CRF Newsletter June 2016 - The Christchurch Radio Fliers Club

Tail feathers
Official newsletter of the Christchurch Radio Fliers Club
June, 2016
Craig and Dennis working together rolling the strip now that the wetter weather is here
Winter’s here. Bugger. Oh
well they say it might warm up
again in November which is
really just around the corner
(yeah right...).
However the fact we’ve now
had some rain has meant we
managed to get the runway
fertilised last week (thanks
Roger!), and rolled yesterday
(Sunday 29 May), so given
some time and a few more
rolling sessions we might be a
bit closer to the bowling green
end of the runway smoothness
scale than we are now.
I’ll do some more in late June
and I suspect after that the
main runway area will be quite
good, however the extension
at the southwest end is a rough
paddock surface so while it will
improve over time it will take a
lot more work! If anybody happens to have a nice big roller
at home that we could beg/borrow/steal/buy/hire etc please
let me or one of the committee
know as running over it with
something heavier would be a
good thing.
Lastly I’ll have another bit on
safety, very quickly:
Please don’t taxi in the pits:
If you don’t wish to carry your
model to the taxiway maybe
hold it by the tail end or have
someone help you, or putting it
another way please make sure
your model is restrained at all
times in the pits, both on the
way to the runway, and on the
way back. We’ve had 1 runaway model in the pits a while
ago, let’s not make it 2.
Neck straps: These are wonderful for saving your arms
while you are flying. They are
probably equally wonderful at
dragging your spinning prop
towards your face if you lean
over the prop with the strap
dangling under your neck. Take
them off before you do any
engine starting or tuning. You
don’t want a faceful of prop
and we all want a nice Sunday
morning flying, not driving you
to A and E.
Happy flying!
Craig
Owen flying his quad at Burnham last month
PLEASE
NO TAXYING
IN THE PITS
Wait till you get
to the taxiways at
our field.
Thanks to Roger, Dave and
others for the photos
Peter Hewson’s new Carbon Z Cub on test flight
Geoff Tie’s Beagle 121 making a lovely low pass in the sun
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The inside story
Getting into the guts of modelling can
mean hours spent building a model in the
workshop. For some this involves building
a model from scratch or from plans and
having the satisfaction of building and flying your own model.
For others there is no time for this sort of
thing, and a quick trip to the local model
shop or searching online can provide an
ARF which can also be rewarding to fly
ASAP.
Dave Bately is one of the former types
of modellers, but he likes seeing a good
scale model flying whatever the case. His
Hawker Hurricane is a lovely warbird. Not
many get to see the inside quite from the
point of view captured in the photo on the
right.
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Washout - why, how much, and where?
courtesy of David Anderson
full article on RCScalebuilder.com (http://www.rcscalebuilder.com/tutorials/washout/
washout.pdf)
Washout is a twist in a wing
that causes the wingtip to meet
the airflow at a lower angle
than the root in normal upright
flight. Some planes don’t need
it; some planes can’t fly without it. It’s not just to prevent tip
stalls!
Why? Washout causes the
root of the wing to stall before
the wingtips stall. The subsequent loss of lift in the root
area gently lowers the nose or
prevents it from rising further,
preventing the entire wing from
stalling suddenly and provoking an unwanted snap roll.
Stalls do not alweays occur at
low airspeeds. Pylon racers,
for example, can stall in high-G
turns, sometimes with disastrous results.
At high angles of attack ailerons become less effective because they are both lifting, and
the difference in lift becomes
less with increasing angle of
attack. Washout causes the
ailerons to meet the air at a
lower angle. This improves
aileron effectiveness at all attitudes, especially at low airspeeds.
In a banked turn the down
aileron increases lift and drag
while the up aileron reduces
lift and drag. The difference in
wingtip drag tends to yaw the
aeroplane in a direction opposite to the turn - “adverse yaw.”
(the rest of the article is well
worth a look on RCScalebuilder.com website)
Ray Homan finally gets certificate
The club’s oldest Life Member, Ray Homan, finally got his certificate of life membership from Treasurer, John Isitt, at the flying field last month. Mark and Peter were awarded theirs at the
AGM, but Ray’s one was held up at the printers. All good!
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Free plans available for club members
Club Patron, Des Lines, has
kindly offered some plans for
any of us to have if we want.
He has them on a disc and
they are free, so let the Secretary know if you are keen
Apart from the ones above,
there is also an extensive list
of others, including:
AC-15 Guapo
Aeronica 7-AC
Albatros DIII
Alcor Sportplane
Argo 2
Asso V
Baby Bullet
Biplane RAcer
Bowers Fly Baby
Brtistol Scout
Bucker Jungman
Chilton
Church Mid-Wing
Corben Baby Ace
Corby Starlet
Cri Cri
Davis DA-2
Demoseille
DH-60 Gypsy Moth
DH*@ Tiger Moth
Driggs Dart
EAA Biplane
Fokker DR1 Triplane
Fokker DVII
Georgia Special
Gere Biplane
Gardan GY-20 Minicab
Gardan GY-30 Supercab
Heath Parasol
Henderson Longster
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J-1B Don Quixote
Isaacs Fury 2
J-3 Kitten
Jodel D112
Karatoo J-6
Lazair
Lincoln Sport
Nesmith Cougar
Nieuport XI
P-50 Bouvreuil
Peris JN-1
Pfeifer Biplane
Piper Cub
... many more on disc.
Let Peter Hewson know if
you are interested ...
0220884766
jillhewson@xtra.co.nz
INVITATION TO ASHBURTON MAC
MID WINTER FLYIN
25-26 th JUNE
(9am to 4pm each day)
The Ashburton MAC would like to invite all clubs and flyers in the area to our mid
winter flyin at our field on Lovetts Rd Moronan Ashburton on the above dates ,
Any type of aircraft is welcome
A cost of $10 per person for the whole weekend, which will go towards a barbecue
sausage lunch each day ,and supplying hot drinks , and other related costs in running the field will be gratefully accepted at registration time.
Flying will be conducted in a safe manner in line with the NZMAA guidelines
The Flyin will be named” THE RODGER WITHELL MEMORIAL FLYIN “ as a acknowledgement of Rodgers contribution to our club , Rodger sadly passed away
about the same time last year as we held our midwinter event .
To find our field, at the south end of Tinwald on SH1 turn up Moronan Rd past the
Tinwald Domain , appox 6 km from SH1 Lovetts Rd is on your left ,signs will be at
this corner, 300m down Lovetts on you right is the field , in the past some Flyers
have stayed on the site over night .
It is planned to have a midwinter Xmas Dinner at the Tinwald Taven on the Saturday night.
If possible email or ring me with a appox number of your members that would like
to attend , just to assist with catering.
My Email is –bk.mitch @xtra.co.nz
Ph 033083207---0274511995
Brian Mitchell
Secretary Ashburton Model Aero Club
SPECIAL DEAL
We have just had a generous offer for those that may be thinking of staying over night at
our Fly-in , the owners of the Bella Vista Motel have offered rooms at $115 per night, if
you would like to take up this offer , Contact Paul Clyne At the Bella Vista Motel Ashburton. Ph 0800666716
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Burnham
Observer
Sunday 8th May
Yes well the perfect Sundays
continue, sunny, warm and
pretty good number of fliers
and helpers had the car park
very full. Peter was busy
attaching door handles to the
new cupboards in the Porta
Com, in between flying and
obtaining news and views for
the newsletter.
Jeremy, John, Mike and myself
crowded into the far end corner
of the pits while the majority
filled up the main pits area.
Plenty of aircraft and Victor
had his grandson in tow. Alex
was persevering with his large
petrol powered aircraft still
causing some grief with the
motor. Joseph, Owen and
Keith kept the quadcopter/
chopper flight box busy. And
plenty of powered gliders
‘Radians’ and the like. Alex
and Mel had a 25 minute flight
with Johns, Radian, well done.
Victor with grandson out for a look at the crazy aeroplanes.
The Canovan Mosquito
Sunday 15th May
Bad weather stayed home.
Sunday 22nd May
Bad weather stayed home
Sunday 29th May
Bad weather stayed home. Off
on holiday - be back middle of
June. Hope weather is kinder
by them, frost with sunny
light conditions. Have a good
Queens Birthday.
Father and son - Anthony & Luke Canovan
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Committee Corner
MINUTES of the Christchurch Radio Fliers Club
Inc.
Committee Meeting, 24 May, 2016
7:30pm, John’s place
8. Newsletter. Peter reported that he was looking for material for the newsletter and that he
would run it until someone else offered to do
so.
Present: Craig Clapham, John Isitt, Peter Hewson, Roger Atkinson, Chris Hellyar, Dave Bately,
Jeremy McLean
9. Webmaster. Chris Hellyar said that he was
working on a new template for the website as
well as seeking to change the domain.
1. Apologies: Nigel Phillips, Keith Reid
10. Safety & Noise. NIL issues
2. Health: NIL
11. New members. John reported that John
Goddard from Leeston had signed up to become a member and the committee were
happy to have him join. Jason Day and Murray
Fowler were also showing some interest to rejoin the club.
3. Minutes of the previous meeting were emailed
and read. Approved (JOHN/ROGER)
4. Matters Arising:
a. Craig reported that he had received
$143 for the sale of the two water cylinders from
the portacom advertised on TradeMe.
b. Peter said that he had installed the
cupboard handles supplied by Nigel in the portacom.
c. Chris said he would talk with Mark Halliday about transfering the domain of our website
from the one hosted by Mark in the past
5. Correspondence
a. John had sent a letter to Des Richards
at MFNZ for memberships for this year. John
also reported that, for various reasons, 9 members were not re-joining.
b. Peter had sent an email to MFNZ
thanking them for their offer of financial support
for the Lake Forsyth fly-in and suggesting items
which could be purchased for the event.
c. MFNZ replied asking if we could wait
until their next Council meeting in July before
considering our proposal and offering the financial support .
6. Bills to agree for payment were presented by
John, including stationery for members subs etc.
7. Club Captain’s report. As Keith was absent,
John commented on the state of the field and
he felt that with the rain and softening of the
ground, soon would be a good time to roll the
strip and taxiways.
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12. Forsyth sub-committee. Roger reported
on the sub-committee’s first meeting and that
all appeared to be in hand. New regulations
about health and safety will have to put into
operation, but all should be well for a 27-28
August fly-in.
13. General Business:
a. The memorial board in the caravan is being
remodelled and engraved by Chris.
b. There is a need for Hazard Boards for Lake
Forsyth and perhaps for the club. Jeremy
thought that we could replace the club rules
board on the side of the caravan too.
c. There is a need to clean out and reorganise
the container before Lake Forsyth.
d. Roger offered to look into fertilising the runway which he said would greatly improve the
grass cover and quality of the strip.
e. There was general agreement that the club
should look into having a Facebook page. This
would certainly appeal to younger members
and prospective members.
Meeting closed at 8:45pm
A new lease of life
for a Squert
Chris Hellyar still flies a model
he built nearly 23 years ago.
His Squert is built with foam
and covered in brown paper
and was put together in 1993.
The electric model used a
direct drive 5400 and seven
SCR-C cells. It flew like a pair
ofpliers, says Chris.
Now it sports a brushless motor and a 3S Lipo which gives
the model a new lease of life of
lazy flight at full throttle for approximately 15 minutes.
Chris Hellyar with his 23 year old little Squert
New plans for CRFC field at Burnham unveilled
New plans for the club field at Burnham were shown to the committee over the last month by club
member, Mark Brown. Mark has long been an advocate for a longer runway and better facilities for
larger models. He also has access to large machinery and landscaping knowledge and has friends
in the design and earth-moving industries. Mark has had an artist’s impression sketch done to
show how the new facilities could look at Burnham even during the driest months of the year. The
sketch shows a tarseal runway, tarseal pits and taxiways, irrigation and pumping sheds as well as
accommodation for models and clubhouse accommodation for members and visitors. The committee are really excited about the project, especially considering its reasonable cost, and are now in
negotiation with the Selwyn Council. The plans were unveilled on April 1.
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Flying wings for combat
It is that time of year again to check out
your batteries, see that they are mounted
properly so that they can put up with your
model flying inverted, and also to install
some floats on the old Piper Cub in the
shed. Don’t forget to sort your flying wing!
We plan to have some flying wing combat
at Lake Forsyth again this year. It was a
great crowd pleaser two years ago and so
bring the wing and some streamers for others to have a go at.
See you there.
Committee, 2016 /17
President:
Vice Pres.
Secretary:
Treasurer:
CRAIG CLAPHAM
JEREMY McLEAN
PETER HEWSON
JOHN ISITT
Club Captain: KEITH REID
Committee: NIGEL PHILLIPS, CHRIS
HELLYAR, ROGER ATKINSON, DAVE
BATELY
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