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Welcome to the new IC archives. I have come to the conclusion that alphabetical indexing is a more accurate and easier navigation method. If you find any link in the wrong group, contact us and we will put it in it's correct letter group. That goes especially for aircraft with out its correct name of located in the ?? group.

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O.

P.

  • A giant scale P-40 powered by a zenoah G62. Complete with twist and tuck scale undercarriage. This was a spectacular model, flown in a spectacular fashion. Low passes must have nearly touched the prop on the ground.
  • Detail of the gun placements on the wing of the P-40.
  • Fully detailed P-40 cockpit, a must on any scale model.
  • Looking inside the air intake, you are confronted with a big zenoah. This P-40 means business.
  • The P-40 being walked back after another sortie.
  • Hand painted insignia on the P-40's fuse side was amazing on its own.
  • Papateer Biplane. I believe it is owned by Murry (Sp?). It is powered by a .52 OS 4 stroke motor.
  • Papateer side profile.
  • The Papateer, looking from the rear.
  • A Straight on shot of the Papateer.
  • Darryn's PC-9. Before it got a new design.
  • Darryn's German rendition of the PC-9.
  • A Seagull ARF PC-9. Motored by a .46, 2 Stroke.
  • The view from the Rear of the PC-9. Can someone tell me, who owns it?
  • Large ARF PC-9. These models are quite good performers and make a change from the usual 40 size PC9's.
  • Jason's new PC9.
  • The PC9 from the rear.
  • Close up of the front end of the PC9.
  • Jason assembling his new PC9. This is Jason's second powered aircraft.
  • Paul has remounted the motor on his Pilatus, with vibration absorbing mounts.
  • Paul's Pilatus Porter, with hatch open. This plane will be used for aerotowing gliders.
  • The Porter with the motor running.
  • An excellent shot of the Porter in the open.
  • A close up of the Porter's Prop. Note the big baggy tyres. THis helps with the soft landings.
  • An overview of the Porter from behind.
  • Side view of the Porter.
  • The line up in the Pits on Saturday.
  • A detailed view of Paul's Power Panel.
  • Murray's Project plane. Any ideas people?
  • A closer shot of Murray's Project plane.
  • Shawn's Pylon racer. I don't know what it is called though.
  • Paul's new little PT19.
  • Side view of the PT19.

Q.

R.

S.

  • Paul Collins bought a Sky Loop recently and it came fully finished.
  • Someone spin the prop please. Can you get any closer to the Sky Loop?
  • Looking down at the Sky Loop.
  • The Sky Loop from above.
  • A close up of the Sky Loop.
  • A close up of the Sky Loop wing.
  • The rear of the Sky Loop.
  • Sky Loop from the rear and side.
  • Top view of the Sky Loop.
  • Funnily enough, I seem to have a lot of photos of the Sky Loop. Here is another view of it.
  • Paul in shock (although you wouldn't know it), as he surveys the wreckage of his Sky Loop.
  • A moments silence please for the former great Sky Loop.
  • The Sky Loop didn't fool around when it hit the deck. Look how far it buried itself!
  • Just to emphasise how far the Sky Loop nosed in.
  • Paul attempting to extricate the Sky Loop.
  • It appears to me that the engine on the Sky Loop stopped, because of excess ingress of soil.
  • Jason shows us the damage to the underside of the Sky Loop's wing.
  • The remains of the Sky Loop.
  • Don't forget to replace your divot! The Sky Loop buried.
  • Standing like its own tombstone. The Sky Loop marks its demise.
  • A side view of a Kyosho Sonic.
  • A Kyosho Sonic. This Aerobatic plane is an ARF model and is powered by an Enya 45 2 Stroke.
  • The owner of the Sonic, Crouching beside his plane to show you the aircraft size.
  • Looking down on the Sonic.
  • Dave Cornish's new Spirit.
  • Dave's Spirit is powered by a OS25, and weighs 3 pound.
  • Dave fueling the 1985 designed Spirit.
  • Now I ask you. Who is training who? Believe it or not, neither. Trent wanted to fly Dave's Spitfire and they fly on different modes. The answer, was the training chord. Dave's spitfire has never been flown the way that Trent flew it today. Rolling circles, Lomcovaks and a flat spin. I think Dave was awestruck and very nervous.
  • Darren has now completed his Spitfire with scale markings of the 'Grey Nurse'.
  • Side view of the Spitfire.
  • Front view of the Spitfire.
  • A close up of the front of the Spitfire.
  • The tail detail on the Spitfire.
  • The grey nurse insignia painted on the Spitfire.
  • Finished cockpit detail on the Spitfire, a must for any scale model.
  • The demise of Darren's Spitfire. The path of destruction leads to the remains of the Spitfire.
  • The remains of the Spitfire fuselage.
  • Close up of the Spitfire fuselage., notice the extent of the damage.
  • The wing of the Spitfire was also very badly damaged.
  • A general overview of Darryn Prior's Spitfire.
  • Side detail of the Spitfire. The Camouflage is hand painted. Panel lines and rivets are hand drawn, using a felt tip pen. Gun gas is sprayed on with an airbrush. The whole aircraft was then sealed with a clear lacquer.
  • A view of the Spitfire from the back right rear.
  • Engine detail of the Super Tigre .91cc on the Spitfire.
  • An general overview of the bottom of the Spitfire.
  • A detailed view of the undercarriage of the Spitfire. Notice the effort that Darryn has put in, to get them to retract in the correct way!
  • The hide of that Spitfire pilot. You would think that he would look at the camera and smile.
  • This shot of the Spitfire after a crash, showing the engine missing.
  • The view Underneath the wrecked Spitfire.
  • Dave Chapman's Spitfire cockpit
  • Dave Chapman's Spitfire from the front.
  • A shot of the prop of the Spitfire
  • Spitfire prop shot.
  • The Spitfire, ready 2 launch.
  • The rear of the Spitfire.
  • The Spitfire from the rear, with the sky in the background.
  • Doug's brightly coloured Spitfire after it stalled.
  • Doug checking out the damage to the Spitfire.
  • Darren's almost completed Supermarine Spitfire. This aircraft comprises of a fibre glass fuse and tail, together with foam core wings, which is available from East Coast Gliders and Electric.
  • The Spitfire is a very nice size for sport or scale flying, as shown here by Darren.
  • The cockpit detail of the Spitfire finishes the model off nicely.
  • A front end shot of the Spitfire.
  • Another shot of the front of the Spitfire.
  • Worms eye view of the Spitfire. It is a very realistic looking model.
  • The rear end of the Spitfire. The fibre glass tail helps to keep weight and building time to a minimum.
  • A round of applause to Dave who again showed the way, creating a large area of destruction with his little low wing Sportster.
  • Shane's Stampe SV4-B.
  • The view from the front of the Stampe SV4-B.
  • Darren's Stearman.
  • Darren launching the Stearman, with a ribbon attached.
  • The Stearman doing its impression of a nose stand.
  • Darren Walking out to launch the Stearman.
  • Full view of the front of the Kyosho ARF kit Stearman.
  • A front view of the Stearman showing the OS 46 FX.
  • Rear view of the Stearman.
  • Worms eye view making the Stearman's 40 inch wingspan look huge.
  • The Stearman in flight
  • Gliding the Stearman in nicely for a dead stick touchdown.
  • Darren's Stearman awaiting its next flight.
  • Darren's Stearman on a fly past.
  • The Stearman taxiing back to the pits.
  • Geoff, running the motor of his Sukhoi.
  • The Sukhoi on the field.
  • Taxi test of the not as yet flown Sukhoi.
  • Geoff's newly completed Sukhoi Su29. This is a large model spanning 100" and is powered by a 100cc petrol engine.
  • A closer shot of the front of the Sukhoi.
  • Looking inside the cowl of the Sukhoi shows the 100cc petrol engine.
  • A rear view of the Sukhoi.
  • The tail on the Sukhoi.
  • Geoff standing with the Sukhoi.
  • The size of the Sukhoi is shown in this shot.
  • The death of Justin's Super Sport 40. You know the story. It is late and you are tired and you foget to put one nut on the Aileron linkage.
  • An alternate view of the Super Sport 40.
  • Peter's new Super Sports 40.
  • Front view of the Super Sports 40.
  • Close up of the tail on the Super Sports 40.
  • Low rear shot of the Super Sports 40.
  • The Super Sports 40 low from the side.
  • Justin's Sport 40.
  • A shot of the pilot in the Sport 40. He looks a bit suspicious, if you ask me!
  • A side view of the Sport 40.
  • Pete's Super Stinker, doing a low level pass.
  • Peter's new Super Stinker. You can hardly see it, as Peter as used some low vis colours, making it blend in so well to the backgound </TIC>!
  • The view from the back of the Super Stinker.
  • The front of the Super Stinker.
  • Checking motor run on the Super Stinker.
  • Top view of the Midwest Super Stinker.
  • Chad and his Super Stinker.
  • Front view of the Super Stinker.
  • Inside the canopy of the Super Stinker.
  • A worms eye view of the Super Stinker.
  • Super Stinker from the Rear view.
    Chad's new Midwest Super Stinker. The model has a wing span of 60", length of 55" and a wing area of 1240 square inches. It is powered by a Super Tigre 3000, with a Bison (Pitts Style) muffler. Chad is running a 18 x 10 APC prop and a JR X-388S with 8 servos.
    Construction is of balsa and ply with Koverall Tissue doped on. The model is painted with automotive acrylic paint and gloss clear coat.
  • Side view of chad's Super Stinker.
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  • Great shot looking up at the Super Stinker, making the aircraft look like a full size
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  • The Super Stinker doing a low level knife edge pass.
  • The Super Stinker coming in close for a good flying shot.
  • The Super Stinker Banking around on another pass.

T.

  • Shawn's Tango3.
  • The Tango's cockpit
  • A profile shot of the Tango.
  • The Tango's prop.
  • Another shot of the Tango's prop.
  • A shot of the Tango from the rear
  • Side on shot of the Tango side
  • A close up shot of the side of the Tango.
  • Dave chapman and helper checking the tune on his Texan.
  • A full shot of the Texan powered by a Saito 56 four stroke. The span of the Texan is 1.5m
  • The Texan is an ARF seagull kit
  • A rear shot of the Texan
  • Top view of the Texan
  • The T6 Texan was lovingly built buy the club president, Dave Chapman.
  • Take a look at the Cockpit detail of the Texan.
  • Check out the Front view of the Texan. Notice the detail of the scale undercarriage. This plane looks sweet.
  • The Texan tethered down.
  • Side view of the Texan looking resplendent in a Marines paint scheme.
  • The alternate side view of the Texan.
  • A shot Looking from the rear of the Texan.
  • To make matters worse. Mick Flanders, manage to land his AT-6 Texan in the hole created not 2 minutes after the Sky Loop was removed. Here Mick and Kane tune the Texan.
  • A shot of the damage to the under carriage of the Texan.
  • Shane starting his little 3D flyer.
  • Bob Madrusson's Tiger moth.
  • Bob Madrusson's Tiger moth from behind
  • The Tiger moth from the rear.
  • A lovely Tigermoth owned by one of the club members.
  • Another shot of the Tigermoth.
  • Cockpit detail of the Tigermoth.
  • Mick's lovely little Tom Tit. This model is powered by a 40, 4 stoke and flies beautifully.
  • A shot of the Tom Tit cockpit.
  • Paul's Toolbox.
  • Unfortunately, there were a few mishaps on Saturday. A students Trainer landed a little hard and this is the result.
  • An old Trainer. This plane is 30 years old! But I can't remember what it is called. I do remember that it comprises of two different aircraft.
  • Jason Whipper starting his Trainer.
  • A Trainer taking off swiftly.
  • Frank's Scratch built T-180. Powered by a Saito 40 special 4 stroke.
  • A shot looking down on the Rear of the T-180.
  • Laurie Carter is yet another potential member to our club. Here is a photo of his brand spanking new T-2000. This model is powered by a O.S. L.A 46.
  • A shot of the the side of the T-2000, showing what Laurie does up at Cessnock, when he is flying. Laurie organises the Australian Air League.
  • Peter's new T-34. Obviously "Targets", now has an airforce!
  • Another view of the T-34.
  • Bob Madrusson's 3D.

U.

  • What I think is an Ugly Stick, getting prepped.
  • Ugly stick
  • The damaged Ugly stick, notice the whole fuselage has split apart.
  • A close up of lost of bits from the Ugly stick. Split tank, damaged mounting hole on muffler, but the remote needle valve meant no carby or needle valve damage. This is a useful advantage of using a remote needle valve.

V.

  • Various models in the pits over the weekend. Picture 1, Picture 2, Picture 3, Picture4
  • A Vigilante turbine jet awaiting its next flight.
  • The internal workings of the Vigilante, a very neat installation indeed.
  • The Vigilante on a knife edge flypast.
  • The Vigilante coming in for a landing, wheel brakes are a requirement to stop the jet overshooting the runway.
  • Why is the Vigilante blurry, because the jet is approaching 300kmph a few feet of the deck. Spectacular.
  • Dave's VM1W made an impressive inverted landing after he ran out of height during a series of rolls.
  • The Collins' VM1W.
  • A good shot of the airfoil section of the VM1W.
  • Trent tuning a VM1W for flight. This has a 25 engine powering it.
  • Dave Callen's VM1W, powered by a .15
  • VM1W and aerobat
  • VM1W and aerobat from above
  • VM1W top.
  • Dave Callen's ever faithful VM1W.

W.

X.

  • Top view of the XILR8 designed by Trent Collins. It features a flat sheet wing, simple box fuse and only 2 channel control (elevator and aileron, no throttle).
  • Bottom view of the XILR8. The model weighs about 20 oz and has the fastest roll rate you'll ever see.
  • Trent holding the XILR8, showing the size of the model and the Enya 09 control line motor, i.e. no carby.

Y.

  • Geoff Lowther's Yak.
  • Geoff Lowther's Yak. Geoff decided to use the unprepaired strip.

Z.

??.

  • A High wing model, complete with scale pilot standing with his aircraft
  • A large High wing model. Would make a good glider tug, camera plane of lolly dropper
  • A few more lowing wing models basking in the sun, Model 1, Model 2
  • A shot of a Turbine that is mounted on the outside of a model. It is a very nice looking piece of equipment.
  • The wiring and plumbing required to run a turbine model. It doesn't get any more complicated than this.
  • This plane, is owned by Dave Cornish Unfortunately it met an untimely demise, during testing. The plane was under powered.
  • Steve Truscott's plane. Can anyone tell me what it is? If so E-mail us and tell us, what it is and who owns it.

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