Warringah
Radio Control
Society Incorporated (Incorporated under the Association Incorporation Act 1984) Newsletter - September 2006 |
| Warringah
Radio Control
Society Incorporated (Incorporated under the Association Incorporation Act 1984) Newsletter - September 2006 |
Dennis Grech's Junkers Ju-87B "Stuka" on take-off - report inside photo John
Giffard
|
|
The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, 12th September 2006 at Tennis Cove, Eastern Valley Way, starting at 7.30 pm. The next meeting after that will be on Tuesday, 10th October 2006 |
 FROM
THE SECRETARY'S DESK
HAVE YOU NOTICED? Some of the work was carried out by Club volunteers (we'll call them the "FEW" and I'm sure you will appreciate the comparison) and we paid for some other work that needed to be done. For the future we should however remember that if we are to continue enjoying this flying site and show the that we can responsibly manage it then we need a lot more “THEYS” (‘they’ will do that, ‘they’ will fix that. I’m sure you know what I mean). The next tasks we need to have carried out are: 1. Clear deadwood from around the Containers and Toilets and clear catch drain that diverts surface water away from the Containers. 2. Fill potholes on approach road from the main gate to field entry gate with rubble beside the road. Please do not ignore this as being for someone else, YOU are the someone else! If you are willing to lend a hand, please contact Brian Porman as soon as possible on 9488 9973. In the meantime membership renewals are going on (we are up to about 155 but the number of renewals have really slowed down), if you know anybody who has not renewed (but wishes to) or who would want to join our Club, please get them to contact Peter Barnes on 9489 0353 |
Competition Directors - Mark Rickard; Chris Hebbard and Kerry Smith |
News of his demise are greatly exaggerated! No sooner did he become a Daddy, but the very next Newsletter that Dean received from MAS was addressed to "DEAD SCHUBACK"!! At last there is a detailed explanation of all the insurance policies covering Members effected by MAAA and how to make claims (hopefully no-one needs to), please read the August 2006 MAS Newsletter (NL 288) very carefully!! We look forward to an article in a future issue of the MAS Newsletter about the insurance for students being instructed, but in the meantime take it for granted that MOP042 prevails. It is so nice to see our old mate Barry Quartermain getting about after a long illness. The lost model found by a trail-bike rider on top of a tree the other side of the dam has been claimed by Jim Norman who tells a harrowing tale of how he got serious eye damage caused by the prickly bushes while he was looking for the model. Now that's a lesson for all of us to wear sun/safety glasses when looking for lost models in the bush! A lively and noisy crowd attended the Trash & Treasure night, most items were sold after competitive bidding and some great bargains were picked up by many who attended. A big "thank you" to Chris Hebbard. |
 DINNER
DANCE Peter Sharpe was asked to co-ordinate the event, so he and lovely wife Diana, together with our Stefi Grech have set about organising it all. Tentative date set is 28th October, the venue being the Belrose Bowling Club, but the final details (including the confirmed date and cost are still not to hand but will be published in next month's Mag. In the meantime for any enquiries or bookings, please contact Peter on 9997.5323 or Stefi on 9981.2790 |
 IS
IT THAT TIME AGAIN??Real spring, (not the calendar one) actually starts at the Spring Equinox on September 22, but obviously our magpies have started to mark out their territory since early August. In fact, the most fascinating scene was observed ... two hawks visited the field and were being "bombed" by the magpies. The hawks flew off ... Magpies 1 : Hawks 0. Now isn't nature fantastic?? And aren't we privileged to have our flying field situated in the middle of a National Park? "Privileged" that is, provided you don't wear a baseball cap the peak of which is often mistaken by the birds as resembling the beak of a bird of prey. |
 RACE
DAY - 16 July 2006Six categories were hotly contested, they being Open, Sports, Stock, Novice, AT-6 and Midget Mustang, there were more than enough entries for all categories as this was the best attended Race Day to anyone's memory. The winners were:
Thanks to Mark Connor, John Little, Tom Sparkes and Peter Kerney who organised and ran the event and the races. It was fantastic to have the support of the members and some wives on the day, everyone chipped in when asked including great help from all the volunteers who gave of their time marshalling in the “corners”. So many people were so willing to lend a hand and that’s what clubs are all about. Well done and thankyou Thanks also to Lynette Austen, Michael Udrzal and Sue Clark who operated the sausage sizzle and drink stand. |
 There are now 3 kits in the "pound" at the field:
|
 Cover
photo – Dennis Grech’s
Ju-87B “Stuka” The fuse, cowling and wheel spats are fiberglass with a vacuumed formed canopy, the wings, stabilizer and rudder are built up balsa covered in glass cloth. All fiberglass plugs, canopy, tail wheels, cockpit detail, landing gear and engine mufflers were built up by the WRCS team. Two of the three Stuka’s have flown, the third is under manufacture. The Stuka’s statistics include a Thunder Tiger 120 and a wing span of 2m. The all up weight is around the 7.5kg. 5 channels of the Hitec Supreme receiver are used to control the basic functions. The onboard equipment includes a total of 7 Hitec 425 BB servos: This plane flown by Grant Furzer & Dennis (operating flaps) at the May Scale Day is the end result of 2 years' work. Scratch built from a reduced Ziroli plan, the design and manufacture is a joint effort by Brian Porman, Grant Furzer and Dennis. The fuse, cowling and wheel spats are fiberglass with a vacuumed formed canopy, the wings, stabilizer and rudder are built up balsa covered in glass cloth. All fiberglass plugs, canopy, tail wheels, cockpit detail, landing gear and engine mufflers were built up by the WRCS team. Two of the three Stuka’s have flown, the third is under manufacture. The Stuka’s statistics include a Thunder Tiger 120 and a wing span of 2m. The all up weight is around the 7.5kg. 5 channels of the Hitec Supreme receiver are used to control the basic functions. The onboard equipment includes a total of 7 Hitec 425 BB servos:
|
 by Dean Riebolge
We all know of those incidents or close calls
at the club that seem to happen in our everyday flying. Sometimes we’re
the only ones that know (its happened to us and no-one else saw it), sometimes
we observe something that’s happened to others (they may not even be aware
of it). Most of us usually either move on and forget, maybe putting it
down to a ‘one off’, or filing it away as another learning for future
reference which builds up our experience as modellers. Sometimes, and best
of all, we share the learning with others on the spot in a respectful and
appropriate way.
The committee has asked me to start a, regular, column titled "Near Miss". It's intended to be a forum where we can have club members share any experience or learning that they feel will benefit other club members. This can be related to a flying incident, use of equipment or behaviour. You may have observed this happening to someone else or its happened directly to you. The intent of the "Near Miss" column is similar to Safety Warnings or Incident Reports that many businesses now have as part of their internal O&S systems. They are a proven way of sharing learnings and changing behaviours and attitudes. All submissions will be treated confidentiality with no names mentioned in the "Near Miss" report. The focus will be on what can be learnt rather than on who is to blame or who didn't do what. Well after that preamble, our first "Near Miss" ! Imagine it …. a group of members are in one of the sheds getting their electric models ready to fly. Someone comes along to greet them and ‘check out’ the proceedings. Modeller gets up from his work …about to have a chat then …. Holy Cow! ... the engine starts up, goes to full throttle and the model takes off and starts doing tight circles around one of the setup tables … MAYHEM … CHAOS … SHOUTS … SCREAMS …. until one particularly althletic member (who will remain nameless) jumps on the thing, problem solved …. sort of. This may sound funny in retropsect but its bad news. So what are the learnings?:
Regards
Dino |
CONGRATULATIONS to VAUGHAN OOSTHUIZEN and DOUG RADFORD on achieving their GOLD WINGS |
|
BAZZA  8 |
|
Amberley, 18 July 2006
|
|
by Dave Pound
A bunch of WRCS. guys raced at Pitt Town for
a round of the Pylon Association Races. There were F3D, F400 and Q500 being
run.
Racing from our club in Q500 were John Little, Mark Connor, Monte Udrzal, and Luke Swinkel, backed up in the pits and calling the turns were Chris Hebbard and Dave Pound. Six rounds were run in Q500 and all the guys had competitive machinery and were on par for speed with the Pylon Assoc. guys. The quickest race from the WRCS flyers was by John Little with 10 laps at a time of 103 sec., he is running third in the overall comp. and knows how to do it well. Mark, Monte and Dave had a turn in the cage for an hour at the number 1 pylon to flag the cuts and turns. To have a bunch of F3D pylon racers head in your direction at 330km is a little unnerving at first and the noise of 4 piped planes turning 33000 rpm going 10 feet past you has to heard to be believed. The speed is incredible, how they control them is beyond me but they do and did it well. There was 1 interesting incident while the 3 of us were in the cage an F400 went in fast turning at No.1 and did a really good job of killing worms! The shrapnel scattered over a wide area with the engine and various other bits bouncing off the top of the cage,. We all got out of the cage to stretch our legs and to change our underwear! John Little had the tail of his plane cut off and that finished his day. Luke had a late turn at No.1 pylon and was heading back when Monte turned under him and cut the tail off his plane, Luke's plane went down hard and destroyed itself and Monte's plane on inspection (after the compulsory landing after a collision) was undamaged so he got a re-run as per the rules. In the first races Mark, Luke and Monte were in the high 120's and low 130's for their 10 laps, but in the later races their times were coming down well as they settled in and ended up in the low 120's, with the best time by Mark of 117.8 secs and Monte of 118.7 with 1 cut and that shows you how good John Little's race of 103 secs was. The F3D guys were doing the 10 laps in aprox. 73 sec, and the F400 at about 80 secs. CYA in the pits.
Blackfingernail |
|
- anonymous contributor
|
OOOPS!
Shane Austin tells how he was in this aircraft at Sweers Island in April 2001, fully loaded and ready to take off, both engines started, and then the pilot did a hydraulics check and WHAM! ... the front wheel collapsed. Wouldn't that make your weekend??. |
|
HARVARDS/TEXANS
|
 |
|
Who Represents is a database for agencies to the rich and famous. Is www.whorepresents.com really appropriate? Then there is Experts Exchange, a knowledge base where programmers can exchange advice and views. Their domain name is www.expertsexchange.com suggests that experiance in another field. Looking for a pen? You need not look any further than Pen Island, but would you look for it as www.penisland.com? And if you need a therapist would you look at www.therapistfinder.com? And there is the Italian Power-Generation Company but www.powergenitalia.com probably overstates its capacity. And finally, the NSW business of Mole Station Native Nursery may not be too popular with www.molestationnursery.com. |
* Beginners * Photos * Articles * Hints * Classifieds * Links *
Copyright Warringah Radio Control Society 2006
This Page is constructed and maintained by: Andrew's Computing Essentials & Services
Congratulations
to Emma and Dean Schuback on the birth of first baby Ryan James.
Mother and son are both well but Dean is still trying to work out what
happened to his workroom.
Electrics,
once armed by connecting power onto the electronic Escape (which governs
throttle control) are ARMED and LIVE beasts. Treat and handle your plane
on the assumption it could power on AT ANY TIME. Maintain a hold of your
aircraft AT ALL TIMES when it is armed as they could start based on some
other input other than the transmitter (read the warnings on your electric
escape). NEVER leave an armed electric UNATTENDED ANYWHERE. Experienced
and top notch electric flyers in competitions live by this rule, so should
we.
