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ramblingboy42
27th October 2014, 06:27 PM
Went to Tingalpa on sunday to watch an open public demo day put on by the Brisbane Model Flying Club.

I actually hadn't watched any of this stuff since 1994 when I used to ride past the field every day.

Unbelievable.

The #4 in the world championships was there.

They had warbirds flying through pyrotechnics .

Some a/c were almost as big as their original. I met a guy had a Quickie which you could have almost squeezed into the cockpit.

The flying standard was superb , not one a/c came to grief in very trying gusty conditions.

Recommend it to anyone.

There was also tethered model car racing there.

Can you believe these things get up to 330kmh?

p38arover
27th October 2014, 06:33 PM
There was also tethered model car racing there.

Can you believe these things get up to 330kmh?

Yes. I was at the world champs when they were held here in Sydney many years ago at the club I was in at the time - the Sydney Society of Model Engineers Sydney Society Of Model Engineers Inc. - Home (http://www.ssme.org.au/). It was the first time someone had broken 200mph (320km/h) in Oz.

One can barely see the cars at that speed.