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Postal Address: P.O. Box 56, North Balwyn, Vic. 3140 AustraliaLocation: Bulleen Park, Vic. 3105 (Melways map ref. 32, B10)

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Michael Best, Hurricane550

Cliff McIver, coming in for a slow fly-by with his Extra 260


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DAC - September 2008 Page 2 of 16

In this IssueNext Club Meeting......................................................................................................................2Presidents Message....................................................................................................................3Aeromodelling Etiquette .............................................................................................................4

Chipmunk 70e Review................................................................................................................5What has been flying at DAC .....................................................................................................6Are you a Pattern Person?...........................................................................................................7Helicopter Bronze Wings............................................................................................................9Upcoming Events......................................................................................................................10Websites and Contacts ..............................................................................................................13Mowing Roster .........................................................................................................................15

Note from the Editors................................................................................................................15

Monday, 15th

of September 2008, 8:00 p.m. at the Club House

On the agenda:

Brief, official stuff. Show and Tell: bring your project along and share.

Usual chat, coffee, tea and pizzas!!!

This is what you missed out on at the last meeting.

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Presidents MessagePresidents MessagePresidents MessagePresidents Message

SPRING some warmth longer daylight hours thermals and magpies!Welcome back to some good flying weather. Looking forward to somerelaxing (and safe) flying and camaraderie.

Were continuing to progress in respect of the shelters but there are stepsstill to be taken.

Heli flyers are now out in force and youll note an upcoming opportunity tobe tested for Bronze Wings.

The Heli Pad is ONLY for hovering practice, and if the wind allows, pleasestand at the south west corner, ie closest to the toilet block. For more adventurous flying:

fly over the strip

keeping to the NORTH

give other pilots plenty of notice before you take off so they have the opportunity to land before youtake off, if that is their choice.

A number of pilots are now doing the above and its working well, with folk cooperating and happy toaccommodate each others different flying needs. If you have any concerns or suggestions, speak to me or anyof your committee members. If the sky is busy, arrange between yourselves mutually convenient timeslots fordifferent flying styles.

On another matter, I have a VERY big concern about non-members flying at our field, either when no-one isabout, or when members are present.

Genuine trainees can attend and fly under a mentor TWICE in a year, so they get to check us out before decidingwhether or not to join us.

Members of other clubs (and thus insured with MAAA) who are flying as a guest and WITH a DAC memberand UNDER THEIR GUIDANCE may fly TWICE in a year with us and must complete the Visitors book.They may NOT fly alone.

In the mornings particularly, non members are flying alone or beside DAC members. This is against our rules,against council and insurance requirements. To allow it to happen puts us ALL AT RISK OF LOSING THECLUB, and thus you are not doing yourself or your fellow club members any favours by not doing somethingabout it.

You may have the opportunity to quietly and in a friendly fashion advise the offender that they cant fly ifcontrary to the above, and if you can then please do so and tell me/a committee member too. However I

recognise this is not always possible or comfortable, and we are not requiring you to do so.HOWEVER we ask that you INFORM ME OR ANYONE ON THE COMMITTEE (your confidentially will

be respected) so we can TAKE ACTION TO PROTECT US FROM POTENTIALLY LOSING THE CLUB.The info that will assist includes: date; time; who (if known); what was flown; description of person / plane / carand car rego.

I will be very disappointed (upset*) if folk allow this to continue without reporting it and this may be regarded asconduct prejudicial to the interests of the club. (*I figure youd better know my feelings on this BEFORE anevent, because youll certainly know about them AFTER one.)

I trust you will all appreciate the importance of the above and that we can all count on your support andcooperation.

I trust you also appreciate the importance of being on good terms with our neighbours. If you have any concerns

or are not sure to do in any situation, RING me. My number is on the clubhouse.Fly safe and fly often. Cheers Ian Pullar. 0425 831 572


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Aeromodelling EtiquetteAeromodelling EtiquetteAeromodelling EtiquetteAeromodelling Etiquette

Etiquette When Visiting Other Clubs

(Extract from the VMAA)

1. When visiting other clubs, introduce yourself, preferably to a committee member.2. Show your current FAI card to prove you have insurance.3. Present your valid heavy model permit if applicable.4. Be signed into the visitors book.5. Enquire what any local rules are before flying, and obey them, especially frequency

control.6. At competition events, the Contest Director usually takes charge of these matters and

explains the details at the pilots briefing before flying starts.7. Above all, treat the host club and its members with respect, and feel privileged you are

allowed to fly at their field.

NOTE Most clubs dont fly at all on days of declared Total Fire Ban.

The Doncaster Pattern Boys at Nepean.


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By Saj Rahman

I was looking for a large scale model that'seasy to fly and also looks pretty and myresearch lead me to the Chipmunk (its in theeye of the beholder.). I immediately likedthe looks of the Hyperion Chipmunk 70e.Although I would have preferred an IC

powered Chipmunk, I decided to get theHyperion Chipmunk 70e and see if it could

convert it to IC power. On advice fromMartin from the Club, I thought it would be

best to keep the plane electric powered forwhich it was designed. Martin and Grant

from the Club advised on how I could save some money on the Motor, ESC and the Battery.

For the motor I got what came recommended with the plane, which is a Hyperion Z4025-10. For the ESC I got TURNIGY Plush 80A w/ UBEC Speed Controller and for the

battery I got ZIPPY-R 4800mAh 25C 5S.

So I was all set. I put everything together and ready to fly.... except I dont have my Bronzewings yet. Not to worry, Anthony Peate from the Club was nice enough to take the plane forits maiden flight and I also got a chance to fly it. It flew exactly how I had hoped it would fly,gentle and predictable. However, there were some problems with the plane. The Canopy felloff twice mid flight and during take off, the plane had a tendency to tip its nose. Cliff advisedthat pushing the landing gear a little forward should take care of the problem and Anthonysuggested I use stronger magnets to hold the canopy in place. Later in the week Martin sentme an email of an earlier review of the same plane by Andy Hollitt published on December2007 Club Newsletter. It confirms the problem with the canopy falling off.

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To fix these problems, I cut a rectangular hole at the bottom of the fuselage to let the air out. Ialso upgraded the landing gear with shock absorbing landing gear made by Robart and movedthem forward to push back the centre of gravity. Later on the weekend Anthony gave me

some stronger magnets and with his help I secured the magnets in place.

Next flight, no problems. The plane flewwithout a glitch. I read in some forums that this

plane tend to take up the whole landing strip toland as its a floater. I found no such problems.Even as a novice, I was able to land the planewithout taking up much of the landing strip.

I like this plane so much that I got anotherChipmunk specifically designed for IC power

with a fibreglass fuselage. Its still work inprogress before its ready to fly. Hopefully it willfly just as well.

Trainees (L's) with EasyStarand Trainers

Electric helicopters out inforce

David C`s Flip 3D Fun withOS .61 power

What has been flying at DACWhat has been flying at DACWhat has been flying at DACWhat has been flying at DAC


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You KNOW youre a Pattern Person if:

You and your buddies can debate for hours on whether a circle is round During normal conversation, you hear the word box, your mind immediately flashes

to your last flight You watch other airplanes flying, and find yourself saying things like he missed his

exit, or little tight on that radius, or wings werent level and the plane yourewatching is Jasons ARF trainer!!

Your "fun flying" consists of onlysomeof the manoeuvres from your sequence, and

youstill fly level entries and exits Youll drive 600 miles one way, take off two vacation days, spend $200 in a motel, sit

in the sun for hours on a weekend, to flyMAYBE a total of about 50 minutes, (but onlyif the weather holds out).

You have at LEAST 4 different grades of fuel, supposedly to "adjust for temperature". More exotic, difficult to obtain, hard to use, and expensive building materials become

"essential" There are more varieties of specialized oils for your airplanes than your autos You have a greater variety of cleaners for your airplanes than your spouse has for the

house You spend as much for a pair of "pattern wheels" as you spend on the "spare" for the

family auto You buy at least ONE spare part of EVERY critical component to take to contests, fill

TWO large toolboxes, and then announce with great pride at the end of the contest "Ididn't have to get the toolbox out of the van once!!!"

You have not one, but TWO expensive transmitter cases which cost more than yourtravel luggage for your trip to Europe

During the contest, you carefully stand with your back to flight line while you'rewaiting, trying to convince everyone else that you really AREN'T looking at the otherfliers' flights

You tell everyone who will listen that "the scores don't matter", then yousneakup tothe scoreboard to check it out, hoping no one notices

You have at LEAST one pair of "special" sunglasses for EVERY conceivable "skycondition". It does NOT matter if each pair must be expensive prescriptions...

Co-workers observe (during the summer) that you grow "racoon eyes"...and knowbetter than to ask "Why?"

Theres "special" software on your PC to let you create colour schemes You have a special, custom ball or screwdriver for each airplane/engine combo you

own A bad practice day is one when you bring the wrongcustom screwdriver AREALLYbad practice day is the one when you brought the wrong transmitter (or left

it home altogether)

At least once, every winter, you try to find a "pattern plane" for your simulator "Wings level" is no longer a Goal, but a Lifestyle

Are you a Pattern Person?Are you a Pattern Person?Are you a Pattern Person?Are you a Pattern Person?


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You have more extra props in your van for more kinds of engines/conditions than the rest of the members of your club - combined.

You won't fly your plane if there are more than 1 or 2 sport flyers in theair.

Your planes live in the car all summer, and only come in the house for

repair You never see your neighbours during the entire period of Daylight Savings

Time because your daily routine is "wake up- work - fly- home after dark -sleep

You have the ability to preach for endless hours on the relative merits of a particularengine type, brand, or model like a zealot who has just witnessed the second coming.

You exit the bathroom and mentally give yourself a "10". You have more than a dozen "F" plugs in your toolbox. You send your micro digital scale out for recalibration every year.

Youre willing to CD so you can see the scores before everyone else.

Rob Clarkes latest F3A biplane, Amethyst, seen here at the recent Cobram competition.


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If you are interested in getting your Helicopter Bronze

Wings, DAC has tentativebooking for the 13thSept at1pm. Contact Michael Best to arrange a time slot andbe kept in formed of any changes to the time.

As part of knowing your helicopter you will need todemonstrate the theoretical knowledge (which willinclude knowing how to use a pitch gauge), do a pre-flight check, and radio range check.

Below illustrations show what manoeuvres arerequired to demonstrate your proficiency in flying a RChelicopter. Refer to MAAA, Manual of Procedures,MAAA020 (9 May 2009) for full details.

2) Lift off to eye-level height,hover for ten seconds and land.

3) Lift off to skid eye-level height,brief hover followed by a straightoutward flight of ten metres intowind, brief hover then return tailfirst in straight flight and land.

4) Lift off to skid eye-level heightand fly sideways (right or left) forten metres, then sideways in theopposite direction for twenty metresthen return to start point and land.

5) Lift off, briefly hover then fly ahorizontal figure eight with noseinto wind throughout the flightand land.

6) [Re-worded] Lift off to skid eye-level height and fly a 360-degreewith nose into wind throughout theflight and land.

7) Execute a 45-degree landingpattern from ten metres height andten metres out.

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R/C POWERR/C POWERR/C POWERR/C POWER----MODEL CALENDARMODEL CALENDARMODEL CALENDARMODEL CALENDAR

2008Sept 7 F3A Pattern Aerobatics Caldermeade SWAMPS

13-14 Pylon Racing at Bazzas Paddock, Fernbank Bairnsdale14 VFSAA Scale Rally Bacchus Marsh BMMAA14 Old Timer Caldermeade SWAMPS

19-21 Mammoth Scale Fly-in Shepparton VRFOct 4-5 F3A Pattern Aerobatics

APA Australian Championships Albury TCMAC4-5 7thNational Electric Fun Fly Swan Hill SHMAC4-6 Old Timer

Eastern States Gas Champs Wangaratta WAM5 Scale Rally Pakenham P&DARCS12 Fun Fly Ararat ADAC17-19 Seaplane Weekend Lake Hume, Albury TCMAC18-19 Victorian State Champs: Pylon Racing

Includes Team Selection Hamilton

This will be worth going to watch! HMAC18-19 Display Weekend Warracknabeal WMAC26 ARF Scale Competition Ballarat BRMFC26 Electric Fun-fly 0418 852 516 Carrum Downs PARCS26 Display Day Fly-in Bendigo BRCAC

Nov 8-9 Old Timer Cohuna CMFC16 F3A Pattern Aerobatics Rosebud West NMAA16 OS Engines Annual Fly-In Pakenham P&DARCS22-23 Pylon Racing Camperdown CMAC23 Scale Rally & mini-comp Rosebud West NMAA29-30 Victorian State Champs: Helicopter

Melb R/C Helicopter Club Field at Bangholme MRCHC29-30 Display Days and Swap Meet Hamilton HMAC30 Old Timer Haddon, Ballarat BAM

Dec 7 F3A Pattern Aerobatics Pakenham P&DARCS

Upcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming EventsUpcoming Events


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FREE FLIGHT CALENDARFREE FLIGHT CALENDARFREE FLIGHT CALENDARFREE FLIGHT CALENDAR

2008 Every competition day in 2008 will include a catapult glider comp.

Sept 1 (Monday) Sandringham,Indoor Free Flight Precision for A. Smith Indoor F.F. Trophy

14 Garnham Trophy, second half yearly comp. P 30 with no limit on rubber,weight, and prop type.

21 Victorian State Champs, Indoor: Peanut Scale,also indoor Open Scale at Manningham DISC

Oct 12 Vintage rubber, power, glider.Nov 9 Combined % Open

23 Victorian State Champs, Indoor: Bostonian.Also Hangar Rat at Manningham DISC

Dec 1 Sandringham, Indoor Scale Day.

14 Combined % Open

CONTROL LINE CALENDARCONTROL LINE CALENDARCONTROL LINE CALENDARCONTROL LINE CALENDAR2008Sept 14 Speed, Navy Carrier, Vintage Combat CLAMF

28 Stuntmasters F2B Stunt KMAC

Oct 12 Classic B, Vintage A, A Combat CLAMF

26 Fun-Fly and Diesel Day KMAC

Nov 9 Speed, Simple Rat, Aussie A, Triathlon CLAMF

23 Monty Tyrrell Classic Stunt KMACDec 14 Speed, F2C Team Race, Goodyear, Mini Goodyear CLAMF

R/C GLIDER CALENDARR/C GLIDER CALENDARR/C GLIDER CALENDARR/C GLIDER CALENDAR2008

Sept 6 Scale Aero-tow High St Rd Scalies7 VARMS Training 10 am / VARMS Trophy 1 pm VARMS21 Training (10 am) High St Rd VARMS21 F3B League # 1 Diggers Rest RCGA26-28 Scale Slope Camperdown SSA

28 Thermal League # 1 High St Rd RCGAOct 4 Scale Aero-tow High St Rd Scalies5 Training (10 am) High St Rd VARMS12 VMAA State Championships

Slope Aerobatics Mt Hollowback VARMS18-19 Thermal league # 2, Open Thermal Mildura19 Training (10 am) High St Rd VARMS

Nov 1 Scale Aero-tow High St Rd Scalies1-4 Scale Aero-tow Cobram MMAC9 Thermal League # 3 Bendigo BSA9 VARMS Training 10 am / VARMS Trophy 1 pm VARMS

16 Scale Slope Mt Hollowback Scalies23 Training (10 am) High St Rd VARMS


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23 F3B League # 2 Diggers Rest RCGA29-30 Scale Aero-tow Bendigo (BSA) SSA

Dec 6 Scale Aero-tow High St Rd Scalies7 Training (10 am) High St Rd VARMS14 Thermal League # 4 Diggers Rest RCGA

R/C ELECTRIC GLIDERR/C ELECTRIC GLIDERR/C ELECTRIC GLIDERR/C ELECTRIC GLIDEROUTDOOR EVENTS

2008Aug 17 Electric Pylon Racing

Especially: pusher foamiessee www.aefanet.com

phone 9802 5535 Greensborough GMAC4-5 7thNational Electric Fun Fly Swan Hill SHMAC

Oct 26 PARCS Electric Fun-fly

Ph Mani Riederich 9589 6065 0418 852 516 PARCS

INDOOR EVENTS1stMonday each month Electric & all types of Free-Flight

(except January) Sandringham Youth Centre 10 am to 4 pmcontact Arthur Smith 9557 4841

2ndSaturday each month Donvale/Manningham Sport Complex7.30 to 11.30 pm Melways 48 F4

contact Neil Hardiman 9434 1099

For more details on all other disciplines and the latest updates to the event calendar go toVMAA web site at http://www.vmaa.com.au/content/events/events.php


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ORat the Sandringham Athletic CentreThomas St Hampton, between 10 am and 4 pm.At Indoor State Champs, other events may be run if time permits.

Outdoor eventsare held at Exford, south of Melton. Field is on the south side of Exford Rdbetween Telephone & Murphy Rds (opposite a large mailbox no. 865). The gate on ExfordRd must be left locked at all times.Visitors will need to arrange to meet a key-holder at the gate to gain access. No dogsallowed. Stay on the tracks, leave gates as you find them. Competition starts at 8 am,finishing at 2-30 pm.

WEBSITES and CONTACTS for R/C GLIDER:

MAAA website: www.maaa.asn.au& go to special interest groups.

VMAA website: www.vmaa.com.auLSF website: www.lsfaustralia.org.auSilent Flight Network: www.silentflight.net

VARMS Trophy events Max Haysom 9801 3899Scale Soaring Association (SSA) events Barry DeKyper 9439 8087RCGA Events Gerry Carter 9809 0172Scale Group (Scalies) Colin Collyer 9561 9097

VARMS (Briggs Field) is off High Street Rd Wantirna Melways 72 D2

The VARMS Trophy series of events is for gliders with just rudder & elevator control, withoptional spoilers (a good beginners competition!). 1 pm start

Scalies is the VARMS Scale Group & fly on the last Saturday of each month

SEE ALSO: the R/C Glider Calendar for regular VARMS electric fun fly meetings at theBriggs Field, High Street Rd Wantirna. Melways 72 D2

Monthly National Monthly 7-Cell POSTAL Competition at your field.For entry details, see www.maaa.asn.au/electric/postal.html

WEBSITE & CONTACTS for R/C ELECTRICS

www.aefanet.com

Contacts: Martin Lui 9313 0228

[email protected]

Philip Connolly 9802 [email protected]


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Name Home Work/Mobile W/E Sat W/E Sat W/E Sat W/E Sat

Ian Pullar 9428-4365 0425-831-572 26-Jul-08 27-Sep-08 29-Nov-08 31-Jan-09

Cliff McIver 9850-4478 9882-7521 2-Aug-08 4-Oct-08 6-Dec-08 7-Feb-09

Nik Daud 9852-3236 0412-263-883 9-Aug-08 11-Oct-08 13-Dec-08 14-Feb-09

Greg Sleeth 9848-6809 9634-4658 16-Aug-08 18-Oct-08 20-Dec-08 21-Feb-09

Anthony Peate 9877-8225 9634-4303 23-Aug-08 25-Oct-08 27-Dec-08 28-Feb-09

Greg Stanfield 9459-7026 30-Aug-08 1-Nov-08 3-Jan-09 7-Mar-09

Patrick Kearney 9898-1370 6-Sep-08 8-Nov-08 10-Jan-09 14-Mar-09Grant Collins 9849-1790 0418-872-218 13-Sep-08 15-Nov-08 17-Jan-09 21-Mar-09

Jason Harrigan 9859-4020 0418-309-022 20-Sep-08 22-Nov-08 24-Jan-09 28-Mar-09

For up to date mowing roster go to http://www.dac.org.auand click on Members Info.

To change a rostered date, organise a swap if possible, or contact Cliff on 9882-7521.

FREE JOY RIDES! Available for anyone who wish to join the Mowing Roster.

The newsletter and the web page rely heavily on club members to write articles and send themin. So we encourage all club members to have a go. You are welcome to place ads for sale ofyour secondhand R/C model aircraft related items in the newsletter. The newsletter is aservice offered to all club members.

Articles dont have to be long to be of interest to other members. It may only take you 10

minutes to type up. Just send it via email in plan text or MS Word document format. Picturesare good but try to limit you articles to less than 2MBytes in size. Always include theauthors name within the article text.

Fernando Monge Newsletter Editor [email protected] Best Webpage Editor & Newsletter Assistant [email protected]

Disclaimer

Readers should be aware that the content of this newsletter is of a general nature and is not intended to constitute a definitivestatement on any subject matter and does not constitute legal or specific advice. Formal advice should be obtained beforeacting in any of the areas covered.The advice contained in this newsletter is intended as a source of information only. Although precautions have been taken toensure accuracy of the information, the publishers, authors and printers cannot accept responsibility for any claim, loss,damage or liability arising out of use of the information published.

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