SAMAA News Issue 3 of 2018

SAMAAnews Issue 3 of 2018

Newsletter of the South African Model Aircraft Association

The SAMAA Mission: To add value to your flying experience through communication, information, promotion, education, and the support of dialogue.

2018 Jets-r-Us Gariep Fly-in Boet Denysschen Beautiful scenery from the chalets at the Gariep Dam.

The 11th Jets-R-Us event Gariep 2018 took place on the weekend of 4th to 8th July, The week leading up to the event was stressful for all participants as the whole country was caught in a cold spell.

Arriving at Gariep on Wednesday morning early, we were all highly surprised by the weather; it was breathless, no wind, no clouds, sunny and warm. We were met by the manne from the West Coast as they had already arrived at Gariep on the Tuesday afternoon. This was their first visit to a Gariep fly-in. It was really awesome to meet all of them and also those I haven't seen in years.

The first day is always used to set out the flight line, ready box area, crowd barriers, etc. The early-birds all got stuck in to do some flying as they could not resist the awesome weather. After booking in at our beloved accommodation, we set off to our local favourite watering hole for some refreshments and some good supper. This is the spot where we meet the locals as well as all those that arrive just before sunset. The remainder of the pilots arrived over the next two days due to travelling as well as work commitments.

By Friday lunchtime all who had preregistered were there. The weather throughout the weekend was awesome. Early morning a slight breeze blew from the dam side that causes the air to be cool but as the sun warms up in the day the weather became excellent.

Flying took place from around 08:00 till after 18:00 every day, except Sunday. All the guys with fancy flashing lights on their planes were having fun flying in the calm weather just as the sun was setting over the horizon. A total of 75 pilots registered for the event and a total of 175 aircraft were counted. Planes ranged from foam trainers, to twin turbine jets, as well as some awesome-sounding large warbirds. The quality of flying as well as the behaviour of pilots was awesome and fun was had by all who attended. Very few mishaps occurred with only some minor incidences, considering the amount of flying that took place.

The usual memorabilia was handed out at registration to all pre-registered pilots, which this year was caps, beanies, beer glass, etc.

Promo items for each registered entry.

Big DRAStik one of many types at Gariep. Christian Robinson, age 6 (at back) and Zandre Potgieter (age 8).

Christian Robinson, very excited to be flying at this event.

Five of the junior pilots had great exposure at this year’s event. Well done!

Many large scale aerobatic aeries at this year’s event.

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Young Daniel Potgieter showing his mettle.

Michael van der Heim and P-51 Strega.

Flight line action.

Sven Williams enjoyed flying his Capiche. This Odyssey belongs to Craig Robinson.

Pit area was always crowded.

Jets basking in the winter sun.

Wesley Denysschen with the long-living Eurosport.

Large scale aerobatic aeries always a hit at Gariep.

Saturday evening was set aside for the annual supper and prize giving. All congregated at the local bowling green for a very good sit-down supper. The evening was used to say thank you to all competitors, helpers, and sponsors. Each and every pilot that attended received a gift of some sort that evening. A total of 110 people attended the supper.

A few things that were special this weekend at the Gariep fly-in, was a missing man formation that was flown by four pilots, chosen to commemorate the passing of two of our close flying friends in the weeks leading up to Gariep. We were all deeply saddened by the untimely passing of Louis Genade from Hermanus, and Oluf Larsen from Henley. These two gentlemen played their own important role within the model fraternity and will be missed by many.

Flying took place from around 08:00 till after 18:00 every day, except Sunday. All the guys with fancy flashing lights on their planes were having fun flying in the calm weather just as the sun was setting over the horizon. A total of 75 pilots registered for the event and a total of 175 aircraft were counted. Planes ranged from foam trainers, to twin turbine jets, as well as some awesome-sounding large warbirds.

The quality of flying as well as the behaviour of pilots was awesome and fun was had by all who attended. Very few mishaps occurred with only some minor incidences, considering the amount of flying that took place. Everything was planned around safety, and the town had arranged a fire truck to be on standby in case of emergency. Thank you to all participants for a great event!

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Jets galore!

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Dominator of Johan Powell.

Su-30MK2 of Davon Lambrecht, in Venezuela Air Force colours.

Safety is paramount at every Gariep event.

Sign is 35 from take-off/landing point.

Deep blue sky and beautiful winter’s morning at Gariep airfield.

SAMAA History Preservation Project I recently had a note from long-time SAMAA member, Dave Greer, enquiring about the aeromodelling endeavours of Rory Byrne. Rory of course is better known for his designing skills of F1 motor racing cars. After doing some research, I did find some information, that Rory was a member of the Rand Model Aeronautic Club ca. late 1950s, and that he was mostly practising Free Flight. He competed at the 1961 and 1964 National Championships in some of the free flight classes, and won some events.

However, one contact lead to another, and I discovered that one of the SAMAAS stalwarts, John Calefato, knew Rory Byrne quite well, and of course they competed in the same free flight classes. Then, through Dave Greer, I came into contact with Werner Ehlers, who joined the Bloemfontein Aeromodelling Club in 1954.

Gerry van der Werff and Doug Wright with Vetkoek, class B team racer of Werner their team racers and trophies.

Ehlers.

We had many e-mail exchanges in the last few weeks; Werner left Bloemfontein in about 1965 for military service, and currently resides in KZN. Werner was very competitive in the early 1960s in control line team racing and combat, with fellow BAC modellers like Cliff Cannon, Gerry van der Werff, and Reg Lee. In his heyday, he competed with aces like Basil Menges, Gerrie Groenenberg, Eddie Boys, Pete Milne, Mossie Clements, Brian Partridge, Doug Wright, and others.

Werner sent me the programme booklets of the 1960 and 1962 Nationals, as well as a few photographs, and BAC lapel pins. Truly historical items that are now preserved in the SAMAA museum.

Above: Programme booklet of the 1960 Nats. Also celebrated 50 years of the Union of South Africa. Nats was for Control Line, Free Flight, and Radio Control, in Bloemfontein.

Aeries of Dennis Bird, ca 1958. Futuristic combat ship designed by Cliff Cannon.

Right: 1962 Nats programme booklet Jeff and Glenn Bindon, Toby van Reenen, signed by all the participants. Event for Lionel Smith, and Jim Connacher. ca. 1955 Radio Control, Free Flight and Control Line.

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2018 FAI-F2B Control Line World Championships

Club CMBL, Landres, France Keith Renecle Evert Scholtz in action on the grass circle at the FAI F2 World Championships in France.

The FAI Control Line World Championships were held in Landres, France from the 14th to the 19th of July 2018. There are four different categories in this competition namely, F2A speed, F2B aerobatics, F2C team racing, and F2D combat. The South Africa team only competed in the F2B aerobatics category and the team consisted of Evert Scholtz, myself, and Conrad Cloete as an official supporter. Besides our team, our regular judge Henry Kurowski was invited to judge at his first world champs, so South Africa was indeed well represented. My wife Bokkie, Evert's wife Monique, and Henry's wife Libby also went along with us.

I had officially retired from serious competition flying after the 2016 world champs in Perth, Australia, but Evert had never competed in any world champs before and asked me to accompany him to help him. I therefore agreed to go as coach and team manager to do all of the necessary paperwork before and during the event. I did however manage to get one of my models to fly quite well before we left and decided to fly as well so that our team placing would be a little higher.

This flying site is really hard to fly at as both of the official circles have trees surrounding them, and with even low wind, plenty of turbulence is generated. In previous years there was only one grass practice field and another two on a soccer stadium about 15km away in Mercy le Bas. The organisers managed to get one more soccer field close by with space for two circles this time, and we had three circles now at Mercy-le Bas to use. The new soccer field circles were good, but they were in great demand for use by many of the competitors, so the waiting time to practice was long. The Mercy-le-Bas stadium has very high trees on three sides so it was difficult to do any valuable practice when there is some wind, but we did use that field a lot to set up our equipment especially seeing that we are used to flying at a much higher altitude of around 1800 metres above sea level. The Landres altitude is 340 metres above sea level, so you have a lot more lift which makes those low pull-outs at 1,5 metres a lot easier to do.

Evert Scholtz and Keith Renecle at the opening ceremony.

Keith and Evert looking confident at their first official practice session.

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The C/L world champs is the biggest aviation event under the auspices of the FAI in the world. This time was bigger than most of the previous world champs with over 350 competitors in the four categories. I am happy to report that Evert performed beyond my expectations and the experienced learned will stand him in good stead for his competition career going forward. He placed 60th and I placed one place behind him at 61st. This is out of 85 competitors. We both built our own models and unfortunately they cannot compete these days at this level of competition. Most of the high scoring pilots these days are flying specially designed ready-to-fly composite models that are trimmed to perfection. The average cost is around €3500.00 to €4000.00. The Chinese team for example that placed 2nd as a team, had three senior pilots and one junior. All four pilots had two models each. The total cost of these models is in the region of R450 000.00! So for us to compete at close to the top-scoring nations, would be difficult without similar models. Add the transport costs to and from these overseas events, and the expense is simply horrendous.

I must state from the outset that Evert worked like a proverbial Trojan to prepare for the world champs. From the time that he started to fly stunt until we left for France was less than two years. He started out building profile models and then, with a lot of support from Percy Attfield, he started building the Max Bee design from two-time world champ Igor Burger. I must tell you that this is no easy task, even with the semi-kit that he got from Percy. With Glen Roberts helping with laser cut parts, he soon had a Max Bee flying quite well. In the end he built five Max Bee's before we left. Of course the learning curve is very steep but Evert persevered and got through the many prangs and re-builds along the way. We left with two good flying models for him to fly in France.

I managed to make two new foam wings for my old Newtron 2 model that really flew like a lame duck before, and the new wings were lighter and a better overall shape with a CNC-cut foam wing that made it track so much better than before. It still weighed 100 grams too much at 1920 grams but flew nicely in the thicker air in France. My plane is a full take-apart model but Evert's two planes had no take-apart system, so the flight box was huge. It was touch and go at Or Tambo airport as to whether or not they would take it on the plane. Eventually it was allowed at the last minute after it was taken to the air freight section with help from Danie Potgieter. When we got to Paris however, even with the large van that we had rented, the box was still too big so we took the planes out and left the box at the car hire office.

Nikol Pavlova (BUL), junior flier in F2B.

Junior F2B World Champion, LeTong Xu (China) with a former world champ, Igor Burger. One of the judge panels: Henry (far side), Stefan Kraszewski, and Willi Schmitz.

Evert with one of his Max Bee’s and Keith with the much-improved Newtron 2.

SAMJA Top Gun 8-11 November Open to all jet pilots with jet aircraft

Spit braai on Saturday evening SAMJA AGM at noon on Saturday Camping Hangar Showers Prizes Catering Proficiencies

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More information from Stan Fincham stan@@ fincham.co.za

at Henley Model Aircraft and Family Entertainment Pilot name Proficiency

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Entry form Closing date 2 November 2018

SAMAA No. Arrival date (for catering purposes)

E-mail address

Expiry date of membership Departure date Telephone

Entry fee R200-00 per pilot. Students R50-00. Entry fee includes event memorabilia, and spit braai on Saturday evening. Extra tickets for supporters and family at R100 each. If warranted, catering provided for Saturday and Sunday. Take-away establishments in Henley/Meyerton will provide delivery service. Camp sites available at R50 per stand per night - includes shower facilities, toilets, electricity, security, and braai facilities. Hangar and security available, for overnight storage of equipment.

Provision is made for proficiency testing (SAMJA Vlamgat). Pilots must however hold SAMAA Silver fixed-wing proficiency should they wish to be tested for SAMJA Vlamgat proficiency, and obviously also hold SAMJA membership. Please pore-book your slot with Stan stan@fincham.co.za Instructors will be available for the weekend to do proficiency testing.

Entries e-mailed to the SAMJA secretary stan@fincham.co.za. Closing date is Friday 2 November! You may also register on arrival, but you will not be eligible for memorabilia items. Payments may be made in advance. Pilot’s briefing every morning at 08:00 SAMAA News Issue 3 of 2018 - Page 5

I was the designated driver because I had plenty of experience in driving on the “wrong” side of the road. The van we had was a Citroen Space Cruiser and is about the same size as a Merc Vito so it was a bit of a challenge to drive on some of the really narrow roads in and around Landres. We got to our guest house after about a four hour drive from Paris and fortunately our models all survived the ordeal. We bought batteries overseas and sent them to Evert's sister in Holland who joined us the next day with her husband. Even in the days before electric power, it was always a hassle to get decent fuel at world champs, and now taking enough batteries to fly is the latest challenge.

Buying them overseas solved that obstacle. Getting them home again was a challenge for later!

For the F2B stunt event, two circles are used, one concrete and the other a grass circle. There are three judges on each circle for the qualifying rounds and the best single score on each circle is used to rank the pilots. The top 15 pilots then fly another three rounds in a fly-off.

The two best fly-off scores decide the final results. As I said before, any wind on these two circles makes for bad turbulence, but this time we did not have any days of strong wind or rain. My participation in two previous two world championships at this site, in 2000 and 2008, both had days where it was close to impossible to fly.

Evert's first flight was on the concrete circle and the wind was low. I'm not sure if I was more nervous than he was, but I was extremely proud of the way that he flew his first ever world champs flight. He looked calm and in control. The flight was good and in fact in my honest opinion, this was his best overall flight of the four rounds. We had a lot more gusts on the grass field and it is also surrounded by more trees as well, so most of our scores were lower. I am also really happy to report that we both had zero problems with our models. The electric systems just worked for each flight as programmed. I saw many engine-powered models this time having problems with engine, fuel, and prop hassles, even some of the really experienced guys as well. I say “guys” but it was also so nice to see two ladies competing; one from the USA, was their junior member Samantha Hines, and then another very good junior pilot from Bulgaria, Nikol Pavlova flew as well.

I don't know for sure but it looked like there were an even amount of electric models and glow engine powered models this time. Up at the top however, the highest scoring pilot with an engine was Masuru Hiki from Japan in 6th place. The event was won by Liu Yang from China and in 2nd place was Marco Valliera from Italy. Both of these guys were flying ready-to-fly Ukrainian Shark models. Igor Burger from Slovakia placed 3rd with his own Max Bee, built by himself, although there are many moulded composite parts with most of the balsa parts being machined on a CNC mill. This is a good way to go for accuracy and repeatability.

Judge Henry said that he enjoyed judging, even though it was a huge challenge judging so many competitors. Some days the judges judged more than the recommended maximum of 50 flights. Henry says that he would like to do it again, so he enjoyed the challenge.

We did not have a lot of time to watch the other events, but Evert was most impressed as he had never seen speed, team racing, and combat at that level before. The full results are on the world champs website at http://www.f2cmbl.org/index.php/fr/wc2018. There are many good photo's as well, and one of the sites is from Claudia Kehnen https://www.flickr.com/photos/fesselflug/sets/72157699277330325 Considering all things, I am very proud of our team and we flew as well as we could with pride and even joy...sometimes! It was good to see the SA flag still flying and with Evert's enthusiasm and new found experience, hopefully next time there will be a bigger team. I would like to thank the SAMAA for their support to our team. Bob and Linda do the paper work for us with the Aeroclub plus much of the overseas documentation, so thanks very much for the help, we appreciate it! I also say thanks to Evert for his support with our trip and also for talking my wife and I into going. This was the first time that we really enjoyed the world champs at this venue. The French organizers did a pretty good job, the weather was good, Evert's flying was good, so all in all it was a great experience.

Oh...the batteries...did we get them back home? I had 4 x 3300 mAh 4S lipo's and Evert had 10 x 2700 mAh 5S lipo's. When we got to customs at Charles de Gaulle airport they asked us what they were and we replied “model airplane batteries” and they simply let us through.

There you go...lucky us!

Andrey Yatsenko Shark Evolution.

Impressive array of Chinese stunt models.

Bokkie, Keith, Evert, and Monique waiting for the banquet.

Judges (l-r); Stefan Kraszewski (POL), Richard Roux (FRA), Roger Ladds (GBR), Rogério Alves (BRA), Henry Kurowski (RSA), and Willi Schmitz (SUI).

F2B group in Landres 2018. It must have taken great coordination and patience to get all the fliers ready for such a group photo!

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Chairman’s Report

Marthinus Potgieter

The weekend of 27 April to 1 May 2018 saw the 2018 Combined Power Nationals taking place at Henley Model Airfield and Family Entertainment. This event has already been widely acknowledged; however, I have not had the opportunity to publicly congratulate Bob Skinner, Linda Dold, Danie Potgieter, and Boet Dennyschen for an excellent event, and I thank them profusely for all their hard work and effort to make it the success it was.

We learn more and more every time the SAMAA hosts a Power Nationals and we will carry forward all the experience gained from this event to improve on next year's event. The planning is already underway, and many positive changes – such as additional permanent ablution facilities – have been made to the process. I must also thank Marius Vosloo, the proprietor of the Henley facility, for his willingness to support and host this event.

The SAMAA office has been running very smoothly under the watchful eye of our General Manager, Mr Bob Skinner, duly assisted by Linda Dold. As is true for most of us, they are also exposed to daily hindrances in their work place, like water cuts and power failures. Nevertheless, I am aware that proficiencies and membership renewals are expedited timeously anyway. The SAMAA office has also embarked on a campaign to engage ICASA regarding the frequency spectrum usage and also to try and assist the dealers with the unacceptably long lead times they experience for obtaining type approval. As was widely publicised in the media, ICASA has become completely dysfunctional and I salute Bob for his perseverance in trying to engage with them. With Christmas just around the corner, I suggest that all members keep an eye on our publications for the dates of closure of the SAMAA office during the December/January festive season.

During the last couple of months some of our members and teams have participated in international competitions.

From 14 to 19 July 2018, Keith Renecle and Evert Scholtz participated in the F2B Control Line Aerobatic Stunt World Championships in Landres, France. Evert achieved 60th position with Keith in position 61. As a team they were placed 22nd out of 31 nations – well done!

Michelle and Craig Goodrum, and Alan Smith, accompanied by our junior, Aldo Vos, travelled to Brasov in Romania for the F3J (Hand Tow) Glider World Championships. Unfortunately, due to medical reasons, Juanita Smith had to withdraw from the team on short notice and was replaced by Michelle Goodrum, who also acted as team manager. Alan achieved a 19th position, with Michelle in 27th, and Craig in 28th.

South Africa collected silverware again with Aldo Vos achieving a very respectable second position in the Junior category where there were 21 participants. Well done, Aldo and all who supported him. Team South Africa came 10th out of 16 countries.

From 1 to 4 November 2018, Devon Barnett, Luke Bakke, Ruivan Branco, and junior pilot Jadon Churchman, will compete in the first-ever FAI-F4U FPV Drone Racing world championship in Shenzhen, China. Alan Ball will be the Team Manager and we would like to wish them the best in their endeavours.

On 17 November 2018, all the participants will receive their official awards at the annual Aero Club of South Africa awards evening hosted at the Wanderers Club in Johannesburg.

As most members are aware, late in 2017 the Director of the South African Civil Aviation Authority announced that the Recreational Aviation Administration of South Africa (RAASA) would be recalled and absorbed into the current structure of SACAA. Over the last ten months there has been lots of interaction with SACAA regarding this matter and still there is no clarity on the road forward, or the model that will be adopted to administer the needs and requirements of recreational aviation.

On Thursday, 27 September 2018, SACAA hosted a “Round Table Discussion” with all stakeholders. This was a day-long event and all parties had the opportunity to present their wishes – and in some cases, dreams – regarding the re-incorporation of RAASA and the future administration. I have to compliment Mrs Mmanare Mamabolo and all her colleagues from SACAA for the highly professional manner in which they engaged industry and actually listened to all the opinions.

Unfortunately, as yet nobody knows the real reason why RAASA was recalled. The SAMAA is not very reliant on the services of RAASA as we do not have pilot licencing or aircraft airworthy certification, so the transition will not affect us as much as the other recreational sections.

The SAMAA has always had a very good relationship with RAASA and could always call on them for support and advice. The SMC will formulate a wish list of expectations and submit it to SACAA that hopefully will be considered during the transition process. Hopefully the open-door atmosphere that we have always experienced at RAASA will remain.

It might not be common knowledge, but Lt.Col.(Ret) Jeff Earl resigned as chairman of the AeCSA and the position was filled by the previous vice chairman, Mr Paul Lastrucci. At the last AGM of the AeCSA, Mr Rob Jonkers was elected as vice-chairman, with Mr Hanke Fourie remaining as the Treasurer. The SAMAA continue to engage with the Aero Club of South Africa (AeCSA) and attend all relevant meetings.

There has been a drive from the AeCSA Exco to sign a formal agreement with terms of reference and engagement between the SAMAA and AeCSA; however the SAMAA Exco will only entertain the latter once the incorporation of RAASA has been completed and we all understand the full impact thereof.

The year 2020 will hail the Centenary Birthday of the Aero Club of South Africa which also coincides with the Centenary birthday of the South Africa Air Force. Many activities are planned for that year and some international participation is expected in the form of the FAI General Conference hosted in Cape Town. All the AeCSA sections have been encouraged to try and arrange as many of their national championships and competitions around these celebrations.

For the first time in history, the SAMAA has brought a proposal for the amendment of part of the Aviation Act to the Civil Aviation Regulatory Commission (CARCOM). This process started about two years ago when we joined an initiative led by RAASA called Project 24 (a combined effort by several sections of the Aero Club to request changes to Part 24 of the Civil Aviation Regulations. During the first quarter of this year it became apparent that the progress was painfully slow, and the chance of success appeared limited, with the winds of change blowing through the RAASA passages. The SMC decided to break ranks and approach CARCOM directly and make use of the seat that the AeCSA holds to achieve this goal.

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The initial goal was to merely change the definitions in the Civil Aviation Technical Standard (CATS), which defines the technical limitations of a model aircraft with specific focus on the all-up weight of a model aircraft. As with most legislative changes it became apparent that it would also require changing Part 1 of the Civil Aviation Act defining what a model aircraft is, and also then inclusion of the SAMAA into Part 149 where we were previously not listed as an Aviation Recreational Organisation (ARO).

What this change would mean – once successful – is that a member of the SAMAA could apply to a special technical committee as appointed by the SMC, to build, fly, and operate a model above 25kg, by following certain procedures, and receiving the appropriate certification for such a model. Two CARCOM meetings and two Aviation Safety Operations Sub-Committee (ASO Subcom) meetings later, and it seems that we are making headway. The CATS 24.01.02 amendment detailing the technical specifications of model aircraft, has been finally approved and published for public comment. If no objections from the public are received, it will be tabled to the Director of Civil Aviation for sign-off and publication.

The Part 1 and Part 149 proposals have been delayed due to an overlap in the definitions with Part 101 covering Remotely Piloted Air System (RPAS). Hopefully during the ASO Subcom scheduled for week 43, these definitions can be finalised, and these two amendments can be approved for publication and comment during the November CARCOM meeting. If no comment is received it will be signed-off by the Director of Civil Aviation and submitted for publication in the Government Gazette.

As dictated by the SAMAA Constitution, the position of Honorary Treasurer should be advertised every two years, and the SMC should appoint an appropriate candidate. This position was advertised in Issue 2 of 2018 of the SAMAA News that reached the members on 28 August 2018, with a closing date for applications on 1 October 2018. Only one application was received, from Juanita Smith, our current Honorary Treasurer. At the next SMC meeting this position will be formally ratified.

At the AGM in March 2018, a conservative budget was approved, and I can report that we are well within expectations. Considering the current health of our economy, I believe that we are doing exceptionally well. We are frugal with expenditure on all budget items, and we are carefully managing our income streams.

The testing and awarding of higher-level proficiencies remains a concern for the SMC, as we have instances where a member failed a Gold proficiency test at a club dismally, and a week later this same member passed the test at another club. Gold proficiencies and Instructor proficiencies are high-level proficiencies, and should be flown in accordance with an acceptable level of general aerobatic skill and some precision in execution of the manoeuvres. The SMC is currently deliberating to revert back to an old system whereby the member will apply to the SAMAA office to have the test taken for his Gold or Instructor test. The SAMAA office would then allocate the appropriate judges/examiners, and the club where the proficiency will be flown and tested.

The SMC will also call for a re-test if and when they become aware of proficiencies that may have been awarded inappropriately. In the event that the member refuses a re-test, the proficiency in question will be revoked. Any instructor or instructor judge making himself or herself guilty of awarding any proficiency inappropriately, will lose all SAMAA-awarded privileges.

I am very aware that many instructors and judges uphold high values, and insist on the required and published standards. I would like to salute them for adhering to the accepted principles.

Since my last report, we have received a record number of event applications from all over South Africa. Some of these events are being hosted for the first time by clubs or groups, and many of them are regular events being held annually. I must congratulate the applicants for the high level of compliance that is shown during this process. Linda in the SAMAA office manages this process and will offer help and direction to all applicants.

I would like to personally thank all organisers and club committees for making the effort to host these events, as it promotes our hobby. I will bring a motion at the next SMC meeting that we investigate the possibility of making these events less restrictive so that more pilots can qualify to participate. Obviously, safety remains our main priority, but we should strive to find a happy medium between risk management and our members enjoying their hobby to the fullest.

“The highest art form of all, is a human being in control of himself and his airplane in flight, urging the spirit of a machine to match his own.”

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Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 19:00 SAMAA office Tea Room of Denel Technical Academy, directly opposite passage from SAMAA offices Building R4, 131 Atlas Road, Bonaero Park More information from SAMAA office samaa-admin@mweb.co.za Full agenda to be published prior to AGM in 2019.

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2018 MGA Glider Nationals

Hans van Kamp. Photos by Mike Vos, Kevin Farr, Graham, Jonathan, and Martin Craig launching for Juanita Smith.

Pit area at BOMAC was always busy.

Over the last weekend of April 2018, the MGA (Model Gliding Association) Glider National Championships were held at the Boland Model Aircraft Club, for the first time in Cape Town for many years.

This was my first thermal duration contest in SA; my last contests were in the Netherlands, way back in the late 90’s, Holland Glide. I remember some famous names of that time; Simon Thornton, well known in the F3F scene...he used to fly his own designs with the same colour scheme he still uses, white with red dots.

John Stevens flew his own design Eliminator, all wood, no Carbon end Eppler 193 airfoil and won one of the Holland glides. Karl Hinch used to enter with a Legend from Airtronics, Stefan Eder flew an early moldie, the Stratos. Philip Kolb entered with a Graupner Soarmaster and won with it! Ben Clerx from the USA came over with his own design, the Mako. The Chech team flew a T tail plane with a moulded centre panel and built up tips, rudder elevator. Other planes were the Elipse1, Pike Plus, Corrado, Eraser, early Graphite with a MH32 and built-up wings with a D-box of Carbon and Kevlar.

Simon Thornton with his signature finish on a model. Image by RC SOAR.

Photo at Holland Glide by Toine Martens.

Photo of Legend, JTC Martin - SmugMug.

Photo of Pike Plus by F3X.com

Times have changed and so have the planes. In the past few years, the Cape has seen a revival of flat field soaring. Rodney Goodrum is partially to blame as he keeps on supplying us with such nice toys, and when Rudi King (excellent pilot) moved to the Cape, the critical mass was reached. When Rudi started talking about hosting the Nats and the decision was made to go ahead, we started to practice and take our flying times and landings a bit more seriously. When the entries came in, we were excited to see that all the big names entered, and I was hoping for a top 10 placement in the Open class. (This report is on the Open class; reports for the other classes had not been received).

My first round was simply horrible; we flew on the other side of the field from where we normally fly and there is quite a slope. The landing was uphill, and a lot of pilots, me included, made the mistake in the landing approach of flying too low to reach the landing spot. Next flight went a lot better and I made my last turn to land much closer to the spot. Full time and 1m… 1000 points, must be luck!

Thermals were very light and small and not easy to centre. Third flight was a copy of my second flight, and again 1000 points… hey wait a minute, what is going on!?

The fourth flight was early on Sunday morning, just after 08:00, cold and the sun had just gone up. We never fly before 10:00 so I had no idea what to expect. First start, line break, re-flight, 11 minutes working time left. Second start, line break again and lines laying over the other winch lines!? The winches were left overnight on the field and the lines must have gotten entangled.

Chris Adrian launching for Ian Sime.

Early start to get ready for day one.

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BOMAC flying field. Great field!

Restart, dive down with full crow, Rudi catches and runs to Craig who has a winch ready. Little more than 9 minutes working time left, third start and the !@#% winch stops half-way, issue with the switch, no ping. By now my nerves were really getting to me. I decided to make the best of it, put 3mm flap on my Explorer and stay on a spot where the plane seems to just hang like a lamp from the ceiling! I fly the working time full and get a 9-minute flight with a 1m landing and it turns out to be the winning flight, 1000 again!

The last “Open” flight is in the afternoon, after the F3K, 2m, and F5J pilots have used up all the thermals! Howling wind, 90 degrees on the winch line direction, but there is a small ridge the wind is blowing at.

The previous late afternoon, F3K was flown on the same spot with a light breeze from that same direction. It was mesmerizing to see these F3K planes slowly float up, with the sun going down and the contour of Table Mountain in the distance. So, the last flight was a slope soaring session, which was won by Peter Schulke. Pilots and contest director decided to call it a day and keep it at five rounds, no throw-away. Chris Adrian suggested to continue with a round of slope aerobatics, LOL. To my big surprise and joy I ended fourth! A very enjoyable event! Lesson learnt; work on my consistency, and get my nerves under control, more practice = more luck. The plan is to assemble a Western Cape team to go to next year’s Nats. A big thank you to Rudi for organising, Jan Sime for walking around the field with a spray can, the BOMAC team, Peter, Kevin, and everyone else for showing up and making this into an unforgettable event.

The author, Hans van Kamp, with his plane and helpers after another good flight.

Craig Goodrum launching his Fosa.

The sunsets at BOMAC made for great photo opportunities.

Our grateful thanks to the sponsors of the 2018 MGA Glider Nationals

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Outdoor-X at Malonjeni Mount Ridge RC Club banner prominent.

Parking and preparation area.

Dijan Viljoen preparing for his demo.

Smoke-on!

Jacques van Zyl Aerial view of Outdoor-X site. Models were flown from grass in bottom of pic.

The Outdoor-X show on the grounds of the Malonjeni Guest Farm east of Meyerton, is one of the largest outdoor shows in Africa, with over 30 000 visitors visiting the show over the two days, of 2 and 3 June 2018. Mount Ridge RC Club has been privileged to be a part of the show for the last three years. We had a variety of our club’s pilots and a few others, representing some of the SAMAA’s activities, doing demonstration flights and promoting our hobby at the show.

On Saturday the show started at 9:00 and the skies were filled with electric aircraft, ranging from Skysurfers to Acrowots and even the smaller BNF planes demonstrated by Boet Denysschen. We also had a few nitro planes and even a visit by “Heksie” on her broomstick (now Eksie!) This year we also had a few representatives from SAMAA's management; Bob Skinner, Boet Denysschen, Linda Dold, and Danie Potgieter joining us at the show during the two days. Some of the highlights on Saturday were Dijan doing a demonstration flight with his big scale aerobatic plane and Danie Potgieter doing some breathtaking low and slow flying entertaining the crowds with his L-4 Cub. Heksie also did a few fly-by's entertaining the crowds.

Sunday Morning everyone was up and about early in order to get ready for the second and final day of Outdoor-X. After the customary 09:00 opening time, thousands of people entered through the gates, and the show became very busy once again. We had Leon Hattingh with his model skydiver join us and he entertained the crowds with a few beautiful parachute drops from his drone. The Fiesta television crew from KykNet on DSTV also arrived on Sunday and interviewed Bob and myself about SAMAA, our hobby and what it is all about. The rest of the day was filled with more flying and demonstrations for the public.

Sunday's flying unfortunately claimed Boet's dear “Heksie” who exchanged her flying life on earth, for the “Forever After” during her demonstration flight… “RIP Heksie”!

So as the sun set over another very successful Outdoor-X show, the Mount Ridge RC Club would like to make use of the opportunity to firstly thank all the pilots from our own club as well as all the visiting SAMAA pilots from neighbouring clubs for the dedication and professional way in which everybody contributed and participated to make this show as successful as it was. We are truly proud to be associated with our hobby and all the fellow pilots that share our passion. We hope to see all of you again at next year's Outdoor-X show.

Leon Hattingh ready to climb the drone.

Succesful drop with skydiver and flag.

Heksie...

Danie Potgieter’s L4 Grasshopper ideally suited for slow and close flying.

Camp Mount Ridge...well represented by many club members with variety of models.

Two days of beautiful sunny weather enjoyed by all... plenty of flying.

Variety of models to entertain public.

Lysander is interesting and unusual model. View from flight line to exhibition area.

Jacques flew the foam out of his foamie!

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...word toe Eksie!

Kobus Stofberg berig vanuit die Wes-Kaap dat die “RC-Poppe” ook al meer gewilder raak, veral onder die toeskouers. Dit bly 'n groot “crowd pleaser”!

SAMPE News

Kobus en Pieter Stofberg (Worcester), Fanie Fourie (Oudtshoorn), en André Vermaak (Hermanus) is die aktiewe springers in die kontrei. Op Hermanus het Kobus, Pieter, en André 'n hele aantal spronge gedoen, wat deur die baie toeskouers, meesal vakansiegangers aan die Overberg-gebied, aanskou is. Die Walker Bay Radio Flyers se Fly-in vind jaarliks plaas by die WBRF vliegveld naby Hermanus, hierdie jaar oor die langnaweek 27 April tot 1 Mei. Die Robertson Radio Flyers Fly-in was natuurlik weer die Wes-Kaap se hoogtepunt. Daar moes Kobus sonder sy seun Pieter klaarkom, wat altyd die PC6 gevlieg het vir die springery. 'n Boer maak egter 'n News from the plan…Kobus en Fanie was vasbeslote om wel te spring…kom wat South African Model Parachute Enthusiasts wil! Toe trek hulle 'n man nader in die persoon van Marc Alperstein om die Pilatus PC6 vir hulle te vlieg, aangesien Pieter nie die naweek Fanie Fourie se SAM-diver besig met ‘n vlagsprong op die Robertson fly-in. kon bywoon nie.

Marc is heel toevallig 'n Commercial Pilot met 'n “Skydiver-drop-Rating” op sy lisensie. Hy is ook een van die “Display Pilots” van CEREBUS RC(Pilot kits). Marc was aan die einde van die dag doodmoeg van konsentreer; hy was permanent op die vluglyn! Dit was vir hom 'n groot ervaring om die RC-pop te gooi met 'n RC-PC6.

Die PC6 is 'n VQ-Models vliegtuig, toegerus met 'n DLE30cc motor.

From Evert Kleynhans comes the news that the North-West province (Rustenburg/Boshoek) is a strong region for SAMPE activity, and the skydivers of the Boshoek RC Flying Club enjoyed the pre-winter time to jump and practice for the various events arranged by SAMPE. Both Fanie van Emmenes and Evert Kleynhans were awarded the SAMPE instructor proficiency and are now geared to expand the RC Skydiving fraternity.

New additions to the drop plane fleet included “Die Boom”, a 56cc DRAStick, from Fanie van Emmenes, a 55 cc DRAstick from Evert Kleynhans, and a new “Drop Pilot in training”, Eddie Kleynhans.

Stiaan (4) en Fanie Fourie by Robertson.

Kobus se “army” mannetjie by Hermanus.

Kobus Stofberg en Fanie Fourie haak die divers aan die Pilatus.

Marc Alperstein met die PC-6 jump vliegtuig op Robertson.

Fanie van Emmenes trots op sy gradering.

Eddie en Evert Kleynhans met die groot DRAStik.

André Vermaak by die Walker Bay Fly-in op Hermanus.

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African 3D Heli Challenge

Sachin Nathoo Duncan Bossion, from Pertuis in France, admiring the vistas of the Cape Peninsula from Sir Lowry’s pass.

On 12 and 13 May 2018 international pilot Dunkan Bossion visited South Africa and the African 3D Heli Challenge event at Peninsula Radio Flyers (PRF) in Cape Town. There were pilots attending even from as far as Johannesburg, which was great to see.

The day’s events started with the pilots briefing, an opening flight by Dunkan, and we then moved on to a mass hover where all pilots lined up and hovered their heli of choice. The event was a huge success and there was a large number of different makes and models of helis that the pilots brought to the event.

The event also included three competition categories where pilots could partake, being Sports-, Advanced- and Master-freestyle divisions.

Pilots got to show off their abilities, and the judge was none other than Dunkan Bossion himself.

Dunkan did numerous flights during the next two days to showcase his amazing piloting skills, including some flights to the rhythm of music, and in this case seeing is definitely believing.

The one thing that deserves applause are the skills our local pilots possess, as it really is astounding. Congratulations to all the winners of the African 3D Heli Challenge.

Masters: 1st - Ludwig Fourie, 2nd – Danie Sauermann, 3rd – Stephan Murray Advanced: 1st - Paul Demmer, 2nd – Sachin Nathoo, 3rd – Robert Bouwer Sportsman: 1st - Carlo Davis, 2nd – Cameron Parker, 3rd – André De Klerk To all the event organisers, sponsors, and all those who were involved, a big thank you, as all of this was only possible because of each and every one of you.

Registration took place early on Saturday morning.

Aerial view of Peninsula Radio Flyers flying field.

Goblin 570 being readied.

All participants busy preparing before the competition.

Pilots starting to gather for briefing.

Rodney Ilderton

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Cameron Parker

Peter Rossouw

Carlo Davids

Dunkan Bossion and Sachin Nathoo and Danie Sauermann.

Dunkan Bossion.

Paul Demmer and Dunkan.

Dunkan and Danie again.

Dunkan and Coline enjoying their South African experience.

Danie Sauermann; second in Masters.

André de Klerk and Danie Sauermann.

André with his KSE; third in Sportsman.

SAB Goblin KSE.

Chris Mouton The Goblin Boys!

Trophies for the African 3D Heli Challenge.

Paul Demmer, Goblin Nitro; 1st Advanced.

Ludwig Fourie, First in Masters.

Carlo Davids, first in Sportsman

Sachin Nathoo, 2nd in Advanced.

Cameron Parker; 2nd in Sportsman.

Robert Bouwer, third place in Advanced.

Pilots competing in the African 3D Heli Challenge.

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Line-up of competition craft.

The new JOMAC

Jon Hancock and Andrew Meyer Entertainment lapa provides shade for members.

Circular taxiway and pit area is a great idea.

A new model aircraft flying facility with the best to offer the members of our club and visitors. The Johannesburg Model Aircraft Club traces its history back nearly forty years, since it was first established, a few kilometres south-east of our new location. The old JOMAC facilities were great, but like most other clubs today, urban creep caught up with us, and we were forced to look for somewhere new. This was easier said than done, but after a two-year search, we found the ideal site. The New JOMAC, now fully established, was officially opened and inaugurated in March 2017.

The New JOMAC management committee has given careful thought to the planning and layout of the new facilities.

As with all new developments, nothing ever comes cheap, but fortunately the Management Committee of the club had been very frugal, and have been saving for several years for this eventuality. The development cost was well in excess of one million Rand, but looking at what we have today, it was an investment worth making.

The new JOMAC is now situated along the eastern side of the R114 Muldersdrift Road, close to Heron Bridge School and Northern Farms, the club is ideally situated for pilots, not only from Johannesburg, but equally well from the West Rand and East Rand, Centurion, and Hartbeespoort. JOMAC is no longer a Johannesburg-only club, but rather a facility for pilots from the greater Johannesburg and Pretoria districts, and all surrounding areas.

The ultra-smooth asphalt runway is 200 metres long and 12 metres wide. This is complemented by a grassed runway of the same dimensions, ideal for glider towing, Cubs, and Sopwith Pups. Our flight-lines are supported by a first-of-a-kind, circular taxiway, thatched pits, and numerous assembly tables. There is also a generous pre-flight, run-up area.

This brand new facility is fully paid for, and the club is financially secure. We have a thirty year lease agreement , and there is no threat of development and the club having to move again. Also, there are no time or noise restrictions on flying even the biggest of aerobatic aircraft.

JOMAC has an excellent safety record, with procedures, policies, and structures in place to manage all flying activities. The club is affiliated to and registered with SAMAA, and it is mandatory for all JOMAC members to have valid membership of the SAMAA. We have excellent cooperation with the airport management at Lanseria, and we have a signed Letter of Agreement with the authorities, since we are within the Air Traffic zone of the airport.

New to the hobby? Then JOMAC is the club for you, where you will be given every assistance in getting the right equipment, and the training you need, to ultimately going solo. Want a break from flying and somewhere to meet the family? The club has a lovely thatched gazebo and braai area, set in beautiful, tranquil surroundings, with the most magnificent view. It is also a bird watchers paradise. JOMAC invites nonflyers to visit us, have a look at what the hobby is all about, and view some great model aircraft in the sky.

Why not come out to the club, or even better, bring an aircraft and do some flying with us. The joining fee of JOMAC has been reduced for new members, and the annual membership subscription fee is very competitive. For what you get, you could even call it cheap.

Looking forward to seeing you on the flight-line at the New JOMAC. If you have any questions, do not hesitate to contact Jon Hancock (management committee member) on 082-450-6580 or jhancock@mweb.co.za For more information and directions on how to reach our beautiful facility, visit our website www.jomac.co.za

View of the smooth runway, looking west.

Aerial view of JOMAC layout.

Tall mast will prevent full-size incursions!

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View of the circular pit area.

Central Radio Flyers Fly-in

Wynand Swart CRF Fly-in pilots, with two Germans in the BMW side-car lending colour to the occasion.

What a nice Fly-in we had in mid August in Bloemfontein at Central Radio Flyers, with 40 pilots from all over the country. The SAMAA office issued permit no. 180614 001 and we had pilots from Gauteng, Ficksburg, Kimberley, Upington, and all the local model clubs in Bloemfontein in attendance. The BRAT’s, this is the old Kelly’s View club in Bloemfontein, obvious took over, like usual and also got the certificate for team spirit. Pilots flying scale models, scratched-built, and kits, from prop planes to scale jets and sport jets. This is not just a Fly-in, but friends getting together from previous events over the past few years, exchanging ideas, helping, giving advice, and just having a nice serious chat about their friendship.

With chairman and event director Danie Krügel in control, Wynand Swart as the organiser, Werner Swart as the flight line coordinator, and Francois van Pletzen as the safety controller, it was a very good organized weekend with no incidents. We left the pilots briefing, leaving the flight line to be controlled by the pilots and their spotters, and when someone needed a special slot to fly his plane. Werner did make special arrangements to do so.

Thanks to all CRF members for making this event possible. Special thanks to Herman Jansen van Vuuren and his team who provided the pilots with breakfast, hamburgers, boerewors buns, and drinks. Thanks to all the pilots and friends entering the event; without you, the pilots, there will be no event. For the pilots who did not enter the event, you lost out big time. Hope we see all the pilots and friends again at Oudtshoorn, Gariep Jet weekend, Henley-on-Klip, Lime Acres, and Ficksburg. Flying is addictive!

Piper J3 Cub flown by Wynand Swart of CRF.

Pilots waiting to fly, and enjoying the day with friends.

Boeing PT-17, flown by Gerard van der Watt of Kimberley.

“Samblief Pa, kom help nou!”: Thinus Krugel with his Extra.

Check the pose of pilot of the day, standing J-10, flown by Pierre Fouché of CRF. like a real JR pilot, Francois Kuys SAMAA News Issue 3 of 2018 - Page 16

Hansie Peens, Gerard vd Watt, Wynand Swart, Toit Venter. The 4-cycle engine was found by Gerard at an engine rebuilding shop, where it was used as a door stopper.

He made some of the missing parts and fixed the engine to use in the PT-17.

One of the most beautiful Extra Cirrus 50 cc composite aerobatic models at the Fly-in, flown by Stan Fincham from RMAC Gauteng

Sakkie Herbert, Ferdinant de Wet, and Tjaart van der Walt from KMAC Kimberley enjoying the view and watching all the take-off's and landings.

Marinus Botha, the first pilot to enter the CRF fly-in.

Danie Krügel’s beautifully-built Piper PA-25 Pawnee.

Brian Smith from Kimberley; awarded first Stan Fincham; awarded first place for his in Sport Jets. flying in Large Scale Aerobatics.

Just one of the beautiful certificates awarded to participants of the CRF Fly-in.

The banquet dinner was out of the book, with contribution by all the CRF pilots and their spouses. Who wants to braai after a full day of flying. Dine and wine. Great!

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From the SAMAA office

Linda Dold

I am giving Bob a break from writing a report for this issue of SAMAA News!

Clubs Currently, the SAMAA has 175 registered clubs. This includes clubs that have several sites under their management. I think of the Two Oceans Slope Soarers in the Cape peninsula, with a whole bunch of slope sites around Cape Town. The club activities are dependent on the strength and direction of the prevailing wind on the day, for the choice of site that will be used. The Durban Model Aircraft Club also have a few registered sites, some for slope soaring, others for flat-field gliding, and some for float flying. Their primary club for fixedwing activities is located at Cato Ridge.

The geographical distribution of our clubs, by province, is approximately like this: Northern Cape = 5 Eastern Cape = 9 Limpopo = 9 Free State = 11 Mpumalanga = 16 KwaZulu Natal = 28 Western Cape = 47

North West = 10 Gauteng = 40

Five new clubs/sites were registered for 2018, and there are currently a few applications pending. My thanks to those club administrators who have supplied detailed information, to enable the SAMAA Management Committee to review the applications. Unfortunately, delays are inevitable where information is missing, or a letter of consent from the land owner is not included. Our club register has shrunk a little, with a few clubs that have shut their operations, mostly due to inactivity of their members, or in some cases, where many of the members have moved from their regions, or were students, now employed elsewhere.

Events, Fly-ins, Air Shows, Demonstrations I must thank many of the club administrators and event organisers who this year have requested permits, for the extensive documentation that accompanied their applications. Since the beginning of this year, the compliance committee has approved 31 fly-ins, three air shows, five demonstrations, and one championship, which had to have exemption/height alleviation. In this case, we make a request to RAASA, for permission to allow operation of model aircraft higher than the regular limits set by national regulations. Future organisers can do well to read and study the SAMAA Manual of Procedures (on the SAMAA website: www.samaa.org.za) to familiarise themselves with the requirements and conditions for hosting an event.

Speaking of website, we have been the unfortunate victim of hacking, by a bored, stupid, spiteful hacker, which our IT expert traced via an IP address, originating from Russia. To prevent a recurrence, all the SAMAA data has been transferred to another domain, and thankfully there have not been further cases, although members may occasionally still have irritating messages displayed. We confirm that our membership database is unaffected by this, and no information is able to be compromised since it is run from a separate domain, location, and server, hosted by Johan de Klerk. Johan has looked after us very well for the last ten years or more, at no cost, and we are grateful for the support and service that our members can benefit from.

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Membership With the struggling economic situation hitting all sectors of our society, aeromodelling has not escaped, and we have lost members who have either stopped flying altogether, or have called a temporary halt to their activities. Currently, or membership total as at the end of September, stands at 3495.

Our automated membership system generates renewal notices, sent automatically by e-mail, in the early hours of the morning on the first day of each month. This is followed up towards the end of the month with a reminder to those members who have not renewed. Members have a 30-day notice period, and it is perhaps natural for some that life gets in the way of renewing your SAMAA membership!

The very same day that your renewal payment appears on the SAMAA statement, the transaction is recorded on the database, and your membership card printed and posted. The same goes for proficiencies...done immediately upon receipt, and daily postage of cards, and certificates, and/or badges. Unfortunately our wonderful postal service is totally unreliable and dysfunctional, and many members prefer to pick up their postal articles directly from the SAMAA office in Bonaero Park.

When making payment of your annual membership subscriptions, please use a logical reference that may be easily identified and allocated. Easiest and best is your name + membership number.

There are some instances where members use obscure references, like: SAMAA, New Member, Subs, Renewal, and even cell phone numbers and ID numbers!

Contact details on database Should there be any changes to your contact details, please, please, please advise the SAMAA office with a simple e-mail (samaaadmin@mweb.co.za). Each member’s e-mail address is used to distribute the SAMAA News, and the notice/invoice of SAMAA membership renewal, and a confirmation notice of the transaction.

You may print this notification, and keep it with you until your membership card arrives. Your postal address must be correct if you expect your membership card to be delivered by the post office. And, your contact number is vital, if we are unable to reach you by regular means. We often get mail returned of proficiency badges and certificates: “Gone away, no address left!”

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SAMAA’s Special Interest Groups Special Interest Groups

The SAMAAs Special Interest Groups (SIG's) were formed to provide a framework for competitive aeromodelling events, and to represent and provide the structure and support for national teams to be selected. It also ensures that all active aeromodelling disciplines are officially represented, and the SIGs are ordinarily based on competitive activities.

The SIG groupings are for those inclined to more advanced endeavours, wishing to take their flying skills further, and migrating from flying purely as a hobby, to a sport. This is the competitive nature in most people. At the most advanced stage, there usually is a selection process whereby a team is selected to represent South Africa internationally, and hence gaining Protea Colours. About three percent of SAMAA members are interested in competitive activities, and pit their skills against each other, against themselves, and against competition rules.

Assume you made good progress with your flying skills, and you reach a stage where you would like to participate and compete against other pilots in flying a certain schedule more accurately, or fly faster, or longer in duration. Then you need to investigate and join the Special Interest Group that will look after your specific interest; for each special interest or activity, there is a SIG, and SIGs are managed by elected members. They are usually volunteers, and are not getting paid for their efforts. The committee members of each SIG may meet on a regular basis to maintain the SIG, grow their membership, devise and revise rules and procedures, arrange competitions, select teams, promote their activity, manage their finances, etc. There are currently 11 SIG groups within the SAMAA: • • • • • • • • • • •

Control Line Association of South Africa (CLASA) Model Aerobatic Association of South Africa (MAASA) Model Gliding Association (MGA) Multi-Rotor FPV Drone Racing (FLY-FPV-SA) South African Miniature Pylon Racing Association (SAMPRA) National Association of Scale Aeromodellers (NASA) South African Model Jet Association (SAMJA) Large Scale Aerobatics (LSA) National Model Fun Fly Association (NMFFA) South African Model Parachute Enthusiasts (SAMPE) Model Helicopters South Africa (MHSA)

This list of SIGs can grow or shrink over time, all dependent of international movements, local requirements and developments, etc. In most cases, to become part of a SIG, there is a minimal annual subscription fee to belong to the SIG. The committee members of the SIG are running and managing the SIG for free, but setting up events, paying judges, awarding participants, acquiring basic equipment, maintaining a web site, etc. has a cost attached.

The Combined Power Nationals, which is held annually, is the only National competition where the participants currently do not need to be a member of a Special Interest Group. It has been proposed and agreed by some of the SIGs that they wish for their members to be able to qualify and be awarded a proficiency qualification, based on their performance in competition, usually surpassing a prescribed standard.

In order for a Special Interest Group to be recognised by the SAMAA Management Committee, a formal application is submitted, together with the following supporting information: 1.

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Document setting out the objectives of the proposed SIG A list of office bearers of the SIG A list of names of SAMAA members that are represented, through a Founding Statement An indication of the process by which the business or activity of the SIG is conducted; for instance, the frequency of meetings, whether minutes are kept, how expenditure is authorised and controlled, competition activities/schedule, date of AGM, national representation, method of communication 5. Detailed safety rules of the SIG 6. Constitution 7. Any other matters that may be relevant to the application to establish a new SIG, like, subscription or joining fees, contact details, website, or Facebook page, or Blog, etc.

In order to put this application forward to SAMAA, a proposed SIG will advertise and invite prospective, interested members to a founding meeting. At this founding meeting a committee needs to be established, which usually consists of a chairman, vice-chairman, secretary/treasurer, competition organiser, and webmaster (editor). These are only the recommended positions, and portfolios may be shared, or more than one portfolio handled by an individual.

For more information and finding out whether a new activity is eligible to establish a Special Interest Group, contact the SAMAA SIG Group chairman, Danie Potgieter (flyf3a@gmail.com) or the staff in the SAMAA office (samaa-admin@mweb.co.za). For more specific information on the activities of a SIG, see the contact list and details at the end of this newsletter.

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Western Cape FPV Regionals

Yvette Steyn-Churchman and Alan Ball. Photos by Otis Ready and waiting - Stefan, Stephen, Jadon, Nic and Elijah.

Thor and Toby at the line.

(Apologies from the editor for the late placement of this article. We try to publish a constant feed of FPV news to the readership).

The 3rd round of the Western Cape FPV Regionals took place at the Cape Academy of Maths, Science, and Technology on Sunday 10 December 2017. In total, 21 pilots participated – 11 in foundation class, 6 freestyle (5 racer pilots and 1 freestyle only pilot) and 9 open class participants.

Using 25mw for the first time at a Western Cape regional, each heat comprised six pilots and everyone remarked that there was very little video interference. A total of nine rounds were flown.

Foundations class was a hotly contested affair, with only seconds separating the top five. These pilots flew a slightly simplified version of the open course track and most pilots easily completed the minimum of three races to count towards the final standings. Warren Narrowly edged out Jacques vd M for first place, with Brad taking third ahead of Jacques M in fourth. Many first time racers were thrilled with the days racing and there was a lot of fun had by all.

Striding out – Jacques vd M, Ryan, and Jacques M.

The freestyle section was well supported and Thor got the competition off to a really good start with a very good routine. Otis flew a round that was smoother than silk, and it was great to see him competing. Brad flew a scintillating sequence through the trees that literally had everyone gasping and Alan kept us on the edge of our seats after he parked his quad in a tree during his routine. Fortunately after not too much trouble, he got it dislodged and the competition continued. Elijah and Jadon flew very different rounds in terms of style and execution but were technically very proficient and tied for the lead forcing a fly-off. The five judges had their work cut out for them but did a superb job.

Scoring was based on difficulty of manoeuvres, style and flow, and use of track obstacles. When all was said and done the top three were separated by only a point, with Elijah taking it from Jadon, and Otis in third place.

The open class offered some very fast racing and a few spectacular crashes. After the first few rounds pilots were really chasing their times putting in some very fast laps. It is always exciting to see the times get quicker as the day progresses. The timing system and the wind cooperated after some early threats, and in the end Nic took first from Jadon in second, with Stefan in third.

Thank you to Elijah Bok and the team who helped him set up the track, and especially to all the guys that helped move the grandstands that were used as obstacles.

Brad and Saadiq in control

FPV at its fastest.

Serious business – Thor, Alan, Elijah and Saadiq SAMAA News Issue 3 of 2018 - Page 20

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The 2019 SAMAA Combined Power Nationals is open for participation to all paid-up SAMAA members (specific SIG membership waived for Nats). Large areas available for simultaneous flying of several disciplines. All flying in prime locations...no disciplines hidden away. Sharing of judges/officials. Catering on site. Practice flying at various clubs within easy driving distance from Meyerton. Plenty of shelter, camping on site, and accommodation in Meyerton, Henley-on-Klip, and Risiville.

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More information from

SAMAA office - 011-973-3679 Danie Potgieter - 082-875-8228 Boet Denysschen - 083-449-4623

Bulletin 1 and entry form available soon from the SAMAA office, or from your SIG chairman.

Full details of accommodation and food options listed.

SAMAA News Issue 2 of 2018 - Page 21

The SAMAA Activity Calendar November 2018 Dec 18

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MGA - TBA Cape Radio Flyers Corsair MGA/Howick Model Gliding Chapter Barnstormers Kempton Park

Venue TBA Vaatjie Farm west of R304 Kameelkraal, Pta East Howick airfield Bapsfontein - R25

Highveld Thermal League 4 Last Big Fly-in of 2018!

SAMJA Jet Day GPS & Aerotow Gliding Vintage Aircraft Fly-in

Gordon Browne Marc Wolffe Stan Fincham Dave Claxton Colin Matthysen

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TBA Henley Model Aircraft & Fam Ent Greenfield East Model Soarers

TBA Henley-on-Klip Bapsfontein

Vintage Aircraft Fly-in SAMJA Jet Day & Proficiency testing Combined F3K and F5J glider League comp

Colin Matthysen Stan Fincham Brett Lewis

082-679-5019 084-268-2025 076-191-5277

anoph@telkomsa.net stan@fincham.co.za brettwlewis@gmail.com

Feb 19

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Jan Sime 082-556-1510 Stan Fincham 084-268-2025 Nic van Rensburg 082-700-1856 Matthys Botha 073-895-9909 Glyn Rose-Christie 083-656-6668 Johan van der Merwe 082-820-1234 Ken Lello 082-807-4710 Ivan Williams 083-263-7889 Simon Pfotenhauer 082-436-9882 Jaco Henn 083-271-5991 Colin Matthysen 082-679-5019 Brett Lewis 076-191-5277

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MGA - Various SAMAA clubs Silverton Gliding Club Corsair

Country wide Gliding Postals East of Pretoria Thermal League Kameelkraal Pretoria East SAMJA Jet Day & Proficiency testing

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Mar 19

Contact person

Gliding Postals SAMJA Top Gun Jet Event SMAA Scale Day SAMPRA Pylon Racing Fly-in Baobab Fly-in KZN Large Scale Aerobatics year-end comp/function MGA F5J Electric League 5 2018 AFC-TOSS PSS Slope Soaring FlyFPVSA North-West Drone Racing Vintage Aircraft Fly-in no. 334 MGA F3K Hand-Launch Glider League 3

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Greenfields East Model Soarers SAMAA offices/Denel Tea Room TBA (KZN)

Bapsfontein Bonaero Park TBA

Combined F3K and F5J glider League comp SAMAA Annual General Meeting 2019 KZN Large Scale Aerobatics Clinic

Brett Lewis Linda Dold Ken Lello

076-191-5277 011-973-3679 082-807-4710

brettwlewis@gmail.com samaa-admin@mweb.co.za lellokenneth@gmail.com

Apr 19

Event name/description

Country wide Henley-on-Klip Wild Clover - R304 South Johannesburg Graaff-Reinet airfield Polokwane municipal Howick Bapsfontein - R25 Rotary Way, Hermanus Potchefstroom South Johannesburg Bapsfontein - R25

7 TBA (KZN) 14 Greenfields East Model Soarers 27 - 1/5 Henley Model Airfield & Fam Ent

TBA Bapsfontein Henley-on-Klip

KZN Large Scale Aerobatics Regional comp Thermal League 2019 Combined Power Nationals

Ken Lello Gordon Browne Bob Skinner

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lellokenneth@gmail.com gordon@tego.co.za samaa-admin@mweb.co.za

May 19

Location

MGA - Various SAMAA clubs Henley Model Aircraft & Fam Ent Stellenbosch Model Aircr. Academy Rand Model Aeronautic Club Port Elizabeth Radio Flyers Area 51 RC Flyers Howick Model Aircraft Club Greenfields East Model Soarers Atlantic Flying Club FRP Club Rand Model Aeronautic Club Greenfields East Model Soarers

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Blombos Bush Pilots Club Greenfields East Model Soarers MGA - TBA

Stil Bay/Blombos Bapsfontein TBA

Vintage and Cool Retro Fly-in Combined F3K and F5J glider League comp 2019 MGA Glider Nationals

Etienne or Albert Brett Lewis Jan Sime

082-465-1742 076-191-5277 082-556-1510

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Jun

Club/Site/Venue

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Greenfields East Model Soarers

Bapsfontein

F3J Team qualifier

Brett Lewis

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Sep Jul

Month & date/s

14-20

Hungary

Jakabszállás

F3K DLG World Championship

Brett Lewis

076-191-5277

brettwlewis@gmail.com

23-25

Gariep Dam (tentatve)

Gariep

2019 MGA Glider Nationals

Jan Sime

082-556-1510

1jansime@gmail.com

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Tuesday 12 March 2019 at 19:00 SAMAA office Tea Room of Denel Technical Academy, directly opposite passage from SAMAA offices Building R4, 131 Atlas Road, Bonaero Park More information from SAMAA office samaa-admin@mweb.co.za Full agenda to be published prior to AGM in 2019.

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SAMAA

Our Mission: To add value to your flying experience through communication, information, promotion, education, and the support of dialogue.

SAMAA organisation and management committee Marthinus Potgieter Johan Groenewald Boet Denysschen Johan Blom Danie Potgieter Juanita Smith Vacant

Chairman marthinus@cointech.co.za Vice-chairman, compliance johan.groenewald@telkomsa.net Club representative dennys@ballmail.co.za Development/Proficiencies johan@sxt.co.za Special Interest Groups chair flyf3a@gmail.com Treasurer info@alshobbies.co.za Newsletter editor to be identified and appointed

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SAMAAnews SAMAA News publication, material, advertising

The SAMAA News is composed and published digitally, and distributed electronically to SAMAA members. It is produced in-house, until the position of an editor is advertised and filled. The SAMAA GM has been tasked to compile, edit, produce, and distribute SAMAA News in the meantime. samaa-admin@mweb.co.za. PO Box 7116, Bonaero Park 1622. Tel 011-973-3679. Fax 086-607-8733.

The views and opinions expressed in the SAMAA News, and the advertisements placed, do not necessarily represent the views of the SAMAA, or its management committee. These are published for the interest and comments of our members, and are not specifically endorsed, or verified.

SAMAA administration & office

Submission of material: Check with the editor for the closing dates of submission of material.

PO Box 7116, Bonaero Park 1622. Tel/fax 011-973-3679. Fax-to-email 086-607-8733.

Office 24/25, Building R4, Denel Technical Academy, 131 Atlas Road (Denel N entry), Bonaero Park.

GPS Coordinates: S26 08 41.80 E028 15 59.04 (co-ordinates for main entrance to building R4) Bob Skinner General Manager. samaa-gm@mweb.co.za 011-973-3679, 083-283-1681.

Linda Dold Assistant to the GM. samaa-admin@mweb.co.za 011-973-3679.

Photographs (conventional & electronic), are welcome. Long articles must be computer-generated, and must be in either MS Word, or editable text. Limit articles to 1 000 words - which is about a page-and-ahalf in SAMAA News. You may e-mail your contributions, including graphics and pictures to: samaaadmin@mweb.co.za. Ensure that captions accompany all pictures, and that the pictures are of reasonable resolution, not e-mail resolution.

SAMAAs Special Interest Groups (SIGs) Theo Kleynhans Grant Brook Jan Sime Johan Sieling Jaco Henn Alan Ball Matthys Botha

Control Line Association of SA (CLASA) zettakleynhans@gmail.com RC Aerobatics (MAASA). chairman@maasa.co.za Model Gliding Association (MGA). 1jansime@gmail.com F3C/N-SA. Helicopters. johans@acs.altech.co.za Multi-rotor FPV racing, North (Fly-FPV-SA) jaco@potshot.co.za Multi-rotor FPV, Southern region alan@flyingrobot.co.za South African Miniature Pylon Racing Association (SAMPRA). bothamj@hotmail.com Koos Pretorius National Association of Scale Aeromodellers (NASA) jadriaan9@gmail.com Dean Grobbelaar SA Model Jet Association (SAMJA) dean@aerialconcepts.co.za Bruce Clark Large Scale Aerobatics (LSA) brucegc1@gmail.com Riaan le Hanie Fun Fly Association (NMFFA) lehanieriaan@gmail.com Pieter Mulder SA Model Parachute Enthusiasts easyupenterprises@gmail.com

To advertise: Contact the SAMAA office. You must supply finished artwork in JPG format, to at least 083-725-9279 300 dpi at the final size. Terms for all advertising is payment on receipt of invoice, as per the rate card 082-888-0670 below. Bank details are listed in the opposite column.

082-556-1510 SAMAA account at Nedbank, Menlyn Pretoria, branch code 1605 45, current account 1605 126 772.

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To join the SAMAA: Request application form 011-973-3679. Visit www.samaa.org.za for MS Word form, under “Information”, then “Membership”. On-line application form www.samaa.co.za. Or submit details by e-mail: name, ID, address, tel, fax, cell, club, to: samaa-admin@mweb.co.za Subscription fees From 1 January 2018 to 31 December 2018 • Regular/adult members (18 to 60 years of age) R410 • Junior members (18 years and younger) R230 • Senior Citizens/Retirees (60 years and older) R270 Payment by internet (EFT), or cheque. SAMAA current a/c 1605 126 772 at Nedbank, Menlyn Pretoria, branch code 1605 45. Use clear reference of name/ surname, and membership number when renewing.

DO NOT USE “Subs/ Membership/SAMAA/New”, since this cannot be identified correctly. Fax or e-mail this proof of payment with your application or renewal, to 011-973-3679.

Description/size (rates valid until further notice) Full page (A4) 210mm x 297mm (with a 10mm clear border all-round) Half page (landscape or portrait) 148 x 210mm or 297 x 92mm Quarter page 148 x 92mm or 74 x 210mm Eighth page 74 x 92mm or 37 x 210mm Your Local Dealer advert, per insertion Swops & Smalls, for a reasonable number of items advertised (call SAMAA office for more details)

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SAMAAnews Contents of Issue 3 of 2018

2018 Jets-r-Us Gariep Fly-in - Boet Denysschen

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SAMAA History Preservation Project - Bob Skinner

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Change of address: www.samaa.co.za and sign in with your log-in and password. No log-in and 2018 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line - Keith Renecle password? Request it automatically, if you have a correct e-mail address on the membership programme.

Chairman’s Report - Marthinus Potgieter No internet? Contact the SAMAA office on 011-973-3679 to change your address.

2018 MGA Glider Nationals - Hans van Kamp

Protecting and serving your interests The SAMAA needs your help, to ensure that your rights and flying privileges are protected. Through the SAMAA, its Special Interest Groups, and numerous registered clubs, you can experience the protection of your rights, and enjoy the real benefits in all aspects of model aviation.

On building, flying, competition, airshow planning, club layouts, displays, special air events, competition, illegal flying, regulations, airspace, etc.

• Clubs Enjoyment of your activity in a group context. All SAMAA clubs are approved and registered with the SAMAA, RAASA, and the SA Civil Aviation Authority.

• Insurance Cover of R20m per claim for damage to property, or injury or death to third parties (and member-to-member cover).

• Proficiencies Recognition for our members’ flying proficiency, at all levels, and all disciplines.

• Guidelines On starting and registering a new club. For frequency operations. Interaction with full-size aviation. Manuals of Operation.

• SAMAA News To inform, educate, advise. Your mouthpiece/forum. Great promotional value.

• Rules Local and international, specifications of model aircraft, frequencies, safe flying practices, team selections, competitions.

• Web pages Good aeromodelling content, great links, regular updates, diary of events.

Excellent membership site for self-maintenance.

• Representation The SIGs represent all competitive branches of aeromodelling.

• Affiliations To the Aero Club of South Africa, and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale.

Also to other institutions (CAA, RAASA, SAAF, Denel).

• Frequencies Protection by ICASA of frequencies in spectrum allocated to R/C. • Airspace Manage airspace at registered sites, through the CAA and RAASA. SAMAA is the only CAA-approved Aviation Recreation Organisation (ARO) for aeromodelling.

• CIAM Direct link with CIAM (Commission for International Aeromodelling). Governs all world-wide competitive aeromodelling activities, competitions, and records.

These are just a few of the services that the SAMAA is able to offer its members. Benefit from these services, and let our combined membership add to the voice and strength of SAMAA.

Get a non-member to join today, and let’s make SAMAA stronger!

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Outdoor X at Malonjeni - Jacques van Zyl

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SAMPE Parachuting News - Kobus Stofberg and Evert Kleynhans African 3D Heli Challenge - Sachin Nathoo

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The New JOMAC - Jon Hancock and ndrew Meyer

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Central Radio Flyers Fly-in - Wynand Swart

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From the SAMAA Office - Linda Dold

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SAMAAs Special Interest Groups

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Western Cape FPV Regionals - Yvette Steyn-Churchman & Alan Ball

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SAMJA Jet Weekend and Top Gun event SAMAA 2019 AGM - Tuesday 12 March 2019 2019 SAMAA Combined Power Nationals

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SAMAA Promotional Items

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SAMAA Activity Calendar

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SAMAA information, contact details, and SAMAA News info

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