Issue No.34 AUSTRALIAN MODEL NEWS

June 2015

From the Editor Contents

3. IVOR F. STOWE 1925 - 2015 Our late Summer / early Autumn weather wasn’t always as good as we have come to expect but three events that I 4. VICTORIAN CONTROL LINE attended through April / May were blessed with near perfect AEROBATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS flying conditions. Despite the fine weather the attendance at all three was much less than expected given that two were high profile annual Fly-In events and the other a scale flying 8. AUSTRALIAN MASTERS competition, open to all modellers. 10. SCALE FLYING There may be other reasons for this poor attendance but my AT YARRA VALLEY feeling is that aeromodelling has changed and, where model- lers were once prepared to travel to events to participate or 12. SAM 600 AT CANOWINDRA compete, they now prefer to take their model to their local field, have a few flights, and return home rather than travel a 14. GARY SUNDERLAND’S longer distance to another field to fly with strangers. SOPWITH TABLOID This reluctance to travel deprives modellers of the opportuni- ty to meet and enjoy the company of fellow enthusiasts and 16. WAGGA WWII AND encourages the “closed shop” attitude of some clubs where MILITARY SCALE visitors are made to feel less than welcome by the strict lim- its on the number of times a visitor may fly at their field with- 18. MODEL ENGINES out being required to take up membership. “SCANNER CHALLENGE” AT BENDIGO Why not give some thought to widening your horizon, spreading your wings, and taking the opportunity to meet new people at different venues. You might find it to be an 20. TWIN CITIES enlightening and very pleasant experience. AUTUMN SCALE RALLY

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COMING EVENTS On the Cover The Me.323 “Gigant” by Ken Thomas and Mark Collins. RICHMOND SCALE RALLY 2015 4.6m wingspan and powered by six OS 46LA engines. VMAA TROPHY 2015

page 2 Australian Model News In 1948 Ivor enrolls in Teachers College and studies to be a Physical Education instructor. He woos and marries Vera in 1949 and builds a house on a 5 acre block halfway between Doonside and Blacktown. Two children follow, Sand in 1950 and Tahn in 1952.

Ivor attends Sydney University part-time and completes a BA in 1955 but also reapplies to the RAAF. He is offered appointment as a Pilot Officer in the Permanent Air Force but does not take up the commis- sion. Instead he becomes an English / History teacher, teaching at Granville Technical School, Westmead and Blacktown Boys High. His relationship with the Dept of Education is “difficult”, telling me at some stage that his file had been annotated in large letters “never to be promoted”.

During this period he and Vera become very involved with the Black- town Swimming Pool Committee which is raising money to build a 50 metre public swimming pool.

Also during the 60’s Ivor and the Doonside Blacktown Aeronautical Technicians Society (as they had become), who meet twice a week, build a 34’ x 18’ club house at the rear of the Kildare Rd property. Ivor attends and competes in nearly every National Championship (more than fifty in total) and hundreds of children and adults are exposed to \äÉÜ YÜtÇv|á fàÉãx model aircraft and aeromodelling through his various programs. A record unlikely to be equalled.

Believing his only chance of promotion is to retrain as a school coun- DLEH @ ECDH sellor, he completes a MA in psychology and agrees to do country service in the far west of NSW at schools such as Wentworth, Hay and Booligal. This is followed by a western Sydney appointment and Ivor Francis Stowe was the first-born to Beverly and Harry Stowe of he eventually becomes a District Guidance Officer. Birmingham England on the 10th June 1925. Apparently it was a long and painful labour, a fact not overlooked by either mother or child. The He collaborates with well known model engine manufacturer Gordon family migrate to Australia in 1927 settling in Doonside. Doonside at Burford to produce the Doonside Mills in the early 70’s, the first of a this time is a largely rural area and Ivor’s domain is the Doonside couple of such projects. creek and the “pump hole” where he builds and paddles tin canoes fashioned from galvanized sheet and packing case ends. At about this Also at this time he decides to publicise spelling reform (SR1) by time he is given a Women’s Weekly Cabin model (a small rubber pow- changing his name by Deed Poll to Ivor F. This period sees him run in ered model aeroplane) and this triggers a life long obsession with the first of his forty-two City to Surfs and put himself up for election at aeromodelling. both state and federal elections, becoming Australia’s “most unsuc- cessful” candidate . He is enrolled at Parramatta High along with Arthur Cooper and it is here that he meets Vera. The ABC crowns him their bicentennial “eccentric” in 1988. He is a serial contributor to the SMH Column 8, a cryptic crossword addict, Although his parents are conscientious objectors, after completing his “annoys the mouth organ”, a reciter of poetry and collector of model matriculation and with the war in the Pacific ramping up, Ivor tries to aeroplane magazines and engines. enlist in the RAAF in 1943. He is rejected because of his childhood medical history but finds no such prejudice in the Army. The first his Ivor was always passionate about any cause he adopted and was first mother knows of this is when she sees him in uniform on Doonside to put his money where his mouth was. Such causes as buying a fly- railway station. Whilst undergoing training he is involved in the recap- ing field at Pitt Town ( the only modeller owned field in the Sydney ture of escaping Japanese POW’s at Cowra and on completion of his basin), establishing state school scholarships for meritorious / disad- training is then deployed to Borneo in 1945. He steps off a boat on his vantaged kids, which he funded by working after retirement, and the 20th birthday on Labuan and is saved from being shot by a sniper who production of 500 control line models to teach kids to fly, are but a few has already killed two of the company. A three month stint in Japan examples. as a medical orderly follows the Japanese surrender and eventually he is demobilized in June 1947. No doubt there are many today who were inspired by his enthusiasm and energy, his spring was tightly wound, and the world is a better At sometime during 1946 Ivor and others form the Doonside Aeromod- place for his having been here. ellers Club. Vale Ivor F.

Tahn Stowe

Australian Model News page 3 VICTORIAN CONTROL LINE AEROBATICS CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

Held at Knox MAC in Melbourne over the Easter weekend the F2B PJ Rowland and Murray Howell were the other contenders and also section of this event was also a qualifying round for the selection of held their places throughout to finish second and third respectively. the team for next years World Championships in Perth and drew com- petitors from South Australia, Victoria and New South Wales. Classic Stunt provided a tight finish, Frank Battam taking first place by the narrowest of margins from Tony Bonello with Adam Pogue placing Three aerobatic competitions together with Team Racing and Combat third. made for a busy two days. Fortunately the weather was fine and the breeze light on both days, allowing the close battle for the first three Vintage Stunt was won by Maris Dislers with his Gordon Burford de- places in F2B to continue into the fourth round when Mark Batty flew a signed “Wombat” from David Nobes with his refurbished commanding fourth flight to confirm the first place that he had held “Guided Whistle” and Ken Maier flying a “Ringmaster S1”. from the start.

Mark Batty’s winning model in F2B is a Andrev Yatsenko “Shark” powered by a Discovery Retro 76.

page 4 Australian Model News Peter Anglberger’s F2B “Classic” by Yuri Yatsenko is electric powered. A nice semi-scale “Mustang” flow in F2B by Adam Pogue and powered by a Saito 72 four-stroke.

Winners in F2B (left to right) - PJ Rowland 2nd, Mark Batty 1st, Murray Howell 3rd.

Tony Bonello’s “Firecracker” flown in F2B. Reg Towell’s semi-scale “Sea Fury” flown in F2B and powered by a Saito 72 .

Australian Model News page 5 PJ Rowland’s “Thundergazer” powered by a PA 75 and flown to second place Doug Grinham’s own design “Starcraft” is electric powered and flew in F2B. in F2B.

Maris Dislers’ 2.5cc Oliver Tiger diesel powered “Wombat” designed by engine David Nobes’ ”Guided Whistle” looking like new again and powered by a glo- manufacturer Gordon Burford in 1949 for his GB 5cc diesel engines. plugged Atwood 49.

Dave Lacey’s new “Jamison Special” powered by a K&B Torpedo 35. Adam Pogue flew his Bob Palmer designed “Skyscraper” in Classic Stunt. Model is powered by a Super Tigre 46.

Tony Bonello’s placed a close second in Classic Stunt with his “Caprice” . Peter Koch flew his Brian Horrocks designed “Larakin” in the first round of Classic Stunt despite taking a nasty prop strike on his finger while starting.

page 6 Australian Model News (Doug Rochlin photo) Tony Bonello’s “Firecracker” flying in F2B. Maris Dislers’ “Wombat” in flight.

(Doug Rochlin photo) Adam Pogues’”Mustang” in F2B. Andrew Nugent flying his “Nobler” in Classic Stunt.

Australian Model News page 7 AUSTRALIAN MASTERS 2015

The 2015 Australian Masters event was held this year for the first time at Charles Kingsford Smith Model Aircraft Club (CKSMAC) at Pitt Town, New South Wales. Fantastic facilities and perfect weather made for another memorable Australian Masters. 43 entries were received from Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and Tasmania with F3A and Expert classes being best represented.

This year also saw a return of the Trans-Tasman Trophy for the first time in around 8 years. The New Zealand team was made up Hamish Galloway, Ross Craighead, Anthony Hall, James Danby and Brian Dooley with Noeline Craighead as Team Manager and Ewan Gallaway assisting. Hamish Galloway competed in the Masters class and the remaining four New Zealanders competing in the F3A class. The re- sult was calculated by adding the first four normalised scores of the New Zealand pilots and comparing them with the best Australian pi- lot’s results from the same classes. Glenn Orchard, winner of the APA Masters, with his “Acuracy” model by Thanks to Glenn Orchard in Masters and Russell Edwards, Jason Naruke Tech Service and powered by a Plettenberg Advance electric mo- Arnold, Ron Schultz and Tom Bloodworth in F3A, Australia won the tor. Trans-Tasman Trophy by the narrowest margin of 83 normalized points. Thanks to Noeline Craighead and Bill Bloodworth for their work to get the Trans-Tasman going again this year. Let’s hope we have another soon.

In a first this year, the APA committee decided to include the Masters on the 2015 F3A World Cup Calendar. The F3A World cup is a series of 14 events mostly in Europe, that is open to all pilots and works on a points system where the winner is the pilot with the most points at the end of the season. The Masters Class was also the World Cup event this year. Congratulations to the winner Glenn Orchard, with Bill NZ Team from left, Hamish and Ewan Galloway, Anthony Hall, James Dan- Bloodworth second, and Aaron Garle third. Glenn and Bill’s work pre- by, Noeline and Ross Craighead, Brian Dooley. paring themselves for the World Championships in Switzerland was evident with some high-class flying on display and very close scoring. Glenn won five of the six rounds. However both pilots scores were never more than 9 points apart, and three flights were less than one point apart.

Whilst no international entries were received apart from our New Zea- land guests, the APA Committee believe that in the future as the World Cup grows in popularity, and into Asia, we will hopefully see some international participants attending in the future.

Thanks to the Charles Kingsford Smith Model Aircraft Club and the New South Wales Pattern team for their work organising the field and The Australian F3A team for the 2015 World Championships in Switzerland. catering. From left, Bill Bloodworth, David Gibbs (TM), Glenn Orchard, Dennis Travassaros. Jason Sparks

page 8 Australian Model News Models and pilots ready to fly. Chris Henry’s Sebart “MythoS” in the foreground with Henry Hutchinson’s “Cyclone” and David Gibb’s Sebart “MythoS”.

Flight judges from left, Henry Hutchinson (Vic), Scott Kay (Tas), Ron Schultz (Vic), Jason Arnold (NSW).

The flight line at Charles Kingsford-Smith MAC.

The pit area at Charles Kingsford-Smith MAC.

APA President Russell Edwards and National Contest Director Jason Sparks with the trophies.

From left, Jason Sparks (National CD), Russell Edwards (APA President), Jason Arnold (NSW), Glenn Orchard (Vic), James Danby (NZ), Tom Blood- worth (Vic), Noeline Craighead (NZ, International Judge), Ross Craighead (NZ), Hamish Galloway (NZ), Anthony Hall (NZ), Ewan Galloway (NZ), Brian Russell Edwards, Glenn Orchard with his trophies, Jason Sparks. Dooley (NZ).

Australian Model News page 9 SCALE FLYING at YARRA VALLEY

This day was a second attempt by the Yarra Valley club to run the Haydn Hampson and Frank Curzon Memorial events together with a regular club competition. Unfortunately the low number attending on the ANZAC weekend put an end to the two major events so the day became a fly- for-fun and club competition only.

Despite the small number it was a successful day with a reasonable turn out of models of all types. The Haydn Hampson and Frank Curzon events will be scheduled for another date later in the year.

Daniel Goudge’s VQ Models ARF Yak 9.

page 10 Australian Model News B-25 “Mitchell,” Ju.87 “Stuka” and a “Minimoa” glider by David The Warbird entry for the club competition. Jones. All are ARF’s and electric powered.

A Fokker D.VIII by Mark Holly would have qualified for the Frank The Civil entry for the club competition. Curzon Memorial event.

Graham Jenner’s ARF foam Hawker “Hurricane” by Dynam is The electronics card and the speaker in Graham Jenner’s electric powered and had one of the best engine sound systems “Hurricane”. There are three sound options including a RR that I have heard. “Merlin” and a jet turbine.

A little cool but a good day for flying. Philip Singh’s Avro“Lancaster” and Graham Jenner’s Hawker “Hurricane” made a fine pair at almost matching scale.

Australian Model News page 11

CANOWINDRA 2015

Once again Easter was upon us with the long trip to Canowindra to fly by the time the third round was over the wind had come up. in the biggest old timer event in Australia, five days of meeting old It also started to rain and didn't stop until 5:15pm so another day was friends from all over Australia whom we see only every twelve lost. That evening was the BBQ at Paul Farthing's shed, put on by the months . local rotary club, and good food and friendship was had by all present.

First day of competition was Thursday with free flight at 7:00 am and Easter Sunday dawned dry and calm so the Burford fly-off was held at processing of models, c/l Phantom racing, antique glider, Tomboy 8:30am then into ‘38 Antique, unfortunately we Victorians didn't fare scramble to fill in the day. Unfortunately old man weather had other too well in this event. It was now time for the Grand Prix of the air, ideas about our flying on that day, free flight was cancelled because of Duration, and it was agreed that it should be flown over three rounds the strong wind, c/l Phantom went ahead, glider had two rounds be- with the best two to count to try to get three full comps in while the fore it was called off because of wind and Tomboy was cancelled. In weather was good. There were twenty-nine entries, the highest num- the glider event Col Collyer found that there was no radio contact after ber of all the events. This comp is renowned for high revving motors launching his model but after a fairly long chase we found his model but the first four place getters used two antique engines and two four- only slightly damaged. strokes, the first two-stroke did not appear until ninth place..

Kevin Fryer and Brian Stebbing both flew in the Phantom event with Texaco had twenty-seven entries and the weather still remained good. Kevin winning class 4 and Brian winning Class 5 and the Phantom This event was also flown to two out of three rounds, with nineteen Trophy by beating the previous best time by a massive 10.24%. flyers in the fly-off, but the main tussle was between five flyers which included our Kevin Fryer, Steve Gullock and Brian Stebbing. After forty Day 2 saw the wind blowing again and we started Nostalgia at minutes in the air the winner was Dave Brown from NSW with Brian 11:00am in very blustery conditions. Victoria had four flyers in this Stebbing second, Kevin fourthand Steve fifth. After the late finish we event — Col Collyer flying his Ramrod, Kevin Fryer flying his Spacer, still had the presentation night to go to and this was a lot of fun. Steve Gullock flying a Playboy and myself flying my Alan King “Flying Pencil”. By the time of the fly-off the wind was very choppy and bor- I left at 8:00am on Monday morning but I believe they tried to hold dering on call-off speed but we agreed to continue the fly-off with good 1/2A, 2cc and Standard Duration in less-than-good conditions. Steve results for Victoria, Col coming in first, myself eighth, Kevin tenth and Gullock placed third in Standard Duration and 2cc was not flown. Steve fourteenth. The next event was 1/2A but this was called off due to the high winds. The SAM1788 AGM was held that evening and they All in all I considered this to be the most disappointing Canowindra now have a new president and treasurer. that I have attended, but we can’t control the weather.

Easter Saturday dawned relatively calm so we got into Burford straight Brian Laughton away with the hope of running 1/2A later in the day, if we had time, but

Dave Sampson starting his with the assistance of Steve Gullock. Colin Collyer with his Nostalgia winning “Ramrod” powered by an OS40H.

page 12 Australian Model News

O/T GLIDER Model Score 1. J. QUIGLEY DG 42 293 2. J. RAE Fugitive 286 3. D. PATON Archangel 268

NOSTALGIA Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. C. COLLYER Ramrod OS 40H 840 818 2. G. MANWARING Spacer OS 40H 840 489 3. J. HARDY 1944 Swayback OS 40H 840 445

GORDON BURFORD Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. P. SMITH Faison Taipan plain (T) 900 925 2. M. WALSH Calypso Taipan plain (T) 900 776 3. M. MOORE Fleebo Taipan BB 900 587

Kevin Fryer assisting with the tuning of the OK Super 60 in Col Collyer’s ANTIQUE Texaco model. Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. M. WALSH Westerner Anderson Spitfire 1200 1121 2. P. SCOTT Record Breaker Forster 99 1200 1037 3. B. STEBBING RC 1 OK Super 60 1200 988

DURATION Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. M. WALSH 1942 Stardust Spl McCoy 60 840 729 2. D. HOWIE 1938 Bomber 85% Saito 56 4/S 840 664 3. P.J. SMITH 1941 Playboy115% McCoy 60 840 612

TEXACO Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. D. BROWN 1938 Flamingo O&R 60 1200 2195 2. B. STEBBING Rambler OS 40 2/d 1200 1925 3. D. McKENZIE Bomber Saito 56 4/S 1200 1883

1/2A TEXACO Model Score 1. P.J. SMITH 1941 Lil Diamond 570 2. P. SCOTT Baby Burd 564 3. P. VAN WATERBEEMD 1941 Lil Diamond 495

STANDARD DURATION Model Engine Score Fly Off 1. P. SMITH Playboy Magnum 36 600 1056 2. P. VAN WATERBEEMD Bomber 85% K&B 40 600 973 3. S. GULLOCK Playboy OS 40H 600 660

CHAMPION of CHAMPIONS D. PATON Don Howie with his Saito 56 4-stroke powered 85% Lanzo “Bomber” took second place in Duration.

Kevin Fryer’s “Cumulus” Duration model, powered by a McCoy 60 spark Brian Stebbing’s record breaking Keil Kraft “Phantom”. ignition engine.

Australian Model News page 13 Gary Sunderland’s

SOPWITH TABLOID

Some 45 years ago I bought a set of Hungerford wire-spoked wheels, were generally inferior to the Bristol and soon replaced by the re at great cost for the time, but only recently decided to use them on a -designed Sopwith Scout (“Pup”) in service. model. Wheels are usually covered with canvas to decrease drag so only a very early aeroplane would be correct to scale with bared As a model, the relatively long nose (the “Pups” top wing leading edge spokes. is over the engine!) does help with the trimming, although the tail sur- faces are a bit small. At 1/8th scale, a wingspan of 0.98m and pow- Drawing up a scale model does show up a lot of detail which may not ered by a PAW 1cc diesel engine the final weight came out at 850g be obvious. based the Tabloid on Sopwith’s existing (2lbs) so flight is nice and slow and it looks good in the air. “three seater” using its nose and wide fuselage, back to the front cock- pit, with its two side-by-side seats. It had a fore and aft elevator lever, topped by a control wheel to work the wing warping. The controls were mounted at the centre and could be operated by either occupant. The remainder of the design was scaled down with no rear seat, a small tail and single bay wing bracing.

The result was a spectacular improvement in performance with the same 80hp Gnome engine and Harry Hawker brought the prototype to Australia to show it off. The Tabloid cockpit was a tight squeeze for two occupants and Harry likely enjoyed helping young ladies into their seat, a problem compounded by the proximity of the top wing trailing edge. After the prototype all Tabloids had a small cut out section above the cockpit to aid entry.

Most of the early Tabloids had forward skids, as on the prototype. These can be a problem on free-flight models, which usually “arrive” rather than landing gently. For this reason I chose to model RFC No. 1214. This aircraft was built originally for harry Hawker to fly in the Gordon Bennett race but the war got in the way. It was fitted with a 80hp Le Rhone engine, as shown by the air intake tubes in the sides, and it featured a simple undercarriage. Most of the early Tabloids had an aluminium top decking to behind the cockpit. For some reason No.1214 had plywood decking, with a windscreen and a head fairing aft of the cockpit.

Some early Tabloids were fitted with a to frighten the ene- my but, when mounted on the top wing it was impossible to re-load. In contrast old 1214had the Lewis gun and armoured airscrew from a Morane, which may have been more useful. Unfortunately there is no record of 1214’s gun ever being used in anger.

Another detail on all tabloids is the fixed centre section on both top and bottom wings extending one rib bay outside the fuselage. I avoid- ed this on my model as, being a free-flighter, it would be likely to dam- age. Some paint over the “join” hopefully will give the appearance of the original.

Later Sopwith “Scouts”, which was their official name, were fitted with ailerons, which will interest r/c modellers. Unfortunately the lower wings were moved forward, to give no stagger, and a rather ugly rec- tangular form tailplane was also fitted, with two sets of tailplane struts. A couple went the Dardanelles but never flew over Gallipoli. They

page 14 Australian Model News The original Tabloid, which was first flown by Harry Hawker on No- No original Tabloids or Schneiders survive today but full size replicas vember 27th,1913 was a two-seater single bay biplane with a side-by- of each are displayed at the RAF Museum Hendon and Brooklands side seating configuration, unusual at the time. The equal-span wings Museum. were slightly staggered and used wing warping for lateral control. The rectangular section fuselage was a conventional wire-braced wooden Single-seat variants of the Tabloid went into production in 1914 and 36 structure with the forward section covered in aluminium and the re- eventually entered service with the and Royal mainder, aft of the cockpit, covered in fabric. The control surfaces Naval Air Service (RNAS). Deployed to at the outbreak of the were of fabric-covered steel tubing and the undercarriage had a pair of First World War, Tabloids were used as fast scouts. Some naval air- forward-projecting skids in addition to the wheels. The most distinctive craft were armed with a Lewis gun on the top wing, firing over the feature of the design was the engine cowling, which almost entirely propeller arc. One other aircraft used a Lewis gun firing through the enclosed the engine, cooling air being admitted through two small propeller arc with deflector wedges mounted on the propeller blades. slots at the front. The prototype was powered by an 80 hp (60 kW) Gnome Lambda and in The Tabloid was also used as a bomb- a trial flown by Harry Hawker at Farn- er. On 22 September 1914, Tabloids borough the Tabloid reached 148 km/ mounted the first raid by British aircraft h (92 mph) and took only one minute on German soil, and in their most fa- to reach 366 m (1200 ft) while carry- mous mission two RNAS Tabloids ing a passenger and enough fuel for flying from Antwerp on October 2½ hours. A production order from the 8th,1914 attacked the German Zeppe- War Office was placed early in 1914, lin sheds at and Düsseldorf. and a total of 40 were built. The Cologne target was not located, the railway station being bombed in- The aircraft's speed made it an obvi- stead, but the shed at Düsseldorf was ous candidate for entry to the Schnei- struck by two 9kg (20lb) bombs der Trophy competition, and accord- dropped from 183m (600ft) and the Z ingly a floatplane adaptation was IX destroyed. prepared, to be powered by a 100 hp which T.O.M. During 1915 attempts were made to Sopwith personally collected from use Schneiders to intercept Paris. This was initially fitted with a over the North Sea, launching them single central float, but on its first from seaplane carriers including taxying trials with Howard Pixton at HMS Ben-my-Chree and Engadine, but the controls the aircraft turned over as these were largely unsuccessful, due to soon as the engine was run up, and heavy seas either making take-off im- remained in the water for some hours possible or damaging the floats. On 6 before it could be retrieved. A heroic August 1915 a Schneider took off from effort was made to make the water- the aircraft carrier HMS Campania logged machine airworthy, and, lack- using a jettisonable dolly. ing the time to prepare a new set of floats, the existing float was simply A single Sopwith Schneider fighter sawn in half down the middle and thus seaplane was acquired by Captain converted into a pair of floats. After a Shiro Yamauchi, during an inspection satisfactory test flight on 7 April the tour of England, during 1915. While in aircraft was shipped to Monaco, Imperial Japanese Navy service it was where the competition was to take designated Yokosuka Navy Ha-go place. The competition, which was a Small Seaplane. time trial rather than a race, was easi- ly won by Pixton. So clear was the superiority of the Sopwith that the competitors who were to start after him did not even bother to take off: Pixton had completed his first cir- cuit in around two thirds of the time taken by the fastest of aircraft which had taken off before him. After completing the twenty eight cir- cuits required at an average speed of 139.6 km/h (86.75 mph), he opened the throttle fully and completed two more laps at a speed of General Characteristics 148 km/h (92 mph), setting a new world record for seaplanes. Crew: one Length: 6.96 m (22 ft 10 in) The first order, for twelve aircraft, was placed in November 1914. Like Wingspan: 7.83 m (25 ft 8 in) the race winner, these were powered by the 100 hp Monosoupape Height: 3.05 m (10 ft 0 in) and only differed in minor detail from the racer. Later production air- Powerplant: 1 × 100 hp Gnome Monosoupape 9-cyl. rotary engine craft were fitted with ailerons in place of wing-warping, had an en- Maximum speed: 140 km/h (87 mph, 76 knots) larged fin and were fitted with a Lewis gun firing upwards through an Range: 510 km (315 miles, 275 nm) opening in the wing centre-section. In all 160 were built. Service ceiling: 2,100 m (7,000 ft )

Australian Model News page 15 WAGGA WORLD WAR II AND MILITARY SCALE

(Photographs by Gary Sunderland)

Phil Crandon’s NA Harvard was voted “Model of the Meet”.

This Westland Wyvern ARF is electric powered with front prop powered and 1/4 scale Bristol M1 by Tom Panagiotopoulos. rear prop free wheeling.

page 16 Australian Model News Rick Pimblott has moved on from a WWI “Eindekker” to this WWII “Hurricane”. Simon Harvey’s 1/3 scale Fokker D.VII, in the white colour scheme of Herman Goering, placed first in the WWI category.

Flying Only 1. Anthony Ogle - F4U Corsair 2. David Tennant - P51 Mustang 3. Anthony Ogle - Fokker DVIII

WW1 1. Simon Harvey - Fokker DVII 2. Ben Tennant - Fokker DVII 3. Jamie Zambelli - Fokker DVII

WW2 1. Alf Williams - Fieseler Storch 2. Anthony Ogle - F4U Corsair 3. Phil Crandon - NA Harvard James Price’s SE5 won the “Peoples Choice” award. Military 1. Peter Goff - DH82 Tiger Moth 2. Craige Bryson - 3. Tom Pana - Bristol M1

Highest Static 1. Peter Goff - DH82 Tiger Moth 2. Alf Williams - Fieseler Storch 3. James Price - SE5a

Highest Flight Score Anthony Ogle - F4U Corsair

Model of the Meet Phil Crandon - NA Harvard Alf Williams presenting his Fieseler Storch to the static judges. Best WW1 Jamie Zambelli - Fokker DVII

Best WW2 Anthony Ogle - F4U Corsair

Best Military Craige Bryson - Sopwith Triplane

Best ARF Steve Miller - P47 Thunderbolt

People's Choice Award James Price - SE5A

Tim Smith Memorial Trophy Peter Goff - DH82 Tiger Moth Craige Brysob’s Sopwith Triplane.

Australian Model News page 17 3rd MODEL ENGINES “SCANNER” CHALLENGE

BENDIGO 2015

Bendigo Sunday May 3, was the place and day for the third Model In Heat 2 Andrew Ward was faster than the other three pilots but Engines “Scanner Challenge”, conducted by Bendigo Radio Controlled those three pilots had all the fun as their speed was very close and Aircraft Club at their Marong field for Model Engines Aust, on a almost with positions constantly changing it was great to watch. perfect autumn day, cool to start followed by a warm sunny day with very little wind, the sort of day we dreamed of as ideal for this Heat 3 saw Gary Schmedje and Brodie Hunter chasing each other years Scanner Challenge. around and around but Brodie just couldn't get passed Gary, no matter how hard he tried. Interest in the entries was at the maximum of twenty-four to start with but it dwindled down due to work commitments, distance and a couple There always has to be one heat that stands out from the rest and it on the sick list, which left us with sixteen, but this sixteen certainly was Heat 4, here we had Jack Andrews and Lucy Simkin racing to- weren't going to miss out on the fun, laughter and enjoyment of this, gether, all the boys had been ribbing Jack not to get beaten by a girl. the Third Scanner Challenge. Lucy was just as determined to try and beat Jack, and in the last heat of he last round in happened ads Murphy kicked in with a mid-air be- By 10am every thing was set and ready to go. A big welcome to Ben- tween the two at the turn on the bottom pylons. Jack's aircraft went digo went out to the pilots, followed by the briefing on how the Chal- straight to ground with bits everywhere while Lucy's model, without lenge was to be run. Next we had the group photo before the racing any tail feathers, climbed up to 100 metres did a nice wingover and commenced (there is an obvious reason), the flight order was read out headed straight down for the dirt some distance down the field. and it was time go and have some fun racing. The race is for ten laps from a standing start and the models are released at one second inter- Winners of the Model Engines prizes. vals without any streamers or ribbons attached to the tail. We are Heat 1. Les Davis re-presented to Jay Everitt Geelong. having racing fun, not aerial combat. Heat 2. Andrew Ward CHAMPS Heat 3. Gary Schmedje Bendigo The pilots are graded into heats from past performances, the fast- Heat 4. Jack Andrews Bendigo est four in heat 1, next fastest four in heat 2 and so on, this helps to Lucy Simkin also received a Model Engines prize for her wonderful keep the speeds of the aircraft at some sort of similar race speed, tailless flight. making the races more exciting for both the pilots and the specta- Les Sawyer won the raffle. (very tinny) tors alike. It works because they all like the excitement. Thanks must go to the light marshalls Jordan, Declan, Noel and David, Three rounds or twelve races were completed before the lunch break the canteen staff Alan, Ken and Andy, Graeme (race starter) and to and it could be seen that the most experienced pilots settled down Roy for the pics. These people give up their day so that we can race and flew nice lines while the less experienced and newer flyers took and have lots of fun with our Scanners! some laps before they could settle down and get into some sort of groove. The more they raced the better they flew. Thanks also to Model Engines for giving the Bendigo Club the oppor- tunity to conduct these Scanner Challenges on their behalf, it brings During the lunch break, three of the pilots put on a demonstration race so much fun, laughter and enjoyment to these pilots, and they just love with their Seagull “Nemesis”. At 2m wingspan with 35cc petrol engines it. this is the new class known as F2 or “Nemesis 35” class. The pilots say this is the nicest flying aircraft they have, just a dream to fly. Les Davis

With lunch over it’s back to the Scanner Challenge and we are ready to race again. In Heat 1, Jay Everitt and Les Davis were dicing for eight or nine laps to reach the finishing line first, very exciting stuff.

page 18 Australian Model News Scanner pilots start your Engines ! Note starting pegs used for safety

Andrew Ward (L) about to be presented with the Model engines prize. Andrew clocked fastest time and easily won Heat 2. Les Davis ( top) and Jay Everitt in a close battle. This went on all day.

Scanners about to be released, one second apart, by Les Sawyer, Lucy Simkin, Nemesis 2m size, the new Large Scale racing class, flown in a demo race in the Jarrrod Tippins and Tony Brenham. lunch time break by Brodie Hunter.

Australian Model News page 19 TWIN CITIES AUTUMN SCALE RALLY 2015

Ian and I travelled north to Albury, once Laurent came with a van full of models again, for the Twin Cities Autumn Scale and a trailer full of camping gear and set Rally. This was the seventh year of the up camp at the field for four days. He was event and, as we have come to expect, the seldom out of the air and when I called weather was magnificent both for flying our David Balfour on monday morning to models and for some socialising with our check on a few details he was still getting nearest neighbours in New South Wales in a few more flights before starting on the long trip home. The 20 entries and 35 models were not quite as large numbers as in previous years At the risk of becoming repetitious I have but those who came were able to enjoy to say again, this is a great event at an clear sky and excellent weather. It was not excellent field and is usually blessed with difficult to slot in at the flight line and sel- fine weather. It’s a laid back approach to dom were there more than two or three scale flying and I recommend it to all models in the air at any time. scale enthusiasts.

There were modellers from Melbourne, Sydney, Wangaratta, Euroa and Canberra and there was Laurent Higuero who came all the way from Katoomba in the Blue Mountains of western NSW.

Laurent Higuero received the judges award for best model with his “Spitfire”.

page 20 Australian Model News One of Laurent Higuero’s many models, this Ryan had a few engine problems Laurent Higuero’s campsite at the end of the carpark. but flew well when these were sorted out by another of the interstate visitors.

David Balfour’s DH.27 “Derby” The “Derby” in flight.

The “Derby” was a large aircraft and makes an impressive model. The Lewis gun and the gunner are connected to the rudder controls and trav- erse as the rudder moves.

Bill Pearce from the Greensborough club in Melbourne returned again this year with his ARF WACO biplane.

Australian Model News page 21 The overcast on Saturday gave way to blue sky and warm sunshine on Sunday TCMAC member Adam Dakos flew this ARF Me109 by Hangar 9. Model is 1.7m with a light breeze on both days. wingspan and powered by a Saito 125 four stroke.

Chris Henry’s Tucano and Spitfire are large models and fly with great presence. Robert Karghin’s ARF “Chipmunk” and DH.110 “Vampire”.

Trevor Pugh from Greensborough MAC flew his Stearman and a new CAP 232. Both models are ARF.

This nice DH.82 “Tiger Moth” by TCMAC member Des Piltz was constructed More of Laurent Higuero’s models with his winning “Spitfire” at the front. from a Pilot kit . At 1.45m wingspan it’s powered by a OS 61 four stroke.

page 22 Australian Model News Tony Small’s

PARTENAVIA P.68

The Builder has completed the model for the Client and test flights have been carried out. The model flies well and everyone is satisfied with the outcome of this combined effort.

A great success for the Builder, the Client, and the Technical Advisor.

The Builder, Barry Kilpatrick and the Client, Tony Small, with the finished model.

Australian Model News page 23 68th AUSTRALIAN CHAMPIONSHIPS RADIO CONTROL SCALE at TINGALPA

(Report and photographs by Stuart Dawson)

Lynn and I had the good fortune to be able to attend the 68th Nation- weather although at times the cross wind was a challenge when land- als scale events held from April 12th -15th at the Tingalpa field just ing. Again there were many ups and downs through the day and unfor- south of Brisbane. We arrived there on Saturday for registration and tunately my “Stuka” didn’t make it through, crashing badly in the third were warmly welcomed by the MAAA secretary, Kevin Dodd, and the round. event organisers, Darryl Gunst and Tyson Dodd who promptly signed us up and loaded us down with a goodie bag containing many useful There was a good cross section of pilots competing from Queensland items. and NSW with the Mig15 being one of the stand out aircraft. The Warbirds were the stars of the show and my favourites. I also purchased a very nice polo necked T-shirt to commemorate the occasion although coming from NSW it’s going to be dicey to wear All in all we had a terrific time, the 68th Queensland Nats was a fan- the maroon colour too often, especially when the State of Origin match tastic event run exceedingly well. We had near perfect weather and is on! the field and strip were immaculate. So hats off to the organisers for a grand event and to the TMAC for the great welcome and facilities that The competition started on Sunday with Large Scale static judging in they supplied. Our compliments to the canteen staff who supplied the morning followed by the first round of flying. Some very impressive great food at a very reasonable price and to everyone who was in- models, ranging from WWI to modern F16 jets, were on dis- volved with the 68th Nats. play. This event ran very smoothly throughout the day with no major holdups. A couple of major incidents occurred, the first when P. We travelled over 1600km to attend the Nats and had an amazing Symes’ Mig 15 crashed on take-off and the second when Chris Patter- time. We met lots of lovely people, learned many new things, and can’t son’s F16 turbine powered model flamed out over the trees. The mod- wait for the next Nationals. el clipped the trees and disappeared into the bush to be retrieved relatively unscathed after landing in 1.5m high grass!

A model that attracted much attention was Luke Cullen’s large P- 47 razor-back “Thunderbolt”. With a massive wingspan and a five cylinder Moki radial engine up front it certainly made its presence felt. The big four blade propeller on the front wasn’t just for static either, it was used in flight and very much gave the impression of a real aircraft. To me, that’s what scale flying is all about.

Monday saw the completion of Large Scale and awards were present- ed at the end of the day. Tuesday and Wednesday saw a combined event with both F4C and Sport Scale flown. We had near perfect The sad ending for Stuart’s electric powered Ju.87 “Stuka”.

page 24 Australian Model News Luke Cullen’s large razor-back P-47 “Thunderbolt” won Large Scale. Powered Tyson Dodd’s T-33 “Shooting Star” in flight. Placed second in Large Scale. by a Moki five cylinder radial engine.

Will Sipma’s modelled on the RAAF Museum’s aircraft. Ray Perrin’s Staaken Flitzer Goblin gained the highest static score in F4C but did not fly.

A Mig 15 by Tyson Dodd. Graham Harrod’s DHC Chipmunk flew in Large Scale.

An unusual aircraft by P. Andresen. This SPAD A2 flew in Large Scale. The SPAD A2 in flight.

Australian Model News page 25 P. Griffiths’ Yak 54 flying in Sport Scale. Harry Glover’s “FlyBaby” taking off in Sport Scale.

Another Chris Paterson jet. The F-16 placed third in Large Scale. Chris Paterson’s two seat Mig 15 placed second in F4C.

RESULTS

F4C

COMPETITOR MODEL SCORE

1 G. HARROD PT-19 STEARMAN 4845.5

2 C. PATERSON MIG 15 3631

3 R. PERRIN FLITZER 0

LARGE SCALE Graham Harrod’s PT-17 took first place in F4C. COMPETITOR MODEL SCORE 1 L. CULLEN P-47 THUNDERBOLT 2390 2 T. DODD T-33 2299

3 C. PATERSON F-16 2295

SPORT SCALE COMPETITOR MODEL SCORE 1 L. CULLEN EXTRA 260 2313

2 M. RYAN P-47 THUNDERBOLT 2255

3 T. DODD MIG 15 2212.5

Noel Stuart’s GeeBee ‘Y’ flew in Sport Scale.

page 26 Australian Model News VICTORIAN / SOUTH AUSTRALIAN STATE CHAMPIONSHIPS 2015

This is the first competition since November 2014 that has been a parts of our bodies in our rotating propellers. Our newest member is pleasure to fly in. I arrived about 4 pm Friday and found six people had Max Heap who stuck his thumb in the prop and needed three stitches already arrived and were flying, so I pulled out my latest model, an at the hospital - welcome aboard Max. electric ½ A Albatross and had two twenty-five minute flights in lovely calm conditions. Getting back to the comp, Victorians took two of the three placings with Max Newcombe from SA taking first place. In the electric duration The next morning found us with a light wind about 5m/s, flyable but not the finish was a laugh as there were only two entries, both put max’s comfortable, so we flew 1/2A. At times they were a bit of a handful but in on their first flight but both crashed on landing on their second flight. we got through without any major damage. The SA chaps taught us a Roger crashed in the designated landing area and Laurie crashed out lesson taking out first, second and third places. We flew electric 1/2A so neither had a model left but Roger was declared the winner as he at the same time and for the second time in a row this event was taken crashed in . out by Max Heap in a healthy field of six contestants. A gourmet lunch put on by the Cohuna boys to satisfy the starving By now the wind had started to subside and all the contestants had flyers. arrived. To our surprise we had seven chaps from SA and, from Can- berra, Grant Mainwaring on his first trip to our Cohuna flying field. I After lunch the last event was ‘38 Antique and we had nine entries think this was part of a plan by the SA chaps to beat us and as the with three from Victoria. This was flown a little earlier than the previous days went on that’s what they did, they thrashed us, but in a very day’s last event and flown in dead calm. It was beautiful to watch and sporting manner. listen to those un-muffled old engines. Again it was won by a SA mem- ber but at least Victorians got the next two placings. The next event was Burford and of the twelve entries only four were from Victoria, not a good percentage considering that this was our So another State Champs is over and on reflection it would have to be competition. Again first and second went west of the border with only one of the best as far as weather and interstate contestants are con- one Victorian getting close to the front. cerned, if only we could order weather like this all the time

Next was Texaco with twelve entries, seven of these being from Victo- Brian Laughton ria. This event went well into the afternoon with the fly-off completed after the sun had gone down below the horizon. It was a long fly-off with the winner taking over thirty minutes and again two of the first three place getters being from SA. Dinner that night was at the motel with the usual delicious spit roast and lots of fun.

Next morning we woke to a very cold, heavy, frost but no wind and the wind remained like his for the rest of the day. First event was Duration with all of the fast climbing models going for their life in the lovely weather conditions. Unfortunately during this event we accepted a new member into “THE SILLY OLD BUGGERS CLUB”, a club which had two members, Graeme Gulbin and myself. We qualified when we needed medical attention at the 2014 Roy Rob because we stuck

Australian Model News page 27 1/2A TEXACO ELECTRIC

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

1. M. HEAP STARDUST 600 600 920 2120

2. B. LAUGHTON ALBATROSS 600 600 902 2102

3. C. COLLYER PLAYBOY 600 600 860 2060

TEXACO ELECTRIC

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

1. R. MITCHELL BOMBER 600 600 1068 2120

2. G. RYAN RC 1 600 600 906 2106

3. S. GULLOCK POLLY 600 600 720 1920

DURATION ELECTRIC

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL Brian Dowie confirming that the wind speed is actually zero. 1. R. MITCHELL BOMBER 420 420 647 1487

2. L. BALDWIN PLAYBOY 420 420 L/O 840

1/2A TEXACO

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

1. C. BRITCHER STARDUST Cox 420 420 420 826 2086

2. D. MARKWELL STARDUST Cox 420 420 420 803 2063

3. B. BRITCHER STARDUST Cox 420 420 420 714 1974

TEXACO

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

1. B. LAUGHTON BOMBER OS 60 15 600 600 600 1873 3673

2. D. MARKWELL BOMBER OS 61 15 600 600 600 1664 3464

3. P. KEELY AIRBORN OS 60 15 600 600 586 600 1511 3311

DURATION Roger Taylor receiving the Fred Stebbing Electric Trophy from Gary Ryan. COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

McCoy 1. M. NEWCOMBE BOMBER 28 420 420 420 785 2045 60

2. R. TAYLOR CUMULUS YS 63 28 420 420 420 614 1874

3. L. CLIFFORD RACER YS 63 28 420 420 420 546 1806

BURFORD

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

1. C. BRITCHER CRESCENDO PB 40 300 300 300 534 1434

2. D. MARKWELL CRESCENDO PB 40 300 300 300 523 1423

3. B. LAUGHTON DIXIELANDER PB 40 300 300 300 505 1405

‘38 ANTIQUE

COMPETITOR MODEL ENGINE Sec/cc Rd 1 Rd 2 Rd 3 Rd 4 F/O TOTAL

Atwood 1. B. BRITCHER RC 1 128 572 600 600 600 875 2675 49

OK Super 2. B. LAUGHTON RC 1 120 600 600 906 2106 60 Rob Taylor’s Cumulus takes off in Duration. Atwood 3. L. CLIFFORD RC 1 128 600 600 600 606 1806 49

page 28 Australian Model News Duration winners, from left — R. Taylor (Cumulus) 2nd, M. Newcombe (Bomber) 1st, L. Clifford (Racer) 3rd.

Dave Markwell was apparently concerned that he might not be seen on the flight line.

Texaco Electric winners, from left — S. Gullock (Polly) 3rd, R. Mitchell (Bomber) 1st, G. Ryan (RC1) 2nd.

The South Australian competitors. The spit roast dinner at the motel.

The flight line at Cohuna. ‘38 Antique winners, from left — L. Clifford (RC1) 3rd, B. Britcher (RC1) 1st, B. Laughton (RC1) 2nd.

Australian Model News page 29 The Australian Free Flight Society Championships 2015

(Report by Leigh and Vin Morgan with photographs by Malcolm Campbell)

Those who had arrived early at Narrandera, and went out to the field on A few models that went a long way in lift were mislaid (Phil Mitchell’s A2 did 12 Thursday – the day before competitions were due to start – were greeted by min./~4km after D/Ting at 3 min.) and a couple were lost, including Wakefields perfect conditions. The wind was light, the grass was short, the ground was belonging to Craig Hemsworth and Gary Goodwin. This is still quite mysteri- firm and there were no swampy areas to slither through. Everything looked set ous as we searched for some hours the next day and later Craig searched for a really good contest. Out trimming were the three Chinese flyers, two New from a light aircraft. Possibly both models failed to DT and in the strong lift and Zealanders and Australians from all States. wind could have gone many 10’s of km. Even with the 1½ hour rounds it was hard work. The Chinese flyer Yunsheng Wu returned from a very long retrieve At 2am the next morning the rain started. It continued for the whole day ac- with ten minutes to go before the end of the last round, calmly put in a new companied by strong wind. A problem with the Narrandera field is that the motor and launched with two minutes to spare, maxing to get into the fly off ground is not very absorbent so the rain doesn’t sink in. It just makes the with Vin Morgan, Paul Rossiter. surface as slippery as ice and stops cars getting to the flight line. A few flyers visited the field on Friday morning but nobody drove past the gate. The AFFS dinner at the Morundah Hotel was up to its usual high standard. Check the pictures. The AFFS AGM was on Friday evening. A pretty good meeting, the main outcome being a complete change in the AFFS executive, very pleasing. Any As there was a flyoff we had to go out to the field again on Wednesday (the organization becomes stale if there are not new people willing or wanting to do moving-to-West Wyalong day). Conditions were pleasant at 0730, similar to some work. the day before, with the wind ~3m/s.

By Saturday the rain had eased but it was still windy (like very windy, more Vin seems to have got a bit more professional in fly-offs and had two models than 10m/s = ~40km/h). The lack of flying did allow a bit of tourist type activity. ready. He wound one motor, left it in the half-tube (insurance) and then wound We visited the local forest near Lake Talbot with Adia Wang and Lusong another very hard. He used the second motor and had a reasonably good Yung. They saw koalas and a herd of roos. In the afternoon a few people flight of 5:34 in the cold air. Wu got 4:24. Paul had a prop-start failure because drove out to the field in Matt Hannaford’s 4WD truck and Phil Mitchell’s 4WD the start line was caught up and although he re-launched successfully one Kluger. They returned with all the equipment that had been set up on the field blade was off pitch so the climb was not very good. The down side for Vin was on Thursday, tents, stooges, bikes….. and reported that the flight line was that when he drove down to fetch the model it had been tasted by cows. barely accessible with big tires and 4WD and for ordinary cars might not be for The bite mark on the motor tube is not a problem and the chewed tracker days. A meeting was held at the RSL (in the dining room) and it was decided antenna can be straightened but where the apparently tasty numbers had to try and fly all the events on the Tuesday. This allowed all of Monday for the been licked off the wing the ribs were broken and there was some tail and fin field to dry out and although some were doubtful if this was enough time the damage. forecast was for the wind to continue (good for drying) and the next two days to be at least partly sunny. So of to West Wyalong where the weather was considerably better for the Southern Cross cup. Tuesday turned out to be a pretty nice day. A bit breezy with the wind around 3 - 4m/s at the start rising to perhaps 6 in the late morning and then decreas- The wind on Thursday for F1B and Open Power was very light, less than 2m/s ing in the afternoon, but no rain! It was busy - crammed with the entire five day and coming from every direction. It made lift-picking tricky and only Paul Ros- AFFS program. It had been decided to run the FAI events (F1A, F1B, F1C) to siter made the full seven rounds without mishap. Yunsheng Wu was brides- just five rounds and after the first one the round time was increased to 1½ maid again dropping just 8 seconds in round five and Vin was third with 155 in hours to allow time for retrieval. Naturally entry numbers were small because it round 4. Leigh was a bit unfortunate, she had dropped 2 rounds but only by was difficult to fly multiple events in the wind. Roy Summersby however man- small amounts and was looking at third place until the last round where a good aged the three flights in both Open Power and Vintage Power and as a result launch into terrible air gave her a 96sec. flight. Too many advisors! was (again) Champion of Champions.

page 30 Australian Model News It was a bit breezier on Friday for F1A, F1C and Open Rubber. Actually it started reasonably calm but, as Willy Weather predicted, the wind came up around 11:00. Contest Management had reduced some of the earlier round times so by the time the wind arrived we had completed round 4. Round 5 was reduced to a 2 minute max and the contest was stopped after round 5. At the end of the 5 rounds Vin Morgan and Lusong Yang in F1A, and all three F1C flyers, Roy Summersby, Terry Bond and Gary Pope were still clean.

For the fly-off the next morning there was light drift to the SW so we moved to the west side of the field. Unfortunately, for the F1C flyers (who went first) the wind swung round to be more northerly so both Terry and Roy ended up in the trees. For F1A the start position was moved further north so both Vin and Lusang Yang landed in the field. The shorter F1A flights helped. The presentation dinner - a BBQ spit cooked lamb, vegetables cooked in camp ovens, and damper was rather different to the AFFS dinner but just as good. We sat around a huge fire and chatted. Extremely pleasant. Paul Rossiter launching his Wakefield in F1B.

Leigh Morgan launching in F1B at West Wyalong. Terry Bond (rear) and Roy Summersby , first and second in F1C.

Terry Bond launching his folder in the F1C fly Adrian Bryant, the provider of the field. Gary Pope launching in F1C. -off.

Phil Mitchell’s F1A on tow. Lusong Yang with his F1A model.

Australian Model News page 31 The house at the West Wyalong field. The Chinese flyers, Lusong Yang (F1A), Yunsheng Wu (F1B), Bruce (Dongmin) Hao, Yuan Gao (F1C) and Adia Wang.

AFFS CHAMPIONSHIP 2015 SOUTHERN CROSS CUP 2015

F1A 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 FO TOTAL F1A 1 2 3 4 5 FO TOTAL Vin Morgan (AUS) 180 180 180 180 120 0 0 285 840 Phil Mitchell (AUS) 180 180 180 180 180 900 Lusong Yang (CHN) 180 180 180 180 120 0 0 234 840 Malcolm Campbell (AUS) 155 180 180 180 180 875 Antony Koerbin (NZL) 180 180 176 180 120 0 0 836 Antony Koerbin (NZL) 180 180 138 43 180 721 Matt Hannaford (AUS) 169 180 170 180 120 0 0 819 Albert Fathers (AUS) 0 180 180 180 180 720 Craig King (NZL) 180 180 180 0 120 0 0 660 Craig King (NZL) 144 180 0 180 134 638 Albert Fathers (AUS) 146 180 180 88 0 0 0 594 Lusong Yang (CHN) 180 18 69 28 0 295 Malcolm Campbell (AUS) 97 119 0 0 0 0 0 216

F1B F1B Paul Rossiter (AUS) 180 180 180 180 180 180 180 1260 Vin Morgan (AUS) 180 180 180 180 180 334 900 Yunsheng Wu (CHN) 180 180 180 180 172 180 180 1252 Yunsheng Wu (CHN) 180 180 180 180 180 264 900 Vin Morgan (AUS) 180 180 180 155 180 180 180 1235 Paul Rossiter (AUS) 180 180 180 180 180 140 900 Terry Bond (AUS) 180 180 148 180 180 180 180 1228 Craig Hemsworth (AUS) 180 180 180 0 0 540 Leigh Morgan (AUS) 180 170 177 180 180 180 96 1163 Matt Hannaford (AUS) 180 180 109 0 0 469 Donna Gray (AUS) 168 156 180 132 180 180 131 1127 Leigh Morgan (AUS) 141 180 180 0 0 321 Matt Hannaford (AUS) 176 180 162 130 180 180 109 1117 Donna Gray (AUS) 118 123 73 0 0 314 Albert Fathers (AUS) 167 168 180 165 155 180 59 1074 Gary Goodwin (AUS) 20 111 180 0 0 311 Craig Hemsworth (AUS) 180 129 180 110 180 165 82 1026

F1C F1C Yuan Gao (CHN) 180 180 180 141 180 861 Terry Bond (AUS) 180 180 180 180 120 0 0 486 840 Gary Pope (AUS) 180 180 0 180 180 720 Roy Summersby (AUS) 180 180 180 180 120 0 0 397 840 Terry Bond (AUS) 180 180 0 180 0 40 Gary Pope (AUS) 180 180 180 180 120 0 0 229 840 Roy Summersby (AUS) 180 0 0 0 0 180

F1J Des Slattery (AUS) 360

OPEN RUBBER Jim Christie 360

P-30 Tim Hannaford (junior) 281 Joshua Hannaford (junior) 180

OZ DIESEL Roy Summersby 711 Des Slattery 61

COMBINED VINTAGE Roy Summersby Swiss Miss 540 Des Slattery Stomper 98

HLG/CLG Peter Lloyd 175 Malcolm Campbell 106 Bill East 37

AFFS CHAMPION 2015 Roy Summersby

The bonfire at West Wyalong.

page 32 Australian Model News MODEL ENGINES FLY-IN 2015

The early forecast for the day looked promising and that’s the way it The Model Engines crew brought their usual squadron, as can be turned out — a fine autumn day with warm sunshine and a very light seen in the title photograph, and with some nice prizes for the pilot’s breeze. draw and other modelling items sold at auction to benefit the club it was a highly successful day. Lots of flying and no serious losses. This event is open to Phoenix and Seagull ARF aircraft, any aircraft driven by an OS engine or electric motor and any aircraft using Hitec Highlights of the day were the demonstration of new Seagull ARF or Multiplex radio equipment, which effectively means that almost models of the Westland Lysander, Focke Wulf 190 and Stinson Reli- everyone can take part. ant, together with another flight of the Ken Thomas / Mark Collins Me.323. Attendance was reasonable but not as good as might be expected on such a fine day for flying. The falling attendance at these major events The jets of David Law, Ken Mollison and Neil Addicott put on a fine seems to indicate that it is getting harder to lure modellers away from display of high speed action and Stephen Green kept everyone on the comfort zone of their home field. their toes with his Cassutt Racer and some low level flying.

Models in the pits, with plenty of space for more.

Australian Model News page 33 A new model from Seagull this Focke Wulf 190 was flown by Neil Addicott. Model spans 2m and is powered by an OS GF40 four stroke petrol engine.

Another new model by Seagull, this Westland Lysander was flown by Mike Farnan. Model has a wingspan of 3m and is powered by an OS 50cc five cylinder four stroke radial engine.

Yet another new one by Seagull, this Stinson Reliant was flown by Cliff Fiddes and is electric powered.

(Brett Reaby photograph)

A Flying Legends Hawker Hunter flown by Neil Addicott. 1.8m wingspan and David Law also flew a Hunter but with a slightly different colour scheme. powered by a 14kg thrust jet turbine. page 34 Australian Model News (Brett Reaby photograph) (Brett Reaby photograph)

The Hunter pair closing up their formation. Chris Warren launching a ducted fan version of the Me. 163 rocket plane.

(Brett Reaby photograph)

Brian Evans’ “bitsa” constructed from the remains of a Maxi Lite and powered David Law’s DH. Vampire in flight. by a OS 40cc petrol engine.

(Brett Reaby photograph)

Gary Sunderland, probably discussing the finer points of WWI aircraft. Gary’s has been around for a long time and still performs well.

Stephen Green’s Cassutt Racer powered by an OS Gemini 300. Rod Mitchell came up from Warrnambool to fly his Lockheed PV2 Neptune.

Australian Model News page 35 VICSCALE at P&DARCS

Following the trend of recent events at P&DARCS it was again an excellent day for flying but few elected to attend. The patchy sunshine and occasional bit of blue sky could not make up for the frigid air but with everyone dressed for the weather the competitors enjoyed the perfect flying conditions despite the cold air.

SCALE

CONTESTANT MODEL STATIC RND 1 RND 2 RND 3 TOTAL

D. FINDLAY DH FOXMOTH 2745 2479.5 2581.5 0 5275.5 1

N. WHITEHEAD CT-4 2672.5 2353.5 2341.5 0 5020 2

FLYING ONLY Bill Wheeler had problems with his 1/4 scale Druine Turbulent so he brought out his backup model — a foam, electric powered, Britten-Norman Islander and CONTESTANT MODEL RND 1 RND 2 RND 3 TOTAL flew it into seventh place. S. MALCMAN CLIPPEDWING CUB 2200.5 2299.5 2404.5 2352 1

R. GAUMANN PIAGGIO P.149 2172 2236.5 2320.5 2278.5 2

G. WHITE EXTRA 300 1023 2241 2304 2272.5 3

J. FINOCCHIARO J3 CUB 2031 2110.5 2281.5 2196 4

T. GRIEGER GEE BEE 1918.5 2103 2245.5 2174.3 5

G. SUNDERLAND FOKKER V.21 1842 1875 1950 1912.5 6

W. WHEELER BN ISLANDER 1512 1566 1834.5 1700.3 7

T. DE HAAN PIPER L4 1516.5 1630.5 1762.5 1696.5 8

Roly Gaumann put on his usual polished performance with his Piaggio but could only gain a second place on this occasion.

page 36 Australian Model News Gary Sunderland and Anthony Mott contemplating a start-up with Gary’s Fok- The Fokker V.21 lifting off. ker V.21. The model is now powered by an OS BGX-1 two stroke in place of the previous OS 200 four stroke and has a more spritely performance.

Anthony Mott took time off from his work on a new duration model to fly his Noel Whitehead’s CT-4 back in pristine condition after it’s eventful flight at the Fokker E.III but unfortunately he neglected to turn off the onboard ignition State Field where the canopy swung open in flight, damaging the canopy hing- system after charging and checking the batteries on the night before the event. es and necessitating the replacement of some rear decking and the large fin No glow, no flying! strake.

Tony Grieger ready to fly his large Gee Bee, assisted by Gary Sunderland. The Gee Bee in flight. Placed fifth in flying only.

Australian Model News page 37 page 36 Australian Model News Australian Model News page 37 THE GARNHAM TROPHY

Garnham Trophy Winners

1934 Feb K. Ellis 1934 Nov H. Halmshaw 1935 Nov K. Ellis 1940 A. Smith 1941 W. J. Wilson 1942 E. O. Gregory 1943 E. O. Gregory 1945-46 P. H. Renkin 1947 G. E. Mallet 1950 H. Forrest 1953 A. King 1954 C. Stones 1960 S. O'Connor 1962 J. Kenyon Following the article on the Garnham Trophy in 1964 J. Gregory the April newsletter Howard Gostelow sent this 1983 H. Gostelow picture of his 1983 Trophy winning Keil Kraft 1984 C. Collyer “ACE”. Built in 1982, Howard still has the model 1985 J. M. Fullarton and it takes to the air occasionally.

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/