HSL is the largest Radio Control Soaring Club in the Sydney Metropolitan Area.

We welcome new members whose primary interest is to fly radio controlled sailpanes, electric sailplanes or oldtimer models.
We do not encourage Sports power models to fly at the Club site. Pilots who wish to fly power models, will be directed to one of the many Clubs in the region, who specialise in power flying, and whose club flying fields and operating procedures have been developed specifically for that purpose.
There is an information sheet available for beginner pilots.

If you haven't renewed your Club membership for 2007 - 2008, or are not a member, then you are not permitted to fly at the Club field. The property is leased to HSL Inc and is private property, for the use of members and guests. You must have current MAAA affiliation and Public Liability Insurance to fly at Maddens Plains. There is a .pdf renewal form or a membership application form for dowload, on the 'Club' page of this website.

We held round 1 of the 2008 Heathcote Cup today in some challenging conditions. For the first rounds the winds were very strong from the West and eased off only slightly before the lunch break at 12:30pm. During the break the wind swung to be more from the Southwest and upon the resumption of flying it had swung to the SE and had eased off a bit.
We had had eleven pilots actually fly today and the results are listed in the pdf attachment. This competition used to attract up to 60 pilots in the early days. Seems like everyone has better things to do these days, but that is a trend all over the scene.
Round 1 was taken out by Rebecca Richards, with Colin Woodward in 2nd place and Alan Lowe in third. Ken Woodward took out the 2m class.

Today, 9/3/08, we held the second round of the 2008 Heathcote Cup. We had 12 pilots compete.
The weather was superb, with sunny skies, mild temperatures and light winds. The winds swung from ESE to ENE with thermal activity. Unfortunately we had a few busted planes on launch due to reversed elevators, caught out by the crosswind or just inexplicably went off the air.
The gap between 1st and 2nd place today was just 5 points out of more than 5800. It was very close.
Congratulations to Colin Woodward who took out first place for round 2. In second place was Rebecca Richards and in third was Fred Lodden. Max Stone took out 1st place in the 2m class.
After the results for each round were normalised and summed the overall results were known. The Winner of the Heathcote Cup for 2008 is Rebecca Richards. Congratulations Rebecca! In second place is Colin Woodward and Alan Lowe took out third place. Ken Woodward took out the 2m class overall.
To see the results, click HERE for Round 1
HERE for Round 2, and HERE for Overall Result.

We had a great days flying at Queanbeyan today. Upon arrival at the field at 8am it was very dark and gloomy with heavy cloud and with steady rain falling. Things looked quite socked in and it didn't look good for running a gliding competition. However by 9am the sky to the West showed some blue patches and indeed the cloud in the vicinity of the field was beginning to thin. We set up the equipment, assembled aircraft and had a pilots briefing at 10:15 and got underway shortly after with 18 pilots entered. At this time the sky was almost cloudless. The top surface of the field dried up quickly and the wind was very light and variable mostly from the SW.
We skipped lunch and finished flying the 6th round at around 1pm as another band of nasty weather was approaching from the SW. This weather duly came over the field and it was raining as the presentations were happening.
The round was won by Paul Gibson. Congratulations Paul. In second place was Brian Lindsay and Klaus Metzger took third.
The next round of the 2008 Millennium Cup will be held at the Salt Ash field on the 25th of May 2008. Note that this is an amended date from that which was published at the beginning of the year (it is now one week later).
Millennium Cup sponsors are -
Airsports R.C.
Kelletts Hobbies
Model Drafting Services
Model Flight
Traplet Publications

For an overview of the rounds held in the 2007 Millennium Cup Series, click HERE.
and for the overview of the rounds held in the 2006 Millennium Cup Series, click HERE.

The latest Club Newsletter, #56 is ready to download or read.
     
Just click   HERE  

On Sunday we held the sixth and final round of the 2007 Club Championship.
This round was taken out by Alan Lowe, with Jack Murphy in second place closely followed by Rebecca Richards in third. The best placed 2m pilot on Sunday was Don Farrar.
2007 Club Championship:
After including the normalised results from Sunday into the overall HSL Club Championship spreadsheet the new HSL Club Champion for 2007 is Alan Lowe. Congratulations Alan. In second place is Jack Murphy and Rebecca Richards came in third. Congratulations to the place getters. The first place 2m pilot for 2007 is Don Farrar. Congratulations Don.
The final standings for the Club Competition, can be seen by clicking on this link

Just click on the picture to go to the calculator. Input your figures and 'presto'.