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AUSTRALIAN MODEL NEWS

February 2018

Issue No. 50

2 Australian Model News

Contents 3. JIM FULLARTON 1917- 2017 4. ROSS WOODCOCK 1937- 2017 5. SAM 600 AT BALLARAT 7. NORM BARCLAY’S ILYUSHIN IL-28 9. R/C ENGINES AND TRANSMITTERS FOR SALE 11. XMAS CHEER 12. MORE XMAS GOODIES 14. INVITATIONAL SCALE CLASSIC DOWNUNDER 2017 17. NAAS MAMMOTH FLY- IN 2017 20. CONTROL LINE ENGINES FOR SALE 21. ASAA IMAC AT NFG 24. PETER HEWSON’S FOKKER F.VII ”SOUTHERN CROSS” 27. ACROSS THE BAY 1954 31. NOW THAT’S WHAT I CALL A TROPHY

COMING EVENTS FEBRUARY BIPE AND BUSH PLANE FLY- IN AT MITCHELL FIXED WING AERO CLUB THE GRAMPIANS AEROTOW AT ARARAT WESTERNPORT MODEL AIRCRAFT CLUB AIRSHOW AT HASTINGS (This event has been cancelled) ANNUAL DISPLAY AT BALLARAT RADIO MODEL FLYING CLUB MARCH TYABB AIRSHOW 2018 AT TYABB AIRFIELD, VIC ACTION(N) SCALE RALLY AT STATE FIELD BAIRNSDALE VINTAGE OILY HAND WEEKEND AT MUNRO FIELD FUN FLY WEEKEND AT WARRNAMBOOL MODEL AIRCRAFT CLUB FORMULA 1 NATIONAL AIR RACES AT NORTHERN FLYING GROUP SCALE MODEL AIRCRAFT FLY - IN AT NHILL “TWINS AND MORE“ AT NORTHERN FLYING GROUP APRIL MONTY TYRRELL MEMORIAL SCALE RALLY AT P&DARCS WINGS OVER WESTERN PORT AT WESTERN PORT MAC VMAA TROPHY WEEKEND AT P&DARCS TAVAS AIRSHOW 2018 AT CABOOLTURE, QLD DISPLAY DAY AT KEILOR & DISTRICT MODEL AIRCRAFT SOCIETY 70TH MAAA NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS AT WEST WYALONG MAY OMP “SCANNER CHALLENGE” AT BENDIGO ANNUAL FUN FLY AT ECHUCA-MOAMA MODEL AERO CLUB ANNUAL AUTUMN SCALE RALLY AT TWIN CITIES “MID-MAY MUSTER” SCALE FLY- IN AT STATE FIELD BAIRNSDALE JULY NSWFFS TRANS TASMAN F4A AND SCALE RALLY AT RICHMOND

This newsletter is published bi-monthly to feature model aircraft 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 Mob: 0415 384 823 E-mail: [email protected] Visit our website at - https://sites.google.com/site/australianmodelnews/

Xmas has gone and we are into the New Year. After a cold and wet winter forced the cancellation of a lot of events the summer is following a similar pattern but with events can-celled due to high temperatures. It makes life difficult for newsletter editors! On the upside this issue is AMN No.50, a small milestone for my publication, now entering its tenth year and still growing. Thank you to all who contribute articles and photographs, thus lightening my workload, and thanks also to those who subscribe, their continuing interest makes the production of AMN worthwhile. Sadly we lost two more of our older modellers in Jim Fullarton and Ross Woodcock in December. It was only in November that we were celebrating Jim’s centenary and now he is gone. Ross had been living with a terminal illness for some time before finally succumbing. We have lost two life-long and remarkably capable modellers whose like we may never see again. John Lamont

On the Cover. Brian Hutchinson’s Supermarine Seagull in flight at

P&DARC’s field.

From the Editor


Family, friends and fellow aeromodellers attended three events in early November celebrating Jim’s 100th birthday and it was noticea-ble that, although in good spirits, he was looking very frail. On the 15th of December he called his son Andrew for assistance and was admitted to hospital, passing away on the 28th of December. Jim had a lifelong interest in aircraft and aeromodelling and he was fortunate in being able to follow this interest almost to the end of his days. He was to my knowledge the last surviving competitor from the first National Championship in 1938 and will be greatly missed by those who have known him and competed with him over the years.

November 9th 1917-December 28th 2017

James McBeth Fullarton


I was pleased to be invited by Ross’s wife, Margaret, to say a few words about my mate Ross, my qualification to be able to comment on Ross being a 40+year friendship and a great interest in the same hob-by.

During the 40 year friendship I got to know Ross very well and we shared several activities including the management of a model flying club and a company that owned a model flying field. On many occa-sions Ross and I shared accommodation at various flying competi-tions, Nationals and displays and I was a regular visitor to the Wood-cock household during the period that the family lived in Sydney.

There is nobody that I respect more than Ross in the modelling frater-nity and I am reminded of his skill each time that I arrive at the Qantas terminal at Mascot and see the replica Avro 504K that Ross built, a testament to his skill and perseverance.

Ross was very lucky in that both his work and hobby were about the same activity — aviation. The work involvement commenced with his apprenticeship at De Havilland’s at Bankstown and finished with a senior technical position at Qantas. He wore his 25 year Qantas pin with pride.

The modelling component was a very important part of Ross’s life and on retirement from Qantas it became nearly a full time occupation.

In his modelling life, he is in the MAAA Hall of fame, he was a member of the Australian team to the World Scale Championships in Canada in 1980, he was the display director for the first model museum opened at Windsor, NSW, he was president of RCMC (a model flying club located at Pitt Town, NSW) and also Managing Director of SMAF Pty Ltd, his name appears on numerous trophies throughout the east coast of Australia, and he was chairman of the MAAA Scale Commit-tee for a number of years.

In his later life when most of us are looking for something slow to fly Ross commenced flying jets — he liked challenges! He had flying friends all over the world and I was always amazed at the size of his International network. He had flown by invitation in the USA and UK.

Ross’s attitude to his hobby and life was somewhat similar and as a modeller he never picked an easy subject, it had to be a challenge as depicted by some of the projects that he undertook:

• The “Widgeon” that he took to the World Championships.

• The “Ansaldo”, incorporating some of the most elaborate metal work that I have seen on a model.

• The large static model of the “Southern Cross” which is on display at the San Francisco International Terminal.

• The large Boeing B-17, a model that required a lot of perse-verance both in building and flying.

• His last project, which remains unfinished, is a model of the “Super Constellation” that he worked on and admired during his time at Qantas.

Ross, it has been a privilege to know you and you have certainly had a lasting influence on me.

Bill Mansell


BALLARAT November 2017

The weather forecast was for 80% chance of rain but not too windy and on arriving the sky was gloomy with a lot of thunder and lightning in the nearby hills. The predicted rain started and we all sheltered in the new kitchen that the Ballarat boys built and had just finished paint-ing. Starting time was put off until 11 o’clock and by this time it had fin-ished raining but still with lots of thunder and lightning. It was decided to go ahead and fly 1/2A both I/C and electric. Because of the late start it was decided to fly two out of three rounds to qualify and as there were some flying both disciplines electric was allowed to fly as they wished, the same as I/C and not all together as is usual for electric. This helped to get both disciplines to a fly-off in 1.1/2 hours, a very good idea by CD Don Grant. Unfortunately Don Grant lost his Anderson pylon model in I/C by not turning on his receiver — another model that flies better without a pilot. I was lucky enough to catch a little bit of lift and win from Kevin Fryer with Lyn Clifford in third place. Graeme Gulbin was the winner In electric beating Kevin Fryer by five seconds with Gavin Dunn in third place eleven seconds further back. I/C had seven entries with three getting to the fly-off.

Electric had seven entries with six in the fly-off, it was quite spectacu-lar in the landing area with everyone battling to keep their model up and gain those valuable seconds. Dave Sampson cooked the lunch, hamburgers with the lot and I mean the LOT, they were huge and delicious. After lunch we had Climb & Glide with six entries, three in electric and three in I/C. Four of these flyers were Ballarat boys, they love this event. Once again the ever reliable “Mr Electric” Gavin Dunn came in first flying Lyn Clifford’s big Bomber, second was Kevin Fryer with his ‘converted to electric’ Cumulus and third was Danny Missen flying his electric Bomber. Unfortunately the rain started pelting down again after this event to-gether with thunder and lightning so we all drank coffee, ate lovely fruit cake and waited. By 4:00pm most guys had decided to go home as the rain didn’t look like stopping. The new Ballarat field is very good and seems to get better each visit through the efforts of the members, if not been for the bad weather it would have been a great dayhanks to the friendliness of the Ballarat boys, thank you. Brian Laughton

Lyn Clifford’s “Stardust” climbing out in the Cox 1/2A fly-off.


1/2A Texaco winners, from left — Kevin Fryer (Cumulus) 2nd, Brian Laughton (Albatross) 1st, Lyn Clifford (Stardust) 3rd.

1/2A Texaco (electric) winners, from left — Kevin Fryer (Atomiser) 2nd, Graeme Gulbin (Stardust) 1st, Gavin Dunn (Stardust) 3rd.

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

1. G. GULBIN STARDUST 600 600 1098 2298

2. K. FRYER ATOMISER 600 600 1093 2293

3. G. DUNN STARDUST 600 600 1082 2284

1/2A TEXACO (ELECTRIC)

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

1. B. LAUGHTON ALBATROSS COX 420 420 853 1693

2. L. CLIFFORD STARDUST COX 420 420 740 1580

3. K. FRYER CUMULUS COX 420 420 470 1310

1/2A TEXACO

RESULTS

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

1. G. DUNN BOMBER ELEC 30 515 689 689

2. K. FRYER CUMULUS ELEC 30 515 515

3. D. MISSEN BOMBER ELEC 30 408 500 500

CLIMB and GLIDE


The Ilyushin Design Bureau began development of a new jet-powered tactical bomber in late 1947. The twin-engine Ilyushin Il-28 was creat-ed to meet a requirement for a bomber to carry a 3,000kg bombload at 800km/h. The new design took advantage of the sale of a number of Rolls-Royce Nene jet engines by Great Brit-ain to the Soviet Union, which allowed Soviet engineers to quickly produce an unlicensed copy of the Nene, the RD-45, with Ilyushin designing the new bomber around two RD-45s.

The Il-28 carried a crew of three (pilot, navigator and gunner). It was also smaller than the competing design from the Tupolev design bureau, the three-engined (i.e. two Nenes and a Rolls-Royce Derwent) Tupolev Tu-73, which had been started long before the Ilyushin project and flew before the design of the Il-28 was ap-proved.

The Il-28 design was conventional in layout, with high, unswept wings and a swept horizon-tal tail and fin. The engines were carried in bulky engine nacelles slung directly under the wings. The nosewheel retracted rearwards, while the mainwheels retracted forwards into the engine nacelles. The crew of three were accommodated in separate, pressurised compart-ments. The navigator, who also acted as bombardier, was accommo-dated in the glazed nose compartment and was provided with an OPB-5 bombsight based on the American Norden bombsight of WWII, while the pilot sat under a sideways opening bubble canopy with an armoured windscreen. The gunner sat in a separate compartment at the rear of the fuselage, operating a power driven turret armed with two Nudelman-Suranov NS-23 23mm cannons with 250 rounds each. In service, the turret was sometimes removed as a weight saving

measure. While the pilot and navigator sat on ejector seats, the gun-ner had to parachute out of a hatch in the floor in the event of an emergency. Two more fixed, forward-firing 23mm cannon with 100 rounds each were mounted under the nose and fired by the pilot,

while a bomb bay was located under the wing, capable of holding four 100kg bombs in individual containers, or single large bombs of up to 3,000kg slung from a beam in the bomb bay.

One unusual design fea-ture of the Il-28 was that the wings and tail were split horizontally through the centre of the wing, while the fuselage was split vertically at the cen-treline, allowing the sepa-rate parts to be built indi-vidually and fitted out with systems before being bolted together to com-plete assembly of the aircraft. This slightly in-creased the weight of the aircraft structure, but eased manufacture and proved to be more eco-nomical.

The first prototype, pow-ered by two imported Nenes, made its maiden flight on 8 July 1948. Testing was successful, with the Il-28 demonstrating good handling and reaching a speed of 833 km/h. It was followed on 30 December 1948 by the second prototype, with Soviet built RD-45 engines replac-ing the Nenes. After the completion of state tests in early 1949 the aircraft was or-dered into large scale production on 14 May 1949, with the Klimov VK-1, an improved version of the RD-45 to be used in order to improve the aircraft's performance. The first pre-production aircraft with VK-1 engines flew on 8 August 1949. The Soviet Union withdrew the type in the 1980s, while the last Soviet-built examples were still flying in Egypt into the 1990s.

Norm Barclay’s

ILYUSHIN IL-28


The model has a wingspan of 2.1 metres and was built to use two Leopold L90-6B1 electric ducted fan units which are each capable of 3.2 kg of thrust, according to the information sheet. The winter camouflage scheme appealed to me and was easy to apply.


OS 40 GF A new engine, this was a late purchase and has never

been run. Includes a 1.75”stand-off set. $650

OS FS-200S A used engine in very good condi on.

$300

OS FS-91S II Used engine in very good condi on.

$200

OS FS-120S-E Used engine in good condi on.

$200

OS FS-91S Used engine in good condi on.

$150

FOR SALE ENGINES AND TRANSMITTERS

CONTACT: JOHN LAMONT

Home: 94310044, Mobile 0415384823, Email: [email protected]

OS FS -200S A new engine, this was another late purchase and has

never been run. $450


OS BGX-1 Used engine in very good condi on.

$250

MOKI 210 Used engine in good condi on.

$200

SAITO FA-80 Used engine in good condi on.

$125

Super Tigre G4500 Used engine in good condi on.

$200

JR XG8 Transmi er (Mode 1) a late purchase, c/w charger. $200

Hitec Aurora 9X Transmi er (Mode 1) c/w charger. $200


CHRISTMAS CHEER

My three sons got together this year and presented me with a large box full of wrapped presents. After unwrapping many odd shaped packages I found myself with a collection of food items and sweets that they remembered as my favourites when they were growing up. Continuing the theme they also found some memorabilia relating to my youthful days living in South Melbourne. This was all good and generated considerable hilarity as each item was exposed and discussed but also among these goodies was an unusual, decorated plywood box simply inscribed— Albatross D.III. This turned out to be a laser cut kit for a non-flying model of the WWI Albatros fighter aircraft from Banggood out of China. I had looked at this model from time to time when poking around the Banggood site, now I have the opportunity to build it.

Intended to be built as a bare airframe it is a very well detailed kit and should be an attractive and decorative piece when constructed. More to follow.

Three well illustrated sheets provide a step by step guide to assembly.

Laser cutting makes construction easier. Nice scale prop is included.

Nicely packaged but the box could have been better put together. Plenty of glue used but mostly in the wrong places.


More CHRISTMAS

GOODIES

Another stocking filler for Christmas were kits for Fokker E.III and CJ-6 indoor r/c models to supplement my Sopwith Pup, SE5, Flying Flea, Spacewalker and Tiger Moth (I have quite a lot of them). The Fokker is a little different and it could be a bit tricky getting the CG right. The CJ-6 looks good but has a trike undercarriage that might be vulnerable. There is not a lot of material in the Fokker kit but then again there wasn’t much material in the full size aircraft. It was a simple machine of average performance and it was the forward firing machine gun and interrupter gear to protect the propeller that made the Eindekker such a formidable opponent.

The instructions have to be downloaded from the Banggood website and use up a lot of printer ink. It’s best to set up the printer to place three or four pages on each printed sheet.

Nice laser cutting for the Fokker kit is let down by poor wood selection as some parts that have to be rolled over formers are cut from quarter grain sheet. A motor and prop is not included in this kit but is available from Banggood.

Building instructions for the Fokker are in Chinese English with pho-tos showing the sequence of assembly. Interpretation is not really a problem when read in conjunction with the photographs.

The Fokker E.III model has a wingspan of 420mm and weighs 30g.


The Chuji Jiolianji CJ-6 is similar to the Yak-52 but is in fact a Chinese design by the Hongdu Aviation Industry Group (formerly known as Nanchang Aircraft Manufacturing Group) It is still generally referred to in the western world as the Nanchang CJ-6.

It’s a complete kit that includes laser cut plastic sheet for the canopy, a motor and a propeller.

Again the wood selection is not great and the plywood sheet is badly warped. It makes it a bit more difficult to assemble but with care it can be done.

The instructions for the CJ-6 have to be downloaded from the Banggood web site and are in Chinese. It’s not a great problem as the photographs give a clear indication of the assembly sequence. The instruction manual has a lot of pag-es so it should be printed with three or four photos on each sheet to avoid using a lot of ink.

The CJ-6 model has a wingspan of 450mm and weighs 45g.


This event is held each year in November at the NSW State field at Cootamundra and is usually blessed with good weather although it can sometimes be a little warm. This year we had a good roll up of aircraft making 120 flights over three and a half days, the quality of the aircraft was excellent and the list of competitors included people from Victoria and Queensland. Chris Patterson of Queensland had bad luck on the way to the event when he broke his trailer fighting with a B Double but he will be there next year. At the opening ceremony Abb McAlister, the Mayor of Cootamundra/Gundagai, presented a perpetual Model of the Meet and Memorial Trophy which will carry the names of the pilots who win this category together with the names of competitors in this event who have passed away. Good prizes were presented to the winners together with the usual goodie bags for all pilots. The flying was well above par each day and excellent results were achieved in both static and flying. It was good to see both Anthony Ogle and Peter Goff doing very well with their world class F4H aircraft, Anthony winning in all three categories en-tered and Peter Goff getting the highest flight score. First timer Bruce Watson took out the Pilots Choice award with his scratch built Mew Gull and Rod Mitchell once again showed that he is one of the best twin engine fliers in the country with his Neptune and Black Widow. The silver fox Alf Williams had a great event taking out the Expert class with his Tiger Moth. The Saturday night Gala was a great success and included presenta-tions to the helpers and judges. A number of awards were made in-cluding the Model of the Meet perpetual trophy to Bruce Watson. On Sunday there were only a few flights remaining and we were able to finish by 11:00am, complete the presentations, and let everyone start for home by early afternoon. We will be running this event in 2018 from November 14th - 18th and

expression of interest forms will be sent out in March 2018. The I.S.C.D. organisers would like to thank the following sponsors and the Cootamundra club for their support and assistance — ANSW, WBG Trailer Repairs, Pacific Aviation Museum (Pearl Har-bour), Junee Licorice and Chocolate Factory, Blue Still Distilleries, Jaycar (Bankstown), Mr.Bill Mansell, R.C.Scale Builder, My Tools Store. We would also like to thank the judges, both flight and static — Ted Ashley, Colin Ashley, John Gifford, Kevin Wood, Chris Lawn and Graham Harrod RESULTS Masters 1. Rod Mitchell Lockheed Neptune 2. Graeme Brown SE5a 3. Bruce Watson Percival Mew Gull Expert 1. Alf Williams DH. Tiger Moth 2. Graham Harrod DHC. Chipmunk 3. Graeme Brown Douglas Dauntless Pro-Expert 1. Anthony Ogle Nieuport 2. Peter Goff DH. Tiger Moth 3. Alf Williams Supermarine Spitfire Bill Mansell Spacewalker Team 1. Anthony Ogle / John Rolfe Miles Messenger 2. Mick Ryan / Richard Brown Vought Corsair 3. Brad Howard / Ron Fraser CAC Wackett Flying Only 1. Anthony Ogle Vought Corsair 2. Jason Starkey Viper 3. Peter Goff Pitts S2-S Well done to the winners and place getters and to all who flew, we hope to see you all at Cootamundra 2018. I.S.C.D. John Rolfe

Invitational Scale Classic Downunder

2017


Jason Starkey’s Viper jet rolling for take-off. Rod Mitchell’s Lockheed Neptune water bomber dropping its load of fire retardant.

Alf Williams’ Mk.IX Spitfire lifts off. Douglas Dauntless by Grahame Brown.

Ray Ogle’s Grumman Bearcat. Brian Green’s WACO YMF-5

Anthony Ogle’s Nieuport 28.


SE5a by Grahame Brown. John Rolfe’s Miles Messenger.

P-47 Thunderbolt by Mick Ryan. Peter Goff’s DH.82 Tiger Moth.

Alf Williams’ Tiger Moth. Bruce Watson won the “Model of the Meet” award with his Percival Mew Gull.

Peter Gow’s Spacewalker. Comfortable viewing for spectators from the upper floor level.


The National Aeromodelling and Aviators Society (NAAS) was found-ed and opened its field in Canberra ACT in 2013 and since then the NAAS members have hosted a Mammoth Fly-In along with five other National events throughout each year.

The Mammoth Fly-In is held each year in November and this year it was held over the weekend of the 24th-26th. As for all NAAS events the field is opened on the Friday morning for the early arrival of camp-ers, provision and preparation of supplies, and some flying time to allow pilots to become familiar with the flying field. Staying overnight at the field is very comfortable with a hot shower and toilet facilities on site and is well worth considering as its cuts down on travelling time each day.

NAAS purchased the toilet facility this year with assistance from the MAAA. NAAS raised half the money from a week-long Bunnings sau-sage sizzle (five very long days over the 2016 Christmas and New Year period) and the MAAA provided the other half of the funding through their annual project assistance scheme.

NAAS has very good kitchen facilities and a pre-dinner Smorgasbord is provided to assist in welcoming the interstate travellers to the field. The Friday night dinner is a BBQ style selection with the participants sitting in the undercover dining area that is able to cater for up to 50 people.

This year the field was a hive of activity on the Friday with many pilots taking advantage of the near perfect weather conditions. The weather forecast was for late afternoon thunder storms and we did get a little rain and some gusts of wind for about 30 minutes on the Friday after-noon but the rest of the weekend was perfect flying weather.

On Saturday the kitchen kept a regular supply of food and drinks to the pilots and visitors with preparations for the customary roast lamb dinner starting around 2:00pm. Ten Weber BBQ’s are required to cook

the eight or so rolled lamb shoulders and accompanying potatoes, sweet potatoes, onions, carrots, and pumpkin. The gravy and peas are prepared in the kitchen.

This legendary NAAS Roast Lamb Dinner was served to over forty-five people followed by Weber cooked upside down cake with custard — no one goes hungry at NAAS. After dinner there is always time for some night flying and for numerous conversations and stories around the relaxing facilities with good friends.

Roast lamb, onion and gravy rolls are always popular for lunch on Sunday.

Flying on Sunday was again in perfect weather with most of the inter-state pilots packing up around 2:00pm for their trip back home

We had approximately thirty-six pilots with around sixty-five well pre-pared aircraft flying over the Mammoth Fly-In weekend. Flying was constant all weekend and at a relaxing pace with all pilots enjoying the airspace, from fast turbine jets to WW1 slow flying kites. At this type of event, with experienced pilots and a large open flying area (1800ft ceiling), the flight line is very easily managed.

A big thankyou to all who assisted and attended this year, it was an-other very enjoyable event.

We hope to see you all at the NAAS 2018 Mammoth Fly-In in Novem-ber 2018.

A video clip of the NAAS 2017 Mammoth Fly-In is available at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PWoMPPiXA_8&feature=youtube John Armarego

Na onal Aeromodelling and Aviators Society

MAMMOTH FLY-IN 2017


Plenty of variety and colour in all shapes and sizes …. a very impressive collection of fine model aircraft.

Peter Ederle’s big razorback Jug is very nice in the air. Colin Mitchell with his Stinson Reliant enjoying the morning flying.

A Piper Cub practicing for the NAAS 2018 cub event. David White’s beautiful Spitfire.

John Armarego’s Black Horse ARF Lysander powered by a Saito 60cc three cylinder radial four stroke engine.

Gowrie Waterhouse’s turbine jet, fast and smooth.


Colin Buckley’s big bird. Bruce Hoffman’s very impressive 1/5 scale MK V Hawker Tempest.

John Armarego’s ¼ scale Tiger Moth at home in the NAAS valley. Robert Shoebridge’s magnificent 2.5m wingspan Gee Bee Y always nice to see.

David Bolstad’s Messerschmitt Me110 twin-engine fighter and fighter-bomber. Corinne Pellatt’s Citabria.

John Armarego’s 1/3 scale Sopwith Pup powered by a Saito FG 57cc engine. Dinner at NAAS for fifty or so is always well received. The fresh air seems to make them all very hungry.


Nice setting for a model aircraft field, plenty of wide open space. Nice display of big WW1 aircraft … 2018 is the WW1 centenary year, let’s make it a big one.

A few of the models in the pits. Laser Cut Kits Australia displayed their amazing range of kits, very impressive and well worth a look.

ENGINES FOR SALE Cox Dragonfly 0.049, NIB c/w instructions, throttle and large tank, no muffler, $50

Cox Baby Bee 0.049, mounted in 1/2A Nobler and comes with plane, no muffler, fair condition $25

Cox Tee Dee 0.09, throttle, four spare heads, spare crankcase and venturi, no muffler, very good condition $100

Enya 0.09, standard engine no muffler, fair condition $35

Taipan Diesel Mk.2 0.09, spring starter, no muffler, in box c/w instructions, very good condition $175

Magnum XL 0.15, ABN piston and liner, muffler, very good condition $55

Taipan Mk.2 0.15, glow engine produced in 1964, no muffler, good condition $100

Taipan Diesel Mk.2, collectors item in box, additional marine head, no muffler, excellent condition $350

Glowchief 0.19, Enya needle valve assembly, no muffler, good condition $75

Veco 0.19, custom venturi, muffler, fair condition $45

Enya VI 0.19, custom venturi, muffler, very good condition $65

Sabre 0.19, vintage engine with non standard needle valve, no muffler, condition a little rough $50

McCoy 0.19, all original, no muffler, very good condition $50

ASP 0.21, 21A version with c/l venturi and r/c carburettor, muffler, NIB, $75

Magnum XL 0.25, r/c carburettor, no muffler, good condition $60

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IMAC AUSTRALIAN SCALE AEROBATICS ASSOCIATION

at Northern Flying Group

This was scheduled to be a three day event but Friday was declared a fire risk and no flying took place. I had another commitment on Satur-day and when I woke on Sunday to find the trees bent double in the wind I decided that Daraweit Guim was now out of the question and went back to sleep. I woke about an hour later to find that the wind had dropped away and although it looked as though there might be a shower of rain I decided to make the trip north. The ASAA have been working to build up their membership and at-tract more entries to their events and this weekend showed that their efforts have not been in vain with thirteen entries over the three clas-ses. The five entries in the Basic Class reflected the renewed interest in this style of flying and, although Michael Andrysik found himself alone in the Intermediate Class, the Sportsman Class attracted seven en-tries with the top five all gaining points towards their elevation to a higher level. Warm sunshine and light winds combined to make this a very suc-cessful event.

Bob Hulett’s Yak 54.

Mark Sills’ Sukhoi SU26.


Extra 300S flown by Tony Ball. Steve Malcman preparing to fly his Extra 300 with Owen Gibbens’ Extra 300 next in the line.

Michael Andrysik’s Laser in front with Darren Mecklem’s Extra 300 to the right and Shane Hollingsworth’s SBach 342 at the rear.

Riley Sills flying with his father Mark calling the manoeuvres.

Bob Hulett’s SBach 342.

Very lightweight structure of Bob Hulett’s SBach and the complex electronic control system.

Nearly perfect conditions at the NFG / State field


RESULTS

Owen Gibbens’ trailer is very comfortably fitted out with an airbed, sound sys-tem and a large TV set.

Michael Andrysik’s field accommodation was much simpler but apparently quite adequate.


Peter Hewson’s

Fokker F.VII/3bm

“Southern Cross” It has been twelve months since the last report on Peter’s “Southern Cross” build with the construction of a 4m Schweizer glider holding up progress for some time. Work has resumed on the Fokker and the accompanying photographs show that it is nearing completion. Access to the HARS replica “Southern Cross” at Illawarra has assist-

ed in the detailing of the model.

Aluminium cowl sections are secured with scale fasteners. Dummy Wright Whirlwind J5 engine is from a 1/6 Williams scale kit.

Tail section is standard construction with a lot of holes to reduce weight.

Outer wing panels are covered with Solartex.

Fuselage is also Solartex covered. A lot of research has gone into determining the actual shade the of blue paint used on the original “Southern Cross”.


Trial assembly of the aircraft in Peter’s lounge room.

Outer engine mountings are fabricated from stainless steel tube and sheet. A DLE 20 engine and dummy Wright Whirlwind installed in an outer engine nacelle

Aluminium sheet cowling on outer engine nacelle. The port engine nacelle installed on the wing.


The “Southern Cross“ construction is almost complete and the model is ready for trial engine runs.

The cockpit of the model replicates the original aircraft. The cockpit of the HARS replica aircraft is more modern.

Navigator’s station on the model with the long range fuel tank installed. Passenger cabin of the HARS replica.

Interior of the original aircraft with the long range fuel tank installed. Passenger cabin and seating of the original aircraft.


ACROSS THE BAY

1954 In November 1954 “THE SUN” Melbourne daily newspaper sponsored a competition for model aeroplanes to fly across Hobson’s Bay at the top of Port Philip Bay, starting from the beach at Williamstown in the west and landing at Elwood Park in the east, a distance of 7.5km. The models were radio controlled, a fairly loose term for the primitive equipment used to control only the rudder. The models had no eleva-tor or throttle control and it was always going to be problematic getting them down on completion of the flight, assuming that they could reach their destination. I’m not sure of the exact number of entries but photographic records unearthed while sorting through Jim Fullarton’s collection of modelling records show that there were at least eleven models of which only three completed the crossing. The crash toll was high with a number of models hitting the water soon after take-off.

The system of control was to have one pilot on the beach at take off (hand launching was the order of the day), another pilot on a RAAF crash boat to manage the crossing and a third pilot at Elwood Park, hopefully to land the model. With the radios all on the same frequency only one model could fly at any time and the RAAF launch was kept busy dashing back and forth as the ground (water ?) speed of the models, enhanced by a tail wind, was usually well in excess of the boat speed. The RAAF launch loaded with intrepid aviators.

One of the casualties.

Tony Farnan’s model rescued after the engine failed and the model landed in the water.

John Brehaut hand launching Keith Hearn’s “Robot” before the crowd of onlookers on the beach at Williamstown.


The event was well publicised in “THE SUN” and drew a large crowd of spectators at Williamstown and Elwood.

Of the three models that achieved a crossing Keith Hearn was the winner with his “Robot” landing at the designated area at Elwood Park. I don’t have a record of the second placegetter and my “Robot” placed third after overflying the landing area and disappearing in the general direction of St Kilda. I had seriously underestimated the speed of the model and installed a fuel tank that was much too large. With no way to stop the engine it was a case of fly until the fuel ran out. Fortunately the model was found and returned. Some photographs appear without captions as I was unable to identify the models and people.

John Brehaut starting the Anderson Spitfire in Reg Cooper’s “Viking”.

Ron Bird and Max Nichol at the rear of the models.

My Hearn’s Hobbies “Robot”, powered by an Ed 2.46cc “Racer” diesel engine and controlled? with ED radio equip-ment.

Keith Hearn receiving the winners trophy from The ANA presenter.


Ron Bird launching Tony Farnan’s model.

Harry Forrest with his own design model.

Noel Harding fuelling Tony Farnan’s model using lung power to pressurise the fuel bottle.

Jack Bone launching a model.


Winding up the rubber powered escapement in my “Robot”.

The radio operator was in contact with the RAAF launch. Nice compact walkie talkie? No mobile phones back then.

Peter Bennett’s model ready to launch.


NOW THAT”S WHAT I CALL A

TROPHY In the earlier years of aeromodelling it was usual to present the winner of the event with a handsome silver cup or other appropriate trophy rather than the medallion or plaque as is now commonly awarded. I have selected a few of the trophies from Jim Fullarton’s collection to illustrate the prestigious position held by winners of aeromodelling events in past years.

Model Aeroplane Association Australian Broadcasting Commission Trophy

for Australian Championship Flying Scale Models


Model Aeroplane Association Claude Smyth Cup

Rise off Water Contest

Cooper Vines Cup for

Elastic Propelled Model Aeroplanes

Model Aeroplane Exhibition 1936 Harold Durant Cup

Bondi Black Hawks 1934


Bondi Black Hawks Champion of Champions

1933



THIS EVENT

HAS BEEN

CANCELLED





This "Scanner Challenge" is Bendigo's race event number six and is rather special as we now have a new supporter of the Challenge in O'Reilly Model Products who have come on board to help us celebrate the 20 years of the ARF Phoenix Scanner. The Bendigo Club would like to thank OMP, Phoenix Models and OS Engines for their support of this fun filled race.


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Merco 0.49, older ball raced engine with new Kavan muffler, good condition $65

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ENGINES FOR SALE (continued from page 20)

Issue No. 50 AUSTRALIAN MODEL NEWSbrcac.asn.au/storage/amn/50_February2018.pdf · ished raining but still with lots of thunder and lightning. It was decided to go ahead and fly 1/2A

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