9 January 2016

Welcome back and happy New Year to all.

It was a great start to the new year with 35 deg heat and 95% humidity.

You gotta love the tropics.

With a lot of rain over Christmas the field has started to green up nicely.

A new set of blades and lots of fuel for the mower were the first thing on 2016's agenda.

Thanks to those for their time and efforts into getting the field ready to fly. I know it is not any easy task but you have to admit we have the best scenery to fly around at in all of  Australia. Its going to be hard when the time comes for us to move to our permanent site next year.

Well its time to get on with some flying before we all melt into the grass.

Our work horse.... If only it could do the mowing on its own..

What a View....



Curtis with his evolution gas powered Extra.

And now the mustang with the 15cc gas evolution... It sounded and fly's so nice..

After a superb landing the mustang continued to roll and bounced on one of our many uneven spots and after another 5 touch and go's it managed to brake away the retract. Easy fix with our favourite epoxy.

James "B" came out for a short spell and had a couple of great flights with his P47.

The prez alias Anthony was out with his Pc9 among other aircraft.

During a flight with his 30cc Sbachy the film on the top of the stbd wing decided to part company. Luckily Anthony could land it ok and I guess it has a date with the iron.

Ohh so lucky...



Billy "E" produced his newest acquisition The beautiful 60cc Sbachy that he has just purchased from Steve Cram. Steve assures us he will be back out flying soon as it is to sad to see his aircraft just hanging from the wall at the moment due to work and family commitments. He also has a nice

Sundowner fitted with a DLE55cc engine for sale. A little oversized but man does this thing haul.

Billy had a successful maiden flight with just a few little bugs to sort out. A bit of trimming and a little thing like re-attaching the throttle servo mount and "bingo". Throttle control means for better flying control. hehehehe. Following his first engine run the fuel tank couldn't take the heat of the day and decided to split and empty all the fuel into the fuselage. Easy to fix just dried it all out and re- applied the stick on Velcro and fitted a new tank. Unbeknown to him was that the fuel had melted the glue on the servo mount. After a few circuits the glue and mount let go and the engine went to idle.

Being such a great aircraft it was easy for Billy to just float the thing in for a smooth landing.

Well done Billy and please remember to breath while you are flying. Just a Tip..

Barry was on speed with his elaborate hanger full of aircraft and this little home creation flew well just like everything else he fly's.

What can I say!!!

Time for a maiden flight of his new Long Ezy fitted out with electric motor.

Unfortunately the motor could not produce enough thrust so its home for a new and bigger motor first.

Barry then decided to fly his antique Edge. It fly's flawlessly even though the film on the wings has shed the clear covering and is down to the last bit of film. 

Jack's Back.... He is starting to put on a bit of a display with his Pc9. Great control and smooth landings. Bloody 16 year old smart A#*E. Well done jack you are really going great. It might be time to step up to the gas class. Ohh Ahum. Just ask the gangster for a quid. hehehe

Cameron had some smooth flights with his Sky Mule and some great landings while viewing through his monitors. To much for me to handle..

Dennis was out with his 30cc Yak. Great to see this in the air. With all this good flying Dennis I think we may have to get ready for some Jet action.

Dennis getting ready to maiden his new Pc9. Equipped with an OS 120 there would be no shortage of power.

The flight went well and it flew fantastic. You really have those thumbs dialled in nicely now Dennis.

Well I got the tiger out for a flight only to get in a couple of circuits due to a broken on-board glow wire. It then needed lots of engine adjustments but the heat of the day won and I packed it away. The bar was calling.....

I scared the life out of my new radian glider by getting it out of the trailer. However as of the bone arse lazy streak I was in it too got put straight back in the trailer. Ready for the next weekend.

Well that's it for another week. We had a small turn out today but the weather was not kind and I think people are still on the last days of holiday mode.

Hope to see you all out flying next week weather permitting.

Here's to us all having a great New Year.