http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100730-170156 http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100607-085354 We have decided that to get more flying in and to enable people to get to the field without having to rise too early, we will start the competition around 12pm on Saturday 2nd October, fly until about 5pm and then fly from 9am Sunday 3rd October and finish in the afternoon early enough for people to get home at a reasonable time. The club will put on a barbeque on Sunday at least and a toilet will be available if we have enough prior interest. Due to the nature of our lease, camping on the field is not possible but there is plenty of accomodation available locally.
We hope to see you there. Reply to either me or Brian (paul.gibson2@bigpond.com or lindsayracing@optusnet.com.au)]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100412-085510 http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100412-084604 http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100330-062600 http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100325-094241 John's Phone Number is 0249 842221 and email is johnrawlins@bigpond.com
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Angus Orchard at the recent veterans gathering with what looks like a small rubber free flight model

Bill Millgate concentrating, transmitter in hand

Bob Rowe with Lanzo Bomber

Bruce Abel with Twice size Fugitive

Left to right: Arthur Cooper, Gordon Burford (now sadly deceased), Bob Rowe and Angus Orchard

John Harley with what looks like a compressed air engine powered plane

John Hartley with Ron Gett winding up the rubber band

]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100301-163040 There were a few planes lost into the bush but all were retrieved I think. Launching discipline was better than previously, a few crossed lines but not too bad. Only 9 members contended this round, which was a pity because despite the poor launches those who went for the longer flights mostly made them. James Cameron came fith - a very good result - congratulations James. Running the competition in 1/2 hr time slots worked well with only a few over runs which did not cause any bother.
The results were:
1) Paul Gibson 1200 pts
2) John Tidey 1186 pts
3) Col Armitage 1148 pts
4) Richard Aurich 996 pts
5) James Cameron 948 pts
6) John Rawlins 941 pts
7) Ron Gett 230 pts
8) Dennis Rogers 223 pts

Thanks to all those who took part

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Europhia 2
Aussie model, good condition.
Digital servos, battery, Spektrum 2.4 AR7000
Ideal Competiton plane for windy days.
$1200
Contact Brian Lindsay 0249589910. 0438589910, lindsayracing@optusnet.com.au]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100216-134535 Paul]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100216-134057 http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100216-131451 2) Battery to be no more than that supplied with the model. Battery to be checked and sealed by the CD before any flying starts and batteries may not then be removed or recharged until the end of the comp. Seal can be a strip of tape across the battery connector, signed by CD.
3) Number and required flight time of rounds to be clearly stated before flying (suggest 3 with CD's discretion if necessary). All rounds closed (ie start and finish on CD's signal). Rounds may be broken into heats if the number of competitors justify it.
4) No relaunches. If a competitor cannot complete a flight as specified below his score for that round will be flight time only, up to not more than 75% of a max (% may be varied after a couple of trial competitions). Unless the problem is not connected with motor or battery this competitor is now out of the competition.
5) A landing area to be defined whithin a clear view of the competitors and so placed that no one need overfly the flight line. Area should be of reasonable size for the conditions but not to exceed (say) 500 sq metres (25m circle - ed.) Landing inside the area gains (say) 10% of the flight time. No one to enter the area for the purposes of retrieval until the round (heat) has ended.
6) unlimited use of motor but it must be used twice in a flight for a minimum of 15 sec (say) each run. If the motor will not complete the run time the flight is to be terminated immediately and no further rounds can be flown by that competitor.
7) Any tie to be determined by flyoff with motors run (say) 15 sec every 2 min until all but one competitor is eliminated
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1) There only be one motor run allowed, the flight time to start when the motor stops.

2) A reasonable period should be allowed for the weaker planes to get to height so I propose a 7min working time for a 6 min flight. Timing stops when the working time expires and no landing points are given if you are not on the ground before the end of working time.

3) Points are to be given for landing but to avoid damage to motors these should only have a smallish value, 20 points 0-5m, 15 points, 5-10m and 5 points 10-15m. We have plenty of tapes, so each pilot will have his own tape. The tape will be laid out down wind, the pilot will stand 3 m up wind of the 0 point of the tape. This will be his launch point. When landing the tape can be moved to measure the landing point from the zero (staked) point. The measurement point is the nose of the fuselage whatever the orientation of the plane when at rest.There will be a spacing of at least 10m between pilots. To discourage over flying no landing points if the plane lands past the zero point in the direction of the competitiors

In order to better control the height achieved during the motor run a height limiting switch would be ideal. I am getting one of these soon. This will be the cheaper version of what John Rawlins has and will cost about $70.]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100216-111006
Hanger 9 ARF Sopwith Camel, as new. Only 6 short flights. Plane complete with OS FS 91S-II 4 stroke, only run as above. All servos Hitec HS 475hb's. Receiver batter NiMH, Zinger prop. only requires receiver to fly, has my 2.4 receiver in it.
$700 complete excluding 2.4 receiver.
Phil Pontey,
Mobile: 0408 684 623
email : ppontey@bigpond.com
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Wanted,
old,small engines about 2.5cc. Prefer diesel but glow considered. I would be interested in any make e.g.: DC,ED,Albion,Mills,AM,Frog,Bambini,Taipan,Sabre etc. There must be some of these collecting dust somewhere.
Phone 0249455282 oe email lesquilant@hotkey.net.au]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100208-161317 Many clubs both here and overseas have comps for this class of plane but the rules vary and we want to come up with a simple set of rules that will result in a level playing field. This is because although similar the planes are not identical and the Easy Fly in particular has a weaker motor than the other two. The Radian is also Rudder/Elevator/Motor and the Easy Fly and the Easy Glider Pro have ailerons as well.
The first rule that comes to mind is that the number of channels in use should be limited to three, one of these being motor. The other two would then be rudder/elevator or ailerons/elevator. In the latter case the ailerons would have to be worked off one channel, i.e a single aileron servo or a Y lead from a single channel to two servos. I have tried my Easy Fly with both systems and it flies best with aileron/elevator but with mechanical differential built in, via an angled servo horn, this allows more up aileron than down purely through the linkage geometry.
So, all the gliders can be made to fly with the same number of channels being used (3)
The space on these blogs is limited, so I will continue with the next rule on a separate entry.]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100131-161029 There were 46 entries for open thermal including 2 ladies this time, Rebecca and Carolyn Michael from Goulburn. Brian and I were the only NACA fliers, John Rawlins wanted to come but in the end other commitments prevented him from attending. Brian and I had almost the opposite experiences during the comp. I started on a high and was 8th after the first day and 4th some time during the second but being a typical pom I managed to snatch defeat out of the jaws of victory and ended up 16th after the last 4 flights were dreadful. Brian went the other way, starting off slowly but really picking up on the last day with amagnificent save by slope soaring a small hill about 6-700 m east of the field. He came 19th. Our friends from HSL were round abouts where we were except for Jack Murphy who had a blinder with his new Aspires and ended up 8th or so.
The weather started fairly still but by the end of the comp it was blowing steadily. It is worth the trip and there is always a chance to win RES - I won it 2 years ago with one of my Velvias just 2 months after my big operation. Carl Strautins won Open as nearly everyone expected. He used a 300m winch line instead of the standard 400m because he was practicing for the World F3J Championships to be held in France later this year.
Everyone was helpful and a good time was had by all (except the last 4 rounds for me!)
Some highlights were the hand launched gliders which were being launched to over 100 feet and thermaling off in the smallest bit of lift. The open electric models were impressive with climb rates at least as fast as a winch launch (mind you the winner was getting over 2kW out of his motor!)]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100131-141025 There were 46 in open thermal with, for the first time probably, 2 ladies competing, Rebecca Richards, who most of us know and Carolyn Michael (who built and flies a Long EZ)
Brian and I had varing results through the three days, I started on a high and had 4 diasterous rounds at the end dropping me from 4th to 16th. Brian did the opposite, starting slowly but ending on a high with a slope soaring flight on a small hill about 600m down wind of the field. He came in 19th after being in the 20's during days 1 and 2. Carl Srautins won, as was probably expected, I think he could have won open with a Spirit. He won using a 300m winch line when almost all the rest of us were using 400m lines!]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100121-071341 http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100119-102316 The results are below, poor Richard had a wing break on launch and Ron and Col each missed one of their flights due to winch availability at the end of the comp. Lyn Oaten did really well.
Results
1) Brian Lindsay 1195 pts (only 5 pts from a perfact score!)
2) Steve Truscott 1175 pts)
3) Paul Gibson 1172 pts
4) Lyn Oaten 1110 pts (well done Lyn !)
5) John Tidey 1069 pts
6) John Quigley 982 pts
7) John Rawlins 954 pts
8) Ron Gett 910 pts
9) Ray Oehme 896 pts
10) Col Armitage 734 pts
11) Richard Aurich 352 pts
]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry100111-082737 1) Twin engine Dual Ace with 2 x OS46 AX motors, Hitec receiver, servos and battery pack.- $450 ono
2) Brian Kirkwook built Astrohog with Evolution 60 motor Hitec receiver, servos and battery pack.
- $300 ono
3)Brian Kirkwood built Minicab with Hitec receiver,servos. motor is Magnum 91 four stroke which belongs to Stehen's dad, so $300 ono will buy you everything except the motor.
4) Dragon Lady with Chinese Supre Tigre motor, Hitec receiver, servos and battery pack. - $250 ono
5) CAP 232 wit OS 90 four stroke, Hitec receiver, servos and battery pack. Motor has been run in, plane never flown. - $350 ono

Contact Steve at 0249 829 678 or 0466 154 580
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1) E Flite 400D + 2 canopies, never flown - $250.00
2) CX2 3 bodies + spares, never flown - $120.00
3) MCX New Micro + 2 batteries, as new - $75.00
4) 2 x Twister Hawks 27Mhz, as new, army and rescue + spares - $50 each

Telephone Marty at 0249844258 or mobile 0418429332


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Hello,
This is the third or fourth time I have tried to do this, so please bear with me if I sound jaded, new stuff takes time to learn.
Firstly I would like to wish everyone a Happy Christmas and a 2010 full of fun and flying.

Competitions

We have a couple of dates pancilled in. On Sunday 21st Feb we were going to hold a 2m 2 Channel man on man competition using modified Australian Thermal rules and winch launching. Up to now we have only had a few indications of interest, so if you would like to fly in such a competition, please contact either myself at piglytoo@gmail.com or Brian at lindsayracing@optusnet.com.au. If we do not hold a 2m glider competition there seems more interest in a 2m foamy electric glider competition. Few people in the club seemed interested in paying $150 for a height limiting switch (althought they are now available at $75) so we are still in discussion about the rules for the comp.
The other competition is a repeat of our successful open competition. This has been proposed for the October long weekend, with a start on Saturday 2nd Oct. and running through to Sunday 3rd. It is a long way off but you know how time flies.

In the next blog - care of winch lines.
Cheers,
Paul
]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry091220-141138 Mellennium Cup - Competition Date @ NACA Salt Ash Field

Competion CD - Brian Lindsay
Date: 23 May 2010
Starting time: 8 00am.
Entry fee: $15.00 or there abouts

]]> http://www.nacaweb.com.au/index.php?entry=entry091220-132231 Claytons Glider - Competition Dates @ NACA Salt Ash Field

Competion CD - Ray Oehme
Starting time: 9 00am.
Entry fee: $2.00

Rnd1- 20 Sepember 2009
Rnd2- ?? January 2010
Rnd3- 28 Febuary 2010
Rnd4- 11 April 2010 ]]>