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**LandyAndy** · 5th January 2006, 05:54 PM

Hi Guys
I have returned to haunt you lot

Back from Albany,6 days of holidays in winter,pretty windy and drizzling.
Went fishing a few times,the boy caught 3 small fish,I didnt get any,was out yesterday avo,hooked something big but it bit me off

had another run 10 mins later but I didnt manage to set the hooks

Black betty goes really well on the beach,espescially in the real soft stuff,expirimented with traction control/cdl/tyre pressures,will do a seperate story.
BlackBetty has an electronic "glinch" which I will need some info on,will post in the tech section.
I caught up with Taz and his mates,they were jumping off the earth and flying with the birds 8O 8O 8O 8O 8O.Taz is quite a tallented hang glider pilot,it was great to see them in action,NOT FOR ME

One of Taz's mates had a R/C glider,that was very impressive,it was a "combat" glider and the idea is to have a pair of them and dogfight to knock one another from the sky,they are virtually indestructible!!!!!! I can see me and Lindsay getting a pair at some stage,Lindsay loved them.
Had a great time,will add a few pics once Im finished reading.
Andrew

**one_iota** · 5th January 2006, 06:17 PM

Andrew,

:x

Some of us had to stay at home and keep things ticking over while you were having all that fun

:wink:

This combat glider thing sounds interesting any photo's of that for the record?

Sorry to hear about the gremlin but at least it is fodder for the technical forum. :wink:

BTW welcome back mate (and safely)

**LandyAndy** · 5th January 2006, 06:52 PM

Hi Mahn
Didnt get a good pic of the glider it was too hard,plus the guy kept dive bombing us so if you took your eyes off it you were liable to wear it.
Apparently they are around $150 plus radio gear,they are basically a dense foam rubber(like thong rubber) wrapped in insulation tape,hence the indestructabillity.He could hover do aerobattics dive etc,obvuiosly there is a skill level needed.
Andrew

**RichardK** · 5th January 2006, 10:44 PM

Hi Andrew,

Good to see you back, dosent sound like a good fishing holiday but at least you were able to get some experience with Black Betty. As always each 4wd is different and the more you experiment the better you understand how it will work best for you.

With a bit of luck I will catch up with you soon...........for a dry Harvey run...........the type that gets the cobwebs out of the suspension.

**seqfisho** · 6th January 2006, 07:59 AM

WB LA

Sorry to hear about the weather and finding a gremlin in BB, must be the season for it though as I had my alternator crap out on Jan 1

At least you got away for a couple of days and gave BB some offroad fun :wink:

**Ace** · 6th January 2006, 09:05 PM

Welcome back LA, i thought you said the weather was bad, it looks fine in those photos.

**LandyAndy** · 6th January 2006, 09:36 PM

Hi Ace
Didnt get over 20deg,no sooner the sun was out it would drizzle,the wind was 20 to 25 knots off the ocean every day.I actually like the cool weather,it was a hottie today,39deg the hottest day in 8 months Im told

Andrew

**Jamo** · 7th January 2006, 12:05 PM

Looks good there. The beaches out this way are all soft as! Ten vehicles had to get rescued in one day last week off one small stretch of beach alone. CALM even closed a couple of beaches. something about tides being too high lately, coupled with a lack of rain.

I've got to get that second set of wheels. The 60 profile on the 18"s is too low to get any real flotation, even when I go down to 16psi.

Had trouble getting up one very sandy hill the other day and I must have bumped the voice command button on the steering wheel. As I was backing down to have another go, the voice command thing started saying 'Sorry" (which it says if it doesn't understand your command). Had three kids in the back who thought the car was apologising for not making it up the hill! 8)

disco95 · 7th January 2006, 12:25 PM

Originally posted by Jamo

Had trouble getting up one very sandy hill the other day and I must have bumped the voice command button on the steering wheel. As I was backing down to have another go, the voice command thing started saying 'Sorry" (which it says if it doesn't understand your command). Had three kids in the back who thought the car was apologising for not making it up the hill! 8)

**Pedro_The_Swift** · 7th January 2006, 06:03 PM

Originally posted by disco95+--><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE(disco95)</div><div class='quotemain'><!--QuoteBegin-Jamo

Had trouble getting up one very sandy hill the other day and I must have bumped the voice command button on the steering wheel. As I was backing down to have another go, the voice command thing started saying 'Sorry" (which it says if it doesn't understand your command). Had three kids in the back who thought the car was apologising for not making it up the hill! 8)

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yes jamo,, thats REALLY funny!!!

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