WayneL

A few more photos of the arrival today, amazing how many people turned up to watch.

I have to echo Mark and Peters comments on the Phantom 3. I too have flown rc for many years and have made a few dji based multicopters in the last 5 years. Recently a ordered a Phantom 3 advanced for a work mates wife who is right into photography. I got to have a one month play with it and was highly empressed with the camera and gimbal stability and the automation and info available on screen ( I used a mini ipad ). A true flying camera platform. I wish I had one when tripping around Australia 5 years ago. Wayne

Thanks FT. Good wiring diagrams but 503 one is for no battery in circuit, 582 diagram does not show an HR Meter in circuit. Thanks Thommo, that would work! Still want to know how to wire in a 'conventional one'! I know it can be done!

Has anyone got a wiring diagram solution to connecting an hr meter to a rotax 503 so it only runs when the engine is running. I have the rotax reg/rectifier. Wayne

Bull Creek is very good, you won't be disappointed. Wayne

Hi Wayne, Welcome, Ozzie on this forum is/was a laszair man.

Airnav VFR from sentient software was good but they seem to be not very proactive recently. Wayne.

When choosing which type of delivery, I will always choose Express Mail or Registered Mail because it is trackable, never accept standard non trackable post. I wish the American web sites were more overseas buyer friendly at the checkout with delivery options and a reasonable freight price. Aircraft Spruce has such a great range of stuff and a great web site for ordering but no real viable delivery options for Australia at the checkout. I emailed them to complain and was told to list the items I wanted in an email to them and they would send a proforma invoice to me with the right freight cost (way cheaper then checkout one). Still took 2 weeks and many emails for them to get it right (the proforma invoice order). I have ordered some things from the UK and parts of Europe without any problems, Freight was cheaper than from the States but items are usually dearer. If I can get it from Asia, this is my preferred choice for price and cheapest freight cost. Vendors are keen to please customers, they know negative feedback hurts their business. I have obtained a number of items through Ian on his Clear prop/Pilot store on this site and have not had any issues at all. Wayne

When choosing which type of delivery, I will always choose Express Mail or Registered Mail because it is trackable, never accept standard non trackable post. I wish the American web sites were more overseas buyer friendly at the checkout with delivery options and a reasonable freight price. Aircraft Spruce has such a great range of stuff and a great web site for ordering but no real viable delivery options for Australia at the checkout. I emailed them to complain and was told to list the items I wanted in an email to them and they would send a proforma invoice to me with the right freight cost (way cheaper then checkout one). Still took 2 weeks and many emails for them to get it right (the proforma invoice order). I have ordered some things from the UK and parts of Europe without any problems, Freight was cheaper than from the States but items are usually dearer. If I can get it from Asia, this is my preferred choice for price and cheapest freight cost. Vendors are keen to please customers, they know negative feedback hurts their business. I have obtained a number of items through Ian on his Clear prop/Pilot store on this site and have not had any issues at all. Wayne

Try this one.....it's my pick for batch file resizing. http://www.faststone.org/FSResizerDetail.htm

Some photos I took while at Lakeside this week. Aircraft landed heavy down at the end of the gravel and went left to the lake, through the fence then apparently dropped the port wing in the water causing a 180 degree yaw to the left and coming to rest in the water facing back the way it came. Note how far up the runway the bitumen starts. wayne

A WITNESS said passengers were “very lucky” to escape their sinking light plane after it crashed into a dam on the Whitsundays coast. The owner of Bloomsbury’s Lakeside Airpark Gary Poole said the Cherokee carrying six people crashed off the runway after it “had a hard landing and the pilot lost control”. “The pilot said he felt more sink than usual,” Mr Poole said. “It wound up in the dam and sunk within a few minutes,” “They were very lucky there were no fatalities.” Emergency services crews treated the six occupants on the scene while one woman is recovering from a back injury in Prosperpine Hospital. Mr Poole said the plane was a write off. Earlier A light plane has crashed into a dam near a small airport on the Whitsundays coast. According to emergency services the plane, which crashed around 3.50pm, was “fully submerged” in the body of water that marks the end of the runway at Lakeside Airpark in Bloomsbury. The plane’s six passengers were able to get themselves out of the aircraft and wade to land where they were treated by paramedics. Crews were unsure what caused the plane to crash into the water. A QAS spokeswoman said one patient was taken to Prosperpine Hospital. http://www.couriermail.com.au/news/queensland/plane-crashes-into-dam-near-lakeside-airpark-at-bloomsbury-on-whitsundays-coast/story-fnn8dlfs-1227457648389

I want one! https://instagram.com/p/4h5fsoE_i7/

Bloody WELL DONE!

Do you mean.....an Answer to my Question....?

Model Aircraft Alloy Spinners many work for you. Try this link for some ideas. http://www.desertaircraft.com.au/shop/KS-Alloy-Spinner.html?category_id=259#product-details-tab-specification

A variation on some of the above........track to Clifton (just North of Warwick) and stop in to say hi to Trevor Bange and other club members (especially on weekends). Fuel is available but ring Trevor first. Then head down to Gatton and on to Watts Bridge (Bradfield and Coomiya strips are close to your track towards Watts Bridge), from there to Kilcoy then head east along the valley towards Woodford then NE over the Glass House Mountains to Caloundra. Plenty of strips to drop in on for a chat if in no hurry! Just give them a call first.

Question! Does the maker of aircraft skins need to approval and or certification to supply skins for legal use on a factory made aircraft? Or...is there no difference or issues regarding the legality when used on either a kit built verses factory built aircraft? I.E. 25-xxxx rego verses 19-xxxx rego.

Don't recall what make the helmet is, they are our club use ones. Possibily microavionics. We do have a couple of microavionics helmets with shielded headset and shielding on the lower edge of the face shield but to the neck.

Photos of 1810 at Boonah in 2007. Got the digital photos somewhere, these are photos of printed photos hence the poor image quality. I had a lot of fun flying her.

.......and if the first/original owner who is still using the radio, no longer has proof of purchase.....?

Thanks Mark, any news on Icom bringing in other models thst will be approved here. Wayne

Is the Icom IC-A15 the Only hand held radio currently approved for sale and use in Australia at this time? I am in the market for a hand held soon and finding it confusing as so my retailers are advertising radio models that appear to be not approved!

Yes Phil......that book is a 'Classic'!

Arrhh Tim! You would not by chance have been reading a particular aviation themed book recently that gave you all these crazy (but exciting) ideas by any chance? Wayne.