issue no. 35 australian model news

August 2015

AUSTRALIAN MODEL NEWS

Issue No. 35

Australian Model News page 2

Contents 3. JIM BRENNAN 1943 - 2015 4. OMAKA AIRSHOW 2015 8. SAM 1788 AT WYONG RIVER 10. VICSCALE TROPHY 2015 13. KNOX WARBIRDS 14. FREE FLIGHT SCALE MASTERS 2015 18. ALISTAIR HEATHCOTE’S FARMAN MOUSTIQUE 19. ANTHONY OGLE’S FOKKER D.VIII 20. ANTHONY MOTT’S TEDIUM E7 22. BADMAC ‘MID-MAY MUSTER’ 24. NSW FREE FLIGHT SOCIETY

SCALE RALLY 26. MULTI CHANNEL RADIO CONTROL MODELS OF THE 1960’S 27. DAVID WHITE MATURE AGE MODELLER 28. VICSCALE AT BALLARAT 3O. PETER WILLIAMS’ ENGLISH ELECTRIC ‘LIGHTNING’ 32. NEW ENGLAND GAS CHAMPS 34. COX MOTOR PARTS FOR SALE 35. HEARN’S HOBBIES “OLD FAITHFUL” COMING EVENTS DAFFODIL DAY AT GREENSBOROUGH MAC BUY, SWAP OR SELL AT KEILOR MAS

This newsletter is published bi-monthly to feature scale mod-el building and flying together with other modelling events in Australia. Contributing material and requests for inclusion on the distri-bution list may be forwarded to — John Lamont Unit 5, 1326 Main Road, Eltham, 3095 Ph: 03 9431 0044 E-mail: [email protected] Visit our website at - https://sites.google.com/site/australianmodelnews/

Winter is never a good time for flying and these last few months have been particularly cold along the east coast. As a consequence it has been quiet on the competition front and not a lot of news has been forthcoming on club events. On the brighter side, and without wanting to wish my life away, it’s nearly Spring and it should be warming up with a bit more activity on the modelling front. Sadly we have lost another fine modeller in Jim Brennan who passed away this month after a long series of health issues. Jim was a talented scale model builder and was held in high regard by those fortunate enough to have met and flown with him. My thanks to those who have contributed to this issue with original articles and to those who have allowed me to re-use articles from various SIG newsletters. Contributions are al-ways welcomed and I look forward to continued support for Australian Model News from the modelling fraternity. John Lamont.

On the Cover. Noel Whitehead’s CT- 4 takes to the sky at the State Field, Darraweit Guim.

From the Editor


James Peter (Jim)

Brennan April 22nd 1943 - July 12th 2015

I first met James when I sought out the Model Aircraft Club of Sunbury. Jim was welcoming and we found we had a lot in common. His working life was spent first with ANA and then Ansett. He was a flight engineer on B727's and one of the last to retain his fabric covering skills. Model aeroplanes were always Jim’s passion but Jim also had other inter-ests, he liked music and was an accomplished saxophonist playing with a jazz band. Jim was a founding member of the Model Aircraft Club of Sunbury and in their heyday they ran glider competitions that attracted a hundred or more competitors from all over the country. For a time Jim was the club’s newslet-ter editor. He typed it on a typewriter and took the pages down to Ron Erick-son's print shop to be duplicated. He collated, folded, stapled and ad-dressed them, then hand delivered them to the members on his walk or to and from work. In more recent times he wrote scale modelling articles for publication in Radio Control Model News magazine Jim's models made an impression on all that saw them, planes of quality and detail that were truly the envy of many a modeller. He won a National FAI Scale competition with the his “Swalesong” and as a consequence was invited to represent Australia at the 1992 FAI World Scale Championships at Muncie, USA . He built a scale Grumman Duck for the purpose which he sold in the States for a good sum. Jim liked four stroke engines and loved the opportunity to repair them. On many occasions, when hearing of someone's model engine problems, he would say 'give it here, I'll fix it for you' and it would be returned with a smile, expecting nothing in return. Jim was a courageous man. Various forms of cancer dogged him for the last sixteen years or so. Even during times when he was not well he went one step further than most and he never gave up wishing to fly models. Jim, you shared with me a small part of your very large life and for the most part it was fun. All of us have benefited in some way from knowing you and I'm so glad that our paths crossed. I and all of his friends will miss him. . RIP James! Dete Hasse


After attending the 2011 and 2013 Classic Fighters I decided to give it a miss in 2015. Fortunately Mark Smith, a fellow VFSAA member, was making the trip across the Tasman and his offer to take photo-graphs and bring back some information for inclusion in the newsletter was gratefully accepted. New aircraft to appear this year included a Fokker D.VIII, Albatros D.Va, Nieuport 11, Grumman TBM-3E ‘Avenger’, Spitfire Mk.XIV, and Czech Aero L-29 “Delfin’, together with full size replicas of the V-I Flying Bomb also known as the ‘Buzz Bomb’ or the ‘Doodle Bug’. One V–1 was a flying example, powered by five electric ducted fans and launched from a ramp with catapult assistance to perform under radio control and another was destroyed in the usual spectacular fashion at the finale on Sunday. An unfortunate accident with the Focke Wulf 190, when the undercar-riage collapsed after a ground loop, took this aircraft out of action with some serious wing, undercarriage and propeller damage but current news from Omaka says that it will be repaired and flying again before the 2017 airshow. The Friday practice performance was affected by a cross wind that precluded the flying of the WWI types but the Saturday and Sunday schedules were completed to the usual high standard now expected at this exceptional event.

Curtiss P-40N Kittyhawk in the colours of the RAAF’s No.75 Squadron operat-ing in Papua New Guinea.

NA P-51D Mustang wearing the colour scheme of RNZAF’s No.3 Canterbury Territorial Air Force squadron.


Vought FG -1 Corsair is the sole survivor of 424 Corsairs supplied to the RNZAF in 1944. Now wearing the colours of USMC V-17 ‘Jolly Rogers’ it is a regular air show performer.

A Spitfire Mk.IX owned by Brendon Deere and wearing the colours of his uncle Alan Deere, DSO, OBE, DFC & Bar, Wing Leader at Biggin Hill in 1943.

Grumman TBM 3E Avenger is also owned by Brendon Deere. After leaving NZ in 1999 for Australia it is now back and flying in its previous NZ colours.

Recovered from an Australian collection and fully restored by Bill Reid the Avro Anson wears the colours of a 206 Squadron Coastal Command aircraft flown by New Zealander Pilot Officer Laurie Edwards.

The Chariots of Fire reproduction Focke Wulf 190 wears the colours of Haupt-mann Erich Rudorffer as operated in 1944. Rudorffer flew over 1000 combat missions from 1940 to 1945 and achieved 222 victories.

The FW 190 on its belly and looking rather forlorn after the landing accident.

The DH Devon is the military version of the DH Dove airliner and served the RNZAF as a navigation and signals trainer from 1948 to 1980.

The evergreen Douglas DC-3, one of three on display over the weekend.

(Rick Pimblott photo)


The ‘Magnificent Seven’ of Jasta 11 became the ‘Magnificent Eight’ with the addition of another recently completed Fokker Dr.I. The ring-in at bottom right is the Fokker D.VII.

Most of the Fokker Dr.1 replicas are fitted with a Warner Scarab radial engine but Graham Orphan’s all-black triplane has an Australian Rotec radial up-front .

Fokker Dr.I Dreidekkers of Jasta 11.

Fokker D.VII Airco DH.5

Pfalz D.III Bleriot XI


Lake LA-250 amphibian from Velit Bay Resort, Vanuatu. This Pitts Model 12 put on a spectacular aerobatic display.

Cessna 185 Auster

The De Havilland Group

DH 60 Gipsy Moth DH 82 Tiger Moth

DH 83 Fox Moth DHC-2 Beaver


SAM 1788 at Wyong River

Portents of a fine weekend were not good in the days leading up to this competition. The Wyong club field had been closed to all flying on the two previous weekends, however a few days of sunshine and light winds from midweek allowed the field to dry out sufficiently for the models to take off, even if the pits area and carpark were quite muddy. The Gordon Burford event got underway at 10.00am Saturday with nine entries. Light winds and abundant lift saw six flyers through to the fly off. Allan Brady missed the fly off by one second, bad luck Allan. In this event I found the normally reliable Dixielander completely uncon-trollable under power, even the glide requiring full left trim to control it. The cause, a severely warped wing, so I abandoned flying till it can be corrected. Bob Marshall lost control shortly after takeoff due to the rudder servo output arm dislodging itself in flight. The model landed in long grass eastern end of the field and was retrieved by local member Darrel Tanks. On completion of the Burford event, a BBQ lunch pro-vided by local club members Dick, Jim and Ian Connell. Duration event got underway at 1.30 in flat calm conditions, however the cumulus clouds were now replaced with dark solid overcast sky making visibility difficult. We completed the first round with light rain falling. The rain only got worse so the remaining round were resched-uled till Sunday morning. Saturday evening was spent at Bob & Annie Marshall’s “Chopstix” restaurant in Avoca Beach. The meal was great, a banquet meal with a wide variety of food to suit all tastes. Also pleasing to see a good number of ladies present. Sunday morning saw the electric flyers arrive to fly their events. All remaining events were flown in three rounds. Duration was completed in perfect conditions with eight flyers in the fly off. Peter (Condo) Smith was the winner of this one. Next was 1/2A Texaco with ten entries. Allan Brady had his grandson Lachlan Darlington along for the weekend and I lent him my Atomizer for the event. Lachlan proved very capable taking out third place as-

sisted by Allan and John Bradburn. Garry Whitten from Tamworth was second with Jim Rae in first place. Texaco after lunch with five flyers in the fly off. All models got good heights in the fly off with Allan Brady making twenty one minutes in first place, Geoff Potter, Condo Smith combination in second place with Grant Manwaring in third place. The electric events attracted five entries and were flown concurrently with the IC events. The electric events flown were Height Limited Du-ration, 1/2A Texaco, Texaco and Duration. It was good to see the performance of these models and have the flyers along enjoy the pro-ceedings. Speaking with Phil Stevenson he believes there will be more entries at the NAAS meeting in November. Electric Event Results Height Limited Duration 1. Gary A 1248 2. Phil Stevenson 1163 3. Rob Watson 1078 1/2A Texaco 1. Phil Stevenson 1200 + 30% 2. Peter Henderson 1200 + 10% Texaco 1. Gary A 1800 + 45% 2. Rob Watson 1800 + 43% 3. Phil Stevenson 1800 + 42% Duration 1. Gary A 900 2. Phil Stevenson 892


Presentation of trophies in the form of certificates produced by Ian

Avery was the duty of Wyong club President Bob Marshall. He ex-plained the requirement for a CASA Height Clearance for this site and the cost of obtaining the clearance, funds that would normally been used in providing trophies. Also a special presentation of the 1/2A Texaco Atomizer to Lachlan Darlington, may he continue to come to our contests. Thanks also to the cooks who provided food and drinks over the weekend, a job well done. Basil Healy. IC Event Results Gordon Burford Competitor Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. Peter J. Smith Faison Taipan plain (T) 900 824 2. Jim Rae Amazoom Taipan BB 900 668 3. Mark Nelson Creep 120% Taipan B/B 900 598 Duration Competitor Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. Peter J. Smith 1941 Playboy Saito 50 4/s 840 632 2. Jim Rae Lion Cub 130% Saito 56 4/s 840 621 3. Grant Manwaring 1941 Playboy YS53 4/s 840 585 1/2a Texaco Competitor Model Score Fly Off 1. Jim Rae Pine Needle 840 636 2. Garry Whitten Baby Burd 840 602 3. Lachlan Darlington Atomiser 840 580 Texaco Competitor Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. Alan Brady 1938 Bomber OS 60 4/s 1200 1307 2. Geoff Potter 1938 Bomber OS 61 4/s 1200 1228 3. Grant Manwaring 1938 Bomber OS 60 4/s 1200 975

The winners of the electric events.

Peter Henderson’s “Floater” designed by Charles (Chuck) Hollinger. The original was 2.54m span. Mine is 3.05m. The model weighs just over 2kg. The model is flown with a 4s battery and a Turnigy outrunner fitted with a 16″x8″ light wooden prop. This model is used for the height limited competition. As far as can be established only 4 of these models have ever been built. The original, two more from Dale Tower (US mate of CH), and myself. The model is flawed in that the huge 1.5m span tail is very vulnerable when landing.

Basil Healey holding Grant Manwaring’s 105% Playboy duration model. The good looking fellow on the right is Peter Scott.

Jim Rae receiving one of his multitude of certificates from Wyong President Bob Marshall .

Bob Marshall servicing his model attended by Geoffrey Potter.


VICSCALE TROPHY 2015

This is the major event of the year for the VFSAA and is held annual-ly on Saturday and Sunday of the Queen’s Birthday weekend at the Valley Radio Flyers field, Shepparton. Usually well attended, this year was no exception and a good entry with a large array of models kept everyone active over the two days of the event.

Daniel Wheeler’s Yak 55 flying in Large Scale.


Greg Lepp about to fly his large scale Decathlon. Daniel Wheeler’s large scale Yak 55 is 2.4m wingspan and powered by a 35cc NGH petrol engine.

Gary Sunderland’s Nakajima Ki-27 ‘Nate’ made its first appearance at a compe-tition and looks promising. With a wingspan of 2.26m it’s powered by an OS200 four stroke engine.

The ‘Nate’ on a landing approach.

Mario Schembri also brought a new model for it’s first competition. His Miles Hawk Speed Six is scratch built with a wingspan of 2.2m and powered by an OS120 four stroke engine.

The Miles Hawk climbing out after take-off.

The Australian entry at the last World Scale Championship, David Law’s Pitts S2, Noel Whitehead’s CT-4 and Noel Findlay’s DH.83 Fox Moth.

Bob Hulett came down from Albury to fly his Stinson Reliant.


The Ballarat entries, Roger Carrigg’s Waco and Glenn White’s Extra.

Another new model on its first outing, Greg Lepp’s Super Cub is from Hangar 9 and is possibly the best 1/4 scale ARF Cub on the market. Nicely constructed and well finished with very good scale detail.

CONTESTANT MODEL RND 1 RND 2 RND 3 TOTAL

N. WHITEHEAD RV-4 2356 2272 - 2314 1

D. WHEELER YAK 54 2142 2227 - 2184.5 2

R. CARRIGG WACO 2062 2117 - 2089.5 3

M. SCHEMBRI KATANA 2144 1987 - 2065.5 4

R. GAUMANN PIAGIO 2167 1940 - 2053.5 5

J. FINOCCHIARO PIPER CUB 1928 2094 - 2011 6

G. LEPP PIPER SUPER CUB 2139 1848 - 1993.5 7

G. WHITE EXTRA 1970 1819 - 1894.5 8

T. DE HAAN PIPER L4 1710 1836 - 1773 9

G. SUNDERLAND FOKKER V.21 1805 1617 - 1711 10

B. WHELLAN TURBULENT DNF 2246 - 1123 11

R. HULETT SPACEWALKER 1926 - - 963 12


D. LAW EXTRA 2442 2576 - 2509 1

S. MALCMAN CESSNA 182 2188 2412 - 2300 2

G. LEPP DECATHLON 2210 2371 - 2286 3

D. WHEELER YAK 55 2192 2227 - 2209.5 4

R. HULETT STINSON RELIANT 1877 2116 - 1996.5 5

M. SCHEMBRI MILES HAWK 1508 - - 754 6


D. LAW PITTS S2 2473 2516 2519 5397.8 1

N. FINDLAY FOX MOTH 2423 2531 2533 5277 2

N. WHITEHEAD CT-4 2309 2257 2168 4955 3

STATIC

2880.3

2745

2672

W. WHEELER TURBULENT 1953 1922 2159 1995 4030 4

R. POPELIER DH.60 1780.5 327 2195 2187 1780.5 5

D. BALFOUR DH.27 1387.5 2318 2332 2178 3712.5 6

G. SUNDERLAND NAKAJIMA 1552.5 1743 1972 1689 3410 7

LARGE SCALE RESULTS

FLYING ONLY RESULTS

SCALE RESULTS

David Law was the winner in Large Scale with this ARF Extra.

Bill Wheeler’s Turbulent flew well in the calm conditions to place fourth in the Scale section.


KNOX WARBIrDS 2015

A rather bleak morning turned into a reasonable day at Knox MAC although the wind limited the flying. It was a reasonable turn out, considering the cold start, with an interesting collection of models on display

P-40 “Warhawk” by Mark Ellins

Junkers Ju88 by David Nobes. Grumman “Hellcat” by David Nobes.

Sopwith Tabloid by Dave Lacy.

Grumman “Bearcat” by Peter Koch and Steve Vallve.

Supermarine “Seafire”by Steve Vallve.

P-51 “Mustang” by Steve Vallve.

Focke Wulf 190 by Peter Koch.


FREE FLIGHT SCALE MASTERS

2015

This year’s event started on a downer a few weeks before when I rang Lawrie Kelsall to confirm we would be up to clean the barn and toilets and work out which paddock to use. Chris informed me that Lawrie was in hospital and quite sick but in her cheerful way Chris just said to “carry on as usual.” After the clean-up day we arrived on the Friday before and put up the direction signs for the flyers. As we had used the same paddock a couple of years ago I only needed a few new ones that Lawrie had suggested to warn motorists that there were cars turning off the main road. Ten people were present at the Bridgeport hotel on the Friday night for a good meal and conversation. Nice to see David Castles bring his father-in-law Neil Downey over from Horsham for the weekend. We arrived at the flying field just as it was light enough to see, some-time before 7.00am, then a quick check of the weather forecast to verify the wind direction for the day allowed us to set up and not have to move later, we soon had the shelter up and breakfast underway. Most popular as usual was the tea and coffee and we have learned to boil up several thermos’ of water back at the barn before we get out onto the flying field to save time, especially when it’s a balmy three degrees. The early morning was dead calm and stayed that way for several hours, though later a light breeze did spring up. I had the last few flights around 5.00pm. This is the best part for me, Lyn, Dianne and Tyson had breakfast underway, the weather was good, there were people turning up and models started to fly accompanied by the unique sound and smell of diesels. Mal Dyer was unfortunate to lose his Bird Dog last year and vowed that this year he wouldn’t lose any models. Mal returned after a long walk to say his MillsBeam was stuck up a tree across the road, so a small party set off to see if it was retrievable. We managed to tie to-gether some branches and flick it out of the tree.

Later the MillsBeam was once again a speck in the sky and, heading down-wind, was soon out of sight to all but a few. Mal seemed to be heading in the wrong direction but Dianne Spratt, who had spent sev-eral hours searching for the Bird Dog last year, was on the trail and she followed it until it landed several paddocks away. Mal then drove his car down to pick them up.

Report by Dave Putterill. Photographs by Stephen Kittel and Dave Putterill.


Lunch was served around midday and the hamburgers and sausages were all well received, though it seemed to be taken in rounds as there were always several models in the air.

This year saw an increase in sports models as well as r/c assist, and while happy to see these types of models it is after all a Scale Free Flight event and hopefully, as in past years, some of these flyers will return next year with a scale model as well. I do realise the extra time and effort involved in producing a scale model of any type but the results are usually well worth the effort. By about 4.00pm most flyers had had enough and departed, My crew had left for several hours to attend another function so I used the hour or so with an empty dead calm flying field to do some trimming for Sunday. We awoke Sunday morning to cold and calm conditions once again though this time there was no ice on the cars. The light breeze was forecast to continue throughout the day and this allowed us to leave the shelter and BBQ still erected in the same position.

Attendance was down a bit on the Sunday as a few of the previous days flyers had events to attend but we managed to find enough tak-ers for several litres of coffee and the rest of the bacon for breakfast. The wind picked up toward lunch but was still quite flyable, a few had spent some of the night repairing damaged models and had them once more back in the air. Lunch was served around noon and then it was time for the presenta-tion of awards, by this time we were down to fifteen or so flyers. At a low key event like this it is hard to have set rules or classes of models to decide the winners so the flyers vote on which models appeal to them and a series of Special Awards are handed out. SCALEMASTERS 2015 Awards Special Award - David Castles for bringing Neil Downey from Hors-ham to fly his rubber models. Special Award - Ian Cole for “Most Entertaining Flight” with his aero-batic Ebenezer. Special Award - Maris Dislers for “Smallest Model” with his peanut size power model. Special Award - David Malpas for his flights with his Morane. Special Award - Maris Dislers for his flights with his R.E.P. Best Kit Scale - David Nearmy for his Cessna 170. Best Power Model - Dave Putterill for his Longster Wimpy. Best R/C Display - Steve Nelson for the flights of his Hinkler “Ibis” Best Rubber Power -Tim Hayward Brown for his Roland ScaleMasters Trophy for Model of the Meet - Dave Putterill for his Gotha. After the presentations a few flyers stayed on for a couple of hours as the weather was still great. All that was left to do was to pull down the shelter and pack every thing away and pull down all the signs. Its al-ways fun getting it all back in the trailer as we bring some gear up the previous week then have to get it all packed away for the trip home. Thanks to the crew that helped put on the event, Trev Putterill, Dianne and Tyson Spratt and especially Lyn who seems to remember every-thing I forget and manages to bring just the right amount of bacon, sausages, hamburgers, bread, rolls, tea, coffee, sugar, milk, drinks and the myriad other things we need. Also to Stephen Kittel and David Nearmy for some of the photos I’ve used here Finally, thanks to Lawrie for the use of the facilities. He is home now and seems to be doing OK, his main worry was that he missed the event. Well we missed you too!

An interesting model was this Vic Smeed Chatterbox. This early R/C model, built by Ross Lloyd, had original Galloping Ghost radio in the aircraft but converted to use a late model transmitter for range and reliabil-ity


Dave Malpas received an award for great flights with his Morane Parasol The R.E.P. of Maris Dislers.

David Nearmy was awarded Best Kit Scale for this Keil Kraft Cessna 190. English Electric ‘Wren’ by Merv Harris.

Dave Putterill’s ScaleMasters Trophy winning Gotha under charge. Maris Dislers sends the Peter Twiss Luton Minor off on another great flight.


Dave Putterill, David Malpas and Tyson Spratt walking back to the flight line after retrieving their models.

Mal Dyer and Maris Dislers completing the long walk home with David Malpas still in the distance.

This years suggestion for a group build was the ANZAC. Stephen Kittel, Dave Saunders and Mike Adams all built very neat electric versions but were undergoing some trimming on the day.

Maris Dislers holding court during the lunch break.

Peter Anglberger starting his pink ‘Tomboy”. Award winners, from left - Tim Hayward-Brown, Steve Nelson, David Nearmy, Maris Dislers, David Malpas and David Castles. Dave Putterill kneeling.

Mal Dyer set up on the flight line. The ScaleMasters Trophy with other assorted awards.


Australian Model News

Some time ago, Frank Curzon published a 3 view of a Farman Moustique F451 in the Scale section of Australian RCM. I cut it out and kept it. Recently RCM&E published a free plan of a 48 inch’ F450 prototype – which I also kept. I decided I would like a second model to take on regular flying outings but it had to be “different”. This fitted the bill exactly – so work started….. Moustique is the name given to a series of very light monoplanes designed for sport and tourism in France by the Farman Aviation company. The first was built in 1919 flew with an ABC Scorpion engine of 30hp. Several models were built over the next 5 years including a glider version! Two powered by Anzani engines were entered in the 1924 Tour de France (did they fit pedals?). One of them won the event as all the others (15) succumbed to the weather and did not finish. Nothing further happened until the mid 1930s when the French Gov-ernment introduced the “Aviation Populaire” programme to further private aviation. Farman then re-introduced the Moustique as the F450 and an 8.07 m wing span. Five were built. This was followed by the F451 (the subject of my model) of which 46 were built. They were fitted with a 25hp 4 cylinder 2 stroke motor and had a top speed of 130 km/hr (81 mph). The final version – the Super Moustique F 455 was a side by side 2 seater with a 35 hp motor. An example is on display in the Musee de L’Aire at Le Bourget, France (see photo). ….well just what was needed – something different. I had an E-Flite 15 motor and as this model was going to be light and slow I calculated that a span of about 185cm (73 inches) would work – big enough to see at a scale of 1/4.4 ! Sheet of paper on the drawing board, Frank’s 3-view (Frank had also built a small electric version and a half scale), the RCM&E plan and the Moustique F451 was under way. Wire controls to the tail end and working rigging on the wings kept the weight down. Alistair Heathcote

Alistair Heathcote’s

Farman

Moustique F451

Alistair’s electric powered version of the Farman Moustique is a comfortable size at 1.85m wingspan

Frank Curzon’s half size version, built many years back, spanned 4m !


Fokker D.VIII Anthony Ogle’s

No not Anthony Fokker - but Anthony Ogle! I am sure most members of the New South wales Scale Aircraft Soci-ety have seen Anthony flying his 1/4 scale D VIII in a very skillful manner at our competition rounds. Watching the high wing WW1 fighter fly accurately through the various manoeuvres is very enter-taining even if it is stretching the capability of the full size just a little bit! The D.VIII model was developed a few years ago during Anthony's period of employment with Austars . He did the development flying and helped perfect a very attractive ARF model. He retained this model (which was the production prototype) as it was a good performer and suited his style of flying, however he de-cided it needed an upgrade to make it more realistic in appearance. The film covering was removed and replaced with Solartex as the full size was fabric covering on a plywood skin and an OS 120 4-stroke engine fitted up front. He selected an attractive colour scheme that has no direct allegiance to a particular WW1 Jasta. Humbrol paint was used to get as close a colour match as possible and this was topped with Cabot's Polyurethane as fuel proofer (this has proved to be very successful). Some History The original aircraft was designed by Reinhold Platz towards the end of the war and designated EV. Following a series of wing failures and after some redesign and improved subcontractor quality control it emerged as the Fokker D.VIII. It was late in the war and only a limited number saw operational ser-vice although about 300 were manufactured. It did have the distinc-tion of downing the last Allied aircraft of the war. With a relatively small power plant (82kw) the aircraft was quite fast (up to 180 km/hr) due to the low drag from the cantilever monoplane wing. Its flying characteristics were also good and pilots liked it. As well as the German air force the DVIII served in the air forces of USA, Belgium, Poland, Soviet Union and the Netherlands. This was post war using captured aircraft. There is a full size reproduction with a rotary engine flying in the USA and, for your enjoyment, video (and sound) on YouTube taken at Kermit Weeks’ Fantasy of Flight Museum Ltd. There is at least one D.VIII flying in New Zealand, built by The Vintage Aviator Ltd. and fitted with an original Oberursel rotary engine. Balsa USA has a very nice kit available for the builders and, as men-tioned, Austars have a good performing ARF. There are also a few plans available in different scales if you hunt on the Internet. Alistair Heathcote


Anthony Mott’s Electric Duration Model

TEDIUM E7

Anthony is preparing for another tilt at the duration record for elec-tric powered models and is near-ing the completion of his latest aircraft, #7 in the “TEDIUM” line. The new model has a high aspect ratio wing spanning 5.2m and the challenge has been to build this large model without exceeding the allowed all up weight of 5kg. With the two 33 cell batteries weighing 3.165kg it only left 1.835kg for the airframe, motor, radio equipment and ancillaries — a daunting task! With the weight of the large wing likely to be the decisive factor Antho-ny’s approach has been to use ultra light construction in the framing and rely on a series of concentric carbon fibre tubes, tapering down in diameter from the wing centre to the first dihedral break, to accept the bending and torsional loads imposed in flight. Unable to obtain thin

walled tube with suitable inner and outer diameters the heavier tubing used is a critical proportion of the weight of the wing. The wings are covered with Lites-pan on the centre panels and with Mylar sheet on the outer panels. The fuselage is similar to the pre-vious models but extended in length and reduced in cross sec-

tion. The tail group is again similar to the earlier models but with a larger vertical fin and increased stabiliser area. The same motor, fitted with a 4.2:1 ratio gearbox, will drive the 18.5″ x 15″ folding propeller. Following flight testing and with weather permitting, Anthony proposes to make his record attempt in November of this year.

The starboard wing inner and outer sections ready for covering.


The wing structure is very light. The inner panel has concentric carbon fibre tubes forming the mainspar while the outer panel is more conventional with top and bottom spruce spars joined with balsa webs to form an - beam. The trailing edge is carbon fibre with carbon fibre strips to reinforce the connec-tion and provide additional strength at the thinnest part of the ribs. Leading edge riblets are used to maintain the wing profile in the absence of balsa sheeting.

For convenience in transport the outer wing panels are removable and are connected to the inner panels with an aluminium alloy joiner and a locating dowel.

Tail group is flat plate construction.

The fuselage has been narrowed down to suit the battery packs with a little fore and aft space maintained to allow for CG adjustment.


Bairnsdale and District MAC

Mid-May Muster

2015

The Bairnsdale And District Model Aero Club annual "scale" fun fly was held for the first time at their new home — 'VMAA State Field East-ern' (www.badmac.org.au). Pilots enjoyed excellent weather with the forecast spot on and absolute perfection would have been a breeze straight down the runway. Twenty three pilots from GMAC, PARCS, P&DARCS, LVMAC, SADAC and SWAMPS registered with thirty seven models, but many more models were displayed. With a limit of four models in the air at once there was very little time when there was nothing flying. Most of our visiting club members had not been to 'VMAA State Field Eastern' before, all were most impressed with the facilities and produce of the kitchen was enthusiastically consumed. Prize winners. Pilots Choice: Paul Mitchell F82 Twin Mustang LVMAC Best take off: Ben Biggs P51 Mustang BADMAC Best landing: Wayne Lewis Spacewalker LVMAC Realism: Lin Bolding Gipsy Moth BADMAC Youngest pilot: Alex Chiggwidden (age 7) SWAMPS Raffle (4 Burner BBQ): L. Reid LVMAC All registered pilots took part in a random draw from a table of articles and everyone agreed that it was a great day.

Paul Mitchell was awarded the Pilots Choice prize for his F-82 Twin Mustang.

Mark Radburn got around the ‘No taxiing in the pits area’ ruling by using a one sixth scale Jeep to tow his one sixth scale Spitfire.

This event was held once again at the Richmond turf farm, with the closely mown grass providing the ace flyers with the opportunity of ROG (rise off ground) take-offs, as against the usual hand launch. Saturday morning saw no wind and a thick fog, where ghostly shad-ows indicated some keen modellers and the occasional glimpse of small electric or rubber powered models flying in the grey gloom. By 8:30am the fog had dispersed and the real flying and static judging got under way with a good roll up of entrants and models. Flyers may enter as many models as they choose and most brought two or more. Once more the keen flyers from New Zealand brought their models across the Tasman and Stan Mauger took the spot in F4A with his Auster C.4.

Phil Mitchell created much interest with his new Sopwith 11/2 Strutter. This is the single seat version of the better known two seat fighter, in Royal Navy Air service markings. The model was enlarged slightly from the APS plan and featured carbon fibre wing spars and a new type of heat shrink fabric, currently being used on power duration models.

Surprisingly Phil retained balsa for the trailing edges, which were straight! (I have lately been using carbon fibre for trailing edges.) Unfortunately Phil had installed an inverted Mills 1.3 diesel which proved inadequate power to fly the model, with a good 1.5cc diesel this model should fly well. Phil had to revert to his back-up model, the trusty DH.82 Tiger Moth which put in some superb flights for second place in F4A.

NSW Free Flight Society Scale Rally 2015

Stan Mauger’s F4A winning model of an Antarctic Auster C4.

Phil Mitchell preparing his Tiger Moth for competition with his Sopwith 1 1/2 Strutter in the foreground.

(Report by Gary Sunderland, photos by Gary Sunderland and Tahn Stowe)


Apart from acting as ‘Mine Host’ to the event Tahn Stowe once again campaigned with his big Hawker Hurricane. Last year the ancient ED 3.49 diesel played up, this year the engine was on song but gravity proved too strong for the “Hurri”. Eventually the ‘arrivals’ proved too much for at least one wing. Dare we suggest a radio and a .60 glo engine for this magnificent model?

Readers may recall George Fay from New Zealand and his magnifi-cent Douglas Dauntless which made a great flight but lost one wing panel at a great height. That was back in 2014 and, undaunted, George returned this year with three new models, all WWII low wing monoplanes and including a twin rubber motor powered Russian PE.2. The PE.2 turned out to be literally more than a handful to launch. George had two P-39 “Airacobras”, one rubber powered and another with a diesel engine in the nose. You can’t keep a good mod-eller down, but George does pick difficult subjects to model in the free flight c

RESULTS F4A 1. Stan Mauger (NZ) Auster C4 1461.5 2. Phil Mitchell (Aus) Tiger Moth 1301.5 3. Roy Summersby (Aus) Sopwith Swallow 1273.0 4. Don Spray (NZ) Zlin 37T 1252.0 5. Bob Craine Tiger Moth 1167.0 Reg Jude Rubber Trophy 1. Mike Mulholland (NZ) Tiger Moth 1548.0 2. Phil Warren (Aus) Comper Swift 1356.5 3. Don Spray (NZ) Zlin 37T 1262.5 4. Gary Sunderland (Aus) Grumman Wildcat 1028.0

Tahn Stowe’s Hawker Hurricane lost a wing after one too many arrivals.

George Fay of New Zealand with his rubber powered twin engine PE2.

Stan Mauger of New Zealand with his Comper Swift.

Mike Mulholland’s rubber powered DH.82 Tiger Moth in appropriate NZ markings..

Phil Warren with his Comper Swift wound up and ready to fly.

Mike Mulholland of NZ with his diminutive Sopwith Camel.


Multi Channel Radio Control Models

of the 1960’s

A bit more nostalgia for those not familiar with the early multi channel aerobatic r/c models.

The “Smog Hog” was a popular choice for first multi channel model.

Doug Spreng’s “Stormer” won the US Nats in1960.

The blue box is the REP eight channel receiver with reed bank and eight relays (two for each control operation). With the big Bonner servos it was a tight fit in the fuselage.

15th Nats Echuca 1961, a pair of “Gee String” models.

15th Nats Echuca 1961, an “Asto Hog” the low wing version of the “Smog Hog”.

15th Nats Echuca 1961, a flat top “Stormer”.

15th Nats Echuca 1961, a model of Ed Kazmerski’s “Orion”.


My editorial in the last issue drew this response from David White. I first met David at an event at the Yarra valley field and we have since crossed paths on a number of occasions at various fields. David is a man of many talents and along with his interest in aeromod-elling he also operates a small band in which he plays several instru-ments. Obviously he has a flexible mind, which probably helped when learning the intricacies of r/c flying.

Hi John, Further to your comments about flyers not travelling to other clubs I thought you might like to know that in the 4 1/2 years I have been r/c flying (I started at the tender age of 69) and despite being busy on a lot of weekends with playing music, I have flown at the following clubs 1) Kinglake MFC 2) Northern Flying Group (State Field) 3) Yarra Valley (Dixons Creek) 4) P&DARCS (Pakenham) 5) Melton 6) Mildura 7) Canberra 8) Queanbeyan 9) Wagga 10) Ararat 11) GMAC (Yarrambat) 12) Valley Flyers (Shepparton) 13) Phoenix Flyers Launceston. (Tasmania) 14) Peninsula miniature Aircraft (Tootgarook) 15) Warrnambool Flying club I have flown at these fields on one occasion and at many several times, in Club events, Vicscale events and fun fly days. David White

David White

Mature age Modeller and a Traveller

A couple of David’s models at different venues. The Spacewalker at right is scratch built from a 1/3 scale Sig kit.

David (left) performing with his band. David’s musical interests include a collection of instruments.


VICSCALE at

BALLARAT

The Ballarat club lost their field to a proposed wind farm installation and for the last year have been scouring the area for another field. They seem to have fallen on their feet by arranging a shared use of an existing field owned and operated by Dynamic Flight for ultra-lights and powered hang gliders. The new field is a bit further out of Ballarat than the Spreadeagle Road field but it’s situated right on the Western Highway and is still a comfortable drive for local members and visitors from Melbourne. This was the first event to be held at the new field and it was a pleas-ant surprise to see that the club’s buildings had been transported to the new location and were already in use.


D. WHEELER YAK 55 2289 2364 - 2326.5 1

M. ROWAN SUPER CUB 1965 2188.5 - 2076.8 2

M. WERNER SLICK 540 2030.5 2045.3 - 2037.9 3

T. GRIEGER GEE BEE 2094 1953 - 2023.5 4

J. COUGHLAN EDGE 540 1481 1788.5 - 1634.8 5


N. WHITEHEAD RV-4 2370 2293.5 - 2331.8 1

S. MALCMAN CLIPPED CUB 2326.5 2278.5 - 2302.5 2

D. WHEELER YAK 54 2161.5 2197.5 - 2179.5 3

M. WERNER SLICK 540 2160 2053.5 - 2106.8 4

R. CARRIGG WACO 1956 2218.5 - 2087.3 5

R. GAUMANN P-51 MUSTANG 1981.5 2134.5 - 2058 6

N. KATSIKAROS EDGE 540T 1927.5 2031 - 1979.3 7

J. COUGHLAN SLICK 540 1927.5 1855.5 - 1891.5 8

J. FINOCCHIARRO CLIPPED CUB 1891.3 1876.5 - 1883.9 9

P.EVANS EXTRA 300 1784.7 1792.8 - 1788.8 10

R. DICKSON P-51 MUSTANG 1563 1894.5 - 1728.8 11

W. WHEELER B-N ISLANDER 1630.8 1472.8 - 1551.8 12

J. LAMONT YAK 54 DNF DNF - - 13

FLYING ONLY RESULTS

LARGE SCALE RESULTS

The field is flat and open with no obstructions, and the pit area is set up with matting and model restraints.

The total area of the field is 200acres, very large indeed, and it has three prepared strips for use by the full size aircraft. With such a large flat expanse of grassed area available, model flying is possible in virtually any direction. We struck a very cold day for our visit but, knowing Ballarat, we were all prepared with suitable clothing and the new outdoor heater was a popular spot to congregate when not flying.

The large, flat expanse of the new Ballarat flying field.


Club buildings have been relocated through the hard work of many members.

Roger Carrigg starting his new Waco biplane assisted by Max Rowan. Steve Malcman and Tony Grieger deep in conversation.

Roly Gaumann flew this ARF Mustang. Model is electric powered and comes complete with motor, servos and a retracting u/c with door sequencing included.

Some of the entries in Large Scale. A good range of aircraft with ARF’s dominating, as is now usual.


(Peter is a modeller at Jindabyne in the Snowy Mountains and pre-sents this interesting project.) “The model I am building is a scratch built English Electric ‘Lightning’ F. Mk 6. Scale is 1: 7.5 . This will be a static model with the ultimate aim of using the model to produce fibreglass copies, with a view to a flying model. The skin is about 99 % aluminium with formers of plywood. I am currently working on the wings, which have been the most difficult and time consuming. As with the original , the engine bays are `staggered`, the top engine being slightly forward of the lower one. I have split the ventral tank (which swings open) in order to gain easy access to the lower engine. With everything closed up she will be hard to pick from the real thing.... cockpit detail to scale is also time consuming, but well worth it ”.

English Electric Lightning F.Mk 6

Peter Williams’


The specification for the aircraft followed the cancellation of the Air Ministry's 1942 E.24/43 supersonic research aircraft specification which had resulted in the Miles M.52 programme. W.E.W "Teddy" Petter, formerly chief designer at Westland Aircraft, was a keen early proponent of Britain's need to develop a supersonic fighter aircraft, and proved his point when trials between an RAF Gloster Meteor F.4 and an English Electric Canberra demonstrated that Britain's current air defences would be entirely unable to intercept a bomber travelling at an altitude of 50,000 feet (15,000 m) and at a speed of Mach 0.85 (903 km/h). In 1947 Petter approached the Ministry of Supply with his proposal and, in response, Specification ER.103 was issued for a single research aircraft, which was to be capable of flight at Mach 1.5 (1,593 km/h) and 50,000 feet (15,000 m). It was apparent that the aircraft's wings would need to be highly swept in order for an aircraft to attain such a high speed and English Electric decided to adopt an angle of 60º . In order to test the design of both the wing and the tailplane and to assess handling, Short Brothers were issued a contract to produce the Short SB5, a low-speed re-search aircraft. The SB5 was developed so that different wing sweep angles could be assumed by the single aircraft. An assortment of tailplanes and wings were supplied and could be installed in order for their flight perfor-mance to be evaluated. The Royal Aircraft Estab-lishment was notably sceptical of Petter's swept wing concepts however, following the first flight of the SB.5 on December 2nd 1952 the trials per-formed demonstrated the choice of a 60º tailplane and wing sweep and proved the design princi-ples to be effective. The first operational Lightning, designated the F.1, was designed as a point defence interceptor to defend mainland Britain from bomber attack. To best perform this intercept mission, emphasis was placed on rate-of-climb, acceleration, and speed, rather than range and com-bat endurance. The next two Lightning variants, the F.1A and F.2, were steady but relatively minor refinements of the design; the next variant, the F.3, was a major departure. The F.3 had higher thrust Rolls-Royce Avon 301R engines, a larger squared-off fin and strengthened inlet cone allowing a service clearance to Mach 2.0 (2,450 km/h. The F.3A introduced two improvements: a new, non-jettisonable, 610 imperial gallon (2,800 L) ventral fuel tank, and a new, kinked, conically cambered wing leading edge, incorporating a slightly larger leading edge fuel tank, raising the total usable internal fuel to 716 imperial gallons (3,260 L). The conically cambered wing noticeably improved manoeuvrability, especially at higher altitudes, and the ventral tank nearly doubled available fuel.

The increased fuel was very welcome, but the lack of cannon arma-ment was felt to be a deficiency. It was thought that cannons were desirable to fire warning shots in the intercept mission. The F.6 was the ultimate Lightning version to see British service. Orig-inally, it was nearly identical to the F.3A with the exception that it could carry two 260-imperial-gallon (1,200 L) ferry tanks on pylons over the wings. These tanks were jettisonable in an emergency, and gave the F.6 a substantially improved deployment capability. There remained one glaring shortcoming, the lack of cannons. This was finally rectified in the form of a modified ventral tank with two ADEN cannons mount-ed in the front. The addition of the cannons and their ammunition de-creased the tank's fuel capacity from 610 to 535 imperial gallons (2,770 to 2,430 L), but the cannons made the F.6 a “real fighter” again. Following retirement in the late 1980s, many of the remaining aircraft became museum exhibits and, until 2010, three Lightnings were kept flying at "Thunder City" in Cape Town, South Africa.

Specifications (Lightning F.6) General characteristics Crew: one Length: 55 ft. 3 in. (16.8 m) Wingspan: 34 ft. 10 in. (10.6 m) Height: 19 ft. 7 in. (5.97 m) Wing area: 474.5 ft.²(44.08 m²) Power plant: 2 × Rolls-Royce Avon 301R afterburning turbojets Dry thrust: 12,530 lbf (55.74 kN) each Thrust with afterburner: 16,000 lbf (71.17 kN) each Performance Maximum speed: Mach 2.0 (1,300 mph, 2,100 km/h) Range: 850 miles (1,370 km) Ferry range: 920 miles (800 NM 1,660 km) Service ceiling: 54,000 ft. (16,000 m) Rate of climb: 20,000 ft./min (100 m/s)

English Electric ‘Lightning’


New England Gas Champs

SAM 1788

The New England Gas Champs were held over the weekend of June 13 and 14, however, prior to the Champs some of the entrants took the opportunity to go out to Mount Borah at Manilla to do some slope soaring. Dave Brown and Steve White got out several days early and were joined by some others and they had some excellent flying. I went out on Friday and unfortunately the breeze was a bit too light for my model, others were flying electric and so could get home if necessary, however after I left it picked up and they had some good flying. Even if you don’t fly, a trip to the top of the mountain is very worthwhile be-cause the views are magnificent. The road was just OK for two wheel drive. It has had some work done on it with sections of loose aggre-gate so traction was a bit hit and miss on occasion. It should all settle down after a bit of rain and use. The weather for the Champs was perfect. It was a little cool early in the morning, however the middle of the day temps were around 20 degrees which is very nice for Tamworth in winter. It was also great to see Bruce Knight back flying again after an absence of quite a few years. Was also great to see interstate visitors Paul Nightingale, Dave Paton and Brian Stebbing and their wives who made the social side so enjoyable. First event Saturday was Gordon Burford. Convection hadn’t really started so only two made the fly-off, Geoff Potter and me. Dave Paton was a bit unlucky as he missed out by four seconds. Unfortunately I had an over-run so made it easy for Geoff. I don’t know for sure what caused the over-run but suspect that when the fuel tube was pulled off the elbow it was close enough to let a drop of fuel jump across, just enough to give a burp after the off. Duration was flown in the afternoon, by which time the lift had really built up so that almost the whole field made the fly-off. Three flyers, Brown, Scott and Potter ran away from the field and got extremely high, so high that some assistance was needed to see the models. Gail Scott was heard to say that it was too hard and she didn’t want to do this any more. The fly-off didn’t make the hour but it got close, with Dave Brown the winner.

On Saturday night a dinner was held at a Tamworth pub with around eighteen in attendance, an enjoyable social get together. Sunday morning was 1/2A Texaco and the lift was very good, almost everyone making the fly-off. The place getters were a repeat of last year with me coming out on top followed by Dave Paton and Gary Whitten. The fly-off was over sixteen minutes which is long enough for me. Texaco was flown in the afternoon and once again the air was great and half of the field made the fly-off. In round two there was a very rare, fortunately, occurrence. Peter Scott was flying an RC1 with a Brown Junior which was going very nicely and the model was quite high. Suddenly another model cut half his wing off with the inevitable result. Shortly afterwards Basil Healy was heard to say that his model was turning tightly and would not fly straight even with full rudder so he proceeded to land out. When his model, a Lanzo Stick, was recov-ered it was found to have a large section of wing attached to the un-dercarriage, which was probably why it insisted on turning. Basil’s model was not damaged and continued for the rest of the event. In the fly-off, Dave Paton and Paul Nightingale, whose engines had been running perfectly during the rounds, had early engine failures and the fly-off became a competition between Dave Brown, Brian Stebbing and Basil Healy. Basil dropped out after about fifteen minutes leaving Dave and Brian to fight it out. In the end Dave won with a flight of almost half an hour. All in all it was a most enjoyable competition. The weather was per-fect, the air was great and it was a very social get together. Those staying on the field hosted a happy hour after flying and a great time was had by all. Jim Rae.

(Karen Paton photograph)


Results

Gordon Burford Competitor Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. Geoff Potter 1942 Stardust Spl Taipan B/B 900 352 2. Jim Rae Zero Taipan Tyro 00 O/R 3. Dave Paton 1942 Stardust Spl Taipan plain 896 0 Duration Competitor Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. Dave Brown 1938 Bomber 85% Saito 56 4/s 1260 3037 2. Peter Scott 1941 Playboy 112% McCoy 60 1260 2644 3. Geoff Potter 1941 Playboy Nelson 40 1260 2519 1/2a Texaco Competitor Model Score Fly Off 1. Jim Rae Pine Needle 1260 979 2. Dave Paton 1942 Stardust Spl 1260 818 3. Garry Whitten 1941 Little Diamond 1260 806 Texaco Competitor Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. Dave Brown 1938 Bomber 107% Thunder Tiger 54 4/s 1800 1762 2. Brian Stebbing Rambler OS 40 2/d 1800 1715 3. Basil Healy 1937 Lanzo Stick Enya 60 4/s 1800 980

Gordon Burford winners from left, Jim Rae (Zero) 2nd, Geoff Potter (Stardust Special) 1st, Dave Paton (Stardust Special) 3rd.

Duration pits at Tamworth. Duration winners from left, Peter Scott (Playboy) 2nd, Dave Brown (Bomber) 1st, Geoff Potter (Playboy) 3rd.

Texaco winners from left, Brian Stebbing (Rambler) 2nd, Dave Brown (Bomber) 1st, Basil Healy (Lanzo Stick) 3rd.

Tamworth socialising.




(Karen Paton photograph) (Karen Paton photograph)


The Chariots of Fire Collections Focke Wulf 190 A-8, damaged at the Classic Fighters Airshow in April is already under repair. Damage is not as bad as first expected and it should be flying again in time for the 2017 event. The aircraft is seen above in the hangar on jacks and with the damaged components removed.

FOR SALE

Propellers All “Thimble Drome” 3.0D 1.25P grey plastic (stiff), for 0.10 motor ? 4 off 3.0D 1.25P grey plastic (stiff), with bored out hub, 1 off 3.0D 1.25P black plastic (soft), for 0.10 motor ? 1 off 4.0D xx P black plastic (soft), round profile, “for 0.20 only”, 2 off 4.5D 2.0P grey plastic (stiff), 7 off 5.0D 3.0P grey plastic (stiff), 4 off 5.5D 4.0P grey plastic (stiff), 1 off 5.5D 4.0P grey plastic (stiff), hub bored out, 1 off 6.0D 3.0P black plastic (soft), 1 off Spare parts P/n 1609 T.D. .020 needle valve & spring, 1 off 1309 T.D. 0.10 needle valve & spring, 1 off 1099 0.20 Pee Wee Overhaul kit, 1 off 399 Babe Bee 0.049 Overhaul kit, 1 off

Glow heads P/n 1102 Medallion 1.0, (?), 1 off 2102 Tee Dee 0.09 2 off 302-1 0.049 0.049 3 off 1032 for 0.20 motors, 6 off 1302 for T.D. 0.10 motors, 7 off Tools P/n 1030 spanner for (?) motors, 2 off xxxx spanner for (0.10 ?) motors, 2 off PRICE: $120 Prefer to sell as one lot but will sell props separately to engine parts. Interested parties should contact Anthony Mott at e-mail: [email protected]

Parts for Cox motors.


VICSCALE Victorian Flying Scale Aircraft

Association The Special Interest Group

for Scale Modelling in Victoria.

General Meetings of the Association are held bi-monthly on the first Thursday of the even months at the Field Naturalist Club of Victoria, 1 Gardenia Street, Blackburn. Visitors are always welcome and a highlight of meetings is the presenta-tion of new models as they are constructed, and discussion on building techniques by members.

The VFSAA Calendar of events is available on the VFSAA website at http://vfsaa.org.au/

“Old Faithful” Hearn’s Hobbies

I recently received a picture of a Hearn’s Hobbies ”Old Faithful ” control line model at the Knox MAC field and this led to the following reminiscence of my earlier days in modelling. Back in my youth, and flying a small diesel powered control line model, I always en-vied the slightly older (and more affluent) modellers with their big models powered by American 0.60ci engines, flying on 70ft lines and making lots of noise. Among these models was the Hearn’s Hobbies “Old Faithful ” often powered by a Hearn’s Hobbies “Tempest”, a locally made copy of the McCoy 60. I later owned a “Tempest” but by then the “Old Faithful” had passed into history and I never built one as a control line model. When I got back into modelling in the early 1990’s after a twenty year break the “Old Faithful” was still in my thoughts. I was again involved in r/c flying and building a few of the old free flight models with radio control systems installed, so I decided to build an “Old Faithful” with ‘full house’ proportional r/c. Fortunately Alwyn Smith was able to provide a copy of the original plan from his collection of HH kit plans but I had to con-cede that a powerful 0.60ci. engine was out of the question and thought that an OS 25 two stroke might be about right. The model was built according to the plan using the original construction and the same rudder and elevator arrangement but with the addition of small outboard ailerons and a throttle control. I flew the model many times and it was quite successful as long as the motor was running. If the motor stopped it had the glide ratio of a brick, so powered landings were essential. It’s still sitting in my model collection, maybe to fly again some day.

Control line “Old Faithful” with an ED Hunter 3.5cc diesel engine at Knox MAC.

My r/c “Old Faithful” with OS 25 and muffler.

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