SAMAA News Issue 2 of 2014

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Donald Flint’s Sparky free flight rubber-powered model gliding in after flight.

Garth Anderson’s A1 towline glider being launched.

Issue 2 of 2014

Garth Anderson. Photos by Bernard and Petro Odendaal.

The 2013 Free Flight event was the first of its kind to be held in South Africa for about 25-30 years, and even though it was not an official SAMAA- accredited event, it was nonetheless the first dedicated Free Flight event of this nature in South Africa for way more than a quarter of a century.

This year during the weekend of 20-23 March, a great variety of Free Flight model aircraft once again graced the Albertinia skies in the Southern Cape - this time around though... the whole event was graciously "permitted" by the brilliant weather conditions - phew!

Some ever-so-slightly misinformed wise guys may think...the activity of flying Free Flight model aircraft was followed by a natural progression to Control Line model flying, and that CL flying was then in turn superceded by the more "advanced" Radio Control side of this great hobby.

Right?

WRONG!

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The building and flying of Free Flight models and/or Control Line models was never superceded or replaced by Radio Control modelling. These two exciting branches of aeromodelling are largely being neglected because of wrong assumptions, and lack of exposure.

The challenge coming your way - as a fellow RC hobbyist - is to do something so unlike the modern "tinned jam, fast food, instant coffee, EPP-foam, and ARF"-era, that you too would stand out as a true aeromodeller. Get hold of a plan - buy some balsa, aliphatic glue, dope, and silkspan or tissue, and then build yourself a model aircraft that would be an extension of yourself, and then fly it...albeit Free Flight/Control Line or Radio Control.

Back to the weekend. Garth, Clyde, and Donald - all well known Free Flight modellers, were joined by Stefan, Fred, Kiep, Jakes, Cornél and his family (visiting from Prieska), and Petro and Bernard, as they enjoyed this incredibly challenging discipline which forms part of the whole aeromodelling hobby. This year Johann, Dylan, Reece, Rob, and Mikkie were regrettably not able to make it for this momentous occasion. The categories of Free Flight models that were allowed to be flown through the course of the weekend included Glider: • The F1H/A2 FAI Competition class, where the area of flying surfaces

2is to restricted to 18dm , and the models may not weigh less than 220grammes, and a maximum length of 50m towline. • Open class, for anything that glides. • For the Vintage class, one may enter and fly any glider that pre-dates 1951.

For Rubber Power, the P-30 class is limited to a 30" maximum wingspan, 9.5" plastic prop, 10grammes of rubber motor, and a minimum weight of 80grammes. • The Open class has no limitations on the model, except that it is rubber-powered. • The Vintage class is for any rubber-powered model that pre-dates 1951.

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The Power classes consist of the F1J FAI competition class, where the minimum weight is 160g, the maximum engine size 1cc (.061cu in), with a 5-second engine run. • The Open Power class has no limitations on the model or engine size. • The Vintage Power class is applicable to any IC-engined power model aircraft that pre-dates 1951.

For those participating in the Scale model classes, there is firstly rubber-powered, and secondly, internal combustion scale models, that may be powered by an IC engine. The third class permits any other form of power, eg. CO2, electric, rocket, etc. The modelers/pilots present and accounted for during this historic weekend flew a variety of masterfully-constructed and exquisitely-finished Free Flight models.

If all goes well, 2015 will see the third dedicated Free Flight event in almost 30 years. So, just between you and me, why don't you get to that poor neglected building board of yours and start getting something free flighty ready for 2015, and plan to join us at the field. You have all of 12 months to build, test, and be ready with your free flight masterpiece-to-be.

The certificates handed out at the conclusion of the weekend were:· Most promising Junior/beginner Stefan· Open Glider Bernard (Heron)· Vintage Glider Garth (Gull)· Hand Launch Glider Donald Flint· P-30 Rubber Clyde (Achilles)· Open Rubber Donald (Sparky)· Vintage Rubber Donald (Sparky)· Vintage Power Donald (New Ruler) (R/C Assist)· Scale Rubber Clyde (Thunderbolt)· Scale Other Power Garth (CO2 Bristol M1C)

Bernard Odendaal’s Heron glider just after level-launch.

Test-run of CO2 motor in the cowl of the Bristol Frosty condensation after the run!

Popular Jetex 50 was launchedin May 1949. The solid-fuelrocket propellant (pellets) weremade of guanidine nitrate.

Hand-launch glider in the morning mist.

Fw190 about to fly from Clyde’s hand.

The Bristol M1C monoplane in flight.

Donald about to launch the Sparky (rubber).

Garth’s Jetex Venom on test flight

Start them young! Herkules will hopefully carry on with the noble art of free flight.

Full-size picture of Jetex 50 rocket motor.

Mass-launch of the free flight rubber models, in the beautiful blue skies of Albertinia. Clyde launching the Aeronca in the Scale rubber-powered class.


Dear members

Following a resolution taken at the 2013 Annual General Meeting on 31 October, an election process resulted in the nomination of five candidates for positions on the SAMAA Management Committee. S ince the re were on l y f i ve vacancies and five nominations, it was not necessary to proceed to an election. On Thursday 8th May 2014, a Special General Meeting of the SAMAA was held where the newly nominated members were ratified. Your SAMAA Management Committee for the next two-year period is:

Marthinus Potgieter - ChairmanGeorge Sly - Vice-chairmanJohan Sieling - SecretaryJuanita Smith - TreasurerLudwig Steyn - DevelopmentMike Brews - Open portfolioBob Skinner - General ManagerHerman Weber - Special Interest Groups chairman

Lionel Brink - Outgoing chairman

Although Herman Weber was elected already by an assembly of the SIG chairmen a few weeks ago, his appointment as chairman of the SIG groups was ratified at the SGM.

I am excited and look forward to serving with these members. Our first meeting on Thursday 29 May proved that there is a lot of energy, and healthy debate took place on different topics. My impression is that most of the committee members have got a passion for the hobby and carry the interests of other members at heart.

The new committee will prioritise matters and chip away at a rather large task lying ahead. One of the first priorities will be to form a much stronger and more formal chain of communication between the SAMAA Management Committee and Club Committees via the Club Chairmen. This will be the start of a process to tailor the SAMAA structure to accept the full responsibility of an ARO (Aviation Recreational Organisation) under the auspices of RAASA (Recreational Aviation Administration – South Africa).

Unfortunately/fortunately every square millimetre of airspace over South Africa is controlled and one of the priorities of SAMAA is to negotiate and preserve airspace for its members to enjoy their hobby.

I can report that the audit into the accounts of the F3A World Championships held last year in South Africa was concluded and that it was given three greens by an independent forensic auditor in his personal capacity. The assessed loss is recorded as R42 000.00. There are many factors that led to that and many lessons were learned. I can further report that I am satisfied that this loss was not incurred due to negligence or lack of effort, but merely due to circumstances changing during the organisational period of the event. The SIG's (Special Interest Groups) of the SAMAA have agreed to absorb this loss over a period of time in their budget and therefore it does not affect the finances of the SAMAA in the long term.

The previous newsletter editor, Mr Peter Joffe, has decided to escalate the dispute between himself and the SAMAA committee, to the Aero Club of South Africa. The SAMAA Management Committee has been requested not to entertain any further correspondence, until such time as there has been a decision made on this matter by the Aero Club, and the SAMAA committee has been informed accordingly.

The SAMAA Management Committee is also investigating the possibility to convert the SAMAA News to an eMagazine, as the printing of the newsletter has become one of our biggest single expenses on the SAMAA budget. Please respond to the request to vote on whether SAMAA should carry on with the printing and posting process, or whether you would like to see it become an eMagazine, as most other institutions have already introduced this viable method of communicating with its members.

If we do go the route of eMagazine, a certain number of hard copies will still be printed for distribution as marketing. The latter might also contribute to a saving in membership subscription.

The issue around type-approval (ICASA stickers) of radio equipment remains a very high priority for the SAMAA Management Committee. As you might be aware, we have rectified and clarified the issues regarding 35MHz and also 53/54MHz, and ICASA undertook in writing to rectify this in the Government Gazette. Please ensure when you purchase a transmitter that it has an ICASA Type-Approved sticker attached.

It seems that the quadcopter/multi-rotor saga continues, and I would like to warn all our members that SACAA has published a very strong message in this regard. Below is an extract from that statement.

"The fact is that the SACAA has not given any concession or approval to any organisation, individual, institution, or government entity to operate UAS within the civil aviation airspace. Those that are flying any type of unmanned aircraft are doing so illegally, and as the regulator, we cannot condone any form of blatant disregard of applicable rules,” said Poppy Khoza, Director of Civil Aviation.

While this was hardly problematic before, a surge in demand for the use of drones - especially for commercial purposes - has prompted the SACAA to integrate the use of drones into the South African airspace as speedily as possible.

In the mean time, until regulations have been put in place, anyone caught operating a UAS, could face fines of up to R50 000, a prison sentence of up to 10 years, or both.

I do not see any problem with members operating their quadcopters at registered clubs according to the rules and regulations of the club. Remember the one very definitive rule, is that you or your spotter should have line of sight and control over the aircraft /copter at all times.

My next report will be in Afrikaans and I will alternate between English and Afrikaans per publication. Please feel free to contact the committee if you have any questions or suggestions. Please keep in mind that the committee is a group of volunteers doing this for the love of the hobby and might not be available 24/7, but will respond within reasonable time.

Be part of a safe flying environment!

Chairman’sReportMarthinus Potgieter


The Nats was once again run at the fine control facilities at Barnstormers th th . Model Flying Club just outside Kempton Park from April 26 to the 28 With

the dwindling numbers in C/L this year we were rather concerned that Nats was not going to happen. In the end we did get 6 entries in stunt and two teams for team racing with no combat entries. Although small in numbers, it was still an enjoyable week-end. The wind blew really hard on the first two days, but with more than enough time, we managed to get in 5 rounds of stunt. The heading photo of the stunt group shows only 5 pilots and their models. This was taken on the last day of flying and the other pilot not in the photo is Warren Smith who had to work on the Monday. I did however include another photo of Warren flying his 40 Watt stunter.

Henry Kurowski has been assisting the CLASA chairman Peter Lott since last year due to Peter living down in Cape Town. Henry arranged the Nats this year and I must say that he did a grand job. There was a very positive vibe this year and at the CLASA AGM there were two new people that volunteered to be on the committee. This is a good sign for the future, because new blood is always a good way to inject new life into a good sport struggling for support. Our grateful thanks and also a warm welcome to Theo Kleynhans and Warren Smit for becoming new committee members. Henry Kurowski was elected as the new chairman, so thanks again to Henry.

Stunt:We had four entries in Expert Stunt, one in Intermediate and also one on Novice stunt. We should really only run an event with a minimum of three entries, but in our case with low entries we took the decision to run these two events anyway. Peter Locke drives all the way from Grahamstown to fly in the Nats each year, so we felt that it was a good idea to run Intermediate and novice stunt. Theo Kleynhans who has made such good progress in his flying managed almost the complete Novice schedule this time. Theo was having some engine problems so he ended up flying my Eze 40 electric test model The other factor was that even in the strong wind on the first two days, there were no crashes, so this shows the skill level of all the pilots.

Theo's son Wynand was seen flying a a small electric model that flies with the batteries in a case held in his hand. The prop is turned via a spring in a tube and if flies around like that. This is where it starts guys!

The only engine powered stunter in the competition was an old Nobler flown by Nic van der Westhuizen, and was powered by the venerable Fox 35 from the golden era of the 50's and 60's. Even with all of the noise, vibration and goo all over the plane, it was good to see and hear the Nobler in the air. Brought back some good old memories too! Nic flew well enough to place second in expert stunt, so congrats to Nic!

We welcome back Len and Warren Smith to the C/L family as well. They flew a few years ago and were doing really well but “life got in the way” and they decided to pack it in. They sold all of the equipment too, but they are now back again and Warren has Peter Locke's really good performing 40 Watt electric stunter. Warren had almost no practice and the plane is new to him as well, but he did himself proud and really impressed all of us......and the judges, to

rdplace 3 . Well done to Warren and we look forward to seeing your progress in the near future.

thPercy Attfield placed 4 with his modified Paul Walker Impact called Centurion. It also has a trike undercart so landings are a lot easier. It is a big model using a powerful MVVS 8,0/690 brushless motor running on 5 cells. In the strong wind it was quite a handful for Percy but he still managed a good pattern. Well done to Percy!

I had a mishap the week before with my competition model called Newtron. The wind was blowing over the clubhouse onto the flying circle and it cause some bad down-drafts. I was caught by one while trying to practice the precise 1.5 metre pull-outs, and the Newtron pancaked into the deck. I patched it up and fortunately there was no damage to the wings or stabilizer so the trim was not effected. It no longer looked as nice but it flew very well. I will be most likely flying it in the world champs in August and have been helped a lot by present world champ Igor Burger who has been teaching me the intricacies of fine tuning all of the trim features like lead-out, rudder fine and wing tip-weight adjustment. Looks like it worked for me because the Newtron is flying so much better than before.

The judges for the week-end were Henry and Conrad Cloete. Thanks to both of these guys taking on the job. It is appreciated! We flew 5 rounds of stunt and the results were as follows:

Expert Stunt:1. Keith Renecle with electric Newtron2. Nic van der Westhuizen Fox 35 powered Nobler3. Warren Smith electric 40 Watt4. Percy Attfield electric Centurion

Intermediate Stunt:1. Peter Locke electric 40 Watt - 2

Novice Stunt:1. Theo Kleynhans electric Eze 40

Slow Goodyear Team Racing:The two teams consisted of pilot Henry Kurowski and pitman Nic van der Westhuizen flying a PAW powered racer that belongs to Nic. The other team was pilot Keith Renecle with Conrad Cloete as pitman. Unfortunately this racer broke the fuselage during the race and we had to retire and Henry and Nic won the race. That was a pity because our speeds were similar. I do not have the final times unfortunately. It would be nice to see some more interest in racing again, so please contact Henry if anyone out there would like to get involved in this exciting event. The CLASA contact details are on the inside of the back page of this magazine.

At the prize giving, Henry thanked everyone for being there and to those that helped, like Bokkie Renecle for the tabulating and those that helped with the racing lap counting and timing. Young Wynand Kleynhans helped with being the runner for the scores sheets from the judges and was given a special certificate. With everyone chipping in to help the week-end ran smoothly and was another enjoyable Nats. Hopefully next year we will see more coming to enjoy the round and round stuff!

Control Line Nationals

Keith Renecle

Wynand Kleynhans with a small electric control line aerie.

Stunt participants: Theo Kleynhans and Peter Locke. Nic van der Westhuizen, Keith Renecle and Percy Attfield at back.

Theo Kleynhans helping Nic van der Westhuizen to get the Fox .35 in the Nobler started.

Warren Smith flying the ex-Peter Locke 40 Watt electric stunter.

Henry Kurowski spelling out the rules and regulations for the 2014 Control Line Nationals.

Nic van der Westhuizen’s Nobler, which helped him to second place. Inset is Peter Locke’s 40 Watt-2 stunter. Peter is from Grahamstown.


Die naam van ons klub verwys na 'n akroniem vir die dorpe rondom Secunda op die Hoeveld rif naamlik Trichardt, Evander, Kinross, Secunda area. TRMC het meeste jare so 20 to 30 lede waarvan 'n groot klomp redelik aktief deel neem elke naweek. Ons het voldoende fasiliteite wat reeds van die middel 90's bestaan met 'n teer-aanloopbaan. Dit is maar altyd 'n sukkel-bestaan vir ons kleiner klubs op die platteland om al die onderhoud te dek met die lede gelde, maar daar is genoeg passievolle lede in die omgewing om die klub nog deur al die jare aan die gang te hou. Die klub het 'n paar jaar nie 'n lugskou gereël nie weens verskeie redes, maar die laaste drie jaar het ons deurgebyt en dit weer aan die gang gekry. Die doel van die lugskou in ons area is hoofsaaklik om die stokperdjie in ons omgewing bekend te stel aan die gemeenskap, en om die klublede geleentheid te gee om hul handewerk uit te stal en vernuf te demonstreer. Daar is geen hekgelde nie en ons gee geleentheid aan 'n plaaslike liefdadigheidsorganisasie om kos te verkoop. Hierdie jaar was dit Christopher Ryan School wat 'n baie goeie taak verrig het. Artikels is in die plaaslike koerante 'n paar weke voor die tyd geplaas met 'n mooi foto, en verder is op verskeie Facebook-bladsye geadverteer van die lugskou, wat op Saterdag 12 April plaasgevind het.

Daar het so 25 vlieëniers die dag ingeskryf wat deelgeneem het en ongeveer 60 vliegtuie het ons deur die dag opgemerk op die veld. Daar was verskeie hoogtepunte soos Werner Potgieter wat sy Eurojet gevlieg het, en Herman Grobler het van sy mooi skaal vliegtuie ook daar gehad. Die manne het regtig uitgehang met die toertjies en “prophang”. As gevolg van die fatastiese weer wat ons gehad het, was daar geweldig baie vlugte onderneem en baie vliegtuie meeste van die tyd in die lug. So vêr ek weet was daar net twee insidente waar die modelle opgestyg het en nie weer veilig geland het nie. Een van die insidente was my ¼ skaal Ka8b wat op sy tweede vlug ‘n probleem ervaar het en dit nie terug gemaak het nie. Nodeloos om te sê, dit was sy laaste vlug.

Maar die lekkerste was die heeldag kuier-atmosfeer wat op die veld geheers het. Baie mense van die gemeenskap het kom inloer, gesels, vrae gevra, ge-ooooe en ge-aaa. Daar was ook 'n paar manne van die omliggende klubs soos Kriel wat kom saam vlieg het, en die manne van Standerton wat kom kuier het sonder hulle modelle. Dan het ons die voorreg gehad om 'n kind van Secunda ook die dag terug te verwelkom, die groot man van RC wat jy nie kan miskyk nie, Louis Genade. Hy het as skoolseun altyd almal se vliegtuie hier by TRMC gevlieg en gesmous, en ek sien hy doen dit nog steeds net so goed. Dit was goed om jou weer te sien Louis. Die manne het tot laataand aanhou vlieg nadat ons 'n lekker braai gehou het vir al die vlieëniers.

TRMC Lugskou

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Gert NieuwoudtKinders wag in spanning vir die vliegtuig wat lekkers gaan uitgooi.

Theo Potgieter se pragtige T-33 in Thuderbirds-kleurskema

‘n Groepfoto van die manne wat deelgeneem het aan die TEKSA Radiobeheer Modelvliegklub-lugskou van 2014.

Herman, Hans, en Abram Grobler besig om van hulle modelle reg te kry vir die dag se aksie.

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South African representative to the CIAM.th th11 and 12 of April 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland.

The FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale) is the international governing body for all air sport. The various types of air sport such as Gliding, Parachuting, Hot air ballooning, etc. as well as Aeromodelling, operate under its auspices. The umbrella body for Aeromodelling is the CIAM (Commission for International Aeromodelling). The CIAM is managed by its Bureau, consisting of a President, three Vice-Presidents, a Secretary, a Technical Secretary and a Treasurer, together with the various Sub-committee Chairmen (16 members in total). Just as we have Special Interest Groups (SIG's) in SAMAA, each competitive group, such as Free-Flight, Control Line, R/C Aerobatics, Pylon Racing, etc. has a Sub-committee which looks after the rules and regulations and safety aspects pertaining to the group.

The CIAM holds its Annual (or Plenary) Meeting in April of each year in Lausanne in the French speaking south-western part of Switzerland. Lausanne is the Sporting Body capital of the world, with the IOC, the FAI, and various international sporting bodies being based there.

The CIAM meetings are at present held in the ball room of a hotel, judging from all the mirrors on the ceiling (it is a bit big to be the honeymoon suite!). The annual CIAM meeting consists of the Bureau meeting which is held on the Thursday, followed by the plenary meeting on the Friday and Saturday.

Friday morning started with registration, receipt of electronic voting 'remotes', a head-count showing a total of 38 voting delegates present, and a welcoming address by the president during which he, amongst other points, reported that a UAV working group had been established. Some countries, especially the nearby ones, have delegations consisting of three or four persons, but with only one vote per country. Thereafter, the various sub-committees retired to different conference rooms of the hotel for their technical meetings where all the proposals relating to that group that were received by the secretariat, and that were accepted for the agenda, were discussed and voted upon. It is important to try and get unanimous decisions at these meetings since such decisions tend to go through unanimously when the unopposed proposals come up for voting in the main meeting.

Depending on the instructions received from our South African SIG's, your delegate then has his work cut out to attend two or more meetings at the same time, to argue the points before him. Fortunately, sub-committees only decide on rule changes every alternate year in order that changes do not happen too close to the World Championship for that discipline. It is important to note that most of the decisions taken at this meeting only come into force at the beginning of 2015.)

After lunch, the nominations for Bureau and Sub-committee elections were discussed and the acceptance or otherwise of the nominees clarified. This was followed by the voting for recipients of the various FAI-medals and FAI diplomas. A start was then made with working through the various proposals in the Agenda, discipline-by-discipline. The proposal is presented, the SC Chair then adds any amendments made by the technical meeting, and reports how the technical meeting voted. The proposal is then accepted or discussed further, and either referred back to the sub committee for improvement, or voted on to either be accepted or rejected.

After mid-afternoon tea, the 2013 World Cup Awards were made with about 22 trophies collected in person by the recipients. Medal award statistics were also presented and it was great to see South Africa second in the world for juniors with our two gold medals in 2013.

This was followed by an 'open forum discussion' on the impact of new radio systems technology on FAI competitions. Two European R/C manufacturers attended this discussion and gave presentations of the present and possible future developments. The problem is that the use of telemetry from the model to the pilot, as well as gyro stabilisation etc. are seen as cheating in many classes. However, these functions are handy for development of skills and practice.

The manufacturers stated that it would be possible to block or switch off these functions by means of a switching the radio to eg. F3A mode, which can only be reversed by a password protected switching by the competition organiser.

The CIAM President also added that sub-committees should be pro-active in developing new tasks where these new developments would not replace piloting skills.

On Saturday the discussion and voting on the rest of the agenda items was completed. This was followed by the elections which had some interesting results. Important for our own SIG's: the new F2 (Control Line) SC Chair is Peter Halman (GBR), the new F4 (Scale) SC Chair is Graham Kennedy (GBR) and the new Technical Secretary is Kevin Dodd (AUS).

Thereafter the bids for Continental- and World Championships were presented and voted on. Important for our own SIG's: the 2015 FAI W/Champs for Pylon Racing Model Aircraft was awarded to the Czech Republic and the 2015 FAI W/Champs for Model Helicopters was awarded to Austria. For 2016, F3J was awarded to Slovenia and F4C and H to Romania.

There being no further business, the date for next year's meeting was decided and the meeting was officially closed.

The 2014 CIAM Plenary Meeting

The Mövenpick Hotel, where the 2014 CIAM Plenary meeting took place.

Members of the CIAM Bureau: Andras Reé (Hungary, vice-President/treasurer), Gerhard Woebbeking (Germany, vice-president), Mrs Jo Halman (United Kingdom, Technical Secretary), Antonis Papadopoulos (Greece, President), Massimo Semoli (Italy, Secretary), and Kevin Dodd (Australia, vice-President).

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So much has happened in the last few weeks, and I am pleased to report that there is definitely an increase in interest regarding the Development of SAMAA members' flying skills and proficiencies. Unfortunately, at this stage it appears that much of it is centered in and around the Western Cape. I do trust that this will change in the future and become countrywide. We hosted a Development Workshop at Helderberg Radio Flyers (Somerset West) on 3/4 May, and were fortunate to have some helicopter pilots participating, as well as fixed-wing pilots. The heli interest in proficiencies was very restricted in the Western Cape for some time, as it seemed that the biggest interest was in 3-D flying. I am extremely pleased that we now have some members seriously considering qualifying for their proficiencies.

Stuart Nix, the local coordinator and driving force behind the Model Aerobatic Association of SA (MAASA regional coordinator in the Western Cape) has come up with the excellent idea of introducing a new class in the aerobatic field. It is called “Trainabatics” and is basically the old Sportsman class. Participants are limited to using a .60-size engine, or electric equivalent. Any aircraft is acceptable, and the idea is to get more pilots interested in the art of Precision Flying, and that way enhance the growth in our sport. I was asked by some Instructors as to what a typical Development Workshop should entail. Herewith a brief summary:

1. The idea is to convince the almost 50% of our members, who do not hold a SAMAA proficiency, to qualify and get their official Solo, Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Instructors proficiencies.

2. Any pilot holding a valid SAMAA proficiency, and who has been appointed by his club as a club-instructor, can test and qualify fellow club members (or visiting members) for a Solo rating. For Bronze, Silver, and Gold tests, two SAMAA Instructors are required.

3. Please get involved in the training process of new club members. Introduce yourself and offer assistance. I once had a situation were a new member came to our club several times, unpacked his equipment, and stood around chatting to the other members. Only after I asked him why he is not flying, did I realize that he is a new member and that he needs help. He is one of our top pilots today, but it could have been so much different.

4. As a local club instructor, you will know the ability of your fellow members and I believe it your duty to motivate them and provide a platform for furthering their flying skills.

5. Remember that a proficiency test is not an aerobatic competition. The emphasis is on safety and the pilot’s ability to maintain control of his aircraft at all times. If the student does not understand a specific manoeuvre, take time and help/show him what is expected of him.

6. Get the completed proficiency forms to the SAMAA General Manager, Bob Skinner as soon as possible. It is vital that the SAMAA office gets this documentation and issue the necessary certificate of competency and what goes with it.

7. Tests for Solo and Bronze need only one flight. The Solo test requires a “pass or fail” score. The Bronze test requires a score between zero and ten, with a score of not less than three (3) for any given manoeuvre, and an average score of not less than 50%.

8. Please remember that the Judges' scores are final. Believe in the integrity of the Judges; they will at all times act in the interest and the greater good of the sport.

9. Sometimes one will find a clash of personalities (even amongst fellow club members) and it is very important to handle this situation with care. The sport as a whole will suffer if we do not address this situation correctly.

10. Some old time members, who have been flying for a long time, and know more about aeromodelling than I ever will, posed a question as to their own proficiency ratings. Guys, fly your tests. Take it as a challenge, show the younger members how it should be done. You should not experience any difficulty in your flying capability and understanding of the maneuvers.

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From a compliance point of view, the insurance broker for the SAMAA public liability insurance policy was approached, to find out what the actual situation is regarding insurance cover, where payments are received for instruction and/or training of pupil pilots at our registered SAMAA clubs or flying sites.

We have been advised that the SAMAA public liability policy does not offer any insurance cover in the event where any member, either individual or as a business, receives funds or monetary reward for services rendered i.e. flying instruction for reward is not covered.

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The SAMAA insurance broker further suggested, that the person/business providing flying training for reward, should approach his insurance broker to provide specific public liability cover as an addition/amendment to his personal insurance or business insurance. Most dealers or shop owners will have some sort of public liability insurance, and this could also be added in those cases where required. The limit of the SAMAAs public liability insurance cover is R15m, and therefore the private insurance cover for persons providing flying training should also be at least R15m, or more.

Please also be aware that the public liability insurance cover provided by SAMAA is only specifically provided for SAMAA members in good standing – non SAMAA members are not covered by the SAMAA policy.

In February, there was an incident at a large SAMAA-registered club on the Witwatersrand, where a SAMAA member lost control of his Stik, and it crashed into a motocross rider. The cyclist took a tumble and received some injuries from his fall, as well as lacerations from the propeller. The bike was somewhat damaged too, as you can imagine.

Anyway, the accident was reported to the SAMAAs insurance broker, and a claim was lodged. A few weeks later, the claim was settled, and the claimant was happy. The SAMAA member responsible for the accident, had paid the excess of R5 000 and the file was closed.

To minimise the risk, club administrators must please ensure that all their members who fly without supervision are indeed solo-rated. Members who do not yet have a solo rating, ought to be accompanied by a more experienced flier (on the same mode, of course!), and should not fly in the presence of spectators. Now, the mere fact that a pilot holds a solo rating, is not going to prevent an accident, but it will demonstrate to the insurers that SAMAA is self-managing the risk.

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The Annual Warthog Radio Flyers Fly-In took place over the weekend of 12 and 13 April 2014. The event, better known as the Mud Bath, is growing in popularity year by year with more and more visitors attending. This year we had 45 visitors representing 12 clubs from as far as Tzaneen, Rustenburg, and Klerksdorp. What made this fly-in very special is that we had more than 25 campers, many of whom came through the Friday afternoon for the weekend.

The Mud Bath is all about fun. No allocated spots, no flying preferences - if you feel like it, you start-up and go. The day starts early with a breakfast bun and some proper coffee served in our own “blik bekers” from 06:30 onwards. With dawn breaking beautifully over the koppies to the east, we had a group of eager pilots having a cup of coffee and discussing the day's flying.

The weather on Saturday was perfect. Almost no wind, 28 degrees and a bit cloudy - what a flying day! Soon all the campers were up and about, the day visitors started arriving and the serious business of having fun started. Many beautiful models were on display with a special mention of Hein Benadie's 35% Cessna 182 powered by a 111cc DLE, scratch-built from a Wendell Hostetler plan and Arno Janz's CARF Yak powered by a Valach 210 - but to mention a few only.

On Saturday morning the Warthog Jumpers set up a mass jump with 12 jumpers and 5 drop-planes, but as luck would have it the Club's Telemaster with 4 jumpers developed engine problems and had to ditch the jumpers on final approach of an emergency landing. That was the end of their hopes to do a 14 jumpers mass jump later that day as the engine problems turned out to be catastrophic. But this crowd pleaser continued right throughout the day with many successful jumps. Warthogs are also renowned for aero-towing of gliders and the resident tug pilot, Paul Smit was kept busy getting Chris Adrian and Johan Bruwer's big soarers into the sky.

With aero-towing, gliders, jumpers, helicopters and fixed wing aircraft in the air at the same time, a big word of thanks to the Air-Boss, Theuns Coetzee, for his sterling effort to ensure that there was no serious mishaps during any of the two days.

Saturday afternoon, as per the custom, the prize giving was done. The “Spirit of the Mud Bath” award was given to Willie Loots for his generous donation of the signage, and the “Best Flight of the Day” went to Charl Vermeulen. Saturday evening saw another successful Warthogs Braai with Konkas providing atmosphere and measured by the laughter and jokes everyone had a smashing time.

Sunday morning broke with as much promise as Saturday morning but somewhat cooler with a stiff breeze from the north east. But again the early morning dawn coffee and breakfast buns went down with a satisfied smile on everyone's faces, knowing another day of fun has just broken. And so it was, the campers were up, the day-visitors again started arriving, and soon the flight line was as busy as ever.

As our new friends from RMAC, Klerksdorp, Rustenburg, and Tzaneen started packing up to tackle the return journey and the goodbyes were said to new friends, we knew, the Mud Bath was again a big success.

On Sunday afternoon the last awards were handed over. The “Spirit of the Mud Bath” went to Jakes Grobler for his outstanding performance as MC over the two days, assistance in setting up the field, and doing many sorties with the jumper plane. “Best Flight of the Day” went to Stefan van Zyl who once again demonstrated exactly where the outside of the envelope is for a Pulse 40. Our grateful thanks to sponsors, Revo, Frasers, and Master RC Models for their valued support. We also thank the management of Gerotek, and especially Lolke Lindeboom and his team for their sterling efforts to hand over the facilities on Friday afternoon in such an immaculate condition.

thNext year will see the 5 anniversary of the Annual Warthogs Mud Bath Fly-In, and promises once again to be an event not to be missed.

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Arno Janz (from Brits) doing his pre-flight checks, and the big Composite ARF YAK taking-off.


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The South African National Championships for RC Aerobatics held in Himeville, KwaZulu Natal, from 25 to 27 April 2014, has been and gone.

The Himeville community certainly stood together to put on an event that they can be proud of.

We can also take this opportunity to congratulate a new SA National Champion in the form of Calvin Schroll (Klerksdorp, North West) who has put in a lot of work since we saw him at North West Champs. It was a close battle between him and André Stockwell. The NW region has certainly pulled through, with Michael Sacca also taking first place, in the Advanced class.

The competition results can be found in the new results page on the MAASA website, at http://maasa.co.za/resultslist.php. Detailed results are included in the competition report that can be downloaded from "Interesting links" on the home page at www.maasa.co.za. There is also a photo gallery accessible from the main menu (http://maasa.co.za/photos.php) with over 120 photo's from the Nats, and hopefully more to follow.

If you would like to submit photos you can email me and I will give you a link to a MAASA google drive folder where you can upload them for me to access. The new photos will also be used to update the various pages of the website. At the moment the home page selects images randomly from the Photo Gallery.

At the AGM it was decided that all MAASA members are National PRO's and as there was no-one jumping to fill the position, it remained vacant. This leaves the way clear for more of the MAASA committee members to contribute to the email newsletter from time to time, and if any members would like to contribute, they are also welcome. The new committee has been uploaded onto the website under "Contact Us".

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Officials and judges at 2014 MAASA Nats: Bob Skinner, Arthur Eggar, Danie Potgieter (CD), Sebastiano Sacca, Bruce Clark, Mike Cox, with Chris Theron kneeling in front.

The flying conditions on Sunday were terrible, and in stark contrast to the beautiful weather of Friday and Saturday. Danie Potgieter and Arthur Eggar checking the wind speed

Burt Botha’s immaculate Angel’s Shadow with contra-drive, caught on finals.


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Recently the South African Model Jet Association (SAMJA) a special interest group of the SAMAA, arranged a Jet Fly-In, in the “sleepy hollow” of Himeville in KZN. A SAMJA policy-decision was taken at the beginning of the year to try and reach out to members in other provinces as well.

Our host was the “Mayor” of Himeville, Arthur Eggar, who is also the chairman of MAASA (Model Aerobatic Association of South Africa). Recently a very successful MAASA Nationals was also held in Himeville.

I personally arrived on Friday midday to meet fellow Gautenger, Granville Dunbar, and Mark Savage from Pinetown at the local municipal airport, which is also a registered model club. The weather was not the best but Mark and Granville did manage to put in a few flights. I spent time assembling my new Avanti that was awaiting a maiden flight as soon as conditions improved.

Early Saturday, the Durban contingent arrived with a spectacular squadron of jets. Many litres of kerosene were burned during the day. Two very successful maiden flights took place, Granville's big Futura and my Avanti.

Three of the KZN guys also made use of this opportunity to obtain their SAMJA Jet proficiency, and I would like to congratulate Eric Bell, Pierre Joubert, and Brian Murray on being successful.

It was a magnificent weekend with no incidents or damaged egos. We could have done with a couple of degrees warmer temperatures, but the good food and wine in the evenings made up for it. Thank you to all who participated and especially to Arthur for the logistics with hangars and accommodation etc. SAMJA will endeavour to host this as an annual event and will also try to host similar events in other provinces.

Please feel free to contact me if you would like SAMJA to organise a Jet Fly-In in your area.

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Brian Murray and Craig Lipsett with the large Elan. Eric Bell and Pierre Joubert taking a breather between flights.

Arthur Eggar has been successful in negotiating the facilities at the Himeville municipal airfield for his activities. The site is a registered SAMAA club/field, although Arthur is the only member. Excellent hangar facilities were very appreciated during the cold conditions.

Granville Dunbar and the big Futura, which was successfully maidened at Himeville.

“Club of One” Arthur Eggar, our host for the Jets Over the Berg event. Brave in his short-longs!

Granville Dunbar calling for Mark Savage, a veteran flier of turbine jets in South Africa.

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Ficksburg RC Modellers hosted the largest RC model Fly-In ever in the history of Ficksburg on the weekend of 22 and 23 Feb 2014. We invited the RC model pilots of Bloemfontein to enjoy a weekend of fun with us. They brought the most beautiful planes, ranging from gas and nitro planes, to helicopters, electric planes and stunning jets.

The crowds were impressed by the variety of no less than 95 planes and helicopters which were fantastic to see from up close and in the air. It was a thrill to experience the jets starting up and to see them fly… “awesome”…the word on everybody's lips.

As organiseerders van die Fly-in, en plaaslike vlieëniers op Ficksburg, is ons uiters dankbaar aan al die RB-vlieëniers en hulle gesinne wat ons besoek het vanaf Bloemfontein, en des te meer vir die leiding wat hulle verskaf het, nie net met vliegvernuf en die tegnieke van bou nie, maar ook in die veiligheidaspekte, beide in die lug en op die grond. ‘n Spesiale woord van dank aan Wynand en Werrner Swart, vir hulle aandeel in die nakoming van al die aspekte van SAMAA reëls en regulasies.

The crowds thoroughly enjoyed the fly-in and we had numerous requests since the fly-in to host the next fly-in soon. ….. Everybody agrees that there is still a young boy in every man!

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Wynand Swart van Central Radio Flyers op Bloemfontein, was baie behulpsaam met die organisasie van die byeenkoms, en ook op die dag van die fly-in.

Die kuipe was altyd bedrywig. Die uitleg van die perseel het goed gewerk om veiligheid te verseker.

There was always an experienced hand to explain to the interested spectators about the hobby and sport of radio-control aeromodelling, a very important aspect that is often overlooked.

Nearly 100 model aircraft gave the residents of Ficksburg a good idea of the great variety of our hobby.

Anthony Oliver maak gereed om sy Eurosport te vlieg.Viperjet van Bloemfontein...groot opwinding! Wynand se wakende oog was oral.


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The Central Radio Flyers and Finsch Diamond Mine recently presented the 2014 model aircraft Fly-in day. The event took place on 3 May 2014 at the Lime Acres airfield in the Norther Cape. Pilots from Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Welkom, Upington and the surrounding areas arrived with trailers filled with their radio-controlled helicopters and aeroplanes.

With their brilliant flying skills, the pilots entertained and kept the spectators captivated to the sky gazing, as jets, planes and helicopters performed like ballerinas in the air. Under the gazebos and in trailers there were an estimated R2million worth of beautiful aircraft attracting the eyes of those in attendance. The activities started in the early morning and continued until late in the afternoon. At the gala dinner, the pilots who showed great skills on the day received mementoes kindly sponsored by local businesses, from organiser Owen Smith for their efforts. All proceeds from the event as well as donations from members of the public and the pilots went to the Lime Acres Animal Shelter. A total of R4 615 was raised. A big thank you to the community of Lime Acres who supported this event.

I must say the event was a great success with the pilots, and more importantly, the kids of Lime Acres having a wonderful day. Regrettably Peet Venter lost his jet with a flame-out on landing, Wynand Swart had a glitch landing his Stick and Dries Olivier had too many thumbs on the controls and totalled his glider.

There were the odd landing gear failures with little collateral damage other than one’s ego. Ian Mandy experienced a bowel movement when the rudder jammed on his 46% Ultimate, but managed to do a spectacular landing which was generously applauded by the spectators.

We are looking forward to seeing you all back next year.

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Daviid Swanepoel, Roston Dugmore and André Stockwell (left to right) improving their flying skills and having great fun in an attempted "formation flight" !

Ian Mandy’s impressive 46% Ultimate bi-plane caused a few anxious moments for it’s pilot when the rudder servo decided to stop working.

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There was a constant stream of visitors to the Lime Acres airfield during the day.

Patriotic colour scheme Hawk provided excitement for the Lime Acres crowd. Had nothing to do with canvassing support for the national elections!

Participants from Kimberley, Bloemfontein, Welkom, Upington and surrounding areas, exhibited their skills in the bright blue skies over Lime Acres. Usually, the organisers would provide mementoes to the pilots, as a token of their appreciation. I don’t suppose Petra Diamonds of the Finsch Diamond mine would have given each participant a diamond!


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About two years ago, two of my friends decided that RC flying was the way to go. They approached me to join their cult, having stopped flying for approximately four years, and I reluctantly gave them a yes.

Over the next few months, our numbers grew from three lost souls, to a mighty force of seven. Our HQ/workshop/watering hole is located at one of the members’ homes, and is a regular meeting spot to try and re-invent a round wheel over a braai, good music, and endless banter as to how we can achieve this unattainable goal.

We belong to two flying fields, NERF and CorsAir. Between the seven of us, we have a paltry collection of 90-ish serviceable birds. Our collection, to name but a few, consists of Edge 540s, Extra's, Shotguns, a DC3, 3 x B25 bombers, a Bf109, a 1/3 scale Stearman, a Harvard as well as float planes, gliders , pylon racers, etc. etc .etc.

All the “Grotto Flyers” are in daily contact via a “Whatsapp” group and are always there to assist/criticise/encourage and most importantly, to try and share our “Ungoogleable” knowledge with each other in the quest to create the perfect RC flying machine. Besides RC, we use this social media tool to have a daily tea party without meeting or drinking any tea.

In our working lives, our group consists of an engineer, a food specialist, a biometric professor, a photocopying surgeon, and last but not least, three highly-accomplished commercial pilots with an international reputation.

Although the catalyst in our group is RC, we use this as an excuse to interact and have daily fun with each other, and give our wives/girlfriends enough breathing space to appreciate and enjoy their own space (ja right.....).

I trust that there are other groups of passionate SAMAA members out there who can enjoy the friendship and comraderie that we as the “Grotto Flyers” are blessed to have!

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On Sunday 11 May 2014 GEMS (between Pretoria and Delmas) hosted the second of four Highveld Thermal League events for the year.

The competition runs similarly to F3J with a few small differences, such as that there is a 12 minute working time in which a 10 minute flight must be flown with each second over 10 minutes counting a negative 2 points. Winch-launching is used as opposed to the F3J hand-tow system. Landing accuracy is measured in 20cm increments and there are 6 rounds with three groups per team.

Kudos must go to competition director Herman Weber who added an interesting twist to this event: Pilots were roughly divided into three groups based on skill and experience. This meant that each team had an expert, intermediate and beginner pilot in it, making for a wonderful learning/coaching opportunity as well as a chance to interact with different pilots to the ones one would normally group with given the choice. I think all will agree that the event turned out to be a heap of fun and a valuable experience from that standpoint.

By 8am most pilots were busy setting up gliders, rolling out winches and looking pretty busy. The air was still but it was cold and overcast. That would all change a little later…

After the pilot's briefing and a fine breakfast prepared by Martie Du Toit's “Line Restaurant”, Round 1 Group 1 took to the air at 9h30. Not much lift was had but pilots flew their 10 minutes quite easily and landings were on the money. By around 10h30 (Round 2), the wind was starting to pick up a little but at least the sun had come out and it promised to be a blue-sky day. Round 3 was again a bit more windy but pilots still maintained good flying.

As the F3J team are prepping for the World Champs in Slovakia this July, there was quite a bit of entertaining banter between Jason Weber, Paul Carnall, Alan Smith as they were giving each other schtick from across the flight line, and in the air.

Junior World Champ 2013 Jason was sporting his brand-new, prototype NAN models Explorer(s) - times two, nogal!!! which this reporter was not allowed to photograph as it has not been released yet. Everyone on the field took a moment to come and eye these beauties, and jealousy, general good-humoured threats and attempts to “swop” old battered work horses for his new machines were the order of the day! I think I speak for all when I say that it is a great feeling to see a youngster in SA getting that kind of endorsement from one of the top glider manufacturers on the planet. Well done Jason, and best of luck to all our pilots for the Worlds this year!

By 12pm Round 4 was well underway… and so was the wind. Gliders were literally hanging in the sky, all pointed West, struggling just to maintain forward speed. Landings became a game of guessing what the gusts will do – often pushing the glider into the ground a few meters before the spot on landing, or dying down completely and letting the glider overshoot past the landing spot. Pilots were starting to load a fair bit of ballast into the planes, and mistakes were starting to be made.

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The first glider to retire was Wolfie Steffny's Explorer with a cracked fuselage sustained during a landing. Shortly thereafter Gordon Browne's Explorer and Jan Sime's Pike Perfect met in a head-on clashing of the main wings as they both entered the same little lift bubble in opposite directions. Upon landing both gliders had nearly identical damage to the main wings and were retired. Ian Sime's Maxa 4.0 took a knock and a cartwheel as a gust scooped it on landing – with the boom cracked in half, that was the end of that glider too. A few more gliders saw minor damage on the day as landings were often completed in a cartwheel motion rather than that reassuring “twack” all glider pilots have come to respect. Even a top glider pilot has little defence against mother nature sometimes!

After a quick lunch break, again courtesy of Martie's catering, Rounds 5 and 6 completed the day. By 15:30 pilots were winding-in winch lines and Herman was tallying the scores. A nice bonus was that Sean Spence of Silveray Stationary sponsored six prizes for the Junior and Senior winners, which was well-received.

With all the scores in, the results looked as follows: 1st place - Alan Smith, 2nd place - Jason Weber and 3d place went to Paul Carnall.

Well done to all, in what was certainly a challenging day!

Getting ready at GEMS, 8am. Sky is overcast but the air is still.

Even the top guns had some trouble with the wind!

And the winners are, l-r: Jason (2nd), Alan (1st), Paul (3rd).

A glider about to his the spot, despite some nasty gusts.


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F3K is the FAI competition class of hand-launched gliders. The little lightweight gliders are excellent flying machines, built with modern materials to withstand the stresses of discus-launching.

The competition on Sunday 13th April produced an awesome day’s flying. We decided to shake things up a bit, and do our matrix as two groups. This seems to have worked quite well and we could decide to go this route for all our F3K League events. After the results are known for each competition, the winner of Group B will be promoted to Group A, and the last-placer in group A will be relegated to Group B.

We had quite a few new faces at this competition, and with a total entry of 17 fliers, there were some great results. Newcomers Jethro, Julian, Jacques, and Grant, your first-time placings were wonderful. Tiaan, our new junior, placed 8th, and Jacques flying an Elf placed 15th...not easy considering the wind picked up during the day, and he was flying his Elf against Blasters, Polaris’, Snipes, etc.

We have to make a special mention of Bruce. Although he had a really bad weekend, breaking three planes, he scored 1000 points in the round before the break!

As always, a big thank you to Boss (Herman Weber) for helping with the set up and take down of everything. Also a word of thanks to all those who helped pack everything away at the end of a loooong day.

F3K HLG Competition Juanita Smith

SAMAA Annual General MeetingThursday 30 October 2014

At the SAMAA offices, Building R4, Denel Technical Academy,131 Atlas Road, Bonaero Park. 18:00

AGENDA1. Welcome2. Apologies3. Minutes of 2013 AGM. Acceptance.4. Matters arising.5. Chairman’s Report6. Treasurer’s Report. Budget.7. General Manager’s report8. General9. Closing

Note: Any member wishing to raise any matter at the AGM under Item 8, is required to submit notice of this to the chairperson at least seven (7) days before the meeting.

More information available from the SAMAA office, 011-973-3679, or [email protected]

Michelle Goodrum about to launch her Blaster.

Participants in the F3K qualifier at the Greenfields East Model Soarers (GEMS), between Barnstormers and Bapsfontein.

Launch action by Bruce Thompson.


Club Aerobatics is making good progress in delivering added value to clubs and SAMAA members. At the last event (5 April@PRF) Andre van Huysteen tested a new system for speed testing. He did the hardware and fancy software himself and that includes sending a SMS with results to the pilots! The results attached. The Speed Testing is now included into the CA Calendar and supported by the MHSA SIG. This means that Speed Testing will be done at each CA event after the regular CA flying. So far this is done at no cost and if not entered for CA itself, others are still fee to join afterwards. The Speed flying is done against international rules meaning you need to fly a 250m long stretch from where the speed is calculated. Obviously there are serious pilots whilst others just want to see what their craft is achieving. Over time we hope to develop this further with prizes and maybe classes.More information at http://www.clubaerobatics.co.za/index.html or email [email protected] for more information.

Note from André Venter:Ek was vanaand by MHSA (Model Helicopters South Africa) om die Speed Flying SIG te verteenwoordig.

Omdat ek nog in 'n toets-fase is van die spoedvlieg se apparaat, het ek voorgestel dat alle MHSA lede wat graag wil deel neem aan spoed vlieg, die CA events se spoed vlieg kom bywoon, om te leer waaroor dit gaan.

Dit wil sê dat die CA se kalendar sal dan onder die Spoedvlieg SIG op MHSA se website geplaas word waar MHSA lede dan uitgenooi word om te kom deel neem sonder om aan die eerste vliegkompetisie deel te neem.

The South African model aircraft fraternity, lost one of its most celebrated fliers, with the death of 87-year old Robert James Rowe on Wednesday 18th September 2013.

Robby was a prolific builder of free-flight model aircraft from a young age, and represented South Africa in the international free-flight classes of F1A Glider, F1B Wakefield (rubber) and F1C Power (internal combustion) classes. For the record, some of Robby’s achievements in national championships are as follws: F1A Glider: first 1960, 1965, 1968. F1B Wakefield: first 1958, 1961, 1968, 1978, 1980, 1992, 1993. F1C Power: First 1965. Hand Launch Glider: first 1960, 1961, and 1968.

The heyday of South African free flight competition, from the early 1950s to the late 1960s, saw Robby “The Arm” Rowe winning more national and regional events than any other South African contestant - I know because I have kept all his certificates. Robby was known as “The Arm” due to his natural ability to throw Hand Launched gliders higher, and into more thermals, than his opposition. Even well into the late 1960s, Robby was winning more than his fair share of H/L glider competitions. Until the final demise of free-flight competitions in the 1990s, Robby’s name was on the F1B Wakefield cup many times.

Although a formidable competitor, Robby was always generous with advice for newcomers to the movement. In his later years, he embraced the SAM (Society of Antique Modellers) and at the time of his death, had a number of early vintage, museum-quality models, designed in the late 1930s.

Robby leaves his wife Sheila, son Neil, and daughter Michelle, and four grandchildren. On behalf of all free-fliight fliers in South Africa, I would like to send heartfelt condolences to Sheila and Robby’s family.

A Tribute toRobby RoweSean McCullagh


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Matthew Deutschmann is the first-ever junior entrant in Club Aerobatics. Well done Matty! Robby Rowe was renowned for his designing, building, and flying skills. Here is one of his designs.

Early-morning mist at PRF created the right atmosphere.

Peter Oberli visited from Switzerland, and enjoyed the South African sunshine. He is the manager of the Swiss F3C Helicopter team. With him is Johan Sieling (cap).

Johnny Grobler is probably one of the most incredibly-able scale builders in KZN, and in South Africa.

Originally from Newcastle, Johnny now lives in Kloof. He spends a lot of time working on his models, leaving little time to fly! Peeping out from his trailer behind him, is the partially completed giant scale B-25 Mitchell bomber, originally started by the talented "Grumpy" Roberts, I believe. Johnny bought this monster semi-finished model, and plans to finish it one day! No wonder he has no time to fly!

PrologueThe 1/5 scale, 85-inch wingspan P51D Mustang with reduction drive system, powered by a Quadra 40cc petrol engine (namely Rascal) was purchased second-hand, and had a couple of fairly successful flights, but on the last flight during landing on a tarred runway (Newcastle) the spinner exploded, for some reason unknown, followed by hitting the deck very hard which in turn broke the port side retract gear oleo.

The Mustang was found to be underpowered with a Quadra 40cc petrol engine during flights, with a lot of tail drag. Slight cracks in the one-piece wing and in the fuselage just rear of the cockpit were found. It was decided to revamp the Mustang, by repairing all cracks and hanger rash, strengthening weak areas, increase power plant and to give it a more scale appearance.

HistoryThis all fibre-glass P51D Mustang was produced by Byron Originals USA in the 1960's, which was their op of the ange it and was available at a high t - - -r k ,price tag at the time. The kit came out with ir etract ain ear and heels a r m g wproduced by Byron, with operating inner and outer wheel doors. A non-scale c d cockpit ash and fixed anopy came with the kit, as well as a fixed tail wheel. The wing came as one piece, hollow foam, pruce spars, bechi wood clad s o -and fibre glass outer skin. The fuselage in three piece sections, that had to be -joined together. Panel lines, lush ead rivets and lat ead crew were f -h f h s sproduced in the fuselage, which were not to scale and rather inaccurate.

The Mustang was available with two power plant systems, namely the reduction drive unit and the Purr-System, with both systems using the Quadra 40cc petrol engine. A year or two later a larger engine, the Mustang 50cc petrol engine was born which would replace the Quadra 40cc. Two different cowlings were available, one for the reduction-drive system, and the other for the Purr-system. The reduction drive unit allowed the engine to sit further back in the nose section, tilted at an angle with the top of the engine cylinder sticking out of the cowl on the starboard side. An aluminium drive shaft unit with couplings from the engine, was connected to a small aluminium belt pulley, on bearings and support brackets bolted to a straight aluminium hollow engine support tube. The support tube was secured to the firewall and a former in the front section of the nose section. From the small belt pulley, two belts connected to the main large drive pulley, attached to the backplate of the spinner, which in turn spun the 4-blade 25” x 12” paddle- blade propeller at a ratio of 2:1 reduction.

Byron Originals closed down around 1980. The Iron Bay Company USA bought the business, and very slowly started to produce aircraft from the tooling, moulds, and dies made by Byron.

Back to the rebirth of the P51D Mustang…

The fuselage and wings were stripped of all equipment, and all cracks and defaults repaired. Carbon-fibre strands were used to strengthen the weak and cracked areas in the fuselage, as well as in the wings, as I had planned to add gun wells and hatches. The fuselage and wings were sanded down to just under prime coat. The wing was re-glassed with 1/2oz cloth and epoxy resin, as well as the ailerons, non-operating trims, flaps, and inner/outer gear doors. These were for a more scale appearance. Working flashing lights were fitted for navigation and retractable landing light in the wing wells. Retract gear and wheels were fitted with scale detail as well as in wing wells and on wheel struts. Six scale 50mm Browning machine guns and ammo were fitted to the wing, with opening hatches as per scale. The guns and ammo feed brackets were made in-house, whereas the ammo belts were purchased from . Working drop tanks were fitted, and controlled via TX Cotswold USAwith a servo in the wing (from ). The wing was primed, aerotechmodels.comwith panel lines, rivets, and hatch covers.

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A highly detailed 1/3rd scale SE5a (wings removed) that Johnny has completed. The model is being stripped for scale painting. The detail is quite remarkable and accurate.

Panel removed from the scale gun well showing the guns and ammo belts. Notice the rivet detail, scale concealed flap hinges etc.

The canopy and old cockpit was cut away and replaced with a scale built cockpit and sliding canopy, which is air-operated (Canopy from aerotechmodels.com). Changes were made to rear of fuselage and retractable tail wheel unit and doors fitted (retractable tail unit purchased from …but due to poor quality of the tail wheel unit fork, aerotechmodels.coma new fork made by my good friend ). In-house alterations were Stuart Austinmade to the retractable tail wheel unit to incorporate a servo to operate turning of the tail wheel separately from the rudder pull-pull system. Opening and closing of the tail wheel doors from a separate air cylinder was activated via tail wheel retract system. A new scale rudder was constructed and fabric- covered as per scale, with rib stitching and non-operating trims and detail using aluminium lithoplate..A main concern will be engine cooling, now that the engine will be fully enclosed within the cowl, as well as the working exhaust system which will generate a lot of heat. A servo-operated door was installed underside the fuselage as per full size Mustang (oil cooler door) in this case used for engine cooling system. The scoop below the wing was opened for air intake and channelled through to the engine. Louvres (from Aircraftinternational USA) were installed in new bottom cowl (from Iron Bay) for improved air intake and return. Unfortunately this will upset the scale appearance of the Mustang. Only time will tell when the engine is running whether further alterations will be required to improve cooling. A working scale fuel filler cap had to be made (Stuart Austin).

Detailed scale wheel well. The working landing light pops out when the undercarriage is lowered. (All the nav lights also work!)


Engine mounts and supports were altered to fit the Zenoah 62cc engine and reduction drive, all enclosed within the cowl. The drive shaft unit with couplings was replaced by a much improved system made by Stuart. The old unit with couplings generated a lot of vibration at low idle speed and were totally outdated. Onboard Fema electric starter (from Hobby Lobby) was installed. The electric motor on the starter was replaced with a more reliable motor (JR Propo NHM-540 Heli motor 8.4v ). To overcome back lash from a flooded engine and snapping the shaft on the starter motor, a clutch from a JR Heli was installed. A tensioning system between the clutch and linings was made by Stuart. Wiring was done for either LiPo battery 2S/7.4V 35C 2200mAh or LiFe battery 3S/9.9V 5C 2100mAh for electric starter motor.

Working exhaust and stubs were made in-house and fitted. Support brackets for exhausts made by Stuart Austin. Exhaust box was fitted to the engine, split two ways via 10mm flexi tubes (Mick Reeves) to six stubs each side of the fuselage as per full-size.

Opening hatches were constructed for access to switches, charging jacks, air fill, pressure gauge, kill switch, lights, spark plug and carb setting. Micro switches were fitted to servos operating the kill switch, choke, starter motor and throttle. Control from the Tx for the following: rudder, elevators, ailerons, flaps, throttle, choke, kill switch, electric starter, wheel retract gear and doors, as well as the rear cooler door. An Ultra Precision UP-2 Retract Valve was used for operating retracts and doors. A new spinner, prop blades and belts were acquired from Iron Bay.

The wing and fuselage were water-papered down to prepare for primer. Panel lines were taped on. (Mick Reeves). All scale hatches were made from lithoplate and installed. Wing and fuselage were sprayed with MS primer, and once dry, the panel line tape was removed, and all water-papered down to final finish. Position lines for rivets were drawn on and about 46 000 to 48 000 rivets, and 500 flathead screws were installed. (from Mirce at www.nsmodelers.rs).

Fuel filler to scale. Notice the rivet and panel detail with scale notices. Johnny pasted more than 3000 rivets before painting the Mustang.

A side view of the super-detailed 2,5 metre span P51 Mustang. This Mustang has flown but is being refurbished and re-detailed by Johnny at present.

Scale cockpit instrument panel.

Using a base coat, the wing and fuselage was colour sprayed and g r a p h i c s a d d e d ( c a l l i e -graphics.com). The Mustang P51D Temptation is being reborn. Johnny is now preparing for a m a t t c l e a r c o a t . . . t h e n reinstallation of all the operating gear…testing, setting, checks etc.

Johnny is unassuming and shy about his talent. His remarkable models speak to his ability however!

My good friend and flying buddy, caller, and fellow-competitor, Ben Bothma, is sadly no longer with us.

Ben and his brother Johnie introduced me to R/C flying. Having been a successful free-flighter at national and international level, I retired from flying to concentrate on my hobby business. Ben was one of my early clients. We immediately became friends. He was a devoted and respected R/C pilot and found it difficult to understand me, a dealer and distributor of R/C products, not flying R/C models. One day shortly before Christmas he said to me: ‘seeing that you work so hard and are not flying anymore, have you ever thought of taking a nice Christmas box for yourself out of your shop?’ ‘No, I never gave it a thought’ I replied. He looked me in the eyes for a short moment and said: ‘Do you mind if I choose a Christmas Box for you out of your shop?’ Reluctantly, I agreed.

Ben proceeded to take a .40 size trainer with motor, pushrods, propeller and glues. Off went Ben with my Christmas Box. Two days before Christmas, Ben re-appeared at my shop to advise me that he had now come to collect the other half of my Christmas Box, namely a 4-channel radio. A few weeks later I got a call from Ben inviting my wife and I for a chicken braai on his farm. There I met his mother, father and brothers, including Johnie, a respected R/C flier and SAMAA instructor. The chicken braai was being enjoyed by all, including an abundance of local wine.

While the party was in full swing, Ben took me to his workshop. To my surprise there was my Christmas Box in the centre of the floor, beautifully finished and ready-to-fly. Ben remarked that we were going to fly within the next hour at the local flying strip (Vergelegen, Somerset West) nearby. Johnie would be my instructor. Johnie proceeded to teach me to successfully trim and fly my trainer. We flew six beautiful flights together. At the end of our flying session Ben was all smiles; my first introduction to R/C... never say never...

As the years went by, Ben and I forged a successful and formidable team. He would call and help me when I flew and I would call and help him when he flew. He was an excellent pilot and caller. He was regularly seen competing successfully at many of the top and beautiful flying fields of South Africa.

Ben won the Western Province F3A Aerobatic title at three occasions and came 2nd at the SA Games in Randburg. (The SA Games was sponsored by our government for all sports bodies during the isolation years and Ben won a silver medal). The highlight of Ben’s model flying career were the two times he represented the Western Province at the SA Inter-Provincial Masters tournament in Bloemfontein. On both occasions Western Province won the Inter-provincial trophy, beating a very strong Transvaal A & B teams consisting of regular Springboks. Ben called for and assisted both John Cunningham and myself, his fellow-team members. He felt very happy about being largely instrumental in helping us achieve a team victory. Not only did we win the team trophy, but in no small way he assisted me in winning the individual trophy as well.

This whole process was repeated the following year nullifying the rumours that we were lucky the first time round. John Cunningham and I are both grateful for the support, confidence and belief he gave us. The last 20 or so years, Ben was employed by international firms and he did contract work in Zambia, Malawi, and Uganda. His help and assistance in introducing me into the R/C world, brought me joy, success and memorable results.

I am ever grateful to have met him, a true friend, sportsman and gentleman. Ben was a popular person amongst aeromodelers, family, friends and staffmembers in his workplace.

To the family, his wife Joey, son Wessel, daughter Juanita, and brothers Johnie and Manus, my heartfelt condolences, knowing that Ben is now in a better place.

Obituary.Ben BothmaJohn Calefato

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Expert workmanship, with attention to detail. Scratch-building,plan-building, repairs, modifications. Aeromodeller for many years.


I am a life member of Pretoria Radio Flyers, but neither myself nor Sandy, my wife, are involved in any way with the daily management of PRF any more.

The most recent SAMAA notice of an SGM and the agenda detail had me looking into the constitution and the question of who should represent us aeromodellers.

I suggest we tap into the already-established club structures to ensure representivity - the line from member to governing body will be clearer. A Council of Club chairmen would serve as a source of candidates for core responsibilities and also ensure meaningful succession.

I am aware of the plethora of objections, real and contrived, that any suggested changes may provoke - but the stagnant membership numbers while flyers increasingly take advantage of accessible technology, and the constant battle to recruit members to the SAMAA, demand effective solutions.

I envisage four regions, demarcated to encompass about 100 clubs each. Each club chairman is ipso facto a member of the Council of Chairmen. This council meets twice each year to elect the Core Council members and review business. The Core Council meets every second month.

Communication and securing appropriate commitment will have to utilize common technology.

In the Core we have a Councillor for SIG matters, a Councillor for Finances and a Councillor for Administration. The entire group of Club Chairmen can elect a Chief Councillor and a Vice CC to ensure proportional representation. This would make the Core group no bigger than five members - a manageable group.

Full time employees of the Council will comprise aprofessional bookkeeper and a professional secretary.The Newsletter shall be available electronicallor in printed format if timeously requested.

And a reply to Tony’s letter

I am just slightly concerned to the reasoning behind all the "changes". The average member is too far away from the action to really know what is required, etc.

From hearsay, what do I know?a) There is/was a "SAMAA News problem" and it took way too long before it was actioned. From the late response this grew into a circus.

b) I think the F3A WC also created a bit of a fuss w.r.t. to finances, but again, I was too far away from that to really know why MAASA did not take ownership from day one. From this, I believe that we can learn, that in the future, the individual SIGs must be represented, not just one SIG flag carrier.

c) So, in my opinion, starting with rumours towards September last year, these two aspects are now driving a need for chance but nobody strategically reviewed the holistic picture. It feels like he-said-she-said, so let us change!

d) I do know that the communication from SAMAA is not that hot. Not all can be left for the SAMAA News to resolve. Electronic newsletters will be nice.

Regular communication with even SMC profiles so all can know the good people and bring the activities to the people in an active, transparent way. If electronic newsletters are done well, we might not even have a need to SAMAA News? Debatable, but worth a mention. If you back the e-news up with a solid interactive web, we can save a bundle of trees. For those that "do not like Internet" I feel sorry, as even banks are leaning towards electronic media; they have no choice now but to wake up in 2014.

Why a need for change?

a) The above is obvious even though we do not know how real that might be.

b) To get more people involved? Starting at club level might not resolve this issue. Over time, once again, a few willing donkeys will have to pull the cart whilst others will just complain. In the end, the clubs from the bigger regions (i.e. Gauteng) will hijack and control SAMAA. So this is not really a long term plan or solution, I think?

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c) PR in general, about all points above, could have been something of the past if communication happened in good time.

d) Moving on with time. Yes, that can be a good reason for change as we do have lots of new ways to communicate and hold Skype meetings. But will this not require structural changes?

What do I suggest?

I suggest that each club must hold a special SAMAA meeting. Then summarise the thoughts. Then use that collective information and formulate a new future? Start at the members, by giving them the opportunity of a "local club level gripe session". It might be a good idea to formulate some type of document/form/questionnaire that they can use to channel the information type into logic/reasonable lots. Then listen and make a call. Yes, maybe only four people might pitch on the day, but at least one can say it was an open opportunity? Why not embrace...

http://www.avcom.co.za/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=133302.

Send an email to all members, asking them toparticipate now, before the wheel is invented onceagain. There is a need to shake the cage, get peopleinvolved to speak up. Only then can anybody make arealistic call.

I am a proud SAMAA member and a member of the Rand Model Aeronautic Club (RMAC) south of Johannesburg. A few months ago, I was at the flying club, just about to assemble my squadron of aeroplanes. Next to me in the pit area was a pilot getting his Ugly Stik ready for a flight.

I carried on getting my planes ready for the day, and heard him start up the engine of the aircraft, and then taxi to the runway for a take-off. I heard the aerie do a few fly pasts, and then suddenly the gasps of the other pilots...followed by silence. I looked around to see him walking toward the veld where the plane had obviously gone down. Minutes later he appeared with the pieces and dumped it on the ground next to me.

As usual everybody gathered around to look at the damage, and to enquire as to what had happened. I was watching this and asked the owner what he was going to do with the wreck. “Dustbin” was his answer. I asked him if I could have the pieces, and I gathered the wreck from the bin. He naturally asked what I was going to do with it. “Why, I’m going to FIX it”. Those gathered around us, commented in unison...”Fix it?” “Yes” , I replied.

Well, I took the heap of match-sticks home and started to strip and rebuild the Ugly Stik. As I was rebuilding, I just had the urge for something different in colour scheme, and played around with a couple of ideas, eventually deciding on what is now, EISH DAS MOOI STIK!

I took it to the club last year, to the surprise of theprevious owner and the other club members who hadseen it a few weeks earlier in its crashed state. With afew hours problem-solving, and existing materials frommy workshop, I have an almost brand-new aeroplane!

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The Ugly Stik retrieved from the dustbin.

With a bit of imagination, I was able to give the Ugly Stik a brand-new look.

The re-built and repaired Ugly Stik, before I decided on the new colour-scheme.

At my age, visibility of my aeries is all-important. I also decided to vamp up the Stik with some spats.


I wish to inform SAMAA members of the rape of the Piet Retief Aeromodellers club. Is this the demise of our beloved hobby? On December 1st 2013, the SA government organised an AIDS-awareness day on our club grounds.

The ground that Piet Retief Aero Modellers occupies is municipal land. Like ALL other recreational clubs in Piet Retief, we do not have an official written lease agreement with the local municipality. Our verbal agreement has, for the last eight years, been one where we keep the place in shape and look after the buildings. We don't disturb anybody and we are given the same in return. On occasion, the municipality has used the facility with prior arrangement and all parties were left satisfied, with no damage to the facility.

On this occasion, things went horribly wrong.

Firstly, Piet Retief Aero Modellers was not engaged at any level to discuss the organisation of this event. Secondly, we did not pretend to be involved at all but as the caretakers of this facility, and knowing the grounds very well, we expected at least to be invited to partake, and possibly advise on the placement of the marquee tents.

As a club, operating on this piece of land for the last eight years, we know that the piece of land forms part of the wetland around Piet Retief, it was inevitable that with the amount of rain we had prior to the weekend of the 1st of December, the terrain would be a marshland. We could have advised and assisted the organisers in hosting the facility, but in a way that would have left everyone satisfied, and the grounds in a usable state.

On inspection of the club terrain on Tuesday, 3 December, what we found was heart-wrenching and infuriating. Marquee tents were erected squarely over our runways and this has lead to the total destruction of the facility. Our beautifully-maintained grass runways were turned into a rutted mud bath, with huge damage to a once immaculate facility. Heavy-duty trucks rutted the ground terribly, to the point where our once pristine runways are unrecognisable. The damage caused is unspeakable but repairable with lots of time and effort. All we are saying, is that this could have been avoided if we were engaged. The event could still have been organised at the grounds, but NOT on the runways. A more suitable, drier piece of land could have been identified and everyone could have been accommodated.

Piet Retief AeroModellers was RAPED by the forces that be. We were muscled out and not even considered. No attempt was made to contact a committee or club member to discuss the organisation of this event. The damage caused was not even noted by the municipality. We have rights as “squatters” on this piece of land and expect that our human rights be respected. This abuse is unnecessary and uncalled for.

Our mistake at Piet Retief AeroModellers, was maintaining the grounds so perfectly that it was impossible to pass up and move the event to a different location.

In conclusion, this blatant disregard and disrespect is not justified. This does not build…it destroys. We do not want further decay ofour society and already-vanishing morals, and we hopeby publishing this, it may help to avoid this happeningto other clubs in the country.

Frustrated, angry, disappointed…

Club raped again. We have had another total invasion, with another event taking place just before the elections. The municipality at least approached us, and together we went out to the field to discuss placing of the tents.

As per usual the exact opposite was done that we had discussed with them. Our starting and flying blocks were damaged, and fortunately we did not have rain, so the runways were spared.

We will try to find a way to coexist as best we can, but it is incredibly frustrating and difficult, with people that don't want to take responsibility.

LelloGallino

One of the heavy-duty trucks (minus trailer) that caused so much damage to the beautiful runways of the Piet Retief AeroModellers club.

The ruts caused by the heavy-duty trucks moving over the water-logged grass of our runways.

Marquee tents being erected right on our runways, where thousands of feet caused inestimable damage to our runways.


This is the second call for nominations to fill three vacancies on the SAMAA Management Committee. Please take a moment to study the following notices of vacancies, and should you know of suitable and willing candidates for these three positions, please send a note, with the name and signature of consent of the nominated member to serve on the SAMAA Management Committee.

VACANCY FOR CLUB REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAMAA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

This is a call to all SAMAA-registered clubs, for nominations to fill the position of CLUB REPRESENTATIVE on the SAMAA Management Committee. Nominations must reach the SAMAA office no later than 31st July 2014 (contact details below), and must show the signed consent of the nominee, and name and signature of a club committee member.

VACANCY FOR DEALER REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAMAA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

This is a call to hobby shop owners, importers, dealers, retailers, distributors, and service organisations linked to the model aircraft industry, to nomination a DEALER REPRESENTATIVE to serve on the SAMAA Management Committee. Dealers are encouraged to call a date for a meeting, and to elect from their number, a representative to serve on the SAMAA Management Committee.

VACANCY FOR REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE ON THE SAMAA MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE

This is a call to clubs, groups, and regions, for nominations for a REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE on the SAMAA Management Committee. Nominations must reach the SAMAA office no later than 31 July 2014 (contact details shown below), must show the signed consent of the nominee, and name and signature of a club committee

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General information on all vacancies: Term of office is 13 months, starting September 2014. SMC meetings are held every two months at the SAMAA office, starting at 18:00 and lasting approximately 2 hours. Reasonable travel associated with attending of the meetings may be reimbursed. Nominations/applications must be clearly headed: “Club Representative”, “Dealer Representative”, “Regional Representative”. E-mail to [email protected], or fax to 086-607-8733. CLOSING DATE IS MIDNIGHT 31st JULY 2014. A decision will be made by the SMC within one month of closing, and applicants/nominees notified of the outcome.



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3-6 Bultfontein Bultfontein Fly-in Boet Denysschen 083-449-46236 Tygerberg MFC Large Scale Aerobatics Mike Rabeling 083-255-85736 Rand Model AC Series Scale Koos Pretorius 082-928-036813 Tygerberg MFC W Cape Monthly Aerobatics Stuart Nix 082-855-492013-19 Martin, Slovakia F3J World Championship www.rcmklub.sk19-26 Marmande, France F4 Scale World Championship www.wc2014f4cffam.asso.fr20 Kingsburgh RMC KZN Monthly Aerobatics Neil Allen 073-231-414120 Boland MAC Fly-in Nic van Rensburg 082-700-185626 Gauteng TBA F5J Electric Thermal Comp Ivan Williams 083-263-788927 JOMAC GAA Aerobatic League Stadler Brits 082-773-531527 Rand Model AC Vintage Mem. Fly-in No.286 Colin Matthysen 082-697-501927 Gauteng TBA F3K HLG League Herman Weber 082-453-855127 Barnstormers MHSA Heli Champs Wessel Vosloo 082-806-768627 Tygerberg MFC Scale Fun Day Mike Rabeling 083-255-857327 Port Elizabeth RF Fun Fly Round 3 Mike Burmeister 082-653-3672

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6 Rand Model AC Air Show Kevin Geach 082-580-37177 Gauteng TBA Highveld Thermal League 3 Herman Weber 082-453-855112-14 Worcester Fly-in Dirk Swanepoel 082-700-052614 Barnstormers Fun Fly Rd 3 Willem Johnson 082-419-094814 Central RF Free State League Aerobatics Pierre Fouche 082-775-913914 Helderberg RF W Cape League Aerobatics Stuart Nix 082-855-492014 KZN TBA Bill Vos Memorial Gliding Derek Bird 031-463-283317-21 Waterkloof AFB Africa Aerospace Defence 1420 Tygerberg MFC Nite Fly Mike Rabeling 083-255-857320 TBA F5J Electric Thermal Comp Ivan Williams 083-263-788921 Gauteng TBA F3K HLG League Comp Herman Weber 082-453-855125-28 TBA North vs South Slope Event Herman Weber 082-453-855127-28 TBA GAA Gauteng Aerobatics Stadler Brits 082-773-531528 Benoni RF Vintage Fly-in No. 288 Colin Matthysen 082-697-5019

5 Tygerberg MFC Large Scale Aerobatics Mike Rabeling 083-255-85739-12 Oudtshoorn Oudtshoorn Scale 201412 Morne Nortier 082-890-660112 Tygerberg MFC W Cape Monthly Aerobatics Stuart Nix 082-855-492012 Gauteng TBA 2m Open Glider Day Herman Weber 082-453-855118-19 TBA MAASA Aerobatic Masters Grant Brook 082-888-067019 Gauteng TBA F3K HLG Team Trials Herman Weber 082-453-855125-26 TBA Gauteng F3K HLG SA International Herman Weber 082-453-855126 Pretoria RF Vintage Fly-in No. 289 Colin Matthysen 082-697-501926 Maritzburg MAC KZN Aerobatic Monthly Neil Allen 073-231-414126 Rosslyn AM MHSA F3C Heli Masters Wessel Vosloo 082-806-768630 SAMAA Office 2014 SAMAA AGM Bob Skinner 083-283-1681

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6 Gauteng TBA F3K HLG League (final) Herman Weber 082-453-85516-7 TBA Gauteng 3D Heli Competition John Smith 078-986-13847 Gauteng TBA Highveld Thermal League 4 Herman Weber 082-453-85517 KZN TBA Bill Vos Memorial Gliding Derek Bird 031-463-283321 Barnstormers Vintage Fly-in No. 291 Colin Matthysen 082-697-5019

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The SAMAA needs your help, to ensure that your rights and privileges are protected. Through the SAMAA, its Special Interest Groups, and numerous registered clubs, you can experience the protection of your rights, and enjoy the real benefits in all aspects of model aviation.• Advice On building, flying, competition, airshow planning, club layouts, displays, special air events, competition, illegal flying, etc.• Clubs Enjoyment of your activity in a group context. All SAMAA clubs are approved and registered with the SAMAA, RAASA, and Civil Aviation.• Insurance Cover of R15m for damage to property, or injury or death to third parties (and member-to-member cover).• Proficiencies Recognition for flying proficiency, at all levels, and all disciplines.• Guidelines On starting and registering a new club. For frequency operations. Interaction with full-size aviation. Manuals of operation.• SAMAA News To inform, educate, advise. Your mouthpiece. Great promotional value.• Rules Local and international, specs of models, frequencies, safe flying practices.• Web pages Good aeromodelling content, great links, regular updates, BLOG. Excellent membership site for self-maintenance.• Representation The SIGs represent all competitive branches of aeromodelling. • Affiliations To the Aero Club of South Africa, and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Also to other institutions (RAASA, SAAF, Denel).• Frequencies Protection by ICASA of frequencies in spectrum allocated to R/C.• Airspace Manage airspace at registered sites, through the CAA and RAASA. SAMAA is the only CAA-approved Aviation Recreation Organisation (ARO) for aeromodelling.• CIAM Direct link with CIAM (Commission for International Aeromodelling). Governs all world-wide competitive activities, and records.These are just a few of the services that the SAMAA is able to offer its members. Benefit from these services, and let our combined membership add to the voice and strength of SAMAA.

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Contents of Issue 2 for 2014

Robby Rowe Free Flight Festival 2014 1Chairman’s Report 4Control Line Nationals 5TRMC Lugskou 62014 CIAM Plenary Meeting 7Proficiency/Development News 8Warthog Mudbath 9MAASA Nationals 10Jets over the Berg 11Ficksburg RC Modellers Fly-in 12Jets over Lime Acres. Indoor F3P 13Grotto Fliers 14Highveld Thermal League 15F3K HLG Competition. SAMAA promotional items. AGM Notice 16Club aerobatics. Tribute to Robby Rowe 17A Mustang is reborn 18Letters to SAMAA News 20Vacancies on SAMAA Management Committee 21SAMAA activity Calendar 22SAMAA information details, management committee, SIGs, etc 23Your Local Dealer adverts 24

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SAMAA News Issue 2 of 2014