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  1. Bigroger

    Extreme Flight Owners Thread

    Notin wrong wit Tongans mate, somebody has to recieve those welfare checks we tax payers fork out each month!! I don't know about the CX7, it is a bit squeezy in the back, the 87" pilot Sbach fitted in assembled after I folded and pushed the front passenger seat all the way forward. The EF...
  2. Bigroger

    Extreme Flight Owners Thread

    I'm down south in Albury/Wodonga on the NSW/Vic boarder mate. I was planning a road trip when the next container arrives, 88" Edge, 64" MXS, and mayber the 60" Lazer which sounds like its gonna be a killer airframe as well. Hopefully them boxes will all fit into the Mazda CX7
  3. Bigroger

    Extreme Flight Owners Thread

    Fantastic insight hearing the big EF boss give his words of wisdom. I'm with you Feral just hanging out for my 64" MXS, I got everything sitting here ready for it just no damn airframe!!! Also hanging out big time for the updated 88" Edge EXP that DA are hopefully getting for me in the...
  4. Bigroger

    60" Extra 300 EXP

    Here's some video of my second 60" Extra for enjoyment. Doesn't fly quite as nice as the first one I had as it seems from a different batch and is a little more nose heavy on the same setup as #1. Still a sweet flyer. https://vimeo.com/56685764
  5. Bigroger

    87" electric pilot RC Sbach

    Finally had enough of the issues with incidence and coupling in the 87" Sbach and sold the airframe onto a club member more interested in scale flying than 3D hucking. I did cut a video last week before stripping it out for sale. https://vimeo.com/56137985
  6. Bigroger

    91" Extra 300-EXP ARF

    This one will be my entry into gas powered flight. DA60 and KS pipe all the way!!! Please Santa bring me a lovely blue/red/white 91" extra300 for Xmas!!
  7. Bigroger

    87" electric pilot RC Sbach

    So here is a mini review of the Sbach Pilot RC. 1- Pics upon opening the box (sorry no pics of box, but it did arrive in two boxes, one for the fuse the other for the wings) 2- impressions upon unpacking (very well packed, both boxes were lined with 3-4mm masonite board and even though there...
  8. Bigroger

    87" electric pilot RC Sbach

    Sure Gary, no problem. Just got to get it in the air first. I was gonna do a shot by shot build report but you know how those things go, hurry through to get it built and before I knew it she was all zipped up ready to fly.
  9. Bigroger

    87" electric pilot RC Sbach

    Guys, just got through with the power up tests on my new Pilot RC Sbach. Using the Hacker Q80-8M 12s setup and Mej 24x10TH prop, it has some serious watts and rpm for an electric. I got away with 2.5" DA stand offs on the motor due to the adjustable fire wall system PilotRc employ in their...
  10. Bigroger

    60" Extra 300 EXP

    I actually have them on when I fly. I took the photo for a mate looking at getting into this plane as well as the new 91" in the same colours!
  11. Bigroger

    60" Extra 300 EXP

    Got mine together last week, racked up 20 flights in quick succession and I'd have to say I'm in love with the lines it draws with ease and slows down just the way I like it. Absolutely zero nasty surprises (except my 85A ztw esc goes into thermal power reduction if I try and fly pack after...
  12. Bigroger

    EMAC - Electric ONLY IMAC Events

    Now problem Jim. By the way, I thought the 9.5 min IMAC sequences were only once you got up to the high levels? You don't just jump in at expert level and go fly 9.5 minutes right? The other thing, I thought you can safely discharge good lipos to 85% under load rather than the 75% as...
  13. Bigroger

    Extreme Flight Owners Thread

    Hey Chris, I'm in the market for the 88" edge or 91" extra but the local DA guys don't know when they are likely to order new stock from you guys. How about you lean on them to build bit of inventory downunder?
  14. Bigroger

    Extreme Flight Owners Thread

    Am building my 60" extra (blue/red version) right now. Sweet looking plane, but did anybody notice the balsa thickness at the wing root? On the 60" edge, its quite a solid piece for the wing root at least 2mm thick. The extra is struggling to be 1mm think in places and in fact the...
  15. Bigroger

    The 3DRCForums -Discuss Anything Thread-

    Nice logos, I'll have to put my name down for some of them for the latest builds I have on the table. Upside down looks cool, I keep getting told at my club that my fuselage logos are upside down. Then they see the plane fly and I get no further comments from the old fart club.
  16. Bigroger

    EMAC - Electric ONLY IMAC Events

    Also, I spoke with my deep cycle battery supplier today about how many mA out of my 87Ah battery I can extract without harming the battery, rule of thumb given was 75-80% is safe as long as you put the battery back on the charger the same day without letting it sit in the discharged state...
  17. Bigroger

    EMAC - Electric ONLY IMAC Events

    Probably, based on 1.6A charge over 6 hours = 9.6A to refill the deep cycle battery.
  18. Bigroger

    EMAC - Electric ONLY IMAC Events

    Jim, I don't see that as a problem. James told me his 88" edge on the Q80-8 with 24x10TH prop, with good 65C 6s5000 packs can get 7-8 minutes of medium 3D flying. Drops down to 5-5.30 minutes when he throws in lots of high energy stuff, tumbles, riffle rollers, etc. IMAC patterns, I just...
  19. Bigroger

    EMAC - Electric ONLY IMAC Events

    I haven't got any 6s5000 packs yet, but 5 40C 6s3300 packs I can test this out on. I know I could charge at 20A 4x6s3300 packs in parallel the other day in the shed for a test, but I didn't charge to completion as yet to test. I'll do a trial run today in the shed and fill up the 4 x...
  20. Bigroger

    EMAC - Electric ONLY IMAC Events

    Here's another question about recharging. I'm a little confused at this point. Got me a 30A iCharger now. Got me a deep cycle marine battery, 12V 87Ah battery. Was hoping if I went to 2x 6s5000 packs that I could maybe charge up 2 pairs at home (4 x 6s5000), go the the field and fly...
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