AUSTRALIAN MODEL NEWS - B.R.C.A.C

April 2016

Issue No.39

AUSTRALIAN

MODEL NEWS

Australian Model News page 2

Contents

3. PETER HEWSON’S

“SOUTHERN CROSS’

4. VICSCALE AT THE NFG FIELD

6. STEMME S10-VT MOTOR GLIDER

8. WARBIRDS OVER NEW SOUTH

WALES

11. MODEL ENGINES ‘MULTIPLEX”

DAY

13. NSWSAS CLUB SCALE

AT CANBERRA

16. 2016 MONTY TYRRELL

MEMORIAL SCALE RALLY

18. EUROBODALLA MAC

23. FUN DAY AT NEPEAN

24. 2016 NATIONALS OLD TIMERS

AT SHEPPARTON

28. BIPE AND BUSH PLANE DAY AT

MITCHELL FIXED WING AERO

CLUB

30. ACTIO(N) AT BAIRNSDALE

34. LILYDALE DISPLAY

37. NEW ZEALAND MODELLING

BLENHEIM AERO-TOW

38. WARRNAMBOOL FLY-IN 2016

COMING EVENTS

WESTERNPORT PYLON RACING

“TWINS & MORE” AT NFG

ECHUCA MOAMA FUN FLY

AUSTRALIAN FREE FLIGHT CHAMPIONSHIPS

MODEL ENGINES FUN FLY

WAGGA WWII AND MILITARY AIRSHOW

MILDURA FUN FLY

BENDIGO “SCANNER” CHALLENGE

2016 WORLD CONTROL LINE CHAMPIONSHIPS

BADMAC MID MAY MUSTER

TWIN CITIES AUTUMN SCALE RALLY

69TH NATIONALS FREE FLIGHT AT WEST WYALONG

RICHMOND FREE FLIGHT SCALE RALLY

P&DARCS SCRATCH AND KIT BUILT SCALE RALLY

This newsletter is published bi-monthly to feature model air-craft building and flying and to report on aeromodelling events in Australia and new Zealand. Contributing material and requests for inclusion on the distri-bution list may be forwarded to —

John Lamont Unit 5, 1326 Main Road, Eltham, 3095 Ph: 03 9431 0044 E-mail: [email protected] Visit our website at - https://sites.google.com/site/australianmodelnews/

Late summer/early autumn is always a popular time of the year for modellers with the fine and usually calm weather conditions attracting a lot of events. Unfortunately this time also coincides with my annual fishing trip so when I arrived home after two weeks at Narooma I was faced with an empty newsletter and a large backlog of past events. This, together with a number of events scheduled for the second half of March, ensured that it was to be a very busy few weeks if the April issue of AMN was to be published on time. Fortunately again, I had foreseen this problem and enlisted the assistance of a number of my model-ling friends to help with reports and photographs. These duly arrived when I returned and I thank those people for their willing assistance. It’s now all done with a day to spare so everything is back to normal and I’m looking forward to return-ing once again to my usual leisurely pace. John Lamont

On the Cover. Garry Bergen’s razorback P-47 “Thunderbolt” flying at the 2015 Shepparton Mammoth Scale Rally.

From the Editor

https://sites.google.com/site/australianmodelnews/


I have been working slowly on the Southern Cross, but making pro-gress. We have been having fun with flying at aero-tow events and, with other distractions, building has taken a little bit of a backseat. Both outer wings are nearly completed to go with the centre section. The centre wing will take most of the load for the outer engines and the undercarriage so making sure that it is securely attached to the fuselage is vital. I have added a little washout on both wingtips (1.5 degrees) even though the full size aircraft did not have this. I am covering the wings with 3/32 balsa (2.5mm) and using Solartex on the fuselage. A little way until I am ready for that though. Martin Treloyn at the Historical Aircraft Restoration Society at Ilawar-ra airport has been magnificent in providing plans, drawings and photos of the full size replica which they are re-building. These re-sources have provided insight into the Fokker FVII3b-m which no other published material has been able to do. I have to mount the three DLE gas motors yet and have the nacelles and other metal work welded for me. This is a precise operation and beyond my skills, so it is very good to have mates who can do this. As I may have said already, I am making the 1934 version of the Southern Cross that visited NZ in that year. The aircraft had been remodelled extensively by the Fokker factory in the Netherlands since its first flight across the Pacific in 1928. These modifications included, among other things, larger engine nacelles, so that gives me more room for engines, servos etc.

Peter Hewson

Peter Hewson’s

Fokker F.VII/3bm

“Southern Cross”


VICSCALE at the

NFG FIELD

This was the first Vicscale event for 2016 and was well attended by thirteen competitors on a warm sunny day. Flying was unfortunately marred by a gusty wind blowing from the south-west at 45º to the strip making take-off and landing a little difficult, particularly so for the more lightly loaded or slower flying models. Gary Sunderland battled the wind on two flights to win the Scale event with his Albatros C.I while Greg Lepp’s large Extra was largely unaffected by the wind and won the flying only event.

Bill Wheeler’s Druine Turbulent received new covering and paint work for Xmas and looks in pristine condition.

Gary Sunderland’s latest creation is this 1/4 scale, scratch built, Fokker D.VIII powered by an OS 155 four stroke engine and still to be fitted with the u/c wing.

Greg Lepp won Flying Only with his large Extra.


Anthony Mott’s Druine Turbulent was one of three flying on the day. Anthony’s Turbulent has been flying for more than thirty years.

Gary Sunderland won the Scale event with his Albatros C.I powered by a Super Tigre 4500.

Gary’s Albatros C.I in flight.

Gary also flew his new Fokker D.VIII despite the gusty wind. Gary’s Fokker D.VIII in flight.

Rob Dickson preparing to take off with one of his pair of Messerschmitt Bf.109’s. Rob’s 109 on a landing approach with flaps and gear down.


STEMME S10-VT by Brett Reaby

(Brett Reaby was recently in the USA on a skiing holiday and sent this report on a gliding adventure that became a part of his stay at Telluride, a former Victorian mining town in Colorado’s Rocky Mountains.) “While I was in Telluride skiing, there was a glider ther-maling above the ski fields. I decided to look into it and it turned out to be a Stemme S10–VT motor glider. You could book flights with “Glider Bob”, the owner, so I thought that I would have a go.

We took off at 2.30pm (a bit late in the day) and from a 6min. motor run got to 3658m altitude. Thermal activity was weak and we dropped to below 3200m until Bob found lift over the ski village and we ascend-ed back to 3658m. Landing was no power and straight in with spoilers and gear deployed. The flight lasted about 50 minutes but Bob only charged me for 30 mins. ($130 US) which I thought was great value given the uniqueness of flying so high in such an amazing location and with views for about 330 km.“ Here is a link to Glider Bob: http://glidetelluride.com/

The Telluride airfield strip is 2167m long and at an altitude of 2765m is the highest commercial strip in the USA.

“Glider Bob” with his Stemme S10-VT motor glider, surrounded by snow covered mountains at Telluride airfield.

General characteristics Crew: 1 pilot Cruising speed: 259 km/h Capacity: 1 passenger Maximum glide ratio: 50 Length: 8.42 m Service ceiling: 9,140 m Wingspan: 23.00 m Powerplant: 1 × Rotax 914 F2/ S1 Aspect ratio: 28.3 flat-four engine , 84.6 kW

http://glidetelluride.com/

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rotax_914

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flat-four


Cockpit layout is side by side so you get an exceptional view (at least of the right hand side with Bob in the left seat).

The folding propeller is driven through an extension shaft with the engine positioned behind the cockpit.

The nose cone moves forward when the engine is started and retracts to produce a streamlined nose when the engine is shut down.

The wings fold to 11.4m hangar span.

A Stemme S10 taking off.

The Rotax engine.

Retracting undercarriage with doors.

Comfortable seating arrangement for pilot and passenger.


WARBIRDS

OVER

NEW SOUTH WALES

To say I was excited about going to another Scale Warbird event in Cootamundra would be an understatement. Lynn and I arrived Thurs-day morning and were surprised to see a lot of entrants and their planes already there taking advantage of the excellent camping facili-ties. To me this was looking like becoming four days of aviation indul-gence! Down to business - register, catch up with acquaintances new and old, unpack plane, and get some flying in, Yahoo! This was all good in theory but old man weather had other ideas as the wind soon crept up, gusting up to about 30 km/hr, although this didn’t deter the model flyers from Canberra who seemed to revel in the rough conditions and continued to fly throughout the day. Friday came and the wind was even stronger, gusting up to 40 km/hr and while there were planes in the pits for viewing not many of them flew (bar the crazy Canberra Crew). The wind was so strong that some of the planes on display where damaged. Tents and gazebo’s in the camping ground also came under attack and were damaged by the unrelenting wind. Saturday arrived and we were all relieved to see good flying weather, Yahoo! now the planes came to life. The variety of aircraft was amaz-ing as was the means of propulsion. There was petrol, glow, twin cyl-inders, radials, electrics, ducted fans, jet turbines and even a turbo prop, and we had up to about 80 planes all up. What a turn out! Being a rally, flying was fairly informal with a limit of five planes up at any one time. Each pilot had to have a spotter and all ran smoothly throughout the day and for the weekend. Sunday arrived all too soon, the weather was perfect of course it being the final day of the rally! It was time to get our planes out on the air-strip to be judged and voted on by all of the pilots registered for the weekend’s event, and then group photos were taken showing the amazing array of aircraft. That done, it was time for the presentation of awards and prizes which were generously donated by Model Engines and Monaro Models.

Best WW1…………………..Robert Zip / Albatros D.Va Best 1919 – 1939………….Ross Smith / Boeing Stearman Best WW11………………...Graham Brown / SBD Douglas Dauntless Best Post WW11…………..Gowrie Waterhouse / F86 Sabre Model of the Meet…………Graham Brown / SBD Douglas Dauntless All in all it was a fantastic weekend, many thanks extended to the Flying Scale Aircraft Association, Peter Goff, Paul McKeown and James Price, for hosting the event. Our thanks to the Canteen Staff who did a terrific job with the food and drinks all weekend. Heads up and thanks extended to the Cootamun-dra Aero Modellers Club who presented the field and strip perfectly and made the event possible. Can’t wait for the next event, hope to see you all there.

Stuart Dawson (Photographs by Stuart Dawson)

Graham Brown with his Model of the Meet winning Douglas Dauntless.


Electric powered Boeing B-17 “Flying Fortress” by Paul McKeon. Bruce Watson’s P-40 “Kittyhawk” is built from a Pica kit and spans 2.2m. The model is powered by a Laser300 vee twin and weighs 11kg.

Andrew Dore’s P-47 “Thunderbolt” is a TopFlite ARF spanning 2.2m and pow-ered by a DLE55 petrol engine.

Matt Chambers’ VQ ARF “Black Widdow” is electric powered with two NGH 17s motors. With a wingspan of 2.3m it weighs 13.6kg.

Steve Miller’s Top Flite ARF “Zero” is 2.2m wingspan and powered by a DLE55 petrol engine.

Bruce Watson’s “Kittyhawk” in flight.

Andrew Dore’s ARF Nieuport 28 in flight. Craige Bryson’s Sopwith Triplane in flight.


Jamie Aquilina’s Hangar 9 ARF “Corsair” spans 2.2m and weighs 14.1kg. Pow-ered by aM162 Petrol engine.

Ross Smith won Best 1919-1939 model with his Stearman built from a Balsa USA kit. Model is 3m wingspan and weighs 23kg. Powered by a DA150 twin cylinder petrol engine.

A Bristol M.1c scratch built by Ken Cowdry and now flown by Tom Panag-iotopoulis. Powered by an ASP 180 engine.

Colin Buckley’s Piper Super Cub.

A CY Austars ARF Grumman “Bearcat” flown by Ray Ogle. Model spans 2.5m and weighs 16kg. Powered by a MT 106 engine.

Peter Goff’s P-51 “Mustang”.

Scratch built Albatros D.Va Flown by Robert Zyp. Model has a wingspan of 2.3m and weighs 9.1kg.powered by an OS 200 four stroke engine.

A 3m wingspan Pilatus Porter built from a kit by Ross Smith and powered by a Wren Turboprop unit. This large model weighs 18kg.


The Model Engines' Multiplex Fun Fly held at P&DARCS field in Victo-ria turned out to be a fantastic event with eager Multiplex owners bat-tling it out with one another, often in stitches caused by laughter. Model Engines Managing Director Mike Farnan, ably assisted by Neil Addicott and Cliff Fiddes ran a series of fun events. The Carrier and Spot Landings were hotly contested and made all the more interesting with a slight cross breeze. Winner of the Carrier Landing event was the editor and chief of RCM News, Stephen Green, who against the odds after leaving his Mode 2 transmitter at home, borrowed a Mode 1 transmitter and flew with it to vic-tory. Now that was impressive! Equally impressive was Cam-eron Sexton who alt-hough being a junior, secured second place. Cameron's father won the spot landing after ex-Hawthorn Hobbies proprietor, Cliff McIvor flipped his plane on landing to lose! This probably received the biggest laugh of the day. The longest flight with a 30 second motor run came down to a fly-off between P&DARCS locals Rolly Gaumann and the unflappable Cliff McIvor. Cliff got off to a huge advantage with an awesome motor run to be about 100m higher than Rolly when the motors were shut off. Rolly flew his Multiplex Solius beautifully, and it was neck and neck as the gliders were trying to stay aloft over the strip. With on-ly meters of height between them, Cliff landed right in front of the crowd and simultaneously Rolly let off a cry of delight as he landed seconds later. Lunch was catered for by the club and shortly after came the most anticipated event, as we all wanted to see who had the fastest Multi-plex FunJet. With electric specialists Mani Riederich and Mark Jacobs entered, it was going to be a battle for the top spot!

Mark provided extra entertainment by using a bungy to launch his FunJet, to the delight of the gathered crowd. Mani used a conservative 4 cell LiPo set up to clock a very respectable 234km/h, but Mark blew that away with his 5 cell LiPo set up producing 270.7km/h to give him the win and a $50 cash prize. The final event was a record attempt to see how many Multiplex foam aircraft we could get in the air at one time. The answer was 19 and

even with that many planes in a very small area of sky, everyone landed safely. Being the first Multiplex Fun Fly event held in Australia, it has certainly shown us the event is viable and when word gets around just how much fun it was, the Model Engines crew are sure the next event will be bigger and better. A big thank-you to all who attended and to P&DARCS for allowing the event to take over their field for 3 hours on Sunday 21st of Feb-ruary.

Prize winners were - Cameron Sexton (Junior), Gavin Sexton, Mark Jacobs, Rolly Gaumann, Andrew Fleming (Junior) who won the $200 pre-entry prize, and RCM News Stephen Green who kindly gave his Carrier Landing first prize to second placed Cameron Sex-ton. Nice gesture Stephen! Model Engines MD Mike Farnan also gave a couple of encouragement awards to the juniors, with Cameron receiving an Ares Fokker DVII and Andrew receiving a Multiplex Pan-da sport. They were both very happy young men!

Darren Smith (Photographs by Darren Smith)

MODEL ENGINES MULTIPLEX DAY

Prize Winners (L to R): Cameron Sexton (Junior), Gavin Sexton, Mark Jacobs, Model Engines' MD Mike Farnan, Rolly Gaumann, Andrew Fleming (Junior) who won the $200 pre-entry prize and RCM News Stephen Green.


The pilots briefing. The busy flight line with 19 Multiplex models in the air.

A glider tug waiting for clearance to take off.

A Multiplex Fun Cub takes to the sky.

The Model Engines Multiplex squadron.

The aircraft carrier HMAS P&DARCS in operation.


We held our first scale competition for 2016 at the fabulous National Aeromodellers & Aviators Society flying field, just south of Canberra. The field is located in the very scenic NAAS Valley and was the per-fect backdrop for some great competition flying. The facilities provid-ed by the NAAS club are superb, and preparation of the field for the event was spot on. A number of us arrived into Canberra during the day on Friday, with a few more later in the evening. Some also camped at the flying field, which again was well catered for. We wanted to make sure we got off to an early start on Saturday morning, so after checking into our hotel a good night’s rest was in order in preparation for the long day ahead. We got off to a reasonably early start at 9:30am on Saturday. Believe it or not, that’s early for us! It was a lovely morning with a fair bit of cloud cover, just enough to keep the sun’s bite to a minimum. There was barely a breath of wind in the morning, and the slight breeze that picked up during the day was right down the strip. Pretty good condi-tions for a scale competition. The Open Scale class were first up, followed by the Advanced Scale class. The Open class is a flying only class aimed at those who may not have the time or skills to build a model from scratch or a built up kit. Instead they can enter with an ARF or model purchased from someone else. The model must be scale, with a scale pilot figure, but that is the basic rule for the class. With eleven entries in Open it was a pretty good roll up, especially considering this was an out of town event for many of the regular com-petitors. We had everything from a 1/6 scale RV8 and electric Pilatus Porter to a 1/3 scale Sopwith Triplane, so quite a good range of mod-els. Most entries in the Open class had travelled down from Sydney, however we also had competitors from Maitland, Canberra and the South Coast, which was great to see. It was also nice to see some competitors who haven’t appeared on the scoreboard for quite a while.

The Open class is always hotly contested. There are now quite a few competitors jostling for the top placings at each event, which just adds to the excitement. The Advanced Scale class is aimed at those who have built their own model, either from scratch or from a kit. It is generally a flying only competition, at least at our Club Scale level. Though we do have one round with a static component later in the year. The numbers were down a little, with only four entries. However the competition was still contested well. The most amazing part was that we had a guy travel all the way up from Victoria to compete in the event, David White with his 1/3 scale Spacewalker. David has only been flying for 5 years, and learnt to fly at 69 years of age. He jumped right in to the Ad-vanced class, and managed to pick up third place for his efforts. Well done David! We got through two full rounds of the Open and Advanced classes on Saturday. The third class we trialed at this event was our new “Intro To Scale” class. This class is designed mainly for novice competitors from the host club who’ve not before competed in a scale comp, but also those competitors whom have not competed for at least five years or more and may be a little rusty at competition flying. It is basi-cally a cut down version of a normal scale flight schedule. There are five set manoeuvres, so all competitors have the same – Take Off; Figure 8; Procedure Turn; Straight Flight; and Landing. Each manouevre follows one after the other. The highlight of the weekend for me is that we had five entries in the Intro To Scale class. Some from the host club, but also others from as far as the South Coast of NSW. This was a great result. And each of the competitors had great fun, not only competing in the event but also chatting and socializing over the weekend. Thanks very much guys for making the effort to come along, it was great to have you involved. The Intro To Scale scores will be combined at each of our Club Scale rounds throughout the year, and the host club with the highest score at the end of the year will win a great prize.

NSWSAS CLUB SCALE at

CANBERRA


The wind did pick up a little after lunch on Saturday, but at least the wind was down the strip. We decided to even up the fairness a little by starting half way down the flying order on Sunday. This way com-petitors that flew in the wind on Saturday would have a nicer time flying in Sunday morning, and would not be disadvantaged too much. With the competition over for the day, Saturday afternoon finished off with some relaxing scale gliding with a 6m KA8 glider, thanks to Paul McKeown. What a graceful model in the sky. Everyone then stayed back at the filed into the evening to be treated to a wonderful roast lamb and vegetable dinner. The NAAS guys really know how to put on a great spread. They even had dessert! Sunday kicked of with another superb and still morning. Craige Bryson and myself took the opportunity to give our little Tomboy free-flight models a whirl, before the breeze came up. The Tomboys are really great fun, and a great way to start the day. If only the breeze would stay away a bit longer!

Sunday was another great day. The sun was shining and with only a slight breeze right down the strip. We got through another full round of each class by lunchtime, which was great. It meant that everyone had the opportunity to have some free flying time before the presenta-tions. All place getters in the Intro To Scale class were presented with certificates. The winners and place getters in the Advance and Open class were presented with some very nice wooden plaques with en-graved plates on them. Each plate was engraved with a side view of a different aircraft. Very classy indeed. The scoreboard has been repli-cated at the end of this article. On behalf of the NSW Scale Aircraft Society I’d like to thank the NAAS club for hosting the event and for providing the superb facilities. With-out generous host clubs like yours we can not run our competitions.

James Price

Peter Goff’s Tiger Moth taking off. Graeme Brown’s Douglas Dauntless.

Airline pilot Corinne Pellatt with her Pilatus Porter. David White travelled from Melbourne with his Spacewalker for this event.

Paul McKeon’s 6m wingspan KA8 glider converted to electric power


Advanced Scale

Open Scale

Intro To Scale

Contestant Model Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Final Score

1 Graham Harrod Chipmunk 159.5 169.5 180.5 175

2 Graeme Brown Dauntless 159.5 135 142 150.75

3 David White Spacewalker 128.5 136 144.5 140.25

4 Kel Thomas Morrisey Bravo 131 107.5 - 119.25


1 Ben Burrell RV8 164.5 190 173.5 181.75

2 Peter Goff Tiger Moth 177 161 171.5 174.25

3 Graham Harrod Corsair 165 177.5 164 171.25

4 Anthony Ogle Corsair 180 160 - 170

5 Craige Bryson Sopwith Triplane 169.5 161.5 167 168.25

6 Corinne Pellatt Pilatus Porter 162 157 173 167.5

7 Paul McKeown Pilatus Porter 150 160 160 160

8 James Price RV8 130 148 169.5 159

9 Stuart Dawson Stuka 144.5 151 158 154.5

10 Ray Ogle Ryan STA 144 142.5 - 143.25

11 Tom Panagiotopoulos Bristol M1 52.5 145 114.5 129.75


1 Ethan Burton Spacewalker 96 80 92.5 94.25

2 Tony Thomas Citabria Pro 88 91.5 - 89.75

3 John Armarego Tiger Moth 75.5 81.5 93 87.25

4 Wes Wright Super Chipmunk 76.5 79.5 - 78

5 Colin Mitchell SE5a - 65 90.5 77.75

Kel Thomas’ Morrisey Bravo in flight. Ethan Burton won the “Intro To Scale” event with his ARF Spacewalker.


MONTY TYRRELL

MEMORIAL SCALE RALLY

After a low number of entries for this event last year this year’s entry was even smaller with only twenty models presented and not all of the twenty flying. The weather in the morning was overcast with a light breeze but by mid-day the conditions were brighter and warmer with the cloud had breaking up and the wind dropping away. Flying took place from the eastern runway but the large cracks that have developed in all of the runways took their toll with several models damaged or otherwise affected on take off or landing. The P&DARCS club have this in hand with work already in progress to solve the prob-lem.

Anthony Mott

AWARDS Scratch built models Brian Evans Fokker Dr.1 David Nichols Flair Magnatilla (Fokker E.III) ARF models Peter Mack Fairey Swordfish Peter Timms Stolp Starlet Memorial Trophy Greg Mitchell Bowers Fly Baby

Greg Mitchell preparing his winning “Fly Baby” assisted by David Nichols.

(Andrew Mysliborski photograph)




(Anthony Mott photograph) (Anthony Mott photograph)



Models on display in the pits. David Nichols’ Flair Magnatilla in flight.

Peter Mack’s Swordfish is a highly modified ARF model. Electric powered. Brian Evans’ Fokker Dr.1 built from a Balsa USA kit.

Peter Timms’ Graupner ARF Stolp Starlet. Electric powered. T-28 Trojan, owner unknown.

Roly Gaumann’s electric powered DH. Dragon Rapide. Roly also flew this Polish “Wilga” STOL model.

(Andrew Mysliborski photograph) (Anthony Mott photograph)


EUROBODALLA

MAC

Shortly after the February issue of AMN was published I received an email from Stuart Dawson, who lives at Bermagui, inviting me to visit the Eurobodalla MAC. Stuart and I had previously met when he came to a Twin Cities Autumn Scale Rally a few years back and he has since helped with reports of some of the NSW events that he has at-tended. Quickly following Stuart’s invitation another arrived from Lionel Car-penter, the president of the Eurobodalla club, also inviting me to con-tact him and visit their field. Arriving at Narooma I contacted both Stuart and Lionel and arranged to meet Lionel at his home in Dalmeny for their regular Wednesday flying meeting. Dalmeny is only 10km or so from Narooma and when I arrived at 7:30am Lionel was already packed and waiting. It’s another 43km to the field and the last few k’s are along a single lane track so you need to know your way around to find the field. Lionel had arranged for a good number of the members to come on that day and I spent the morning talking to a new group of modellers, taking photographs, and generally having a very pleasant time. Hopefully we will get together again, same time and place, next year. History of Eurobodalla MAC Eurobodalla Model Aero Club was formed and began operations on 1st July 1980. On 17th May 1993 we became an incorporated body and have operated continuously for 31 years flying on various farmlands with the kind permission of the owners.

We are affiliated to the Model Aeronautical Association of Australia, which is appointed by CASA to administer and regulate model aero-nautical matters in Australia. Our members, in the main, live in the Shire of Eurobodalla and come from Batemans Bay, in the north, to Akolele in the south. We have some members who live elsewhere but have weekenders in the shire. Some of our members grew up in the Eurobodalla and wish to retain a link to the area. The broad membership base, covers retirees, workers and juniors. The retired folk find the camaraderie, the activity and the required construction skills fulfilling. We have several trained and accredited instructors who help mem-bers to reach a high standard of proficiency and to examine them for their proficiency levels. We are often invited to support local community events with a display of models. We have given a talk and ‘hands on’ experience with the local Scouts as part of their Air Activity unit. We have also provided a flying display by accredited pilots at the Moruya Aero Club’s open days. Over the years our activity has provided a background for several of our members to enter the aero industry. One current member is an aerospace engineer with Boeing Australia. He flies when he visits family. One past member is currently a PO in the RAAF and several others have served in the RAAF.


Andrew Marshall (left) and Lionel Carpenter assembling their models. Lionel Carpenter’s scratch built “Air Truck” spans 2m and is powered by a Saito 120 four stroke engine.

Roger Bullock’s “Astro Hog” with Dave Pryke’s electric powered DC-3 and “Scorpion“ electric ducted fan model.

Dave Pryke’s electric powered DC-3 is a Top flite kit and spans 2.1m.

Roger Bullock’s “Astro Hog” takes off. Dave Pryke’s “Scorpion” in flight.

Alan Lawder’s Flair kits Sopwith Pup.


Lionel Carpenter (left) doing a bit of Buddy Box instruction with Andrew Marshall.

Andrew Marshall’s “Tuff Trainer”.

Peter Connell’s electric powered foam glider.

Peter Wyatt flew this “MG” an old time rubber powered design that Peter converted to electric power and three channel radio control.

Stuart Dawson’s E-Flite electric powered Albatros D.Va.

Dave Thomas about to fly his electric powered DH.2.


Dave Thomas is a former top level free flight power model flyer who now prefers to fly electric conversions of the old UK kit models. Picture on the right is Dave fuelling his Elfin 1.49cc diesel powered radio controlled version of Vic Smeed’s “Popsie”.

A bit of relaxation is an important part of club life. Peter Wyatt checking out his electric fan powered Cessna 260 under the watch-

This is the Australian warehouse for Hobby King and, would you believe, it’s located in the industrial area of Moruya. Eurobodalla modellers can order on-line today and pick up tomorrow!

I met Stuart Dawson at Bermagui and we had a couple of coffees in very pleas-ant surroundings.

Alan Lawder’s Extra 260. Dave Thomas’ electric powered DH.2.


Peter Connell preparing his electric powered glider.

The Eurobodalla field is not easy to find, it’s tucked away beside the river with a short and narrow runway that requires accurate flying on take off and landing. It also has more than it’s share of hazards with power lines parallel to the runway, tall trees and very little space for out landings.

The Bermagui Fair was held on the Saturday before I was due to leave and the Eurobodalla modellers had a display promoting aeromodelling in the area.

I’ve always wanted to visit the Frogs Hollow field situated about 20km north of Merimbula but have never been able to negotiate the track into the field with a boat trailing behind the car. This year the road was even more precarious than usual after some heavy rain and the best that I could do was to take some long range shots from a go-cart racing area which is on the same track but much closer to the highway. I did manage a photo of their rather interesting sign post on the Prince’s High-way.


FUN DAY at NEPEAN

Hi Guys, Some fun day pics. Great day, good club effort, enjoyable, could not stop laughing. (great for the soul). If you weren’t there, ya gotta be there for the next one. Results Limbo : Gavin Sexton Hands Off : Gavin Sexton Spot Landing : Mark Jacob Best Sounding : Dom Biviano Combat : Dom Biviano Bomb Drop : Simon Meyrick We have no pics of the dog fight, think battle of Britain with lots of ooh’s and aah’s. And a two plane finale that will not be forgotten. I’m so glad I was there. Ian Farrar


MAAA National

Championships 2016

Old Timers at Shepparton

The Nationals this year were run by SAM600 at Shepparton and the forecast was for 38 degrees and light winds for the three days. The first event on Friday was Antique Glider and our thanks go to Col Collyer for helping us by bringing along his power winch. Surpris-ingly we had six entries and they all flew very well. John Quigley, a flyer from Wangaratta who was a member of SAM600 many years ago, took out first place. John’s helper was Ted Hall, also a flyer from way back, now based in Benalla. Welcome back fellows it was a pleasure to have your company. Second place went to our ever com-petitive president Kevin Fryer flying a Cane, kindly loaned to him by Col Collyer. In third place flying his ever reliable “Satyr” was Mr. Glider himself Col Collyer. It was a nice morning's flying! The next event was 2cc and the hot weather set in. We had four en-tries in this event and no fly-off, my purple patch continuing in winning this event with the NSW boys right on my tail. By now the weather was getting really hot and it was time to fly Stand-ard Duration. This event was taken out by Steve Gullock with his OS powered “Playboy” and again there was no fly-off in this event. You can see by the scores that although it was very, very, hot there were not many thermals. Saturday dawned very hot and we flew the first event, 1/2A Texaco, with i/c and electric flown concurrently in light winds. We had nine entries in i/c and eight entries in electric and again it was very patchy for thermals although we did get a fly-off with five flyers qualifying in both i/c and electric. These events were both won by new SAM600 members, Steve Jenkinson winning I/C and Bob Wilson winning elec-tric. Congratulations and well done.

Next event was Burford and by now it was getting extremely hot with light winds. The temperature under the veranda of the clubhouse in the shade was 43degrees but the event still went ahead with ten en-tries. Only seven flew as the heat was taking its toll on us old blokes. Again there were five in the fly-off with Don Grant coming in with the top score. The last event of the day was Duration and it had top numbers with twelve in I/C and five in electric. Only eight flew in I/C with three mak-ing it into the fly-off. SAM1788 President, Peter Van De Waterbeemd, took first place from Kevin Fryer second and Don Grant third. In elec-tric, surprisingly, only two were in the fly-off with Bob Wilson taking first place from Max Heap second and Steve Gullock third. Day three commenced hot and calm for our first event, ‘38 Antique, but shortly after the event commenced there was a wind squall that took out many models, breaking wings in the air and forcing out land-ings. Of the ten entries only three finished their flights with Lyn Clifford taking first place from Kevin Fryer and Rob Taylor. By then the weath-er then was so bad that all present agreed to call it off and go home. Our thanks to our treasurer/secretary, Brian Dowie, for running this comp as it takes a lot of organizing.

Brian Laughton (Photographs by Graeme Gulbin and Brian Laughton)

Lin Clifford receiving his ‘38 Antique first place certificate from Kevin Fryer.

Steve Gullock receiving his Standard Duration first place certificate from Kevin Fryer.

Jim Rae receiving his 1/2A Texaco third place certifi-cate from Kevin Fryer.


Col Collyer’s “Satyr” antique glider launching. Jim Rae’s “Fugitive” antique glider.

Taking advantage of some shade during a break in flying. Peter Van De Waterbeemd’s Lanzo “Bomber” glides by.

Peter Van De Waterbeemd launches Jim Rae’s “Amazoom” in the Burford event.

Peter Van De Waterbeemd launches Jim Rae’s “Pine Needle”in the 1/2A Texaco event.

Antique gliders at the flight line. Col Collyer’s “Satyr” antique glider.


Col Collyer with his “Hat Trick” Burford entry. Bob Wilson with his Lanzo “Bomber”placed first in1/2A Texaco electric.

Brian Taylor and Kevin Fryer struggle with the conditions. Rob Taylor and Stan Jenkinson battling the sun.

Standard Duration winners, from left, Kevin Fryer (Cumulus) 3rd, Steve Gullock (Playboy) 1st, Peter van De Waterbeemd (Bomber) 2nd.

Burford winners, from left, Peter Van De Waterbeemd (Ollie) 2nd, Don Grant (Creep) 1st, Jim Rae (Amazoom) 3rd.

Everyone watching but who is flying it? Bill Coombs’ electric powered Lanzo “Airborn”.


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COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE CC/SEC RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 TOTAL

1 B. LAUGHTON DIXIEL’DER TYRO 30 300 293 283 876

2 J. RAE ZERO TYRO 30 208 269 233 710

3 P. VAN DE W A T E R -BEEMD

TOMBOY TYRO 30 180 168 157 178 526

2cc

DURATION

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE CC/SEC RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 FLY-OFF TOTAL

1 D. GRANT CREEP BB 38 300 300 300 320 1220


OLLIE BB 38 300 300 194 300 247 1147

3 J. RAE AMAZOOM BB 38 300 300 300 167 1067

4 L. CLIFFORD CREEP OWEN 38 300 300 300 159 1059

5 S. JENKINSON DIXIEL’DER BB 28 300 300 300 L/O 900

6 C. COLLYER HAT TRICK PB 40 300 300 L/O 600

7 S. GULLOCK CYCLONE BB 38 300 300

8 M. HEAP DIXIEL’DER PB 40 L/O

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE CC/SEC RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 FLY-OFF TOTAL


BOMBER McCOY 60 ign

40 420 420 L/O 420 463 1723

2 K.FRYER PLAYBOY McCOY 60 ign

40 301 420 420 420 449 1709

3 D. GRANT PLAYBOY YS 63 28 286 420 420 420 334 1594

4 L. CLIFFORD RACER YS 63 28 286 420 420 400 1240

5 P. KEELY BOMBER OS 56

f/s 32 327 420 392 1139

6 J. RAE LION CUB SAITO 56 f/s

32 284 420 256 960

7 B. TAYLOR PLAYBOY YS 63 28 L/O 420 420 L/O 840

8 G. GULBIN PLAYBOY OS 56

f/s 32 176 420 596

9 R. TAYLOR PLAYBOY YS 63 28 272 272

10 B. LAUGHTON PLAYBOY

THUN-DER

TIGER 36

25 263 263

11 S. GULLOCK PLAYBOY OS 52

f/s 32 48 48

BURFORD


1 L.CLIFFORD CADET ATWOOD 116 446 600 L/O 1046

2 K.FRYER CUMULUS FORSTER

99 192 L/O L/O 560 560

3 R. TAYLOR RC 1 SUPER

CYCLONE 95 290 239 233 523

4 C. COLLYER FLAMINGO OK

SUPER 60 144 L/O


LOG CABIN GB diesel 164 L/O

‘38 ANTIQUE

COMPETITOR MODEL RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 FLY-OFF TOTAL

1 B. WILSON BOMBER 600 600 600 2210 4010

2 S. GULLOCK LIL

DIAMOND 600 600 600 2146 3946

3 B. LAUGHTON ALBATROSS 600 600 600 1612 3412

4 C. COLLYER PLAYBOY 600 600 600 1590 3390

5 M. HEAP STARDUST 600 600 600 1582 3382

6 G. GULBIN STARDUST L/O L/O 600 600

1/2A TEXACO (ELECTRIC)

COMPETITOR MODEL SEC RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 TOTAL

1 B. WILSON PLAYBOY 35 600 600 600 1800

2 M. HEAP KERSWAP 35 483 600 376 1459

3 S. GULLOCK LIL

DIAMOND 35 600 227 600 1427

4 B. COOMBES AIRBORN 35 148 389 L/O 537

DURATION (ELECTRIC)

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 FLY-OFF TOTAL

1 S. JENKINSON STARDUST COX 420 420 384 420 724 1984

2 B. LAUGHTON ALBATROSS COX 420 420 405 420 570 1830

3 J. RAE PINE NEEDLE COX 420 420 420 L/O 1260

4 K. FRYER STARDUST COX 420 314 415 420 1255

5 L. CLIFFORD STARDUST COX 420 420 410 374 1250

6 D. GRANT ANDERSON

PYLON COX 420 247 366 420 1206

7 P. KEELY STARDUST COX 420 301 406 212 1127

8 P . V A N D E W A T E R -BEEMD

STARDUST COX 138 420 269 50 827

1/2A TEXACO

STANDARD DURATION


1 S.GULLOCK PLAYBOY OS 40 25 257 300 300 300 900


BOMBER K&B 40 25 300 L/O 300 294 894

3 K.FRYER CUMULUS OS 40 25 152 300 300 237 837

4 D. GRANT BOMBER IRVINE

40 25 L/O

ANTIQUE GLIDER

COMPETITOR MODEL RD. 1 RD. 2 RD. 3 RD. 4 TOTAL

1 J. QUIGLEY DG 42 268 360 241 360 988

2 K. FRYER KANE 360 275 268 204 903

3 C. COLLYER SATYR 253 360 221 208 834

4 J. RAE FUGITIVE 277 166 103 216 659

5 B. LAUGHTON FILLON’S

CHAMPION 108 153 148 320 621


HYPERION 80 55 135


BIPE & BUSH PLANE DAY at

Mitchell Fixed Wing Aero Club (I attended this event last year but unfortunately the wind just blew everyone away. I had intended to return this year but the date select-ed fell into the period when I would be away on my annual fishing holiday. Graeme Anderson, a GMAC member who now lives at Kil-more and is also a member of the Mitchell club, kindly agreed to cover the event for me and has provided the accompanying report and thphotographs.) On Sunday the 13th of March, the Mitchell Fixed Wing Aero Club members hosted their annual Bush & Bipe Fun - Fly. It was a very enjoyable day with warm weather and a moderate southerly wind blowing directly down the strip. Mark Radburn from the Greensborough MAC won the raffle which was an ARF “Boomerang II” trainer. Mark very generously donated it back to the club to express his support for the club and his apprecia-tion of a great event. Pilots from several other clubs attended and vowed to return again next year.

Graeme Anderson

Shane Hollingworth with his HobbyKing ARF “Skymule”. Model spans 1.6m and is electric powered with contra rotating propellers.

Mitchell FWC president, Barry Dunn, demonstrating his “layback” flying style.

Mark Radburn and his models.

David White pops up regularly with his 1/3 scale Sig “Spacewalker”.

Graeme Anderson’s OS BGX-1 35cc two stroke powered crop duster is 25 years old and still chugging away. Graeme did a lolly drop of Easter eggs for the pilots.

Michael Andrysik with his “Advancer 2000” 2m wingspan electric powered glider.


David White’s alternate model was this Seagull ARF “Nemesis” 2.2m wingspan and powered by a DA 35cc petrol engine.

Michael Andrysik with his Extreme Flight ARF Laser EXP. Model spans 1.88m and is powered by a DLE petrol engine.

John Wilson flew this “Stampe SV4” built by Tony Hubbard. Wingspan is 1.78m and the model is powered by a Super Tigre 91 two stroke engine.

Peter Short’s 2.6m wingspan Buhl Sport Airsedan was scratch built by the late Ron Paine. The model is powered by an OS120 four stroke engine and weighs 6kg.

Stewie Kinghorn from the Hamilton club with his ARF Christen Eagle powered by an OS 120 two stroke. A very fast model.

Another of Michael Andrysik’s models, this ARF Precision Aerobatics Extra 260 is electric powered.

Mark Radburn’s SE5a is from a Balsa USA kit. The model is 1/4 scale with a wingspan of 2.16m and is powered by a RCG 30cc petrol engine.

Tony Hubbard with his scratch built SE5a. The model spans 1m and is powered by an ASP 28 engine.


ACTIO(n)

BAIRNSDALE SCALE RALLY

(Aeromodeller Competition Three In One n has three parts, participa-tion in one or all of the parts is up to the individual. Part one is 'Concours', where models are judged for the scale aspects according to documentation, similar to other scale events. Part two is 'Flying for Realism' where the flying aspects are judged to be as faithful to flight characteristics of the full size version, this is for "Barry James Flight Realism" trophy. Part three is 'Fly for Fun' and is not judged.) Participants started arriving on Friday and set up camps, the weather forecasts were not too bright. The weather, however was not too bad, very dull grey days with breezy conditions, wind direction mostly not too far off the runway. Registered were sixteen pilots ( nine of which were visitors) and twenty-five models, we had hoped for some more than that; six models in concours, which includes flying and seven competing in flight only, everyone else chose to fly for fun. The gloomy weather made it difficult to see the models in flight, but fortunately nobody lost a model as a result. Everybody who wanted to fly was able to, the spectators were attentive and appreciated good flying. The outstanding kitchen crew were kept busy and the whole atmosphere was very friendly. First time visitors complimented our club on the excellent facilities and especially the removable fence at each end of the runway, so that there is no stress. "Will (have) I clear(ed) that fence on approach?" Sunday started off with heavy drizzle dampening things and much tea and coffee was consumed waiting for the weather to clear up. We were able to get under-way at about 11:00 with two flight lines operat-ing so competition could finish and leave plenty of time for fun flying. The flight competition consists of three flights, each comprising five manouevres, of which three are nominated by the pilot, because take-off and landing are mandatory items. Scores then determine who par-ticipates in fly-off(s) for top rating of each day and again for overall winner. Thanks to generous sponsors, main prizes were money, rather than "things" and non-winning pilots names drawn, for "things" on a table.

To spread the number of trophy recipients, some runners-up were awarded trophies that would otherwise have been won by the winner of a higher award – the sole exception being the Pilots Choice catego-ries*. Raffle prize was a $100 pre-paid Master Card won by Rob Biggs - BADMAC. I don't think anyone was disappointed. Results Department:- MODEL OF THE MEET - The model/pilot winning the best overall Static Judging and Flying. Ian Waters - Piper L4

PILOTS CHOICE - Gippsland - The model voted the best of all aircraft entered by Gippsland based flyers, irrespective of whether the model is flown competitively or not. (BADMAC Members excluded) David Lewis - Red Bull MSX R PILOTS CHOICE - The model voted the best of all aircraft attending irrespective of whether the model is flown competitively or not. Brian Hutchinson - Catalina PBY 5 HIGHEST FLIGHT SCORE - The Pilot/Model adjudged most realistic flight. (the ‘Barry James Flight Realism’) David Lewis - Red Bull MSX R

HIGHEST STATIC SCORE Richard Plimbott - Morane Sauliner A1

HIGHEST SCORERS EACH DAY FLY-OFF WERE: Day one- Ian Waters, Ron Bartlett, Greg Mitchell, Richard Pimblott. Winner- Ron Bartlett Day two- David Lewis, Brian Hutchinson (declined), Ian Waters . The fly-off between Ian Waters and David Lewis was won by David Lewis.

Geoff White (Photographs by Geoff White and Charles Hock)


Morane-Saulnier A1 by Rick Pimblott of the Ararat club. David Lewis’ Red Bull MXS R.

Brian Oakes from Canberra with his Sopwith Pup. MAAA vice-president Carl Bizon preparing to fly his Beech Staggerwing, assist-ed by Royce Bux.

Turbine powered Grumman Cougar by Shane Bartlett. Brian Hutchinson’s PBY-5A Catalina.

Ian Waters’ Piper L-4. Brian Hutchinson’s Hawker Sea Fury.


From left, Barry James’ wife Adriane, CD Ian Waters and Trophy winner David Lewis.

Brian Hutchinson receiving his Pilots Choice award.

Rick Pimblott with his Fokker EIII Eindekker. The canteen staff, Sandra, Carol-Anne and Rachel kept everyone fed for the day.

Saturday evening dinner in the shed. Models settling in for the night.

Charles Hock with his Piper PA-20 assisted by Lin Bolding. Roy Bux’s turbine powered F-15 Eagle.


The event received good coverage in the local press.


LILYDALE and DISTRICT MAC

DISPLAY

The 2016 Lilydale display was held on a perfect day late in March, the large number of models on static display and flying in the warm sunshine and calm weather providing a spectacular show for the many spectators.

The models on display in the pits drew a continuous crowd of spectators.


Model aircraft of all types were on display in the pits.


Models in action.


SCALE AERO-TOW

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BLENHEIM

NEW ZEALAND

MODELLING

Some photos of a very successful scale aero tow event in Blenheim, NZ, at the end of January. Twenty-five pilots, five tugs, and gliders ranging from modern to vintage and up to 50% scale. There is an excellent video of this aero tow, at the following Youtube link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOm5LeMdiiA&feature=youtube

Peter Hewson

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OOm5LeMdiiA&feature=youtu.be


WARRNAMBOOL

FLY-IN

2016

We had another great weekend away at Warrnambool. The weather was reasonably kind on both days with a temperature hovering around 22-23 degrees. On Saturday the wind was probably 25-30kph from the south and straight down the main strip. On Sunday it was easterly until mdi-day but turned southerly for the afternoon. I’m not sure how many modellers were there overall but there seemed to be more than last year. Around 2:00pm on Sunday, Pres-ident Ken Perret invited all to gather around to thank them for at-tending and to draw the pilot and public raffles. Once again we must thank the Warrnambool club for putting on the event and hope that they continue to do so for many years to come.

Roger Carrigg

Max Rowan with his Spifire.

Wayne Goodwin’s Beechcraft Bonanza.

The Ballarat camp in the pits area.

Peter Stefurak from the Melton club flew this Aero L-39 Albatros.

Rod Mitchell’s P-38 Lockheed Lightning represents the 5000th Lightning to come off the assembly line during WWII.

A DH.88 Comet “Black Magic” by Richard Mudge of South Australia.


P&DARCS

Scratch & Kit Built Scale Rally November 5th & 6th, 2016

As a part of the 50th Anniversary of the P&DARCS the club is hosting a Scratch & Kit Built Scale Rally (hand made models, not ARFs). The priority for this event is to give modellers who hand build scale models an event to display and fly their model in a controlled envi-ronment and with plenty of airspace to fly their creations. A Diorama Competition will also be a part of the Rally and it is hoped that this will give modellers further scope to display their scale models and their creative ability. Prizes will be awarded for flying and for the diorama display along with lucky draw prizes. It promises to be a great weekend. Part-built projects are welcome. The weekend is all about promoting the skill of the model builder and sharing knowledge. Models do not have to be large, just scale and hand built. There will be some limited camping available for interstate visitors. Entry will be $5-00 per car per day (pilots and spectators).


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VICSCALE Victorian Flying Scale Aircraft

Association The Special Interest Group

for Scale Modelling in Victoria.

General Meetings of the Association are held bi-monthly on the first Thursday of the even months at the Field Naturalist Club of Victoria, 1 Gardenia Street, Blackburn. Visitors are always welcome and a highlight of meetings is the presenta-tion of new models as they are constructed, and discussion on building techniques by members.

The VFSAA Calendar of events is available on the VFSAA website at http://vfsaa.org.au/


Here’s an aerial shot of our little tinny on Lake Corunna taken with Gary’s UAV video camera. Fishing was tough at Narooma with only a few fish caught by most anglers. We tried hard for our few keepers until, on our last outing in the Wagonga Inlet, Gary landed this very big flathead that we measured at 930mm from nose to tail before returning it to the water. That’s his second big flattie as he landed one at Lake Tyers a few years back that measured 880mm. Not bad catches on 2kg line.

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