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SE C NE
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etter Of The South Eastern Model
M Airrcraft Club Inc
Daniel Scicluna’s
S big
ig 1929 WACO
O ATO Taperrwing climbs
s out after a pass
p along th
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Notes From
m The
e Lastt GM
Preesident Ron Paine welco
omed twenty nine membe ers, Com
mmittee Me
eeting Report
inccluding new member
m Ronn Bell, to the General Meeting Secretary David Stephan rep ported briefly
y on items
on 2 February 2010. A nummber of apolo ogies were discussed at the
e recent commmittee meeting, including
g:
recceived.
4 proposed Insstructor courrse;
Inw
wards Corrresponden
nce
4 2010 Twiligh ht Flying sche
edule;
4 City of Gre
eater Danden nong regardin
ng our
4 field lease siituation.
successful grant appliccation.
4 VMAA New wsletter. Gen
neral Busin
ness
4 Enquiry fro
om a potentiaal new membber. Pubblic Address s System
A puublic addresss system for the field has s been obtain ned
Treasurer’s Report
R
t City of Greater Dande
via the enong grant - thanks to
Tre
easurer Pete
er Short repo orted on the club’s
c finance
es at Grae eme Lewis anda
31 January 20110 and advissed that: his efforts
e in In th
his issue:
4 we have on ne new mem mber since the last meetin ng; obtaaining the graant. Gen neral Meeting g Notes ............... 1
4 our Term Deposit
D will be
b reinvested d at the end of
o The PA loudspeaker E-2CC Hawkeye, Part 5 ................. 3
March, together with a sum to be trransferred froom can be mounted at Exhaust Caniste er Development ... 5
our working
g account; the front
f of the Great Planes RV V-4 ...................... 6
4 there are no
n other majo or expenses anticipated for
f trans smitter pounnd. Fund Raising Up pdate ................... 6
the remainder of the fin
nancial year. The power sourcce
Phaaeton Biplane e .......................... 7
will be
b a 12 to 24 40
volt inverter, with
h Touch and Go .............................. 8
the battery
b to be
e A Hawkeye Disa aster .................... 8
NEXT
T GENERA
AL MEETIING Servvo Safety ................................ 9
charrged by a sm mall
Tues
sday 6 Ap
pril - 8.00 PM
P sola
ar cell. Kid Care ....................................... 9
Classsic Mistakes s, Part 2 .............. 9
Wing De-warping ....................... 11
Fokker DVii, Parrt 7 .................... 12
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Field Lease
Peter Short confirmed that we will take up our five year SEMAC Web Site
lease extension offer. A rent increase, the first in five It was suggested that SEMAC should establish its own
years has been negotiated with our landlord. web site – i.e. semac.org.au. Ian Hunter, Michael
Peter also advised that we have several years still to Turner and Jason Gibbs (as our resident internet gurus)
run on our current council permit to operate at the site. are to investigate.
While our lease situation is secure, due to the Safety Issues
continuing industrialisation of the area the committee A number of safety issues were discussed:
will consider any new field options that may arise. 4 the VMAA advice to not arm electric models until
Field Security reaching the flight line – and how caution is needed
President Ron Paine raised for discussion a number of when carrying IC powered models out of the pit
security issues. area;
4 Our gates have again been left unlocked. On the 4 the need to avoid priming IC engines with the glow
most recent occasion the gates were locked at driver attached; and
about five one afternoon, but were found unlocked 4 the need to carry out a range check before the first
by early the following morning. flight of the day;
4 There have been a number of acts of vandalism, Members are reminded that small children:
the nature of which suggests they have been 4 must be under effective supervision at all times; and
carried out by a club member. The perpetrator is
4 are not permitted on to the flight line.
urged to raise any grievance/s openly with
committee member or at a General Meeting. Members are asked to keep an eye on any littlies and
bring any problems to the parent’s attention.
4 Members seem reluctant to take their rubbish home
with them. The Bomb Award
4 Pit mats have been left out. The Bomb Award went to Roger Puehl for a fairly
spectacular roll into the ground shortly after takeoff –
Equipment Donations
fortunately with not too much damage.
While donations of suitable items are welcomed,
Roger’s investigation revealed that his receiver battery
members intending to leave at the field equipment of
pack had dropped a cell, causing his receiver to “go off
any kind, including unwanted aircraft, are asked to clear
the air”. While this is likely to cause problems for any
it with the committee first.
receiver, apparently full voltage is especially critical with
Twilight Fly-In 2.4GHz gear.
The next twilight Fly-In is scheduled for Saturday 24 Show and Tell
April. All members are invited to:
We had, as always, some extra good items.
4 bring a plate to share around;
Alex Evans displayed and discussed his well advanced
4 bring their own after-flight refreshments; Hawkeye project – another great example of the lengths
4 sleep over in the club rooms if they wish. to which a dedicated scratch builder will go in order to
Further regular events are to be scheduled. produce a detailed and complex model.
Instructor Course Ron Paine displayed his recently acquired 1930’s Mini
Moa glider, as shown below. With a wingspan of about
The MAAA is yet to provide a date for the proposed
3.5 metres, the silk covered Moa is a marvellous
course. Ron Paine is to follow it up with the MAAA’s
example of the scratch builder’s skills.
new CFI, Murray Ellis.
Sausages and Drinks
The Sunday morning sausage sizzle nets the
club between $30 and $40 per week.
For some time the sausages have been
supplied by committee members, who take it in
turns to buy them. While they’re happy to
keep doing so, other members are invited to
spread the cost and labour burden around by
placing themselves on the sausage supply and
cook roster – about $10 once every few
months if a few more join in.
The club will provide cold cans of drink for
purchase on hot Sunday mornings.
Fund Raising
Graeme Lewis reported on further local and
state government grant opportunities that may
be pursued. JA Photo
Bring your mini helicopter along for a Chopper Fly-In after the meeting.
G Lewis photo
Could we have a little background information? What has been your favourite RC aeroplane?
I'm 57 years old and Dealer Principal of a Yamaha My favourite aeroplane is a 'U Can Do 3D' plane with the
Motorcycle Franchise in Ringwood. Married to Maria and 50cc DL engine. The enjoyment comes from its versatility
have two sons, Ben 19 years old and Matthew 15 years – slow manoeuvre speeds, hovering and 3D aerobatics.
old. What has been your least favourite RC aeroplane?
How did you get involved in model aircraft? Starduster. Ask Shorty, he's got a similar aircraft. They
I have been interested in flying from the age of 8. I are a mongrel - snap anywhere, break off the
started with control line, spending many Saturday undercarriage and hard to land. Not pleasant at all.
mornings trying to flick start a diesel engine, usually What are you mainly flying at the moment?
without success.
The U Can Do is my back up but I'm having a lot of fun
Where and when did you learn to fly RC models? with the 50cc fitted to an Extra 300. Lots of vertical
I learnt to fly radio control with the Lilydale Club in the penetration, snaps, lomcevak, all good fun. Have also
1970's till about 18 years of age, dropped out until around ventured onto the dark side – an electric helicopter has
1996 then got back into it with vengeance. my interest as of late.
What was your first RC aeroplane? Any particular aircraft you would like to build and fly?
First RC plane was a Marksman trainer (kit). No ARF's in Long term plan is to complete my scale Spitfire.
those days, controlled by an OS Pixie single channel. If money were no object, what would you be flying?
Who has been the greatest influence on your aero Turboprop Raven aerobatic aircraft. Worth about
modelling career? $20,000.
No one person in particular but rather all the club What does the future hold for RC aero modelling?
members have had something individually to contribute
With the availability of cheaper 2.4 gear and the
from their specialist areas.
increasing range of electric aircraft and helicopters they
may appeal to entry level flyers.
Feel free to nominate a member you would like to see featured in a future Touch and Go
(perhaps even yourself). Just send me a note at jandrs@bigpond.net.au.
A Hawkeye Disaster
Alex Evans tells us about an accident he’s definitely going to avoid.
During the construction of my current project, I came model – had two fuel tanks, each of some 300 cc (one
across a story about one chap in the USA named Mike per engine to fuel a Saito 1.25 four stroke). For
Ulkowski, who made an attempt on scratch building a convenience, in his own words, he decided to mount a
100” span Hawkeye E-2C, big bird indeed (mine is only tank inside each nacelle behind the motor.
80”). As per what he was accustomed to, throughout his The problem was that this point was in fact BEHIND the
modelling years – you ought to balance your model C.G point – hence, when it was full it added some 0.6
“Dry”, assuming the fuel will just make it safer and KG to the back of the C.G point, which proved fatal
maybe a bit nose heavy. shortly after takeoff.
This theory is of course applicable with IC powered The attached video link tells the rest of the story.
models only, and it is probably also right - if your fuel
http://www.rcuvideos.com/video/Hawkeye-Maiden-wmv
tank is ahead of the C.G point, not behind it. The said
Many thanks to Alex, Colin, David, Gary, Graeme, Ian, Peter, Rod and Roger for their excellent contributions
to this issue. If you fancy joining them next time, we’d welcome your:
4 construction articles or photographs 4 tips and advice Why not have a photo of your
4 tales of your modelling or flying 4 gossip or reminiscences model in the next issue?
experiences – happy or sad 4 advertisements You could bring it down to
Email or disk preferred, but hand written OK.
the field one Sunday, or send
me a photo.
T
Take Carre of the Kids
s!
Wee all know that youngsterrs like to be part
p of the acction. And what
w could bee
moore fun than scampering
s around down n at the field while Dad, Grandad
G or Uncle
U
has a fly?
Hoowever, we also
a all know that littlies and
a model ae eroplanes are
en’t a good
combination. What
W a nightmare it would be to have e a small child
d trip and falll into
a whirling
w propeller. So:
4 if you bringg children dow wn to the field, you are obliged
o to enssure that the
ey are
under adult supervision n at all times – we’re a prretty easy go
oing bunch, so s ask
someone to keep an eyye on them while w you fly; and
4 if you see someone
s elsse’s youngste ers unsupervvised, keep them from
immediate danger and bring it to the parent’s atttention.
C
Classi
ic Aviiation
n Mod
delling
g Misttakes
s – Pa
art 2
Ro
oger Puehl presents more
m class
sic mistake
es – and ho
ow to avoid
d them.
Blo own Glow Plugs.
P Pop! There are onlyo 2 reasonns spee ed…..then tu urn! You can n do anythingg with
gloow plugs fail. Old age an nd a lean runn. If you are airsppeed!!! Ground speed is not airspeed d. Just becau use
burning plugs in flight your needle is wa ay too lean the model
m is movving fast doe esn’t mean it has airspeed.
causing overhe eating. Rem member yourr engine will lean If yo
ou turn prema aturely your chance of stalling
out considerab bly in flight. Don’t
D try and squeeze the e last dow wnwind are grreatly increassed and to makem matterss
RP PM out on the e ground! Le eave it on thee rich side. wors se you haven n’t had time tto gain heigh
ht!! Models
Priming motors with on board b glow oro ignition with higher wing loadings sufffer from this s most. Just
systems. Ban ng!! Just thin nking about that
t makes mem takinng off and flyying straight aahead for a brief
b moment
shiver. Again… …slow down n and check that
t the ignition mak kes the take off o look contrrolled and gives you a
sysstem is off beefore priming g. Think serriously aboutt safeety margin for the downwind turn.
fitting a warning g light to tell you that the glow or ignition Prop p Strike. Th he old finger in the prop routine.
r Use an
sysstem is arme ed!! elecctric starter when
w you cann. I have beeen caught ou ut
Do ownwind turrn immediattely after tak keoff. Stall Stall
S flicking other mo odeller’s propps to help after an enginee
Sta all!! A classic gotcha!! Take
T off into wind
w and kee ep stopppage only to o find out the hard way th hat the back ofo
going straight ahead.
a The model often wants to turn left the prop
p is like a razor blade. Ouch!! Ta ake this edgee
due to torque. Don’t let it!!!! Gain heigh ht and off before
b you fitt the prop to tthe motor. Often
O the cutt
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occurs when the motor is being hand started and the much for this to happen. The cause could be several
engine back fires. Again it is actually the trailing edge things including, a lean needle, the cylinder head not
of the blade that gets you. These edges don’t need to getting enough cooling (perhaps on a scale model,) the
be sharp at all. This edge must come off prior to prop being too big causing loading or the fuel has
balancing. At very least a little piece of 400 grit paper in insufficient oil or the wrong type of oil. Synthetic oils
your tool box is great for cleaning up sharp edges on have quite a narrow temp in which they are efficient.
props. Other than that, modellers think that once the When they get very hot they stop lubricating! Whatever
engine starts there is some great rush to do things. the cause it generally gets down to excessive heat!
Take your time around a running engine. Slow down. (This is why it runs ok for a few minutes….till the heat
Always tune an engine slowly. You can always top up builds up and alters the tuning, then stops.) This will
the tank once it’s tuned. Fingers take ages to grow become increasingly noticeable as we get to the
back! (And carry a “chicken stick” in your pocket, Ed). warmer months. The only way to fix it is to recognise it
Start, walk and stop. The old modellers’ two step!! and treat the cause not the symptoms.
One of the most frustrating things that can happen on a I hope I’ve got a few people thinking with these few hits
Sunday afternoon, or any other day for that matter. and memories! …..maybe we could build on the list and
We’ve all seen it play out. Engine gets started with include a few more “classic cock ups” in each news
great fanfare., a bit of expert tuning goes on…..we pick letter. Better to learn from another’s mistakes than to
up the model with a satisfied look on our faces and walk follow where angels have feared to tread! I look
to the flight line with a swagger that Tom Cruise would forward to reading and learning from some other
be proud of……only to have the engine stall!! Arrrrrrrr! persons classic goof ups!
Then we do it all over again….and again…and again!! Cheers and Happy Landings!
95% of the time an engine will run for a few minutes Roger
and then stall because it is overheating!! It doesn’t take (AUS 65102.)
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Do you have any damaged O.S. 46AX engines?
Turn your junk into cash - top dollar paid.
FOR SALE
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D Stephan photo
The end of a good day’s flying. Great atmospheric shot of David Stephan’s P40 Kitty Hawk.
SEMAC News - 10 -
March - April 2010
Wing De-Warping Made Easy
Your Editor takes the easy way out.
Now, I know that a good many of you out there are The first flight was nearly a disaster, with the Auster
consummate aero modellers, taking great pride in the entering a tight turn to port as soon as the wheels left
quality and beauty of your workmanship. Then there the ground. Full right aileron just got it flying in a more
are the rest of us. or less straight line and I was able to nurse it around the
Some years ago, I got the urge to build an Auster. circuit for a safe landing. A large adjustment to the
Having seen advertised a nice looking AOP9 kit, I aileron clevices got the Auster flying again, but it never
thought ‘that’ll do’, and headed down to the late Gerry really felt right. On top of that I was a bit embarrassed
Enery’s shop to buy one. Gerry didn’t have one in stock by the fact that, sitting on the ground, the aeroplane
and, in typical fairly blunt fashion, said he wouldn’t order looked like it had enough aileron on to put it into a 900
me one in. Some nonsense about it being too hard for banked turn to starboard. So, after just a few flights,
me to build. Undaunted, I headed off to another fine the Auster sat in my workshop gathering dust.
hobby shop where the proprietor, not knowing me so I recently decided it was time to get the wing warp
well, happily sold me my dream kit. sorted out. By this time I’d acquired a wing incidence
I rather imagine that by now you would have guessed meter, which had revealed that the Auster’s wing halves
that Gerry was right. I’d built a few kits before, but the were warped in opposite directions – making the whole
Auster, with its plug in wings and cabin structure thing look a bit like an oversized fine pitch propeller.
serving basically as glassed in cabane struts, was a The obvious thing would have been to have built a new
pretty complex kit. Add in a tricky fuselage front end, set of wings, but that seemed a bit extreme. Instead, I
combined with some poorly cut and ill fitting parts, and removed a panel of covering from the underneath of
construction turned out to be fairly hard work. I had two each wing and used a hacksaw blade to cut through
main problems. One was building the fuselage and several wing ribs between the front and rear spars. As
wing mounting structure true so that the wing incidence the port wing had a negative warp, I then fitted a balsa
was correct. The other was building the two wing wedge into each cut to force the rib halves apart,
halves warp free. And that’s where I ran into trouble. removing the warp. A balsa plate was then glued across
With the Auster finally completed and looking pretty each cut.
good with its yellow Solartex covering, everything The starboard wing had a positive warp, so the ribs
seemed OK. I was checking though using only a Mk I were drawn together at the cuts and clamped while
eyeball – none of this fancy wing incidence meter stuff balsa plates were glued in place.
for me. Sounds rather rough and ready, but it
was surprisingly effective. The Auster’s
since had a number of flights, flying
straight and level first off with only
minor trim adjustments required.
Have fun, John
WORKING BEE
Sunday 11 April
Starting at 8.30 am for about
two hours.
JA photo Equipment needed for a
general cleanup includes:
4 whipper snippers
TWILIGHT FLY-IN 4 rakes
Saturday 24 April 4 shovels.
See General Meeting Notes for details.
SEMAC News - 11 -
March - April 2010
B ding the Fok
Build kker DVii - part 7
Ian
n Hunter makes
m progress on an
nother grea
at scratch built
b projec
ct.
Byy far the trickiiest part to date has been n the cabane es to join the top
win ng to the fuze e. These havve now been n fabricated anda work can n
mo ove forward on o the remaining items. Other O items that
t needed
consideration werew both the e carb and in nlet manifold. The stock
ma anifold is lighht weight and d does its inteended purpo ose. So does the
carb. But bolt a prop on the e front and tryy getting it too rev – ahhh
thaat's a bit diffe
erent. Initial testing of thee stock arrang gement yield ded
inssufficient perfformance du ue mostly to inadequate
i f
fuel/air flow.
The Walbro WA A167 will mo ore than provvide what we e need, but itss
bore size is mu uch bigger th han that of the stock manifold. Also, iff the
stoock manifold did fit the ca arb, it would not suit my needs
n as I didn't
wa ant a dirty greeat carb stickking outside the line of th he fuselage. SoS
a new
n inlet manifold was madem from baar stock. Thiss new
N
Note the differen
nce in bore siz ze (stock carb is
i
arrrangement has the twofold benefit of keeping the carb inside the t on the left).
linees of the fuze e and the ne eedles face re earwards forr easy carb
tunning. If you do decide to make m your owwn manifold for a Walbro o,
don't forget to allow
a for the vacuum pulsse for the carb's fuel pum mp.
The forward de ecking (where the machin ne guns go) is made from m¼
incch sq. balsa stringers,
s 3m
mm ply forme ers and then sheeted with h
2.55mm balsa. The engine cowling whicch extends th he length of the
t
dummy 6 cylind der in-line enngine is made up of a 3m mm ply plate with
w
thee curved porttion being 2 laminations of o 3mm balsa. For the sid des
of the cowl, 2.5 5mm balsa iss used. The radiator
r supp port/frame is
3mmm ply and where
w the outtside of the radiator
r is, th
hese are
fabbricated from m balsa blockk. Naturally th here are miscc. screws etc c. to
hold everything g in place.
The other half of o the cowlin ng that goes underneath the t engine is s
basically made e in-situ. I maade an outer frame with a centre keel. Up Carb wiith new inlet manifold.
m
fro
ont, there's ba alsa block an nd the remainder is sheeted with 3mm m
balsa. The she eeting was 'pe ersuaded' to o curve by slig ghtly dampening
thee outside of the
t balsa she eet where I wanted
w it to bend.
b The pla ans
acttually show this
t part of thhe assembly to be made entirely from m
balsa block. I didn't
d pursue this option as a it would be e very waste eful,
heavy and time e consuming.
Soo to date:- the e fuze, cowlss, tail, axle wing,
w wheels, top wing,
bottom wing an nd cabanes haveh been made.
m
Still to do:- wing tips, caban nes to be covvered with tim mber, outer 'N'
strruts to be ma ade/timber co overed. Engine fit out with h plumbing etc,
e
raddio fit out, co
overing etc. Still
S a bunch of o things, but definitely on
thee home stretcch.
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Ma
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The DVii - almost there, but
still a bunch of things to
finish it off
I Hunter photos
SEMAC News - 13 -
March - April 2010
Add
die’s Hobbies
s
The biggest
b little h
hobby shop in
town n.
If it’s available
a in Australia and wew
havven’t got it, w
we can get it!
We sto
ock all well kn
nown brands of
airc
craft, radios, e
engines and
accessories.
Bulk fue
els.
Ultra co
ompetitive prrices on spec
cial
for the month.
Where friendly
W y service is
a way off life.
Ev
very month is
s a special.
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