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.

On Sunday we held the second day of the 2009 Heathcote Cup.
The weather was superb, with clear sunny skies and mild temperatures. The wind was from the south and was brisk in the morning but slowly abated over the course of the day.
Despite the wind providing good line tensions on launch we had only one incident resulting in damaged planes. Owen Pearcey was able to remove half of one side of his v-tail when dipping and zooming on launch, but fortunately the aircraft flew on with no apparent handling problems.
Congratulations to Matt Lowe who took out first place for round 2.
In second place was Alan Lowe and in third was Ian Roach. Owen Pearcey took out 1st place in the 2m class.
After the results for each of the two days of the Heathcote Cup were normalised and summed, the overall results were known. The winner of the Heathcote Cup for 2009 is Alan Lowe. Congratulations Alan.
In second place is Jack Murphy and Ian Roach took out third place. Owen Pearcey took out the 2m class overall.
Thanks to Jack for doing all the data entry and computing the results and thanks to all those who helped with timing duties, parachute retrieval, putting out and retrieving spots etc.
To see the results, click HERE for Round 1.
To see the results, click HERE for Round 2.
To see the results, click HERE for Combined result 2009.

Wow, after a week of severe weather in Northern NSW and with flooded rivers still closing roads and inundating towns north of Newcastle, we were fortunate to get a superb day of Millennium Cup flying at Salt Ash today.
Even this morning on the drive up from Sydney there were a few showers. However on arrival at the field the sky was clearing and the wind was almost dead calm. By mid morning the wind picked up from the east to be not overly strong, maybe 10 knots, but it added a degree of difficulty to the landing approaches. The sky cleared to a beautiful sunny day. The wind direction varied only slightly during the day and after lunch the wind dropped off again to be very light. The conditions were pleasant with an air temperature in the low to mid 20s, despite it being only a week or so to winter. The CD, Brian Lindsay, took considerable pleasure in reminding everyone that this was two years in a row that the NACA Club had turned on great weather for the Millennium Cup, possibly because the weather was always perfect at Salt Ash.
We had eighteen pilots enter today's competition. It was good to see some pilots we had not seen for some time, again having a go at 2m 2ch competition. With the good conditions there were good areas of lift and thermals, plus the usual sink patches in between. Steve Zivkov seemed to have the most misfortune, having a long search for his First which inexplicably went off the air and landed out. It was eventually recovered. And then on a subsequent flight his backup Sagitta ended up in the same area off the field. I am not sure if it was the same issue.
We completed four rounds prior to the lunch break and had a further three rounds in the afternoon for a total of seven rounds, permitting one dropped round.
When the scores were tallied the winner on the day was Fred Lodden. In second place was Brett Watts and in third place was Jack Murphy.
Congratulations to the placegetters.
NOTE: The next round of the 2009 Millennium Cup will be held at Cowra on the weekend of the 12th and 13th of September 2009.
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
2008 Millennium Cup Series, click HERE.
2007 Millennium Cup Series, click HERE.
2006 Millennium Cup Series, click HERE.

The latest Club Newsletter, #59 is ready to download or read.
     
Just click   HERE  

On Sunday we held round 3 of the 2009 HSL Club Championship. With an entry list of just six pilots we used the 4, 6, 8, 10 and 10 minute target times with all flying to be completed by 2:30pm. We got underway just before 10am. The conditions were sunny and clear. Early in the morning the temperatures were cool and a fresh wind was blowing from the west. By 11am things had warmed up considerably for a beautiful day. The wind had abated and soaring conditions were excellent. During the early afternoon the wind swung through the southern quadrant around to the SSE and it became very light.
Colin Woodward came 1st with Matthew Partlett in second place and Klaus Metzger 3rd. Congratulations to all.
NOTE: Round 4 of the 2009 HSL Club Championship is in around three months time on the 23rd of August. See you there. And good luck to those HSL members competing in the LSF event at Jerilderie.
Fred Lodden
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'.