February 2015

Edi�on 9

CA News

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CA@SMFC on 8 February 2015

The 2015 CA flying season started!

Wi th the support of Frasers and hos�ng by Silverton Model Flying Club, the 2015 CA season started with a

bang!

There were some changes as CA events are now taking place on Sundays Sundays Sundays to accommodate the sponsors.

Some pilots complained with reason but “stealing” one Sunday every second month is not to bad we think. The ma)er was

also discussed with the a)ending pilots on the day with the approval we belief this ma)er is now closed by majority rule. It

can change over �me if there is reason for any specific event of course but it will stay as is for now.

At this event we also tested a Fun Fly (FF) ac�vity. The idea is and was to test such an event because it would give FF pilots

more opportunity during the year to prac�ce. Obviously the results are not part of their Na�onal plan, purely for fun and

spectator value. We learned quite a lot and will keep working on this for the future.

On the day we saw total 28 entries of which 6 was Top Notch, 8 Standard Class and 4 for Fun Fly. CA did 2 rounds and FF

did 5 rounds. FF started te day with 2 rounds, that was followed by CA rounds 1, then FF round 3 and 4 and the day end-

ed with CA round 2 and FF round 5. From there we did the Speed Tes�ng and the event closed about 15H00.

The weather was magic to say the least and SMFC in mint condi�on! There were not any excuses available to any pilot

and the wind with everything else played perfectly for a stunning day. Even the sun worked very well and Dave with his

Mobile Snoopy had a good day on the refreshments side.

Our S�g of the day was Willem van der Veer. He had a good day in the sun with bribes galore. In the future, maybe the

S�g might be easy to recognize, especially if he eats all the sweets that he receives from the bribes…. Thank you Willem

for the “onbaatsug�ge” effort, it is appreciated more than we can say.

Boats calling for Thirsty while Thirsty is doing CA

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Top Notch

In Top Notch we saw 6 entries with Mr Cool (Arney Sieling) entering Fixed Wing and Heli..interes�ng stuff! It was

also only the second �me Roly par�cipated in TN a?er he was bumped up at the end of 2014. On the side we

also saw Thirsty (Ma)hew Hirst) par�cipa�ng for the first �me with his “F3A S�ck”.

Thirsty with his special edi�on….

Die Hard (Andre van Huysteen) had a crappy first

round (52%) but a much be)er second round at 67%

but ...that was not enough to keep his “Kite for longest

flight” price away from him.

Posi�on Name Call Name Result

1 Arney Sieling Mr Cool 75.00%

2 Ma)hew Hirst Thirsty 68.42%

3 Arney Sieling Mr Cool 67.76%

4 Hercules Myburgh Baron von Razzler 64.80%

5 Roland Suhrmuller Roly 64.47%

6 Andre van Huysteen Die Hard 59.87%

3rd

2nd

1st

A busy man…...….

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Fun Fly

I n tes�ng Fun Fly with CA, we only saw 4 entries. A mistake might have been for these chaps not to enter CA as

well. If entered CA it might have kept them busy for the day! It was great to see them around and to see what FF

is all about. Pre)y fast pace and if you blink, you might have missed the flight!

We had to really focus to follow the

ac�vi�es and it seems like the pilots got

hungry at some point! But thanks to

Boats, he was ready with some Marie-

biscuits. He did not share those with the

rest but at least the FF pilots had some-

thing to eat...

Allan ea�ng...wai�ng for that whistle to stop the �me

<<< FF entries, all smiles

Results

1ste Ma) Hirst 18

2de Allan Fraser 15

3de Anton Botes 10

4de Jacques Van Der Merwe 7

Van received Kite or Longest Flight but not all bad….Allen gave

his prize to Van..good spirit! Thanks guys!

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Fun Fly 1st

Anton Botes came 3rd (Le)), Right is Van (Jacques vd Merwe)

Seen at CA

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Standard Class

SSSS tandard saw 8 entries and Smeitjie (Jaco Smeiman) had to leave a?er round one due to other problems. Hope it

ended well Jaco. The guys did well in general with good grouping but ai...Sielie brought his “plenty years old

s�ck” with an Eskom Power Train...it died during both rounds. That guaranteed him the Kite for longest flight!

Overall, 5 pilots from SMFC par�cipated which was great to see. Well done guys! You did SMFC proud I think.

Timjan and Boyscout was compe�ng seriously and Timjan managed to stay ahead in the end with only 0.99%! “Dis ook maar

net-net” I think.

Posi�on Name Call Name Result

1 Tim Rossouw Timjan 61.51%

2 Deon Viljoen Boyscout 60.53%

3 Ian Veldman Veltjie 57.89%

4 Eben Kleynhans Kleintjie 53.29%

5 Garth Williams Gha�e 53.29%

6 Dirk Tjallinks Tjalie 52.30%

7 Jaco Smeiman Smeitjie 22.04%

8 Johan Sieling Siellie 6.91%

Facial expression? And that for a free kite? Johan Sieling on the right in case you

wondered

3rd

<<< We think Veldtjie (Right) was very happy a)er a strong

2nd round. Well done Veldtjie

Boyscout (Right) taking second, just 0.99% short 2nd

1st

<< Timjan (right) taking honours!

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Speed Tes�ng

The Speed Tes�ng went very well with 16 entries. This is always interes�ng and fun as only a few pilots actually knows

the speed of their cra?. To many it was a big surprise to see the actual speed and learn from that.

It was no surprise when Allen booked the fastest �me at 215.35 km/h. Garth with his Quicky (Witblits type) had issues

at high speed, would ne nice to see that cra? fully trimmed at high speed.

Competitor Type Model Class Max Speed Allen Fraser(Allen) Fixed Wing HABU 6 cell electric 215.35 Arney Sieling(Mr Cool) Helicopter Forza 700 E12 172.64 Roland Suhrmuller(Roly) Fixed Wing Sundowner 30cc gas 167.25 Deon Viljoen(Boyscout) Fixed Wing Accipiter 120 Nitro 166.74 Ian Veldman(Veltie) Fixed Wing Pilatus PC21 60 electric 5 cell 166.43 Jared Hilton(Parrot) Fixed Wing Pulse XT40 55 Nitro 159.52 Garth Williams(Garthie) Fixed Wing Quicky Electric 4 cell 157.66 Eben Kleynhans(Kleintjie) Fixed Wing Hanger 90 40 electric 6 cell 157.54 Tim Rossouw(Tim) Fixed Wing Sabbart Winds OS40 electric 6 cell 142.20 Matthew Hirst(Thirsty) Fixed Wing Ulta Stick F3A Nitro 40 139.70 Hercules Myburgh(Baron von Ruzler) Fixed Wing XTRA 300 2 5 nitro 1 33.60 Anton Botes(Boats) Fixed Wing Shot Gun Funfly electric 4 cell 131.57 Matthew Hirst(Thirsty) Fixed Wing Shot Gun OS 4 cell 127.69 Allen Fraser(Allen) Fixed Wing Shot gun 5000 OS36 nitro 127.20 Tjallinks Dirk(Charlie) Fixed Wing Edge 540 46 125.31 Jacques van der Merwe(Van) Fixed Wing Shot gun Nitro 35 Fun Fly 112.23

The fast HABU of Allen >>>>

<<< Die Hard (Andre van Huysteen) preparing

his “speed computer”

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Seen at CA

TopNoth Pilots(Die Hard was busy…)

Standard Pilots

All them good guys!

Thank you:

• To SMFC for hos�ng and for the excellent facili�es

• To Hercules (Baron von Razzler) the Demo Flight

• To Dave Williams for Snoopy, keep us fed

• To Die Hard for Speed Tes�ng

• To Mr Cool for 450 demo flight

• To our S�g, Willem van der Veer, this is appreciated more than you would

know

• To all pilots that par�cipated

• To Anton Botes for assis�ng with Fun Fly

• To Allan Fraser from Frasers for his involvement, sponsorship, ag sommer eve-

rything!

• To CA Commi)ee, great stuff guys!

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