Just came up from the 'tomb downstairs' - been laminating a Sloapie wing.

Looks like I've bought another FunJet - though not an Utlra (been looking for a replacement Ultra airframe - mines just about knackered now).

Mirage wreck I scored is almost ready for a duco-job. A bunch of us are doing the 'Fanta' ARDU Mirage III scheme.

Dunno if I mentioned it in here or not, but I maidened my Banana Hobby BF 109 and that Elecro Streak I bought at an auction yonks ago - both flew faultlessly.

Slowly churning through my 'half builts'. Looking forward to flying them.

Off to Temora next weekend for their annual 'Jets over Temora' meet.

MmmMMMMmmmm... the smell of Kero gives me a horn...

BJ

i was thinking about getting a funjet and then i could use my 35-30 1700 motor on it. But im not sure im hooked on these wings yet. There kinda boring. Fast passes with a few rolls thrown in for effect. Maybe a little inverted.

Hmmm what to do.....

Tell Razors im diasspointed he bought a W..w...w (cant bring myself to say it) but i bet its the new gensus wasnt it.

Im just waiting for my eflite park 480 motor to come so i can fit it to my hyperion sniper and then see how she flies then. Once shes sorted then i will fit the 35-30 1100kv motor back onto the extra 260.

I will leave my 35-30 1700 motor free. Hmmm what to do with it? Sell it on or build some rocket to use it

I'm running a Copter-X 3250kv motor through 3S and a 5.5. x 5.2 prop on my FunJet Ultra.

That equates to about 36,000 RPM. And mine is a 'mild' setup.

A 1700kv, even on 4s, would pull somewhere around 25,000 RPM, which might be a bit light-on for FunJet.

One of the 'locals' runs his on some insane setup, and makes mine look bloody slow.

If we get some good flying conditions this weekend, I'll put the radar on his and see what sort of speeds we're really talking about...

BJ

Hmmm i have $90 in my paypal account BJ. What plane to buy next mate?

I took my mcpx out for a spin before and went for a swim at the beach. It was so refreshing.

I still havent taken the rare bear out yet. I just got the parts from rctoyz for my rc car so i might rebuild that later and give it a blast.

Man im scared the rarebear is going to take a dirt nap and thats why i have been putting it off. It will only make me super depressed then.

Just chuck the darn thing up there, and be done with it, Stal.

You wanted a quick plane - this one is nice an nimble, as well as quite quick.

I'd hang on to that $90 until you find something you really want, and fly the stuff you already have for now.

BJ

spent most of the day rebuilding my rc car only to find the dual slipper clutch i put it in wont do up tight enough and keeps slipping. The miff diff slipper i had in it before was to tight.

I cant bloody win. I put it up for the night otherwise i would smash it. I will get dad to sort it. I had a short fuse and it will only get smashed.

I just watched a video on the hawk 80 and it shows he uses a 9050 prop and shows his esc and lipo placement so i will set mine up like that soon and see how she flies.

Hmmm rare bear is still a virgin.

I got a cool app for my new android htc hd2 phone where i can fly rc aircraft. Its pretty simple but fun.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_ZDfK4gd-Lg[/youtube]

[link]http://www.ebaumsworld.com/video/watch/81847474/[/link]

i want one of these helis.

Well i finally got my eflite park 480 motor for my hyperion sniper. I just need to fit it now but i need some apc 11x5.5 props or 12x6. Ill try and get some on the weekend and see how she flies with the new motor.

Once i get it flying well i will then transplant the 35-30 1100kv motor back into my extra 260. I might flog off the 35-30 1700kv motor with the esc that came out of the rare bear.

Its been so windy here and ive been super busy so no flying lately.

Oh well at least the rare bear is still in one peace, her day will come soon.

This was the view out of the window at the job we did today. Im pretty lucky living in gods country. Ten points if you can guess where this was taken.



ps meebz have you decided on your next purchase mate? Im still trying to get my hawk 80 flying right.

Yeah mate, all sorted.

I was really hoping to get the 3DHS 34" EPP Edge before the 14th of October (when I leave town for 10 days, off to Charter Towers for 5 days and Townsville for 5 days) but that is definitely NOT going to happen so I started looking for an alternative. Almost went for the Twisted Hobbys Xtra Slick but they didn't have them in stock but I still really wanted the 3DHS plane.

I worked out a deal for myself , do some serious SERIOUS research to see if I can come up with a cheaper set up than using their recommended Hacker gear ($45 motor, $35 ESC and $16 batteries [:-])
I FOUND IT !!!!. The deal was that if I could find a cheaper but kinda equal set up I would buy both the 33" EPP Extra 330 and kit it out with lighting but also get the 34" Edge for day time.

I can get both these planes on the cheaper but kinda equal set up for a smidgen more than ONE of their planes with the recommended set up.

Needless to say I am one seriously happy dude despite the fact I won't get them till well after ma B'day.

sweet meebo. I just bought some new toys as well. A few days i got a new (well second hand on ebay) HTC HD2 mobile phone. I also have a modded playstation 3 on the way as well. Now i will be able to watch blu rays in my room and use it like a media player to play all my movies and the best part is that it will do it in high def. It will replace my original xbox with xbmc on it.

With the money i just layed out i could of bought that hobbyking mx2 and decked it all out with lipos and all the trimmings. But meh.

Sad to say im kinda losing my interest in the hobby i think. Sucks i cant chat to you guys on the rc groups. Jaskel is currently on the job for me. So we will see what happens.

Things might change once i fly my rare bear.

BTW anyone out there playing words with friends on IOS iphone or android. Add stalyoni and lets get our game on.

I think your only loosing interest because you can't get on RCGroups and chat with all ya mates , I'm certain that attitude will change when your back. I think from time to time that I may have given up on this too if it weren't for RCG, it's keeping the interest alive with loads of info and an awesome bunch of blokes to chat with.

I'm hoping to have myself an Andriod phone for xmas, depends on what's being released at the time. There the Nexus Prime coming out and HTC haven't done much this year so people are expecting something pretty decent soon and then there's Samsung, there's gotta be a replacement Galaxy soonish. Will wait and see what gets announced in Q4. Can't wait

Bro get a HTC HD7 and put a custom android rom on it and your good to go. Its the best phone out there at the moment IMO.

Its the bigger brother of my HD2. They make iphone look like toys.

Windows 7 OS on the phones is crap full stop. Android or die.

I can tell you my dad has a samsung galaxy S and its not that good. The HTC phones are the best out there.

The only downfall is that android sucks the juice up really quick.

Can you guys start a lets get Stalyoni back on the rc groups thread and make it like a partion page. Maybe this will get me back in.

Exactly where would a thread like this go ??

Can't go in the Site Suggestion / Complaints because only the OP and a mod can talk in there.

Where else could it go to get the attention of Mods ??

Am a lil concerned that it might hurt more than help tho

yeah true lets just see what jaskels help can do for me

Hang in there Stal

And get that Rare Bear flyin!!

Off to Temora to get my fix of Jet Fumes and Noise

BJ

well i finally took my rarebear for its maiden but it did not go well. Kris told me to give it full elevator up on launch so i did and i gave it a little more then half throttle. Well the thing did a flip and became inverted and boom straight down onto the prop. So im stuffed until i can get a new prop.

Can i use the 5x5 apc prop from my parkjet? I remember you saying the 6x5 prop was the best or something.

I also put the 1100kv motor back onto my extra 260 with a 11x5.5 prop and had two flights with it this morning and it was a blast to fly. Im falling in love with it all over again.

Also had a couple flights on the parkjet. Had one interesting landing. This thing doesnt like doing slow speeds as i found out it will drop out of the air like a stone. No damage though. I think ill put the smaller prop on it and run a 3s on it and see how it goes.

Went up to dads and spent most of the day trying to get my rc car going. One of the gears aint meshing and keeps slipping. Im so sick of it so on to ebay it goes. Rc cars get boring real quick and need alot of maintenance so im over it.

Hope you boys are having a good weekend.

So glad to see manly get up. Lets hope they win the finals now.

Tough break with the RareBear Stal, s'all good bud, pick yaself up, dust off, dry your eyes and try try again

Shoulda seen my first launch with the Hawk .... bwahahaha was freekin hilarious, straight up and straight back down nose first. I gots a whole 3 seconds flight time

Tis a damn shame poor ole Lockyer didn't get to go out with a bang though [] So we got the Eagles and Warriors for the finals, not real sure who to cheer on with those two, prolly leaning towards the Eagles.<br type="_moz"/>

Yah...

Bad luck about your 'Bear, Stal.

I busted mine up big-time - 3 in a row - before I managed to get a decent fly out of it. Bit of CA here and there, and she was sweet. The engine mount is a bit of a bugger to repair if you've managed to shift it off the foam. Just use a small phillips screwy or other blunt shaft to carefully prise the cowl off the fuse. Be patient - work the tool carefully around the cowl, going in a bit deeper each time, until you've freed it from the fuze. When you put it back on again, just use a couple of carefully placed drops of CA around the rim right at the outer edge - so you can free the cowl again should you need to do so. It only has to stay in place and not let go when you seat the canopy piece by sliding it under the cowl and then back again to close it.

They're a pretty flighty lil Bird - go like stink out of your hand, and are fairly snappy on the controls, considering the relatively small control surfaces.

Set it up so that the ailerons are dead flush with the wing, and the elevators perhaps a tiny tad above the rear stabs (for a smidge of up-elevator).

Set your lo-rates to 60% throw, 10% Expo for the Aileron, and 85% throw, 10% Expo for the Elevator. Leave hi-rates to 100%, no expo (great for ultra-snappy moves when you're 3+ crashes high )

Hang in there mate - you'll love this thing to death once you've had a couple of half-decent flights with it. It'll keep you on your toes...

BJ

Yeah thanks bj but you forgot to mention what prop I should use?

Anything from a 5.5 x 5.2 through to a 6 x 6 should work ok...

BJ

ok i told my LHS to get me a 6x5 apc

should be a rocket on that prop eh

although i could use the 5x5 off the parkjet for now. Hmmm

I dont think shes ready for another dirt nap just yet.

Come on Stal..

Fer F S.. we want some feedback...[:-]

Whatcya bin up ta??

BJ

ive been super busy mate. ill get some more flying in this weekend i hope.

hey meebo where did you find the mcpx for $60 mate? Thats an awesome deal. Mine is still flying fine with the first revision blade grips on it. LOLS. I have the new ones here but i know if i go try changing them i will end up getting pissed off and something will get smashed.

I like the chikkas on my thread. Tell the boys to keep em cumming (see what i did there <)

Im so tempted to go down to the LHS today and get a new umx sbach. Just cause i can. The little *****er flies so fast and would be so much fun but at $180 its a step price to pay.

Anyways might come home with a new sbach today

Stuff the bills i need my flying fix.

There was a dude on AusRC advertising it for $80.

Said one servo is stuffed, the landing gear is broke and so to is the tail boom. Comes with no battery or charger.

We starting doing a bit of in PM's and managed to get the heli for $60 incl shipping and 4 brand new NanoTech batteries.

Not bad if I do say so myself.

He was a plank guy and had zero desire to fix and fly it anymore.

nice one meebo

its blowing its arse off down here in sydney town so it doesnt look like ill get any flying in this weekend.

I totally forgot i had to go and replace my tools for work. My stupid boss forgot to pick up my tool box at this job we where at last week so it got left there and its GONE. So after i got some tools today im pretty tapped out.

I would love to get a umx sbach but i cant bring myself to do it. I could get the HK mx2 for that.

Anyways hope every one is happy and well.

Looks like some sim flying for me this weekend.

Hey meebo i would love to upgrade my mcpx but i cant see the point when its flies great and im having so much fun with it. I was gonna keep flying it till something goes wrong and stops it from flying. I would love to go brushless though, hahahahahaha