Flat Out RC

There's a vibrant model flying community in South Australia and one of the well known figures is Ray Melton. Ray has an all encompassing love of aviation which deeply extends into aeromodelling. Introduced into the hobby via his father, Ray has covered all genres of model flying from freeflight, control line, radio control scale models to gliders. Ray is an expert scratch builder so he shares a few stories about some of his models and how he now has a focus on scale gliders. A nice guy with a deep passion and knowledge for model flight that we know you will enjoy.

Some of us like small planes and then there are others like Phillip Singh that likes their planes big. Phillips joins us this week to talk about his RC flying activities which encompasses a broad range of models including a half scale Edge. Fully entrenched in aeromodelling, Phillip always has a project on the go and many more in mind.

We have the new head of the MAAA joining us this week, Tim Nolan. Tim has been involved in aeromodelling for a very long time as well as assisting in the administration of our hobby here in Australia. Tim shares with us his passion for aeromodelling, his vision for aeromodelling and work in leading the MAAA as president. A passionate aeromodeller that is just trying to "pay it forward" in the hobby, you'll hear Tim share many tales including finding a lost engine in the middle of a lake. A nice guy that has a strong passion for all things aeromodelling so I know you will enjoy listening to his stories.

Russell Edwards joins us this week as we take a look at his flying activities in the F3A pattern scene. Russell is a well known F3A competitor in Australia and abroad, having competed across Europe and in multiple world championship events. We discuss his start in model flying and venture into his full-size gliding activity.

Some say he is the southern hemispheres greatest RC aerobatic pilot. Others say he is the guy that brings the fun to the field. His name is Frazer Briggs, a legend from the land of the long white cloud, New Zealand. Frazer has set his name in the history books as a top level competitor at the Tournament of Champions event in Tuscon and later the Tuscon Aerobatic Shoot Out. Frazer joins us to talk about his exploits in aerobatics, building his own models, the many Tuscon experiences and some of the best RC stories you will ever hear from a guy that exudes fun. This is a must listen episode that will have you chuckling along all the way.

The RC gliding scene in South Australia is strong and Alexis Scott is one of the prominent figures. Alexis has had a life in the hobby having been introduced to aeromodelling through his dad at a young age. We cover a lot of ground from Alexis's models, the experience of owning a hobby store to his dad's aeromodelling magazine and of course we talk gliding.

The model aerobatics scene is alive and well and Riley Sills is one of the young guns that represents the new wave of talent coming through. A full-size plane pilot by day and IMAC and freestyle aerobatics competitor on the weekends, Riley has been flying from a young age and is quickly becoming one of Australia's best competitive freestyle aerobatics pilot. Riley joins us to discuss is flying activities from the start and to present day.

Australia's premier giant scale event is the Shepparton Mammoth Scale Fly-In and this week we have the boss of the event joining us. Les Sawyer is the president of the Valley Radio Flyers club that hosts this best of the best in giant scale models event. les shares with us his aeromodelling story and of course we talk about the Mammoth event. We also take a look at the new Hangar 9 PNP Ultra Stick.

It's back to talking scale RC aircraft with our special guest Anthony Ogle. Anthony has a long history in scale competition, having represented Australia twice at world championship level. He's scale interests are diverse and his knowledge immense. We discuss his journey in the RC flying hobby as well as deep dive into his approach to scale modelling.

We are talking RC gliding in this episode of the Flat Out RC podcast. Our special guest is Marcus Stent, a renowned Australian RC glider competitor. Marcus has represented Australia multiple times in both F5J and F3K competition and has a great skill of teaching the art of RC gliding. In our chat we find out about Marcus's history in the hobby, highlights and learn a bit more about how to keep a model glider in the air. You will learn a lot from Marcus and enjoy the simple way in which he explains how to thermal effectively.