1

If undelivered please return to P.O. Box 14115 Christchurch Airport

CHRISTCHURCH MODEL AERO CLUB (INC)

CHRISTCHURCH MODEL AERO CLUB EXECUTIVE 2017 / 18

President. Grahame Hart 6B Middlepark Road. Upper Riccarton. (grahamehart@me.com )

021 726367

Secretary. Ian Harvey 55A Lockheed Rd, Upper Riccarton. (harveyi@plantwise.co.nz) 348 8206

Treasurer. Trevor Henderson 82 Rose St., Spreydon. ( bigtrev@xtra.co.nz ) 337 1091

Recording Officer Gary Burrows 42 Santa Maria Ave, Mt Pleasant. ( garyburrows@xtra.co.nz ) 384 0994

R/C Power. Graham Moffat moffatga@outlook.com 341 5455

R/C Glider. Paul Chisholm 66 Cairnbrae Drive, Prebbelton. (plchisholm@snap.net.nz) 2600928

Free Flight. Stewart Morse 19 Enticott Place, Huntsbury. ( morse@orcon.net.nz ) 980 9676 027 428 3333

Vintage Bruce Weatherall 223B Main North Road, Redwood. (bpweatherall@xtra.co.nz )

354 2220 02102688112

Indoor./ control line

Contact Bill Long for info 322 7202

Web Master Mark Venter 30 Manor Place, Bryndwr ( mventer@xtra.co.nz ) 351 6193

"Torque" Editor Gary Burrows 42 Santa Maria Ave, Mt Pleasant. ( garyburrows@xtra.co.nz ) 384 0994

April 2018

2

The prez sez

Junior / Junior = under 18 Junior = 18 to 60 Senior = 60 to 80 Senior / Senior = 80+ Club perceived age / knowledge

Welcome all to the new financial year of CMAC, to all of you who have settled your subscription prior to 1st of April - well done and thank you, it does make the jobs of the Secre-tary and Treasure a lot easier. Winter is on its way but it can bring some calm days although a bit frosty, lets hope we have more of the calm and less of the rain and wind. Well its Sunday morning and I am off to do some flying, see you there, if you want to talk to me or other committee members about the club please don't hesitate, we are at your ser-vice. Happy Flying Grahame Hart

For sale 1, Big Sting V tail, good for thermal soaring or F3B, or slope, double carbon lay up. Yel-low and Red. Has an extra set of wing tips and joiner bars. Full Ballast set, wing bags in-cluded. $1500 ono plchisholm@snap.net.nz 027 528 2462 reason for selling, moved to other things

For sale Spectrum DX6e Radio as new. Hyperion charger. OS 10 and OS 45LA motors. Dremel tool on stand. contact is: derekwratten@xtra.co.nz

Give away PLANS Maricado 55 inch span power model Monarch 81.5 inch span flying wing glider Junkers 49ba high altitude research a/c 1931 48 inch scale S4– Kalina 30.5 inch scale rubber (enlarged 26” aero modeler plan) Rebel 54 inch power model by R A Twomey Pietenpol Air Camper 55inch scale r/c power RC Modeler plan Bowers “Fly Baby” scale Biplane 66 inch .60 2stroke power Gloster Gladiator 32 inch FF scale for .75cc 1cc engines Contact Gary Burrows (03) 384 0994 or email garyburrows@xtra.co.nz Reason to reduce my “want to” build list so I can complete those that I have started!!!!!!

3

Minutes of CMAC committee meeting, Thursday 12th April 2018,  6B Middlepark Road, Upper Riccarton, 7.30pm 

Present: Grahame Hart, Gary Burrows , Trevor Henderson, Ian Harvey, Stewart Morse, Bruce Weatherall, Graham Moffatt, Paul Chisholm; Apologies: Mark Venter Minutes and notes of the AGM and previous meeting. Approved. Matters arising: Nil Correspondence In and Out: From Cotswold pre-school who would like a member to demon-strate planes to the kids. Ian H to organise. Invoice from NZPost for hire of PO Box; Trevor to action. Thank-you card from David and Isabell with thanks for sympathy at the passing of Peter Stott. Treasurer’s report: Cheque account has $11,122.40 and savings $4,418.76. Note that affilia-tion to MFNZ need to be paid out the cheque a/c. Cheque for $420 paid to Ian H for cost of John Ensoll presentation. A good number of members have paid but some recalcitrant members are flagging behind. Reminder emails to be sent. Section officers’ reports: R/C Power: Not much activity to report other than the usual sport flying. Lengths of 4x2 are to be purchased to secure the new seating. Rabbit holes have had to be filled. Large model regis-tration and safely was discussed. Free Flight: Pretty quiet but some flying with finger scars to prove that there had been partici-pation. Tomboy: All good with mixed individual results. One flight recorded to 1008ft above GL (our danger zone ceiling is 1350ft above ground level ) Soaring: Three members attended a recently held aero-tow event at the Christchurch Radio Flier’s club field at Burnham. Small numbers attended but flying conditions were good and no one crashed. Pylon: Recent meeting saw 6 -7 people in attendance with a few “prangs”! Gordon Kearton attended before dragging his 93 year old body off to the gym. Torque and website: Torque going well. Web site up-grade is progressing. AOB:

Safety issues around large models and flying at the CMAC site were discussed with Gra-ham Moffatt to review procedures.

MFNZ insurance was discussed with Ian H to draft a letter to be sent to request what the policy actually covers and clarification as to what fliers are covered for.

Meeting closed at 8:42 with next meeting scheduled for 2nd Thursday in May.

Club night, Tuesday May 1st Show and tell by Grahame Hart on his 3D printer and some of the bits (and models) he has so far printed out. (See April Torque for some photo's of the great looking models he has made so far) Mark

4

The “Eatery Bunch” sampling some of the sausage delights produced by the above BBQ chef. I notice that Mark (I like mine to be made from lion/zebra road kill) Venter will eat anything af-ter coming out of hibernation for 12 months.

It is easier to control the turning of sausages than controlling a helicopter by our new chef Grant Fry!!!!

5

Free flight and Vintage free flight 25th March 2018 A good crowd had faith in GBBBB's (alias OBGGGGG) weather forecasting for the Tomboy competition and turned up to have a fly. The free flight power flyer's did not last long with Bruce Bonner and Stew Morse man-aging to show how their Stomper power model's can return to earth twice as fast as they left it on launch with deadly consequences. Vintage rubber models were produced later in the morning after Tomboy with Bruce W, Lynn and Stew M putting in times. Stew M came out on top courtesy of a long final flight in warmer conditions late in the morning. Vintage Rubber (NDC # 115) Stew Morse 105, 81, 159 345 Gollywock 1944 (bonus 6 applied) Lynn R 91, 102, 86 279 Gollywock 1944 (bonus 6 applied) Bruce W. 69, 69, 67 205 Pinochio 1950 (bonus 0 applied) E Vintage duration ( NDC # 117) Mark Venter 232, 296, 528 Comet Clipper 1938 (bonus 12 applied) Free flight and Vintage free flight 1st April 2018 There was no flying due weather and important people being away No Morse, apparently some red headed guy in Dunedin was better looking than the usual Gaggle (not looking at anyone and the mirror doesn’t lie) No Rodway, the Wanaka Air show was his bag

Free flight and Vintage free flight 8th April 2018 The usual three early birds of Lynn, John B and Stew M were joined shortly after arrival by our intrepid Editor OGGGGBBBBB. (get it right Stew it is OBGGGGG) Gary apologetically admitted he had arrived with no model to fly, no camera to use and was only there to reset the weatherbox clock following daylight saving. Surprisingly no one else turned up so the three early birds were left to fly in the calm dead air conditions that prevailed the whole morning and which put a damper on long flights Lynn's son Steve on holiday from Queensland did a good job timing and retrieving throughout the day. P30 (NDC #26) Lynn 81, 98, 72 total 251 John B 105, 66, 62 233 Stew M 63, 57, 77 197 CLG (NDC#30) John B 35, 31, 23, 31, 27, 29 176 Lynn 23, 19, 28, 23, 17, 18 123 Stew M 16, 13, 18, 22, 20, 23 116 A1 (NDC#27) John B 66, 74,119, 92,105 456 Lynn 96, 58, 53, 79, 98, 384 Stew M 67, 76, 46, 56, -- 245

6

The Indoor report for the 15th April. By Billy the old kid F1L was the order of the day. Now what can I say about F1L, well it is what some older modellers know as Easy B. but they are wrong. Easy B is an American class that has no mini-mum weight as F.1.L is a F.A.I class that is free of being interfered with and does have a mini-mum weight of 1.2 grams. What is that I like about F.1.L? well they fly well (the guys in the states tell me that the Easy B is the hardest of all models to trim and get to fly well.) Both Kay and I did a low wind test flight to check that the models were flying OK. Kay then penalized herself by using this flight as one of her times. Her model seemed more buoyant than mine but her next flight was less time in the air than expected and it turns out that the turn was affected by the tail boom being out of whack. Nev was flying with a well trimmed model although he told me that the models circle was bigger than he would like. Me, well the model flew well for both flights but I feel that this site should produce times of 13 minutes so I presume we need to try harder. May be new models? The rubber that Kay and I used was SS 6/016 (1.3 gram per mt.)

Results: best two times. BILL. 20 MIN-23 SEC. NEV. 12 MIN-55 SEC. KAY. 10 MIN-48 SEC.

NEXT MEETING IS THE 13th MAY.

Free Flight 22 April After the storm that hit Christchurch the previous night it was good to be able to arrive at the field where the sun was out, the wind light and the ground dry underfoot. NDC times were posted in Coupe and 1/2a by Lynn, Open Rubber by John B and CLG by Stu Grant and Esteemed Editor Gary. Stew Morse continued with his plan to rebuild his Stomper by repairing it bit by bit each week after yet another unsuccessful attempt at flight. Coupe (NDC#25) Lynn 61, 68, 51 total 180 Open Rubber (NDC#23) John B 93, 180, 53 total 326 CLG (NDC#30) Stu Grant 15, 30, 31, 28, 38, 24, total 166 Gary B 23, 29, 32, 28, 20, 36 168 1/2a Power (NDC#22) Lynn 75, 120, 120, total 315 Note the safety zone for when

Stew test flies his Stomper

Pick the repair points

The name “Stomper” was arrived at due to the number of times that the modeler stomped on his non performing model requiring a rebuild (I think Stew should follow this path) some people are just masochists!!!!! 200 meters + to cars

7

IGNITION TIMING FOR A TWO STROKE ENGINE, by bigT Yes, perhaps new words for the aero modeller but if you want your engine to run prop-erly then it is a very important subject. Like any internal combustion engine a model engine will deliver its best power when all critical items are in 'sync' with each other- for the glow plug engine that means, compression, correct heat range for the plug, correct fuel, correct propeller and perhaps last but not least the correct needle setting....you will all realize by now that a rich needle setting never gives full power, and similarly a lean engine won't either- but in a worse case cost you glow plugs! Fuel, and glow plugs are the variables and if the engine manufacturers instructions are followed then it is up to you to then fully understand your engine. For the beginner that can be very difficult as generally he has no knowledge of anything relating to a model engine, and in some cases may not even know how it works! If you need help then take my advice and ask a club member- they are all prepared to help, or they send you off to someone who can help you. Generally speaking the best performance of your engine will be obtained slightly before top dead centre- commonly known as TDC- so that when the piston has carried over TDC and commencing its downward stroke the pressure created by the combustion has had time to build up to its maximum power.......don't ask me to prove it but it does happen. Some of you may have heard 'rattling' engines- generally caused by pre-ignition- and that is an early gas pressure build-up which quite apart from robbing engine power this will stress all the working parts of the engine, and in extreme cases cause mechanical failure. Pre-ignition can lead to overheating or detonation, which is the main reason for a sand blasted combustion chamber, and in most cases similar damage to the piston top. Both are easily fixed with careful sanding using wet and dry sandpaper, but the best method is follow the manu-facturers instruction with correct type of plug and heat range plus a good needle setting. Screwing in the needle to try and get more power is ok if you know what you are doing however you all need to develop a 'good ear' to know when the engine is really too lean.......as mentioned above a lean engine is a hot engine. If the ignition is retarded then the ignition is late and that of course will also lead to the engine never reaching full power........however a retarded engine won't suffer any dam-age......you simply won't get the power that you had anticipated. In the ideal world a model engine should sound unloaded and if properly set-up as you adjust the needle so the engine RPM should follow. If there is a significant time-lag on the en-gine RPM after you have adjusted the needle then there is something wrong. Playing with your engine tuning is the only way of mastering the operation- get 2 or 3 new plugs of the same manufacture but of different heat ranges( OS, ENYA, MERLIN) and play with the tuning of your favourite engine....you will notice how each one affects the per-formance and the RPM. You will be amazed as to how each affects the performance. If you do want to play with fuel mixes never forget that as you increase the NITRO con-tent you should go to a colder plug, conversely if you reduce the nitro you go to a hotter plug. Some engines will never run properly if no nitro is being used- they are under compressed.

8

A couple of “Electrifying” Types chatting about their experiences, on left Mark (clearing the cobwebs) Venter with his E Comet Clipper (seeing the light of the day after hibernation in the cave) with the “Top Dog” electric Tomboy flier (I hope he was-n’t coaching or sledging — known for both) John Dunstan (Crusaders coach to be on hold!!!)

Why is Bruce Bonner (stopwatch in hand) and Lynn Rodway grinning at??? Just maybe that they were enjoying the problems some other flier was having!!!! Makes a change doesn’t chaps!!!!!

Richard Matheson and his very reliable T28 Trojan after completing his loop roll flight for the competition. This is the model which Rich-ard learnt to fly on 5 years ago with lots of crashes now Richard has become a good pilot. The model is a foamie electric and a very good trainer aircraft.

9

F5J New Zealand Open 14th April, 2018 by Ian Harvey

This MFNZ Soaring SIG and CMAC sanctioned event was the inaugural national F5J competition that was held on McCartney’s farm at Tai Tapu, south of Christchurch just off the Akaroa highway. The entry numbers were particularly disappointing with 5 flies from the North Island and only 4 from the South (there is an interloper in the heading photo). Despite this, the flying on the Saturday went without a hitch, with 10 rounds being flown seamlessly. The audio system was started by CD John Shaw that gave all information required for the fliers, in-cluding the names of each competitor announced automatically 5 minutes before the beginning of each round; then an automated count-down to the mass launch and count-down to the landing 10 minutes later. John had little to do for the rest of the day except fly in the competition. The paddock at Tai Tapu was ideal for the event with no real obstructions and nice dense grass for safe and soft landings. The weather was ideal with good lift coming through to entice some fliers to attempt low altitude motor cut-offs (see details later). Most of the competition ran with the wind from the south. However, a NE was trying to push in later in the day that produced some spectacular cloud and light conditions as well as probable convergence lift. Several visitors came out to watch the competition and voiced surprised at how relaxed and fun the flying of this new international electric glider competition was. There are no com-plications from winches or bungies with the mass launches being directly into the wind from wherever it was coming from. F5J rules dictate that you can use almost any type of electric glider ranging from a simple foam plane such as a Radian through to a 4m + composite machine such as a Maxa or a Plus. All that is required is an altitude limiting switch / altitude recorder. This is fitted between the speed controller and receiver allowing only a single 30 sec motor run. It then records the height when soaring flight begins a few seconds later.

10

The type of recorder used by almost all competitors was the Aerobtec Altis v4+ . As can be seen from the photo of the instrument, it has a screen that gives a clear readout of the altitude where soaring commenced and then this is recorded on the score sheet at the end of each flight. (These amazing little devices that also log your flight can be readily purchased on-line from many sources and cost around $100.00. They can be programmed through a USB connection to your computer to conform to several competition require-ments). This competition rewards the brave who have the confidence to cut-out the motor at as low an altitude

as can be risked with the chance (or hope) of catching a thermal and climbing out for the 10 min max. This was demonstrated to good effect by several of the top pilots in many flights, but sometimes it went quite wrong, with the pilot scratching for height to complete the task. Many opted for as near to a 200m altitude to commence the flight as possible giving plenty of height to go thermal hunting. After ten rounds, Alex Hewson entered the scores into John Shaw’s computer set up in his new multi-purpose trailer

The usual suspects came out on top, with Joe Wurts winning from Kevin Botherway and Dave Griffin. After the F5J competition, there was a Radian fun-fly-in with several local fliers joining in the chaos. A couple of tasks were set (4 min and 6 min flights with the latter followed by a mass Radian fly-past lead by Paul Lagan). Then there was a champagne fly-off; won after 15 min by Kevin Botherway.

11

The day ended with a pleasant and convivial evening meal at the iconic Laboratory brewery and café in Lincoln Township. Sunday was a completely different story. A fresh to strong NE blew us away and after reviewing the conditions at the field and packing up, the competitors retired to Dave Griffin’s workshop / garage to view his latest glider constructions and 3D printer, review the competition and discuss ways of trying to engender better participation and give out place-getting certifi-cates.

Shane Kennington, from a local model shop (Flight R/C) issued prizes to the leading competi-tors. This was a lot of fun with no models damaged (as often eventuates in these events – only one gentle mid-air collision). During flying, Alex Hewson flew his FPV drone around the com-petitors, with the footage showing the great flying site, the nearby Port Hills and the spectacular sky that was being flown in. (apparently to be edited and placed on “utube”)

12

48” Class

2017 2 worst results dropped

Event Date 5-

Feb 2-

Apr 7-May 28-

May 23-Jul

27-Aug 24-Sep

29-Oct 3-Dec

Compedi-tor

Rodway D Club Points 0 7 8 7 0 6 7 5 6 46 1st Percentage

gained 0 942 1000 972 0 852 1000 126 686 5578

Dunstan E

Club Points 5 8 7 8 5 0 0 7 0 40 2nd

Percentage gained

100 1000 984 1000 641 0 0 1000 0 4725

Morse D Club Points 6 5 5 5 0 5 6 6 5 38 3rd Percentage

gained 1000 295 438 432 0 506 739 487 471 4073

Grant E Club Points 0 0 0 6 6 7 0 0 7 26 4th Percentage

gained 0 0 0 859 1000 1000 0 0 1000 3859

Ensoll D Club Points 0 6 6 0 0 0 5 0 0 17 5th Percentage

gained 0 883 651 0 0 0 203 0 0 1737

2017 tomboy results

36” Class

2017 2 worst results dropped

Event Date 2-Apr 7-May 28-May 23-Jul 27-Aug

24-Sep 29-Oct 3-Dec

Compeditor Beresford D

Club Points 6 6 0 6 6 5 5 6 35 1st

Percentage gained

1000 1000 0 581 1000 697 212 1000 5278

Burrows D Club Points 5 5 5 7 5 6 6 5 34 2nd Percentage

gained 551 783 1000 1000 719 1000 866 673 5368

Glubb E Club Points 0 0 0 5 0 0 8 0 13 3rd Percentage

gained 0 0 0 205 0 0 1000 0 1205

McCurrie D Club Points 0 0 0 0 0 0 7 0 7 4th Percentage

gained 0 0 0 0 0 0 953 0 953

13

Tomboy 25th march 6 x 6 x 6 An other perfect day thanks to Zeus and cohorts (OBGGGGG being one of them) very little wind and plenty of sun. Of course there were defectors!!!!! Beresford trying for accidental injury by riding in a trials event (Paul Lagan was also a trials rider of note in his younger days until old age and sense caught up John, accidents???) Stu Grant said the rivers were clear and was chasing salmon (haven’t seen any yet!!!) Granddad E must be sleeping in!!!! But from the dark depths of his cave appeared the mysterious Mark Venter, much to the worry of OBGGGGG who went from first at the last contest to last just behind MV such was the distraction he caused. In the 48” division was a return of the electrifying John Dunstan back from his coaching of the Crusaders to TWO losses under his personal support . He needed a win to recover from his humiliation, and at least there was no sand paper in sight to knobble the opposition just Can-terbury honest sportsmanship.!!!!! Stew Morse has moved up the ranks into second edging out Lynn Rodway though both had their problems.

48" 6x6x6 25 March 2018 Maxi-mum score

NAME

ENGINE FLIGHT 1 360secs FLIGHT 2 360secs

FLIGHT 3 360secs

TOTAL OF ALL

3 FLIGHT

Percent-age rank-ings

Club points

DUN-STAN ELECTRIC

Actual flight time min:sec 6:01 5.58 5:52

Corrected score 359 358 352 1069 Landing 30 30 0 30 60

TOTAL 389 358 382 1129 1000 7

MORSE DESIEL Actual flight time min:sec 4:38 5:01 5:17

Corrected score 278 301 317 896 Landing 30 0 30 0 30

TOTAL 278 331 317 926 820 6

RODWAY DESIEL Actual flight 3:18 5:59 3:44

Corrected score 198 359 224 781 Landing 30 30 0 30 60

TOTAL 228 359 254 841 745 5

36” Division had, as mentioned, the return of a couple of top competitors in the persons of Sean McCurrie and Mark (I will do better next time, when the cobwebs of the dark cave are purged ) Venter, much to the damage of OBGGGGG’s ego. Sean was not actually far behind Dunstan in actual score, just need 2 more landings. Mark V showed that he hasn’t totally lost it due to his hibernation of last year and with his model (which has an altitude achieved indicator) showed much promise of things to come.

14

36" Competition 6x6x6 25 March 2018 Maximum

score 1170

NAME ENGINE FLIGHT 1 360secs FLIGHT 2 360secs

FLIGHT 3 360secs

TOTAL OF ALL 3 FLIGHTS

Per-centage rank-ings

Club points

McCURRIE DESIEL Actual flight time min:sec 6:00 5:39 5:59

Corrected score 360 339 359 1058 Landing 30 0 0 30 30 TOTAL 360 339 389 1088 1000 7

VENTER DESIEL Actual flight time min:sec 3:47 5:31 4:09

Corrected score 227 331 249 807

Landing 30 30 0 0 30

TOTAL 257 331 249 837 769 6 BURROWS DESIEL Actual flight time min:sec 3:36 5:16 3:38

Corrected score 216 316 218 750 Landing 30 0 30 30 60 TOTAL 216 346 248 810 744 5

The interesting bit of Marks flying with the “altitude achieved” indicator showed that his 36” TB achieved 1008feet above the ground (our field limit is 1350feet) on his best flight (must get one to see how high I go, it is a Eagle Tree item worth about Au $40 but there is cur-rently no stock anywhere I have looked) I will try out the “altitude permit” I have as it gives a height read out achieved. A good contest with the usual “Sledging” but no sand papering!!!!!

Notice the dark glasses as the cave that MV came from was DARK. Technique is still good.

Sean is a lot younger than OBGGGGG as he can still get up from that position!!!!! Old age will catch up!!!!

15

 Omarama Aero‐tow; 21 ‐23 April 2018 by IAN HARVEY   Several CMAC members attended this great annual even held at the Omarama airfield where model glider and tugs vie with full size equivalents and visiting sports aircraft for run‐way and air‐space prior‐ity. It all works well with model fliers in the pilot’s box in constant radio contact and communication with the airfield traffic controller.  

 It was a great weekend with around 25 pilots flying a range of glider and tug types. The photos and captions capture some of the activity.  

 Saturday was very windy so many just sat around telling lies after a talk by mountain soaring guru Gavin Wills (above). Others went MTBiking and some when dynamic soaring on a nearby ridge with NW orientation.  

 LEFT: Dave Griffin had some problems with his retracts on his ASH 31 7m model, but decided to belly take‐off and land. He flew some GPS defined courses with no prob‐lems.  

 Below: Rob Ward got to fly his white MDM‐1 FOX(y – lady) while son Michael did his share of towing with the Hanger 9 DECATHLON (below left)  

16

Left: Ken McMillan flew his STING launching from a dolly and using a simple strip of Velcro as a tow‐line attachment (arrow). Worked well for him!  Below: Chisholms Scott, Hayden, Paul and Ryan were pre‐sent, with all flying various models and Ryan getting valu‐able guidance from Dave G (below left)  

Above: Alex Taylor (Gore) holds the wing‐tip of Peter France’s FOX (with pop‐up fan retracted) with tow pilot Michael W ready to throttle up.  

Above: Millie: Can I have ago? Ryan: I think you are too old now. You should have been here last year. Mother: No Millie, the pilot doesn’t want a suck on your lollypop  

Left: Tow pilot Alex Taylor takes up line tension for Jiles Smits (Australia – who drew up the plans for the model of the Vlieg‐tuigblouw SAGITTA) while builder and owner Jack Coker (Dunedin) holds the wings steady (and hopes it comes back in‐tact!). Full size glider in the background was waiting for more wind and a client.  

17

18

Weather Station Phone Number 021 02943562

Operating times Monday to Friday 0600—1300hrs and 1400—1700hrs Saturday and Sunday 0600—1600hrs

Editorial Manure. # 159, I received a copy of the Auckland club’s magazine/bulletin the other day (I get it regu-

larly via email) and in it was a very well written article by Mike Mulholland on his build efforts of the Vintage Model Co (VMC) Sopwith Triplane A Kit scale model (Auckland do have a lot of scale modelers, particularly of the indoor type, also a lot of outdoor scale too as seen by the results at the last nationals) We as a club don’t do a lot of scale model-ing both indoor or outdoor but I am trying to get some thing going with our own CMAC Scale Texaco event. The problem with scale is the type of competition that has to be flown is not conducive to NDC type contests as it is very difficult to judge the scale side of things with other competitors in various locations, the only other comp (apart from 1/2a Texaco scale) that could be run (with slight rule alterations is Peanut scale)

Also the editorial by Stan Mauger on unfinished projects (modeling of course) takes it’s inspiration from a “Stuff” article By Colleen Hawkes, the quote that tickles my fancy is “ Survey-shows-most-of-us-have-unfinished-projects-but-Wellington-tops-the-list” Isn’t that where parliament IS!!!!!

The weather station is now returned to pre daylight saving settings Are you having a go at the roll and loop event as promoted in the add, great prizes to be

won. Graham Moffat is waiting to take your photo with the model after completing the two maneuvers.

What a great effort chaps, to pay your subs on time, we applaud you OBGGGGG    

Club website http://cmac.synthasite.com

How many turns is that John B John Beresford was having a good time until his best motor broke.

19

May 2018 FF 34 Open Rubber May 2018 FF 35 1/2 A Power May 2018 FF 36 Kiwi Power May 2018 FF 37 Open Glider May 2018 FF 38 FAI F1L Indoor Rubber May 2018 FF 39 Coupe d'Hiver May 2018 VINT 124 FF Vintage Precision May 2018 VINT 125 FF Vintage Power Duration May 2018 VINT 126 FF Nostalgia Rubber Duration May 2018 VINT 127 RC Vintage and Classical Scale Texaco May 2018 VINT 128 RC Vintage Open Texaco May 2018 SOAR  79 Thermal D (F500) May 2018 SOAR  80 Thermal B (10 min)

MAY NDC EVENTS 2018

1-May-18 Tuesday club night 1900 - 2100hrs Condell ave 5-May-18 Saturday Pylon NDC Events 0900 -1600hrs Willows 6-May-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows 12-May-18 Saturday Soaring NDC Events 0900 -1600hrs Willows 13-May-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows 13-May-18 Sunday Indoor NDC Events 1300 -1500hrs Templeton 19-May-18 Saturday Pylon NDC Events 0900 -1600hrs Willows 20-May-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows 26-May-18 Saturday 27-May-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows 27-May-18 Sunday Soaring NDC Events 1300 -1600hrs Willows 27-May-18 Sunday TOMBOY TOMBOY 0900 - 1200hrs Willows 27-May-18 Sunday BBQ Day 1130 - 1230hrs Willows

Graham Moffat R/C power and safety officer plus “Mr. Green” the mower man with his Sea Fury

20

June 2018 FF Hangar Rat 40 June 2018 FF Indoor Hand Launch Glider 41 June 2018 FF A1 Glider 42

June 2018 FF P30 43 June 2018 FF FAI F1A Glider 44 June 2018 VINT Vintage FF Hand Launch Glider 129 June 2018 VINT Vintage FF Catapult Glider 130 June 2018 VINT FF Nostalgia Power Duration 131 June 2018 VINT FF Classic Rubber Duration 132 June 2018 VINT RC Vintage Precision 133 June 2018 VINT RC Classical E Duration 134 June 2018 SOAR ALES 200 Class M (Scoring per 3.13.7) 81 June 2018 SOAR F3K Tasks B,D,G,H only (total raw scores) 82 June 2018 SOAR ALES Radian Class P 83

June NDC Events

2-Jun-18 Saturday Pylon NDC Events 0900 -1600hrs Willows

3-Jun-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows

5-Jun-18 Tuesday club night 1900 - 2100hrs Condell ave

9-Jun-18 Saturday Soaring NDC Events 0900 - 1300hrs Willows

10-Jun-18 Sunday Indoor NDC Events 1300 -1500hrs Templeton

10-Jun-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows

16-Jun-18 Saturday Pylon NDC Events 0900 -1600hrs Willows

17-Jun-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows

23-Jun-18 Saturday

24-Jun-18 Sunday TOMBOY 0900 - 1200hrs Willows

24-Jun-18 Sunday FF / Vint NDC Events 0900 - 1200hrs Willows

24-Jun-18 Sunday BBQ Day 1130hrs Willows

24-Jun-18 Sunday Soaring NDC Events 1300 - 1600hrs Willows 30-Jun-18 Saturday

3-Jun-18 Sunday AVON TROPHY 0900 - 1200hrs Willows