Paul.

Yes glow power :rolleyes: I only have a couple left now. No flying upside down lawnmowers for me though

0.90 4stroker in a 46sized mustprang :eek: and currently squeezing in an enya 1.80 into a 72inch extra from a no-name brand ARF (muh ha ha hahhhh :eek: ) and now looking to take out shares in a methanol factory..... :o Might also add a tow release to this beastie for some aerotowing.

Hey you gotta have something to fly whilst the LiPo's are recharging ;)

Shawn

[_James_]

Hey, Im James from Perth

only just took the time to pop in on this forum. Im an electric flyer, 3d foamys and light parkys, but i have just purchased a OS .46ax :D and looking to build or buy a trainer to get into glow flying.

oh btw, im on the younger side of all you folk - 14

James

[pldaniels]

James,

Nice to see you participating :) Hope your 3D'er goes well for Christmas.

...see you on IRC.

Paul.

[MR-STI]

Hi im Nic, 23, from the Darling Downs in QLD

I fly mainly electrics, prop an edf's.

[becsta]

Hi guys,

I'm Rebecca, from Sydney, gliding down at HSL. The planes resting in the hanger now include:

* an Great Planes NexStar Select .46 powered trainer
* an Spirit Elite 2M glider, built up (flaps and ailerons w/ wing in a polyhedral config)
* an First 2M 2 channel glider, which is about 50% complete.
* an First+, modified to include flaps. This is one fast ship!
* and a new addition for Christmas, an Multiplex EasyGlider Electric.

I also sail competitively an International One Metre R/C sailing boat (attended the World Championships up in Mooloolaba recently), an Soling One Metre sailing boat, and a modified Seawind One Metre sailing boat.

I don't fly the NexStar Select all that much (I'm actually a bit disappointed with it), as it's had symmetry and power problems out of the box. *sigh*

I learnt to fly using the RealFlight G3 flight simulator - I use it most nights. Converting the techniques I've learnt on the simulator into real life practice is different, as the sim can only go _so_ far...

Cheers,
- Becsta

[bernoo]

Becsta...........................You Rock! :D

[_James_]

Just throught i'd post a couple of pics of my most loved depron funtana, too bad it was so underpowered. may make another one someday, try and get it lighter or get some more power. also attached is a link to my gallery, a few videos aswell!

and yes, i do fly mode 2.

James

http://www.rcgroups.com/gallery/showgallery.php?cat=500&page=1&sort=1&perpage=12&ppuser=34042&=

[CustomPC]

and yes, i do fly mode 2.



Me too. I was taught to fly mode 1 when i started in RC but it never quite felt natural. I made the switch to mode 2 and have never looked back.

[woodsy]

Hey guys Richard from down in sunny (ha, ha, ha) west Gippsland, started off flying glow SPAD way fun and cheap http://www.spadtothebone.com then got the electric bug so i could fly more local than loading up and going to the club SWAMPS.

my web site is here http://users.nex.net.au/users/rwood
and my MSN is rawood_au@hotmail.com

[Mark in Aus]

G'day all

I'm Mark 39 y/o been flying electrics for around 4 years now.
Had a few glo cars and boats years ago but always wanted to get into Planes.
I've built up a decent collection of planes and scratch built most of them .
Best thing I ever did was build a Hot wire setup that made building wings a snap.

I taught myself to fly by reading forums ,asking questions in forums or at clubs when I go to watch and good old FMS.
I'm not in a club yet but will be when I can afford it. I fly at a friends place mainly where there's a huge area of crown land behind his house. He flies there when ever the weather permits.
There's about 9 of us that fly there regularly and we treat it as a club. We have our own rules that we stick to and are based on common club rules.
It's all strictly Electric Only.

Most of my planes are Aerobatic models and my most recent addition is a
Precision Areobatics Katana Mini that had it's maiden just a few days ago.
What an Awesome plane.

[Chook's]

Hi fellas, Im in Esperance on the south east coast of Western Australia. Ive been back in RC for 2 years after a 15yr lay off due to family commitments. Now my sons have got into it I'm hooked again. We have some great slopes here and only a 5min trip from home and fly in the shade of the car. Just love slope aero's and fly an old Pilot kit Divine Wind, Jazz Extreme flying wing, and a Ferret Vtail is on the building board. Also fly power Boomerang 45 OS trainer ,electric Reach Whirl Wind 3D and a HobbyZone stryker S27 which slope soars extremely well with the prop removed and ballast added. I,m looking for an EPP Aerobatic Sloper of convential shape (just love Traditional Designs)but want the performance. Anyone built a "Toon's" in Aust?
Chook

[woodsy]

Whats a "Toon's"???? never tried slope i'll have to get around to it one day.
Cantebury sailplanes make a pretty good EPP kit http://www.canterburysailplanes.co.nz/ if you keep your eyes open you can get them in Aussie on special for about $100ish

If you want an EPP flying wing check out www.wowings.com for some good Aussie kits.

[Supersix]

or try one of these http://www.dezzanet.com.au/

[pldaniels]

Merry Christmas everyone. Hope you all got some nice goodies to play with, or got to spend some quality time with your family.

Regards.

[AntonL]

The "Toons" is a 4.5m aerobatic glider from Aeromod in France (manufacturer of the popular Prodij and Miraj, among several others).

See here:

http://perso.wanadoo.fr/aeromod.concept/Toon_fra.htm

I think that Chook was probably referring to the "Mini-Toons", which is a small (1.5m) EPP version of the Toons manufacturerd by EPP Concept (also in France).

See here:

http://eppconcept.free.fr/MiniToons.php

Both these planes are currently available, AFAIK, and they are both unique in their own way. The Toons is the largest commercially-available, all-molded glider that is purpose-built for aerobatics, while the Mini-Toons is the only commercially-available, aerobatic-specialist EPP glider that I'm aware of. I have yet to come across either model in Australia but there is now an importer of Aeromod models ( http://www.portfoxdesign.com/rc-sailplane/indexframe.htm ) so the big one is certainly obtainable and I'm sure that the smaller one would not be too difficult to ship from France in kit form. :)

Anton

[woodsy]

Dosent look to hard to scratch build the Mini, especialy out of the thick Cellfoam for the fuzz and corflute for the tail group

[Mark in Aus]

Dosent look to hard to scratch build the Mini, especialy out of the thick Cellfoam for the fuzz and corflute for the tail group

I agree , It would be a snap to scratch build a Mini toon with the Cell88 or even using 19mm High density foam.

I have 3 scratch built slope sorers but have never been to a slope . It's something I know that I'm going to be hooked on after my first flight.

[Tonystott]

I'm the token old geezer here! Turned 60 in October. Dabbled in R/C since my first R/C diesel motor boat in 1961. Live in Dundas, Sydney. Now with electric micro helis and loving it.

[Chook's]

Thanks guys, your right it was the mini toons that I have my heart set on. Just need to track down the EPP foam locally. Also is it possible to get the websites translated to english easily. The Jazz Extreme is a Canterbury Sailplanes Kit and I helped my 13yr old build it. It flys particually well in all conditions and can be balasted with up to 200gms of lead (taped underneath on the CG) Boy it can take a belting hitting the ground and bouncing, its bullet proof. Have not had to make any repairs it just scuffs the covering tape. Many mid airs it justs spins a few revolutions and flys out. Really important to fit a lost model alarm as our slopes are covered in costal heath and when it dives in, it can be completely covered. They save heaps of searching. We try to fly every week sometimes after work. We get mostly a South East wind pattern at this time of year backing to SW in the arvo. Esperance is windy as we are on the top end of the roaring 40's so you can't retire here if you are a windmill. I'm 46 (a burnt out farmer) well I got hurt and now teach at the local Agricultural college.

[adrian222]

G'day Folks.

My name is adrian I'm 51 years old and live in NW NSW and fly big ugly gassers that use Ryobi whipper snipper motors which are 30cc. My planes I scratch build and do'nt use any balsa,just corrflute and ply.The plane I fly now has a 7ft wingspan and costs less than a 100 bucks to build and is tough as nails.

Because I live on a grazing property I am a bit of a lone flyer, I just start my planes up in the shed and take off out the front of the house. As I live on 6000acres I have plenty of room I would welcome any body to come and have a fly with me.

Adrian.

[Tonystott]

Adrian, how far from Sydney?

[CustomPC]

Tonystott, are you a member of any clubs?

I'm an electric only flyer and concentrate mainly on helis. I I'm also a member of 2 electric clubs in Sydney.

[adrian222]

G'day Tonystott

I live 20ks south of moree which is a fair hike from sydney it is just off the newel highway. Its about a 6 hour drive from sydney.(By the way they call this area Big Sky Country)

Adrian.

[Tonystott]

Tonystott, are you a member of any clubs?

I'm an electric only flyer and concentrate mainly on helis. I I'm also a member of 2 electric clubs in Sydney.
I was a member at Macquarie, but they are only glider/EF planes. Had a mate at Warringah, but I'm not in any clubs. There looks like a big one up past Hornsby (Fagan Park?) but never been there.

[oz-sticky]

Gday Im Ray from Warwick Queensland I'm 24 and I have a few cars, wrecked, rebuilding or yet to break. I drive them hard I spose. I Have also been playing with boats since I was 10. In the process of scatch building a cruiser.

[CustomPC]

Tonystot, i'm a member of the Fagan Park club which is a great club with a great site. They're mainly social fliers with no comps and are a friendly bunch of guys. I'm the only serious heli flyer there.

I'm also a member of the macquarie club but rarely fly there. Although it's nice to keep my membership there to fly when i can only squeeze in a quick flight.

[Okisub]

Hi guys, I'm 27 years old from Toowoomba QLD and still fly my .46 trainer I built 10 years ago and just started crashing electric heli's. Learning the hard way by buying a cheap Walkera, boy was that a mistake... Will upgrade to a more reliable t-rex some time in '06 when the pocket money builds up :)

[pldaniels]

Okisub,

I have to say, be it a Walkera, GWS Mini-Dragonfly or any of the other fixed-pitch micro helicopters, then it's going to be a fun time learning to fly on them. I've managed to learn to fly on a GWS Mini-dragonfly but it certainly wasn't a walk in the park. One thing I found to be rather useful was to use a simulator like the FMS along with a suitably twitchy model of the micro helicopters.

Paul.

[Okisub]

thanks PLDaniels,
I picked up a copy of G3 about 2 weeks ago from my LHS to practise and get my co-ordination happening and its already paid for its self in virtual crashes. The Walkera I bought is a #36, its CP and kind of a cross between a zap400 and a Trex, only the build quality is quite poor. I am having soo much fun with it though, just hopping around, trimming and repairing. Wasting hours...

[pldaniels]

Okisub,

Ah yes, G3 will certainly aid you quite a bit. The collective pitch aspect should at least make things a bit easier for you to fly in less than perfect conditions. On thing I find rather irritating about the fixed pitch helis is the lack of head-speed. I know I can trim my blades down but it would also be nice to actually just buy lower pitch blades too.

Goodness knows what you're trimming/nearly-killing with the heli, I know for myself I've crashed a few times avoiding the cat/dog as they get a bit too curious.

Paul.

[Jeremy_D]

Hey guys,

I'm Jeremy and fly in Sydney. I've been flying for 9 years and fly everything from electric to turbine. I used to work in the hobby industry but have finished up this week and I once again will be a customer that can shop where I want and I can finally enjoy my hobby once more on a sunday without a 1000 questions :D.
I also run www.aussiejet.com as a side business and am planning on expanding my stock to cover electric jets as well. My favourite indoor plane is my extra light 170grm wet shocky with cut down wings (its amazing what 3 inches off each wing tip will do!), my favourite electric outdoor is my b/l strker and I love flying my turbine Jet when I can. I'll see you guys around here quite often no doubt.

Fly hard!

Jeremy..

[Supersix]

hey jeremy hows it going havent seen your name around for ages. are you guys still having indoor nights??

[Jeremy_D]

yeah we sure are, had to move to another venue though. Still going strong, we have had a few guys rock up with helis from ebay and the net on 35mhz and 72mhz and have had to turn them away as if there is an accident our MAAA Insurance won't cover us as they are illegal freqs. The new place is no where near as good as our old venue but its still the same club guys so it's always a ball with plenty of carnage!!

[Funflyaddict]

Hi guys, I'm 27 years old from Toowoomba QLD and still fly my .46 trainer I built 10 years ago and just started crashing electric heli's. Learning the hard way by buying a cheap Walkera, boy was that a mistake... Will upgrade to a more reliable t-rex some time in '06 when the pocket money builds up :)


Man do you fly at TARMAC or TAA ?, i moved from toowoomba at the start of 2005, down to Vic ;)

Great place up there, i miss it. Ill be visiting sometime soon, so well organise a fly maybe

[pldaniels]

You know, I must either be a really terrible learner or my brother-in-law is a great learner, or having someone assisting you really helps when it comes to learning to fly these micro helicopters.

When I got my GWS mini-dragonfly I found myself crashing all over the place, admittingly it was in the confines of a 3m x 2m workspace, took me a good 7~10 recharges to get into a hover reliably.....

Tonight I took my BIL down to the local squash courts, a nice 6m x 6m sort of area, trimmed his helicopter, handed it over to him and he was hovering 2~3ft off the ground on his 2nd flight pack :-O. Prior to this I had put him on the FMS simulator with my GWS Dragonfly model for a few hours till he got used to it... but 2nd battery pack and hovering, never having flown any other model before, I'm shocked.

Paul.

[Parkflyer81]

Hey Guy's,

I'm 24, living in liverpool in Sydney, I like long walks.........................Sorry, wrong board. As the name suggest's I fly park flyers till i feel good enough to fly my hard earned cash into the dirt in a bad way. I bought a couple of ebay for next to nothing, so i figure that if i can get the hang of these dodgy bits of kit, I should be able to fly gas powered planes pretty easly???

Anyway, Good to see a strong modelers group online, I have been into this since i was about 13, flew a few slope soarers for a while till I flew them into the slope and wrote it off. And the receiver as well (hit a rock/ boulder). Anyway just a few words to say "Hi, Nice to meet you guys".

Phill

[pldaniels]

Phill,

Nice to meet you, I like your profile, would you care to meet? ;) :D

Just kidding, besides, I'm a few thousand km away up in North Queensland.

Welcome to RCGroups, always nice to see new people coming in here and sticking around.

Be aware that a few of us also hang out on the live-chat site (server = irc.rcgroups.com, #rcgroups)... at least, I do :)

Paul.

[woodsy]

Hey Phill, i'm 43 short, balding, broke and a drug adict, i think we'd be a perfect match. lol

Welcome aboard, if you havent already down load yourself a copy of FMS and practice http://n.ethz.ch/student/mmoeller/fms/index_e.html

[Parkflyer81]

Thanks Paul, Woodsy. I took my planes down for a fly this morning. It wasn't pretty. I give that link ago, Cheers, and I may see you in the chat room. :D

[pldaniels]

Okay guys, I'm off to my workshop and going to be doing some hacking around.

I'll be barefoot and not pregnant, slaving away like a good husband should be.

See you on the chat or on the WWW site.

[osmium_192]

G'day all

Im 17 in perth, and i was taught on glow about 2 years ago by my dad, and now for the last few months discovered (or more correctly rediscovered) electrics and brushless motors and their $$$$$$$$ controlling devices that only have an extra mosfet.

Anyways, got myself an outrage 3D bipe and now im making a vertigo 36" bipe. www.amjd.ch

Ive flown a severely converted glider now OS15 powered glider which i trained on. Its MUCH older than i am and its still going without a single crash, dad taught me on that.

THen i flew the top flite? Hustler Mk2, my aileron plane, and then it was straight to electrics. An underpowered twinjet, then a wattage stearman, and the outrage 3D.
We got ourselves a T-rex as well and startiing to fly that in some figure 8s.

THE BEST INVESTMENT was a flight sim. Reflex XTR. Taught me all my aerobatics, and i could hover my first 3D electric on the first real flight.

Flying was always fun, and still is, just need to keep my crashes at 0 to keep the wallet (dads) happy. Another good reason for a sim, you can crash to your hearts content and still not pay any more, and get it repaired in 0.1 sec

ITS GETTING late, so ill stop waffling on now.

Owen

[DrFragnasty]

Token Taswegian here,

Born with a TeeDee .049 instead of a silver spoon; Dad's influence since birth has seen me build and fly a bunch of 'planes the most memorable are listed

Heaps of weird and wonderful control-line using Cox & PAW engines

plus

RCM Trainer (049)
Hornet 1/2A racer
Ugly Stick (OS10)

Kavalier (.40 aerobat)
Jetta (RCM&E) .40 pattern ship with HP40 and pipe (brilliant combo)
Another Kavalier
Dogfight Double ME109 (landed on belly but looked and flew sublimely)
Nigel Hawes Speed400 Tucano
Nigel Hawes Speed 400 Spitty with hot brushless setup

Orange Box (RCM&E) 2 ch. glider
Prophet 2m
Prophet 941
Muller Escape with an extra set of Ellipse 3 wings
Nyx Furio (enormous fun with 1.5KG ballast)
Ricochet Bullet
Art Hobby Sierra (for sale if anyone interested) (see rctradingpage.com.au)

oh yes, the Mini Blade...every home should have one ;0)

I fly mostly gliders now but would like to build a 3D indoor model soon.

Due to go to LSF Jerilderie in June to harass the local eucalypts with expensive composite constructs ;0)

The slope flying here in Tas is above average...windy most days...coastal slopes here are fabulous.

If you need some info on where to fly slope in Tas. feel free to pm me.

regards,
Chris.

www.seat.lonnie.com.au (club webby)

[Gluggy]

Hi - I'm Glyn. age? too old to remember but young enough not to care. Only got into this through accident (bumped into Brett on one of his long summer walks on the beach) and since have been poor and divorced (nearly). Started with a Beaver (no jokes, the Canadians have heard them all) and now onto wings and the latest a slow stick (yet to arrive) thanks to my pusher (Brett). Love the game and hope to get better at it soon (well in the next 30 years or so). See you guys on the slopes sometime maybe - Gluggy

[pldaniels]

Gluggy,

Welcome, both to RCGroups/Aus and of course the hobby - hope you're going to be enjoying the addiction for as long as a lot of us have been.

I really like the animated Aussie-flag in you avitar, will have to get myself something nice and patriotic like that I think.

Paul.

[nator_au]

Sydney guys: Flying at Otford this afternoon from about 4:30pm.

For those of the slope soaring persuasion.

Cheers.
Brett

[Mavrik]

Hi,

My name is Chris, call sign Mav. Add 30 something years to the baby picture and many times more ugly and you got me. Love Jim Beam and VB and RC. Also like walking on the beach on hot barmy nights!!!! Fav colour is PINK. Fly electric RC mainly. Yes will admit, was a bit of a nerd at school also. They say you get better with age.

This is my F18 ducted fan vid if any one is interested. Yes I like pink !

http://www.rcgroups.com/gallery/showphoto.php?photo=26805&sort=1&cat=509&page=1

Mav :p :p :p :p

[pldaniels]

Chris,

That's a splendid F18 .... I want to do a F15 one day. For now though I'll have to be happy with my pushers and gliders :)

[CustomPC]

Hey Mav, i love that video.

Can you tell us some about your setup. I found details of the plane at Warbirds-rc.com. What Fan, motor and cells are you using?

Warbird's blurb says it's a bungee launch model but your's hand launched seemingly without any problems.

[Mavrik]

This is the F 18 700 watt set up;

I have the following;

# Het 2W-20 700 watt motor

# 4s2p PQ 1800 20C lipos

# 45 amp CC ESC

# Wemotec 480 mini fan

You now have 700 watts and 1-1 thrust. Most powerful blow dryer you will ever get your hands on !!!!

Note most people go the 3s set up. But for about $60 bucks extra you get a 4s set up. That is the difference in price of a 4s pack compared to a 3s pack !!!!

www.warbirds-rc.com have everything you need. Note Warbirds also posted my Vid on their website under videos. My vid is top of list F 18 videos !!! The yanks love us !!!! :p :p :p :p

[CustomPC]

Hmmm........ I think the F18 might be my next project :)

I mostly fly helis and wanted to concentrate 100% on them but as much as i tried i couldn't stop thinking about fixed wing planes.

I've always wanted a bronco and i saw that Estar Models just released a bronco kit and just couldn't help myself.

So now i have a Bronco on the building board which will take all my time (and money) for the next few months at least.

700W sounds small to me because i'm so used to pouring over the figures for my heli. 10S2P LiPo with 400W hovering, 900W average and 2000W peaks.

[CustomPC]

Mavrik, i just noticed you're from Sydney. I somehow thought you were in perth. don't know why i thought that.
Anyways, where is that video taken and where do you normally fly? I fly out a Galston mainly.

[ya33a]

Hi,

Ya33a from Brisbane, I've been flying off and on since about 1972 when I was in primary school, I had a Cox .049 Pt17 (Blue and yellow) that I saved 3 months to buy ($19.95 from Target) when I was 8 years old, my uncle had some really nice planes he designed and built himself from the late 50's to the early 1970's, he got back into it in the 1980's with a 1/4 scale quadra powered...something, I have a photo somewhere, he always had a control line plane hanging above his bed on 2 nails on the wall, I still remember the brittle tissue covered dope finish, a real work of art.

My PT17 lasted 1 flight, the guy helping to fly it 'an expert' put it in before it had done 1 circuit. I was so dissapointed I tried to fly the remains myself with some success, by holding the lines about 10' (3m) from the wing lead outs and whirling it around my head as hard as I could, I got giddy...I learned to start the engine next, till the 1.5 v cox battery fell apart, I got 2 'D' cells and fried the glow plug, didn't know that till many years later and after I poured most of the fuel through the engine and tank for about 3 weeks trying to start it.

I got the bug again in the late 1970's a couple of school friends were members of the local Model Aero Club, so I went along, I was hooked. I saved up and bought an Aeroflight Cherokee trainer kit with an OS 15, a handle and a pommy bottle in it, just to get started. I took 3 weekends to build the kit and run the engine, I crashed the first time I flew it, so I glued it all back together again with then new wonder glue 'Superglue' at about $3.00 a tube it was expensive, so we used C17 and C21 a fair bit too. I crashed the Cherokee every weekend, taking out the undercarrige somany times I lost count, destroyed the fin, chunked the leading edge, the engine Bearers were so fuel soaked the engine needed tightening after every flying weekend. Finally I decided to retire the old bird, it was about 12 months old. I built up a combat wing a really slow old thing that couldn't manouver but was as stable as a rock and after completing the thing I went into my first contest, 2.5cc combat, I had 2 cuts scored against me and I think I had 1 I made, my bestfriend was having engine trouble and I did more laps than him, somehow we got tangled on my second cut and his plane towed mine around the circle for a few minutes with my engine out, he couldn't shake me. so he went in and our pit crews worked to start our engines before time ran out. Mine just started, in the excitement I pulled up straight into a wing over, lost sight of my plane, tripped over his lines and his plane went straight in, mine was airborn for 1/2 a second longer as it went straight in out of the wing over, I won the contest with 2 cuts a piece and a 1/2 a second longer flight.

I now have about 8 R/C aeroplanes, 3 C/L scale models A tug boat, A Fox 35 powered boat and an assortment of kits, partially built and a stack of gliders and wings waiting for fuselages.

My current project is to build an indestructable R/C trainer in a 25-40 size, using coreflute, I have some ideas in mind particularly the 'Flying Flea' shape or even the 'Quickie' as these both have some great attributes to slow flight and the layout protects the prop and undercarrige.

[woodsy]

Great story, have a look at my webshots page http://community.webshots.com/user/woodsyau at the SPAD SHORT Simple Hell On Rails Trainer 20 size and flys like a dream, knock one up for about $10 in a couple of hours. you can also add a flat wing with ailerons for an upgrade.

also check out here http://spadworld.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=10334&highlight=simple

and here http://spadworld.net/forum/viewtopic.php?t=2443&highlight=simple

[steve wenban]

hi all ,
I'm Steve call sign SteveW I'm 49 and have been flying models since I was 10 started with rubber power then free filght moved up to control line fell in love with radio and bought a single channel O.S pixie radio and a Keil kraft Outlaw before moving on the those new fangeled proporsional radio's ended up on the australian team in F4C scale
and a close friend of 1 of the best scale builders in the country Lloyd Dipple ( R.I.P.)
now fly only slope ,and I've been hounoured to have become the President of the West Sydney Slope Soarers.http://swenban.rchomepage.com/
Bring on the westerlies
cheers all
SteveW

[Mavrik]

Mavrik, i just noticed you're from Sydney. I somehow thought you were in perth. don't know why i thought that.
Anyways, where is that video taken and where do you normally fly? I fly out a Galston mainly.

Yep Northern beaches Sydney. God's country :p

Is Galston Fagan park ??? I have been there twice last year for a picnic and flew as a visitor once my balsa speed 400 Viper. They could not beleive that a balsa heap could pull unlimited verticle to a spec !!! They would flip if I flew my Voodoo or Sunracer !!!!

The vid was taken at Wahroonga Jubilee park. That was the test flight by the way :eek: :eek: !!! This is good venue for test flights as good landing approach.

Where you live ??

Mav :p

[CustomPC]

Yep, I'm from the Fagan Park Club.

I think i was there that weekend when you flew that little plane :eek: That was impressive. You have something faster?

I'm from Roseville.

[Stuntman]

Custom,

Will you be at the field this Sunday?

cheers, Shawn

[pldaniels]

Yep Northern beaches Sydney. God's country :p


As apposed to up here in northern queensland, the Devil's country :(


heap could pull unlimited verticle to a spec !!! They would flip if I flew my Voodoo or Sunracer !!!!


What setup are you using for your sp400 racer? I've built a few revisions of the Slipso400 but other than the motors slowly dying (6V sp400 on 2S pack) the speed is fairly limited to about 80~90km/hr from what I can guess.

Paul.

[Stuntman]

Mega 16/15/3, 3S LiPo and 4.5x4.5 prop.

Or on 2S you could go for a motor with a KV of 4000 with a 4x4 or 5000+ with a 3x3.

It all comes down to airframe, watts and pitch speed, but your slipso is quite capable of being pretty quick

[mhale71]

hey i turned 16 the other week :p i went from the mental maturity of a 15 yo to the mental maturity of a 3 yo :D:D

mike

[CustomPC]

Custom,

Will you be at the field this Sunday?

cheers, Shawn

Nah, not this weekend.

[Mavrik]

Yep, I'm from the Fagan Park Club.

I think i was there that weekend when you flew that little plane :eek: That was impressive. You have something faster?

I'm from Roseville.

OK Cool. I am thinking to join Fagan Park this fin year as my club ban lipos. I tried to bring in a skill parameter (Gold wings) for lipo useage but got canned by the comittee.

Only prob is Fagan is quite a hike from Belrose and Roseville. Do you fly there often ??? FYI I just got a TRex first heli for xmas. Wat a learning curve :eek:

My Sunracer would pull 150 mph. A tad quicker than my balsa Viper. OK lots quicker :p :p

[Mavrik]

As apposed to up here in northern queensland, the Devil's country :(



What setup are you using for your sp400 racer? I've built a few revisions of the Slipso400 but other than the motors slowly dying (6V sp400 on 2S pack) the speed is fairly limited to about 80~90km/hr from what I can guess.

Paul.

Yep as stuntman said I am using mega 16/15/3 with 3s 2100 TP Pro Lite and 4.7x4.7 prop in Viper. You will need ESC 25 amp plus.

Sunracer is Mega 16/15/2 3s2p TP 2100 pro lite 60 amp ESC.

First set up will do you fine and be impressive compared to your current set up !

Mav

[GuyP]

Have been meaning to join that club, can't beat it for scenery.

Plus my folks live just down the road so I could kill two birds with one stone and maybe kill two planes as well with my luck :(

But seriously if I had to join a club it would be Fagan Park ...I'd probably be there now if I didn't meet a flying partner at the local park.

He likes to listen to the Top Gun soundtrack while hes flying his F18 ....oops did I give it away :D :D :D

[CustomPC]

I try to fly there every second sunday but it hasn't worked out that way for a couple of months now. Windy weather, Xmas and other commitments got in the way.

I have managed to fly the occasional saturday and i got some stick time on Australia day. I kind of enjoy the field to myself on those days but i do miss the banter and chatting with the other flyers whilst waiting for batteries to charge etc.

I can help out with the Trex if you have problems.

[Mavrik]

Guy,

Yes I feel the need. The need for speed :p No not cocaine :p

I like Fagan park venue and yes scenery. But it is a hike. I will probably join there this coming fin year as I need the insurance. This may incent me to go there more than once a year !!!! There is a great park next to it for the family and a picnic !!! Would be Damn hot in summer I would suspect.

Mav :p :p :p

[Supersix]

my club ban lipos.
huh! :eek: :censored:

[GuyP]

It's not that far I do it all the time when visiting the folks about 40 mins drive for us.
You can drive & wake me up when we get there. :p
I usually go the M2, but you could go mona vale rd, pacific hwy & then down the gorge it's about the same either way.

[Pro Flyer]

Hi My name is Damien I am 25 years Old I live in Brisbane QLD I been Flying for 20 years now... :)
Here is my list of planes....

Flying.......

Sportsman Aviation Excelleron 50 OS FS70 Surpass 4-Stroke.
CM Pro - Yak 54 50 Size.
The Great Planes Patty Wagstaff's Extra 300S.

Building........

1:4 Model Design P-51D Mustang...Zenoah G62 with a Mick Reeves reduction drive.
1:5 Top Flite P-47 Thunderbolt (Giant)
1:4 Christen Eagle...Super Tiger 3250

Needs refurb.......

:confused: :confused:

Kits....

Iron Bay T-28 Trojan 97 1/4

Plans Sold.......

PT-19 Fairchild I built from the Airborne Magazine plans
WMA Midget Mustang

Damo :) :cool:

[Chook's]

Last weekend we went and test flew the new Fatboy War Birds at our local slope in Esperance West Australia and what a hoot. A mate ordered 2 of these (a yellow and a red) and I finally finished mine and we had 3 hours of combat in 16 knot winds and laughed ourselves silly knocking each other out of the sky. They are really strong and just bounce being built out of EPP foam and taped. I would highly recomend them to anyone. No high teck radio gear, just 2 channel radio and 3 standard servos fit nicely. The roll rate is about 2 rolls per second and the energy retension in the zoom is quite good for such a small slope flyier.(1100mm wing span) The close in and personal attack flying is just great fun and I would recomend these birds to everyone the web adress is as follows and the delivery was really fast. a great product all round. http://www.bitss.com.au/fatboy/Products.htm

[stewy]

Hi
I,m Stuart, 14yo. We're 1hr South of Hobart, Tasmania. Been flying electric sailplanes for nearly a year. My dad and I build them. I fly them.

Have a highly modified "venom freedom flyer" 1 meter and
a Euromodels "kelly Acro" 1.3m. Dad and I currently putting together a 1.6 "Pilot Turmeric".

I fly at home on 5 acres on the waterfront here. Have been to some hobart clubs but theyre a fair way from here. I'm basically home taught.

My father and I would welcome some advice on 400 motors/gearboxes and props if anybody's interested