by heliplanes » Sat May 12, 2012 2:00 am
Photos? errrm I have 3 still and 4 video cameras and i have very few photos of the "Squadron" perhaps I should charge a battery up and take a few shots.
So far I have an AXN (ofcourse), a Bixler, a Skyfun, a Radjet 800, a Decathlon, a Grasshopper (Green), a Grasshopper (Blue), a Sky Surfjet, a P51 and a Swift.
They are built and still boxed another Bixler, another Skyfun, a Canadaire, A Raphael EFD, a HK UAV, a Liberty Belle, a Phoenix 2000, a Minimoa, An FMS Large T28 Trojan, an FMS small T28 Trojan, an HK T28 Trojan, an I-Can-Fly, and 2 surprises which are still sealed in their boxes and I've completely forgotten what they are. I can search my invoices but I'm leaving them as a surprise.
I was a bit out with my numbers. I must have been working on my Wife numbers. Obviously less than the true numbers. Oh yes, I have a scratch built UAV which has all the parts ready but I have to puit it together and a Flying wing I picked up on Ebay last week. I bought and paid for it but it can't be sent Aussie post because it's too big. It seems Hobbyking can send 1.5 meter long boxes via post but us nobodies can't. It looks like it's going to be a cut and rejoin job.
I've invested a large amount in parts for spares and also for my flying mates. There's nothing worse than breaking a clevis at the field and not having one on hand so I bought masses of bits and pieces from motors, ESCs to pushrods. There are boxes and boxes of stuff. Far too much to take to the field every fly day but luckily my home is only 1k away.
We're all in to foam cutting at the moment. Again I have everything I need but no time to put it together. We, by the way are 6 old farts who don't like committees and the formalities associated with them but simply like having fun and a good time having a chat and flying our foamies. We decided there would be no fuel planes and we would fly at a small farm, thereby avoiding those high insurance costs.
Anyway, that's enough for now. I have work to do. bye for now.
What goes up, must come down, the heaviest parts first.