All the details here.
Friday, May 25, 2012
Friday, May 04, 2012
Intervarsity Model Aircraft Competition - 2011 By Barbara Barbieri
The second annual inter-varsity flight competition took place on the 25 September 2011 at the Swartkops Air Force Base. The University of Pretoria and the University of Witwatersrand competed in this spectacular competition where Aeronautical Engineering students from both Universities built their own radio controlled model aircraft.
The full report, courtesy the AeSSA, is here.
Tuesday, May 01, 2012
SOUTH AFRICAN INDOOR ELECTRIC ASSOCIATION (SAIEA) NOTIFICATION TO ALL SAMAA MEMBERS
On 21 April 2012 at the CIAM Plenary meeting in Lusanne, Switzerland it was announced that the first F3P Indoor World Champs would be held in Coburg, Germany in either February or March 2013.
In order for South Africa to send a team to this competition it is necessary to hold three Team Selection events in 2012. These events will be the 2012 F3P Indoor Nationals, the 2012 F3P Team Trial #1 and the 2012 F3P Team Trial #2.
Due to the logistics involved in organising the three team selection events we ask all interested pilots to follow the SAIEA link on the SAMAA website for all information regarding these events. The dates are as follows:-
2012 F3P Indoor Nationals – Saturday 14th July 2012– Sunday 15th July 2012
2012 F3P Team Trial #1 – Saturday 6th October 2012 – Sunday 7th October 2012
2012 F3P Team Trial #2 – Saturday 8th December 2012 – Sunday 9th December 2012
Venues/entry forms/Rules/schedules etc will be posted on the SAIEA website on Tuesday 22nd May 2012. Entries for the F3P Indoor Nationals will close on Saturday 23rd June 2012. NO LATE ENTRIES WILL BE ACCEPTED.
Thursday, April 26, 2012
Rosendal Slope Event 2012
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Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Friday, April 13, 2012
Tuesday, April 10, 2012
RMAC – LARGE SCALE, PYLON AND SCALE NATIONALS -- 6th, 7th, 8th & 9th APRIL 2012. Report by Dave Harris
RMAC hosted a very professionally run Nationals over the Easter weekend. All three disciplines attracted very good entries, with 16 in Large Scale, 11 in Pylon and 12 in Scale.
The weather presented all pilots with a challenge especially on Sunday. Everyone flew very well and it was great to see lots of family, friends, supporters and spectators who all came to join in the action.
The large-scale planes flew amazingly complicated manoeuvres (as many as 10 snap roles in a schedule!). The Pylon classes included Standard Quickies, Hot Quickies and FAI models, which flew at 300km/hr! Scale had one of the biggest entries in recent years and the Sportsman Class is a really good way to promote this discipline. All r/c pilots should give it a try in the future.
Flying competitions may seem hard work, but all those who competed will have raised their piloting skills to a new level, which will enable them to enjoy their flying even more at a normal club weekend. One RMAC member only started flying in November but competed in the Large Scale Sportsman Class and flew very well. This really must be a first in SA!
More photos here.
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