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 2008 - 2009, 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.

The next round of the 2008 Millennium Cup will be held at Cowra over two days, on the 27th and 28th September 2008.
Apparently there is some sort of commemorative function going on for the Cowra Japanese Gardens and accomodation in Cowra is pretty much booked out. The flying field is on a back road between Cowra and Canowindra, so Canowindra isn't completely out of the way. However the Canowindra show is on that same weekend, so it might quickly get full too! Canowindra to Cowra is 32km.
FYI, other nearby towns to Cowra are Grenfell (60km), Boorowa (60km), Young (60km) or even further away at Bathurst (100km). The distances are only my very rough estimates. Anyway, if you are intending to get up to Cowra for some great Millennium Cup flying (it is always a great weekend) it might be a good idea to book your accomodation as soon as you can.
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, #57 is ready to download or read.
     
Just click   HERE  

On Sunday the 24th of August HSL will hold the fourth round of the 2008 Club Championship. This date is just a little under two weeks from now. Come along and join in for a great contest and a time to meet each other again.
The current 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'.