There's a new addition to my heli fleet...

My Whiplash Gasser has finally arrived!!! It took big brown some time to deliver it...compaired to their normal delivery times, but considering the time of year (Christmas) they're very busy. It was well worth the wait!

I was going to leave it closed up in the shipping box and wait until I collect the rest of things I need...no WAY! I just had to see all the parts for myself. WOW, it is impressive for sure. The parts...

December 2... A beautiful day to go flying!! Winds were around 5 mph and the temp was around 68 degrees, it felt more like 72 degrees!

I pulled my Rave out to warm up a bit with. The motor seemed somewhat rich, so I landed and adjusted the high needle. Now it's running better! I had the need to bang on the sticks and just let it rip. I had drawn a small crowd to watch the wild and fast action.

Bill's neighbor came out to watch Bill's Thunder Tiger Titan 50 on its...

Well another Thanksgiving is here and gone. Now Christmas is just around the corner, not ready for that...just yet.

Anyhow, Bob and Bill came over Friday for some heli wrenching. Bob's Blade 450 Pro needed some swashplate readjustments. I decreased the length of the swash linkages just under 1/4". The swash was hitting the alignment pins on the head when cyclic was applied...not good. And +9 degrees was all I could get out of collective pitch before interfering with the alignment...

It’s been a while since my last post and Thanksgiving is 5 days away!...gobble, gobble… Bob and I have made it out a couple of times only to fly into darkness. The days are just not long enough to get a few flights in after work.

I started a new job 3 weeks ago this Monday and I’ve worked both weekends, which leaves very little time to fly. However, I have Thursday and Friday off (and possibly the weekend) so I hope to put in some serious flying!:smile

In the meantime,...

So the new Gaui NX4 Combo has been released and it's caught your eye, welcome to the club! A lot of people have been asking questions about it so let's get started answering them.



This is one of the first production models of it's kind, a flybarless nitro .37 mid size model. Gaui is producing the engine, muffler, governor, and starter and claiming an average 6.5 minute flight time. One...