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- The Bergen gasser helicopter.
- Mechanics of the Bergen, a very nice looking heli.
- The pitch arm on the Bergen.
- The air filter for the petrol engine in the Bergen.
- The tail unit on the Bergen is a very nice piece of machining.
- Tail servo on the Bergen, mounted near the tail boom.
- Plenty of room in the Bergen for the gyro installation.
C.
- Simons great camper van setup, even good for setting up models at night
- 3
choppers. The closest chopper is owned by Trent collins
and has training feet attached to the bottom.
- Guessing this is the Kalt Cyclone
II in its original form. Kim Scully's first heli was a Kalt
Cyclone II, it came to an horrible end after breaking a main
blade bolt. Kim thinks he bought it back in 1993.
D.
E.
F.
- A close up of the Feda, Electric indoor helicopter. Powered by a small speed 280/300 motor and runs on Li-ion cells for over 10 minutes duration per flight. I have had the pleasure of flying this little heli, and I was quite impressed with its steadiness in the air and also its crash resistance. Its very tough
- The Feda in action, with Grant at the controls
- The Feda sitting on the ground. This heli provides good value for money
- Another flying shot of the Feda, with a few interested parties in the background
- Fury and Raptor 50, the Fury is much larger and much more powerful
- Jeff hovering his new Fury
- The Fury undergoing the Running in period for the engine
- Side on view of the Fury in hover
- Another shot of the Fury, very stable in the hover, even in the wind
- Peter's new Fury. Purchased from Jeff, as Jeff now has a Fury extreme.
- Will's custom painted Fury canopy.
- Jeff's new paint job on his Fury
- Simons new Fury canopy
- Will posing with his 2 Fury's
- Will hovering his Fury
- Jeff Blunt's new Fury Extreme canopy from arizona heli's in the USA. One of the best canopies you will ever see
G.
H.
- Helicopter
at the club.
- The pilot is just starting to Learn how to hover.
- Starting to get more
confident.
- Now we are Getting some height.
- The line up of the Heli's
that were present on saturday
- Front view of all the Heli's.
- Side view of all the Heli's.
- Rear view of all the Heli's.
- Here is the 7 helicopters lined up for a photo. L to R : Xcell Fury, Raptor 50V1, Raptor 30V1, Raptor 30V2, JR Venture, JR Voyager and the Feda micro out in front
- Another shot of the Helicopter lineup
- The Hirobo
shark spooling up for a flight.
- Will hovering the Hirobo
shark.
- Lookout, (Hirobo) Shark
attack!.
- Kim kneeling behind his Heli.
- Heli
hovering.
- Heli
with some altitude.
- A line up of four Heli's.
Pictured is a voyager 30, quick 30, raptor 30 and raptor 50.
- A shot of the rotor heads of the four Heli's.
That's a lot of complex equipment.
- Right hand view of the Heli Lineup.
- Left hand view of the Heli Lineup.
- Another shot of all the Heli's present.
- Heli Lineup from the left
- Heli Lineup from the right
- Worms eye view of the heli Lineup
- Will holding the Hummingbird, complete with glow sticks, laser pointer and sparklers
- Sparklers show up well for night flying with the Hummingbird
- They don't last long on the Hummingbird
- Lookout, Attack of the micro Hummingbird
- Hummingbird taking a rest on the field
- The guys flying the Hummingbird with no light sticks, just hovering in the headlights
- Ooh, that Humming bird doesn't look good.
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K.
- Kim's old Kalt after a minor mishap, only damage to blades, fly bar and spindle shaft
- Kim's damaged Kalt and the Raptor sitting side by side. The kalt is 10 years old, and even has a mechanical gyro
L.
M.
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Mudgee flying clubs Facilities. Top class with permanent shelter and toilet
- Mudgee Flight line and Pit area
- A small section of the Muswellbrook Pit area, only a few pilots were present on the day

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O.
P.
- A couple of pilots setting up their machines.
- A small section of the pit area.
- Police
version.
- Hovering the Police
heli. Notice the cars haven't changed where they park, but
we now have a covered pits area.
- The Police
looking for someone lost at sea.
Q.
- A front view of the Quick
with canopy on.
- A shot of the internal structure of the Quick.
- The head on the Quick
is a nice pice of engineering. A homemade pitch gauge is being
used to setup the pitch of the main blades.
- The tail unit on the Quick
is simple yet very strong.
- Simon hovering the Quick
for the camera.
- Mick holding his Quick.
You can see the tuned pipe that is fitted to this heli.
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- A shot of Simon hovering his Raptor nose in.Here's a picture of Simon holding his two Raptors.
One is a 30 and the other is a 50.
- Jeff hovering his Raptor inverted, near the ground.
- The camera setup on Trent's Raptor
50 is a Kodak CX4200 digital and uses a servo to press
the button. The servo is plugged into AUX2 in the receiver
and then switch operated on the transmitter. The box is made
of ply with a clear perspex front. The undercarriage booms
were replaced with longer carbon fibre arrow shafts to support
the camera setup.
- Jeff Blunt's Raptor
30 V2, powered by a TT39 heli engine. Running a CSM gyro,
JR DS811 servos and a JR410G tail servo.
- Fueling up the Raptor,
notice the fuel bottle is located inside the flight box, a neat
and tidy setup.
- The Raptor
in flight.
- Hovering the Raptor
just above the ground, plenty of smoke means a cool running
engine.
- Side on shot of the Raptor
hovering, shows the clean lines of the V2.
- Jeff flying the Raptor,
a JR X388 does the controlling.
- Jeff hovering the Raptor,
one of the few times he flew it right way up.
- Trent's new Raptor
50, plenty of power for any manoeuvre you can think of.
- The Raptor
from the front. Powered by a TT50 heli engine, JR DS811 servos,
JR810G tail servo and JR460T gyro.
- Side on view of the Raptor,
same canopy as the 30.
- Top view of the Raptor,
notice the gyro placement and metal swash plate.
- Raptor
and starting gear, box, starter and pump.
- Tail unit on the Raptor,
very neat and tidy setup.
- Raptor
side detail, showing header tank setup. Notice the carbon fibre
lower deck which is a standard feature of the raptor 50.
- Raptor
in hover mode.
- Side on of the Raptor hovering, sleek looking canopy and good decal set make
for a nice looking machine.
- Trent working on his Raptor
50.
- The Raptor
50 ready for flight.
- The Raptor
hovering with lights and glow sticks aboard
- Stay close at night, as orientation is a problem.
Simon got to far away and lost orientation of his Raptor
and this is the result!
- Surveying the damage of the Raptor.
- One sorry looking Raptor.
- Will's Raptor
30 with a fibre glass canopy.
- Will and his Raptor
30 about to go for another flight.
- Will's shark bodied Hirobo,
a nice custom airbrush job.
- Simon showing off his nose in skills with
his Raptor.
- Heaps of smoke from the Raptor
30, as a new fuel/oil mix was tested.
- Trent's busted Raptor
50. The engine cut and he was forced into an involuntary
auto. Only minor damage, broken undercarriage and a bent spindle
shaft. It was ready to fly again in 30 min's.
- Raptor
- Raptor
starting
- Simon
and his Raptor.
- Another Good
shot of the Raptor, with Mt. Sugarloaf in the background.
- Raptor motored up and Raring
to go.
- Simon
Bishop's Raptor. Simon has 2 Raptors, which you would have
noticed in the photo above. 1 is powered by an OS 30 and the
other is an OS 50.
- A
closer view of the Raptor.
- The Raptor
hovering.
- Doesn't this shot make the Raptor
look sleek?
- Simon
and his Raptor.
- Simons custom made Raptor undercarriage to hold and release the parachutist
- The Raptor 50 with parachutist attached, he weighs about 2 pounds
- A close up of the Raptor undercarriage, notice the release servo
- The Parachutist waiting for some action
- Folding the Parachute, it must be folded correctly as per a real parachute, or it will fail to open properly
- Starting the Raptor, with parachute attached
- Liftoff, Simon fly's the Raptor, while Trent flies the parachutist. A 50 size heli has enough power to lift the parachutist
- The Raptor Climbing up into the blue sky
- Release, the chute opens and the Parachutist is flying. parachutist control consists of left, right and flare through the use of a 2 channel radio set and a v-tail mixer
- Raptor returning to earth, after dropping the parachutist
- Touch down of the Raptor, now its just a matter of repacking the chute, and the process is repeated
- Simon and his Raptor 50, looking pleased after the parachutist drops
- Chris's yellow Raptor 30 with training undercarriage attached.
- Trent holding his Raptor 50.
- Chris and Trent starting the Raptor 50.
- Raptor 50 in a hover.
- Nose in hover of the Raptor 50. Believe it or not, nose in landings are one of the most difficult things to learn.
- Another picture of Raptor 50 hovering nose in.
- The Raptor 30, Raptor 50 and then the Fury
- The Raptor is the most popular helicopter at the club. 2 new Raptor 30 V2's were present on saturday.
- Jeff Blunt overseeing the preparation for the maiden flight of one of the new V2's.
- A Raptor 50 during as the blades spool up.
- The Raptor 50 during a hover.
- A shot of the Raptor 50 inverted during a roll.
- The new fibre glass canopy and fibre glass blades on Trent's Raptor 50.
- Chris hovering his yellow Raptor 30.
- The Raptor 30 during hover.
- Trent's Raptor 50 in a hover.
- Another shot of Trent's Raptor 50 hovering.
- Kyle's Raptor 30 looking a little bent. Kyle is a junior member and its good to see some junior involvement.
- A line up of some fun aircraft at Muswellbrook. 3 Raptors and a fun fly.
- Close up of Simons 2 Raptors.
- Will was hovering his Raptor over the water for a few pictures, then dropped a little to low....
- Mud on the paddle and a bent fly bar on the Raptor.
- Mud on the main blades and tail blades of the Raptor.
- Two Raptors and flying wings await their next flight.
- Peter's Raptor 50 sitting on his table.
- The Raptor 50 from the front.
- Side view of the Raptor 50.
- Peter starting his Raptor 50.
- The Raptor 50 in a hover.
- Jason's new Raptor 30 sticker set and his excellent heli transport rack.
- Top view of the Raptor 30 rack. It provides a larger foot area so the heli wont tip over in the car. If it does tip over it lands on the rack and save those expensive head pieces.
- Front view of Jason's fantastic new sticker set on his Raptor 30.
- Rear view of the stickers, even the tail fins get new stickers on the Raptor 30.
- Side view of the Raptor 30 canopy, looking very smart.
- Close up of the detail of Jason's Raptor 30, very clean and well looked after.
- Trent's Raptor 50 sitting pretty on the table.
- Trent fueling up his Raptor 50.
- The Raptor 50 about to launch.
- Assume the position, Inverted of course.
- Wow, No blades. This photo has not been edited in any way, its straight out of the digital camera.
- Trent's new paint job on the Raptor 50 out in the sun
- Another shot of the new paint job on the Raptor 50
- The Raptor 50 hovering
- Lots of smoke from the Raptor 50 during spool up
- Trent looking pleased with his new Raptor 50 paintwork
- The Raptor 50 hovering inverted
- Raptor 50 inverted, side on
- Will hovering his Fury in the wind
- Trent has just finished his new paint job on his Raptor 50.
- Also has a matching painted fin set on his Raptor 50.
- Another shot of the Raptor 50 from the rear.
- Raptor 50V2 owned by Simon
- Steve's Raptor 50V1 flanked by Feda hummingbirds
- Trent's Raptor 50V1 amongst the flowers
- Steve's V2 Raptor 30. Steve got off his trainers by the afternoon. Well done steve
- Another pic of steve'sV2 Raptor 30
- Trent was trying to mow the grass with his Raptor 50
- Another shot of low inverted hovering with the Raptor 50
- Here's Trent getting pretty low with the Raptor 50
- We have grass cutting, the Raptor 50 is now a mower
S.
- Here are some pictures of Shane's old Shuttle.
- A shot from the Shuttle from the front.
- Looking at the top of the Shuttle, quite a nice paint job.
T.
- Another view showing Simons modeling Transport.
U.
V.
- We have a potential new member and this is his new Venture 30. I didn't catch his name, but I hope that Kim will inform me.
- A different angle of the Venture 30.
- This shot of the Venture 30, makes it look full size. Don't you think?
- Kim Scully starting the Venture 30. The person on the right is the new member.
- Kim tuning the Venture 30.
- A new JR Venture at the club, complete with training undercarriage.
- Another shot of the Venture, which are quite popular amongst new fliers.
- A JR Venture went down after total radio loss
- Damaged woodie on the Venture.
- Pictures of the damaged boom, shot 1, shot 2.
- Tail damage suffered by the Venture.
- Trent
flying his voyager.
- Close up shot of Trent's
new Voyager.
- A shot of The
other side of the Voyager. This chopper is powered by and
OS 30 motor.
- A
profile shot, showing the side of the Voyager.
- Trent's first flight with his Voyager
without the training undercarriage.
- A close up of the right hand side internals of
the JR Voyager
30 helicopter. Another shot showing the left hand side of
the Voyager.
- Chris's Raptor looking good in flight.
- Peter's Voyager 30 flying about.
- Another shot of Peter's Voyager 30.
- Peter's sorry looking Voyager after a minor incident, no major damage though, just blades and shafts.
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