12 December 2015

Another great day of flying at the new field all be it a bit windy.

Only a small turn out of members today but it did increase in numbers as the day went on.

Barry was out early and arranged his usual hanger along the road.

And along the road

And along the road

Oh and a little further along the road......

Barry's nice little electric albatross.

And his homemade wing thing..

Barry was quick to be in the pilots box with quite a number of flights under his belt before the day was very old.

Great to see Bob back out and flying after a very busy working year.

His boomerang flew nicely.

Cameron had his re glued and well tested Sky mule out for some more battles with the sky.

James was test flying his newly purchased aircraft. Here you can see him discussing the

problems he was having with a dumb left thumb. Barry was quick to explain the mystery

behind the notorious dumb thumb event. 

The carnage from another angle.

James your mining rights have been approved....

After giving his thumb a good talking too, he was ready with another candidate oops I mean another

aircraft to conquer.

James "W' had his 2 EDF jets ready to fly.

Sad to report his two are now one.

Billy "N" getting his Boomerang ready to go

James was consisted with his P47. It continues to fly beautifully.

Billy "E" was happy with his F35 EDF but the retracts were not happy to stay down.

I think they are going to become fixed for future flights..

John (alias Jack) sorry Jack I have got to stop saying that, Billy "E" and myself had some great flights with our PC9's.

Rumour has it that the real Roulettes are a little nervous after seeing some of our masterful flying technics. 

And yes shock and horror. I actually had six or seven flights today.

Wow what a change...

My tiger flew well in the windy conditions with no problems.

Another great day was had by all.

Next week we are going to have a sausage sizzle Bbq type thingy at 11.30.

We plan to get to the field a bit earlier approx. 10am have a fly or two then a bite to eat and perhaps some more flying. We also ask that anyone who has any RC gear bits and pieces or planes etc to bring them alongfor a swap and sell day. This is a great time to sell or buy or just get rid of some of the stuffwe tend to hang onto for to long. You might make a couple of dollars or even spend a couple

whatever the case it should be a good day to mark the official end of year for us.

Hope to see you all out at the field next week..

05 December 2015

Its great to turn up at our new (temporary Field) and gaze over the landscape and not have to worry about the noise and houses.

What a view.

The wind was a bit unkind to us today and gusted about 20 knots.

Not ideal for flying but what the heck.

The flight line was a bit light on with members but we still made it a great day.

Even with the wind Billy "E" had to launch his Pits and give it a flogging.

Anthony threw caution to the wind and blew the cobwebs out of his heli.

And continued on with his foamy and new super slick. All handled the wind fine.

James "P" was adjusting his new Tiger before its maiden.

A Pleasing and successful maiden flight. Well done James.

Our Safety Officer Barry arrived early to set up his hanger.

 

Some great flights with his very stable Ryan. Looks great in the air.

Hey Barry have you got anything that can fly faster than 10 knots. hehehehe

Great to see Greg back out and flying.

Billy "N" relaxing amidst his hanger  

It was James "B' turn for the walk of shame today with a stall and crunch. Probably time to retire the old girl.. At least his P47 flew well...

Cameron had some great flights of his newly glued Sky Mule...

Amazing.... I do get my aircraft out of the trailer. Here is my latest Phoenix PC9.

Equipped with an OS 55 and mechanical retracts. All was set for a maiden

but the onboard glow was having other thoughts. I will fly new week. hehehehe 

A squadron of Roulettes at the ready....

Well another days flying and how good is it to be on our own field.

Still a little sorting out to do but nothing to much of a drama.

Hope to see you all out next week for a fly.

Saturday the 19th Dec is assigned for a BBQ and fly day More info as we get it.



28 NOVEMBER 2015

..WE MADE IT..

Welcome to the new home of CMAC.



 

The fantastic aerial Views thanks to Cameron.

Many thanks to all of the members

The safety barriers are up. Still a few things to finish off but we are ready to fly...who helped to get us to this stage.

Many hands make light work

 

Getting things started was our safety officer Barry.. Our Eagle Eyed Secretary, Billy watching keenly as Barry christened the new CMAC skies.

Barry flew a range of aircraft from his large hanger load. 

The Pawnee was nice in the air.



Cameron parading his nice looking elec powered DC3

Ready for her maiden flight.

 

Cameron's UAV and skymule standing by.

Curtis with his ever faithful Astrohog

and his Extra. This was before it had some fuel trouble with an air to tank feed nipple breaking from the muffler. Easy fix and no harm done

James had his newly engine P47 out and with a few adjustments to the Retracts took to the air.

Nice to hear the engine running smooth.

Billy "N" had his new boomerang out and ready to go.

The Prez was using all the sky he could with his Radian until a little thing like the Tail

fell off and sent it tumbling to the ground. Lucky it weighs very little so is quite

easy to fix.. Bring on the epoxy....

Neil and Billy "E" enjoying the flying. (and I won't tell you that Billy, Behind those sunglasses was taking a nap.)  OOOps sorry Billy I wasn't going to dob you in.....I will tell all that you are suffering an enormous back pain so you can be excused.....

James "W" brought out his F22

and boomerang

Neil had a boot load of things to fly

He readies his Tiger 60 for flight.

John oops I mean Captain Jack had several great flights of his Pc9. Well done on the flying you are getting very good at the sticks.

Dennis had the old faithful Yak out for a fly and he seamed to like all of the new airspace.

We might have to get those jets ready....

And just to make sure that the field was christened correctly The famous walk of shame

was re-established by other members than me this time.

Here James"P" had a dumb thumb of epic proportions.( I think it is out of range of just epoxy)

No Cameron the DC3 does not turn like a jet. A little epoxy and a few new motor shafts and props and she should be good to go.

Barry I sure loved watching that ME 262 fly. Unfortunately with a control lockout there is not much to do but glue......

It was a great day to start off flying at our new field. Great to see members out and enjoying the flying without the worry of houses and complaints.

This is going to be our home now for the next couple of years until our permanent home in Thompson road is ready for us to take ownership of it. Very exciting times for the Club.

 It has been a long battle for us to move forward but it has all been worth the effort.

The club realises that there are still a few restrictions with some of our flying but this is only temporary and I am sure that with further negotiations with the Council things may be able to relax a little more.

With everyone's cooperation I am very confident that the council will be flexible with us.

Thanks again to all club members and please don't forget to enjoy yourselves and fly.

Hope to see you all out next week.

"""""WE MAY HAVE TO DECIDE ON A NAME FOR THE FIELD"""""

Hickling Access is a mouthful.