Brisbane control line club

[facthunter]

They wear out in the bore fairly quickly, But run well. Are they still made?  nev

[danny_galaga]

43 minutes ago, facthunter said:

They wear out in the bore fairly quickly, But run well. Are they still made?  nev

No. But many engines (like my own childhood engine) hardly got any run time on them before being jammed in the back of a drawer. So quite a few near new ones pop up. They are popular for stunt because there's a certain speed you need to fly, any improvements on power are wasted in this case.  There's a few Ruskie and Ukrainian engines around too. 

[rgmwa]

The OS Max35 was our most common engine in those days. I’ve got an unused OS40FSR still in its box that I bought about ten years ago.

[danny_galaga]

Yes OS is probably still the most popular 

[red750]

Two model aero clubs in Melbourne's east that I know of, Knox Model Aero Club on Stud Road, Knoxfield, with three control line circles, and Doncaster Aeromodellers Club on Bulleen Road, Bulleen, with one control line circle and a grass runway for RC models. Both can be searched on Google Maps.

 

 

 

 

 

[danny_galaga]

 

 Hadn't flown Lucky Lil Seven for over 20 years. Cox Medallion 049 with a 14 ml fuel tank meant it ran so long I fell over from dizziness once it finally stopped 😄

I've only been a member for about a year now. Was about time I actually flew something 🤣

 

Running on 20% nitro

[facthunter]

Who Launched it for you?   Flying something Like that would Bore me quickly. It's a very BASIC plane. I mostly flew 1/2 A team racing and  STUNT/Combat.  I guess the 049 had short control lines. I wondered WHEN you would get giddy.  Nev

[danny_galaga]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Who Launched it for you?   Flying something Like that would Bore me quickly. It's a very BASIC plane. I mostly flew 1/2 A team racing and  STUNT/Combat.  I guess the 049 had short control lines. I wondered WHEN you would get giddy.  Nev

Most of the fun is in the building of it for me. Which is why I built an ultralight. That turned out to be the most un-fun thing I've ever done 😄

 

Next model I'll build, probably once the ultralight is gone will be a club racer. Again like you say not particularly exciting to fly per se, the excitement there of course is in getting the best time. After that, I won a carrier model in the club raffle. We don't do carrier, but it's big and aerobatic. Will run a .35. has drawings for third line throttle so I might add that too for a bit of fun 🙂

[facthunter]

I built a few of the "ALL American" Reflex Flaps and bigger inside wing, for the 35. Could someone provide a Picture? At one stage that was viewed as the Ultimate "Combat" plane.  I didn't follow the trend to RC Too expensive so went to the REAL thing and found out what real Poverty feels like.  It's like a drug. You get hooked on Planes.  Nev

[rgmwa]

One of these?

[facthunter]

Yes and thanks. Nev

[danny_galaga]

Most CL planes have a larger inboard wing 

[440032]

On 05/07/2025 at 9:27 AM, red750 said:

Two model aero clubs in Melbourne's east that I know of, Knox Model Aero Club on Stud Road, Knoxfield, with three control line circles, and Doncaster Aeromodellers Club on Bulleen Road, Bulleen, with one control line circle and a grass runway for RC models. Both can be searched on Google Maps.

 

 

 

 

 

I was at "day one" of Doncaster Aeromodellers Club, (1973-4) two locations prior to the current long held location. That's where Doncaster name came in, that's where it was.

[danny_galaga]

Well, it turns out that making the hinge from tissue wasn't such a good idea 😄

I can't even remember why I did it that way. Quick to do I guess. Will add cloth hinges when repaired 

[Moneybox]

51 minutes ago, danny_galaga said:

Well, it turns out that making the hinge from tissue wasn't such a good idea 😄

I can't even remember why I did it that way. Quick to do I guess. Will add cloth hinges when repaired 

I take it everybody walked away safely, tissue not needed?

[Moneybox]

Mrs M has an Albatros D1-D111 1917 German fighter tucked away somewhere.

 

 

She won't let me fly it without a tail-dragger endorsement... 😒

Edited December 28, 2025 by Moneybox

[facthunter]

Nice Model.  Nev

[Moneybox]

2 hours ago, facthunter said:

Nice Model.  Nev

It was built by my father-in-law. He flew competitions across Australia and in the US.

 

Dick Gibbs:
Started control line modelling with a Mills 1.3 installed in a "Junior Cham-peen" then progressed to teamracing and scale.  Somehow he became addicted to scale modeling and still has an Albatross DVA control liner that has placed twice at National championships.  His favourite was the APS free flight Tiger Moth that won the State Free Flight Scale Champs five years in a row.  Dick has flown Radio models since the 60s and is currently dabbling with Vintage C/L stunt.

 

[BrendAn]

I tried control line but after a while I started to feel like I just going round in circles.

Learnt RC so I could crash them further away . That way I combined walking and flying.

[planedriver]

So nice to be fit (would'nt really know)

Good onyer as they say.

Edited December 30, 2025 by planedriver

[facthunter]

Free flight Power ratio if your dethermaliser fails will often result in the Loss of the Plane. It glides so well. I built a thing caller "the Eliminator".  Nev

[danny_galaga]

Much more sensible cloth hinges used during the repairs 🙂