Wednesday, February 13, 2008
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
Low cost Pylon Racing -- Stuart Houston
Hi John
As mentioned I thought we would tell you about a interesting form of Plyon racing that is rapidly gaining popularity at our club (Durban Deep Radio Flyers). The emphasis is on fun and affordability much like the standard quickie class.
The difference is that the Maximum engine size is .15 nitro or 480 glow. The class of aircraft is unlimited but most guys choose to go with the Thunder Tiger simple series Extra 230 which is cheap (R320)
Strong and fast.
The wings are nylon reinforced foam, covered with normal iron on covering. The body is constructed out of 3mm balsa so its quite tough and they can certainly take a beating.
The procedure for flight is fairly simple and quick as the tank size on these little machines is only 2oz. so it’s a takeoff together from which a circuit is immediately entered and a series of 10 figure of 8 laps are flown with the first one back on the ground the winner.
I’ve been flying large scale models for some time and there is always some element of stress about the size and cost of the model involved. With these little machines it has brought a huge amount of fun and laughter to the club again. And the occasional mid air that happens is offset by the fact that most of the time the model can be pick up off the grass and restarted again and flown off as normal
I thought it would be interesting to gauge the interest of other SAMAA members and see if this could perhaps become a new racing division
Stuart Houston
shouston@lawactive.co.za
Give Stuart a shout if you are interested
As mentioned I thought we would tell you about a interesting form of Plyon racing that is rapidly gaining popularity at our club (Durban Deep Radio Flyers). The emphasis is on fun and affordability much like the standard quickie class.
The difference is that the Maximum engine size is .15 nitro or 480 glow. The class of aircraft is unlimited but most guys choose to go with the Thunder Tiger simple series Extra 230 which is cheap (R320)
Strong and fast.
The wings are nylon reinforced foam, covered with normal iron on covering. The body is constructed out of 3mm balsa so its quite tough and they can certainly take a beating.
The procedure for flight is fairly simple and quick as the tank size on these little machines is only 2oz. so it’s a takeoff together from which a circuit is immediately entered and a series of 10 figure of 8 laps are flown with the first one back on the ground the winner.
I’ve been flying large scale models for some time and there is always some element of stress about the size and cost of the model involved. With these little machines it has brought a huge amount of fun and laughter to the club again. And the occasional mid air that happens is offset by the fact that most of the time the model can be pick up off the grass and restarted again and flown off as normal
I thought it would be interesting to gauge the interest of other SAMAA members and see if this could perhaps become a new racing division
Stuart Houston
shouston@lawactive.co.za
Give Stuart a shout if you are interested
Friday, February 08, 2008
Dirty Tricks
Tim Blackman of The RC Pilot sent in this info:
There is an SMS doing its rounds basically it says , The RC Pilot is being taken over by its suppliers and anyone who has any 2nd hand kits in the shop should remove them immediately.
Our Attorneys have just laid a charge at the SAPS Kempton Park, The SAPS & our attorneys have applied for a section 205 warrant on The Service Provider, The Service Provider risk management section is in the process of supplying the SAPS with details.
The culprit in question has brought a cheap R20.00 sim card and a R50 pay as you go voucher and sent the message via his own registered cell phone. The service provider has married the sim card to "his" Phone and the person will be arrested early next week.
The culprit has also sent the message via a PC. The service provider has also been able via a personal code attached to the message trace the source of the message.
Modellers are requested to laugh this off but it just goes to show what a person will do if he is asked to leave your shop for arguing and becoming aggressive with the shop attendants. If customers are worried they are more than welcome to take their 2nd hand aircraft out the shop until this person is arrested
Tim
There is an SMS doing its rounds basically it says , The RC Pilot is being taken over by its suppliers and anyone who has any 2nd hand kits in the shop should remove them immediately.
Our Attorneys have just laid a charge at the SAPS Kempton Park, The SAPS & our attorneys have applied for a section 205 warrant on The Service Provider, The Service Provider risk management section is in the process of supplying the SAPS with details.
The culprit in question has brought a cheap R20.00 sim card and a R50 pay as you go voucher and sent the message via his own registered cell phone. The service provider has married the sim card to "his" Phone and the person will be arrested early next week.
The culprit has also sent the message via a PC. The service provider has also been able via a personal code attached to the message trace the source of the message.
Modellers are requested to laugh this off but it just goes to show what a person will do if he is asked to leave your shop for arguing and becoming aggressive with the shop attendants. If customers are worried they are more than welcome to take their 2nd hand aircraft out the shop until this person is arrested
Tim
Wednesday, February 06, 2008
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
Large Scale, Scale and Pylon Nats -- Zane Mannell
Hi All
As some of you might be aware, SAMAA magazine, RMAC will be hosting a combined Nationals for Large Scale, Scale and Pylon racing from 20 - 24 March 2008.
Unfortunately a gremlin got into the "Entry Form" changing the date to 21 instead of 20 March 2008. The pilots briefing will be held on Wednesday evening and the banquet on Saturday night.
We are waiting for the changed entry form and then I will change the present one on RMAC's website - www.rmac.co.za. Oom Bob said we should have it tomorrow. For more information you can contact the SIG chairman directly, Gavin Walton - Large Scale, Russel van der Westhuisen - Pylon racing and "Sir" Koos Pretorius for scale. There will also be an entry form in the next SAMAA magazine but the starting date is INCORRECT.
I will be sending the entry form to all the clubs I can as soon as I get the new one from Bob.
As some of you might be aware, SAMAA magazine, RMAC will be hosting a combined Nationals for Large Scale, Scale and Pylon racing from 20 - 24 March 2008.
Unfortunately a gremlin got into the "Entry Form" changing the date to 21 instead of 20 March 2008. The pilots briefing will be held on Wednesday evening and the banquet on Saturday night.
We are waiting for the changed entry form and then I will change the present one on RMAC's website - www.rmac.co.za. Oom Bob said we should have it tomorrow. For more information you can contact the SIG chairman directly, Gavin Walton - Large Scale, Russel van der Westhuisen - Pylon racing and "Sir" Koos Pretorius for scale. There will also be an entry form in the next SAMAA magazine but the starting date is INCORRECT.
I will be sending the entry form to all the clubs I can as soon as I get the new one from Bob.
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