The Rockhampton Model Aero Club Inc.

Monthly Newsletter July 2011

CLUB ON DISPLAY AT AIRPORT

On Saturday 9th July, several RMAC members represented the club at a display at the Rockhampton Airport. The display was organised very well by the Rockhampton Aero Club with full size aircraft on display, the MG car club and Hot Rods were present as well as the highlight of the event, the replica Spitfire. The Spitfire landed at around 10.30am and was on display where members of the public could get up close to the aircraft. Continues Page 6..
Above: The clubs display at the Rockhampton Airport.

DATES TO REMEMBER
30th - 31st July:

Whats Inside...

Old Timer Competition, Sarina Aeromodellers 7th August: RMAC Monthly Meeting, 11am Gavial Field 10th - 14th August: World Pylon Championships, Bundaberg 19th - 21st August: Banana Coast Scale Rally, Coffs Harbour 17th - 18th September: Rocky Rally Control Line Weekend, Gavial Field Toowoomba Scale Rally Every Tuesday: Indoor Flying at YWCA Hall, Robinson Street 6.30pm

Points of interest from monthly meeting (June). Reports from various events. The Rocky Rally. Our own club song? Helicopter weekend. Jets over Fraser Coast weekend. For Sale.

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President: Nick Welburn 49272714 Email: president@rmac.org.au Vice President: John Stevens 49281458 Email: vicepres@rmac.org.au

MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE 2011

Committee Members: Bert Fleetwood Raymond Skinner Leigh Curtis Aaron Healy Club Postal Address:

49275992 49281591 49267585 49269141

Secretary: Robert Dwyer 0457085774 Email: secretary@rmac.org.au Treasurer: Laurie Chetter 49280033 Email: treasurer@rmac.org.au Registrar: Geoff Black 49284985

P.O. Box 6153 C.Q. Mail Centre QLD 4702 Website: (Webmaster - Mike Boland) http://www.rmac.org.au Propwash Editor: Matthew Dennis 49286926 Email: propwash@rmac.org.au

June Meeting Points of Interest...

The $500 grant offered by the MAAQ has been received by the club. A working bee will be organised in the near future to fit the new shade cloth over the pit area. Please check emails regularly for date and time of working bee. A discussion was held regarding fundraising activities for the club so that further enhancements can be made to the clubs facilities. If you have any ideas on this, please take the idea to a member of the management committee. Advice was received from MAAA that a new Manual of Procedures (MOP058) has been developed regarding the use of 2.4GHz equipment. Please refer to the MAAA website to view this document.

New Members! We welcome the following new members to our club: Lee Taylor, Tom Bunning, Roston James, Trevor Martin, David Higgins, Isaac Matthews and Shane Wise.

17th & 18th September

The Rocky Rally control line weekend will be held at our Gavial field on the 17th and 18th of September. Two circles will be in operation with camping and catering included as part of the fun fly event. Several visitors are expected to attend with many control line models set to be on display. Propwash Newsletter - Page 2

NSW Control Line Champs Barry Fredrickson attended the NSW control line champs in June and picked up 3rd in classic and 3rd in vintage stunt. Congratulations Barry! Maryborough Weekend Several RMAC members attended the Maryborough weekend. The weekend consisted solely of control line flying, with plenty of models of display. Reports were that the weekend was thoroughly enjoyed by all and I believe that free flight will be back on the agenda next year! An unofficial note to all RMAC members from Hubert de Chastel. OUR OWN CLUB SONG? ? ? A song we could sing1. as a group when we have visitors to our field 2. as a group when we go to other fields 3, or just for our own personal use, anywhere, anytime. I personally think that would be something we should have. Please consider the possibility and let me know your thoughts before the end of July, about whether you liked the idea, are willing to help with its composition, or whatever, so that we can have something to present at our end of year function this year, which will be our 65th anniversary. My contact details are: Phone: 49285847 E-Mail: gjdec@bigpond.com Post: 6 Agnew Avenue, Norman Gardens, Q 4701 Thank you,

Rocky Helicopter Fun Fly Report Once again we had our annual fun fly. We had 6 eager heli flyers drive down all the way from Townsville and 3 local boys. Unfortunately it was a small attendance this year however everyone had a great weekend even though the weather wasnt good for flying!!!! The meals for the weekend were provided for the travellers by the club, with everyone full after each meal. A big thank you to our new member Tom Bunning who arranged for his wife to help with some cooking. From all accounts everyone was happy with her lasagne, chicken stir fry & triffle. Thanks to our president who came out as a club representative and to the other club members who came out to support our event on both days. Due to low numbers this year and the uncertainty of it being financially viable, next years event is in doubt, we hope over the next 12 months more people will join and support this event as it is a weekend we would like to continue hosting! Thanks again, Bert Gilbert & Richard Fay Propwash Newsletter - Page 3

Jets Over Fraser Coast Weekend

Jets Over the Fraser Coast ran again this year in Maryborough at the MMAC. This is the second time it has run since the Maryborough club took over from the now defunct Coolum Jet meet. Pilots came from Rockhampton to Melbourne with a fairly wide variety of jet aircraft ranging from foamies to sport jets to military scale. The club field smelt and sounded like an international airport with lots of jet fuel being burnt and jets starting up everywhere. About 30 pilots attended the meet much the same(ish) number as last year. Highest speed clocked on the radar this year was 397Km/hr. Two speed competitions ran this year where the closest to 100km and also 140km received a great prize and a trophy. I thought I had both competitions in the bag with clocked speeds at 101km and also 137km but someone flew exact speeds in both categories Bugger! :) During the week leading up to the meet was strong wind warnings with gusts of up to 40kts and periods of rain. We were all a bit nervous about the forecasts as they suggested the wind and rain would continue into the weekend with only the day after the meet looking perfect on the forecast (Yeah isnt that always the way!). Having said that the Thursday was a write -off with 25kts and rain squalls. Friday was better, wind and rain eased with some trial flights happening in about 15kts of wind. Saturday was airshow day with hundreds of the general public coming in to watch from 9am 4pm. This was quite a reasonable day with medium winds and nothing too nasty. Sunday another public show day was the best day in terms of wind despite the sky being a bit grey, it was great flying. Really the weather was very kind to us and didnt stop anyone from having fun What a great result!

Best of show went to Chris Venter flying a 2.4 metre Skymaster MB-339 Aermacchi in Italian display team colours with a 16kg thrust JetCat turbine. Maryborough club has great facilities and many of their club members came out to help at the event. The club makes about $6000 profit from this one event. It was really nice to be a guest and just enjoy flying very spoilt. Rest assured Ill be back again next year only 354 sleeps to go :) Report by Scott Lawton. Propwash Newsletter - Page 4

Jets Over Fraser Coast Weekend Photos

Thank you to Scott Lawton for the photos.

Above: MB-339 Aermacchi in Italian colours.

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The display at the airport was very well supported by the general public with solid numbers throughout the entire morning. Our static display looked very impressive and the public showed a keen interest in our display of model aircraft. The Spitfire is flown by a father and son team who are travelling around the coast of Australia to raise funds for the leukaemia foundation. All proceeds for the display went to the leukaemia foundation. This was an excellent event for the club to attend as the people present at the display had a genuine interest in aircraft, engines and flight in general. Thank you to all the members who attended the event and promoted our club.

Above: The Spitfire that is being flown around Australia by father and son team Brian and Stewart Scoffell.

FOR SALE
Aeroplane: JU87 STUKA 70 wing span Thunder Tiger pro 61 JR 9 Channel synthesized receiver. 7 JR Servos. Flown twice. Comes with timber transport board. Wing cover also. $550.00 ONO Or will split up if required Preferred to sell as is. Recievers: JR 9 Channel SPCM Receiver (36 mhz) $50.00 JR RS77S 7 Channel Synthesized SPCM Receiver $50.00 JR R700 7 Channel FM Receiver x 2 $20.00 the pair Contact: Phone: Damon Gilbert (Bert) 49 269 335 0428 269 335

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