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2012

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KZN Clinic - January 2012

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

By Neil Allen

KZN Pattern Coaching Session Ivan Olivier has developed a brilliant coaching plan for 2012, and KZN was fortunate enough to get the first crack at it. We had great weather for a Saturday and Sunday at the Howick club field.

This was particularly

end of the session

and tells us to use

what score they

chosen as it is

we were all able to

the flipping ailerons

gave, and why, and

essential to have

quickly spot from

instead!” Actually

gave us his personal

clearly visible flag

the pilots position

you have to know

interpretations.

markers at the

whether a plane was

how to use the

Often he was

centre and ends of

at 140 or 160m out,

rudder if you are

gracious enough

the box, at the 150m

which is invaluable

climbing vertically

to agree that

metre distance,

knowledge.

for a stall turn,

something we

but are offline.

picked up on was

But if you use the

perhaps a better

ailerons in say

interpretation of

looping maneuvers

what should be

it can be smoother,

flown.

as specified for pattern. In Gauteng it may be easy to plonk flags on these markers, but in KZN there is nearly always a hill in the way at most sites.

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Each pilot did a 7 minute flight, then had a detailed debriefing afterwards.

Many of us were astonished to see things spotted

depending on how much correction is needed.

We had two midday braais from our gracious Howick

The participants

that we had been

Ivan was pleased

club hosts – thank

rotated between

doing wrong for

with the judging

you, and also for the

judging, flying,

many years. Mark

standard of our

beautifully prepared

scribing, and

Savage remarked

three KZN judges,

field. Thank you

manning a walkie

(swearwords

Des Cooper, Bruce

Ivan for giving us

talkie at the 150m

deleted!) “First we

Clark, and Fred

your weekend. And

centre post. It was

spend ten years

Wilkinson, and

well done to the

amazing standing

flying without using

spent a lot of time

excellent turnout of

out there watching

the rudder, and

teaching the finer

16 flyers and judges

a plane supposedly

are told we have

points. We had one

who attended. A

flying directly

to learn to use it

flight flown by Jason

couple more were

overhead come

in flight. Then we

where everyone was

away, and we will

veering in and out

spend years using

required to score.

try to pass on our

all through the

this skill, and then

Then Ivan asked

knowledge to them.

flight. But by the

along comes Ivan

each person in turn

KwaZulu-Natal

KZN Clinic - January 2012

List of people participating:Mark Savage Mike Wyatt John Dorse Colin Addis Arthur Eggar Ian Morris Leon Coetzee Gijs Wijgers Neil Allen Jason Barker Arthur Coleby Clive McInnes Bruce Clark Des Cooper Craig Lipsett Fred Wilkinson

Ivan explaining a point to Jason Barker.

John Dorse manning the walkie talkie at the flag.

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WP Monthly - TMFC 22 January 2012

Positive start

TMFC started the 2012 season off by hosting the first monthly comp of the year. By Wednesday before the event 17 competitors had confirmed there entry. By the Sunday morning six of those had cancelled due to various reasons.

He ended up with a final So that left 11 entries which score of 54.46, not a bad is still a positive start to the start at all. With great new season. support from Marc, fellow On Sunday morning I arrived competitors and his family, I at 07:00 to set-up and get am sure we will see plenty of ready where I was greeted by him at future events. overcast and cool conditions, Chit, Chat, Tim, Nazeem and Lou Sportsman class was well totally the opposite to the rounds. I was asked to add a supported, Richard Lacey had A little bird told me that weather we have been Gabriel in Novice will be “y” to the name of the plane, having. A moderate wind but a hard time with his plane, I I wonder why. do know that a Pattern plane joining the Sportsman class not to bad. at the next event, watch out Masters next, John and is being put together for the After pilots briefing it was boys!!!

Claude had cancelled, John next comp, so watch out time to start. 08:05 was the The Advanced boys where having some #$%^ problem the rest of you. A welcome first flight of the Novice class. next, maybe the way they fly, and Claude with a loose return to Pattern was Pieter Unfortunately Gabriel was Advanced should mean “in canopy!! (yes, right). So that Capp, (anyone remember the only entry, the other years” not ability. Ha, ha. left just 3. Cobus, his first him) anyway he showed the three competitors had withtime in Master ended with rest that he hadn’t lost the This was the first time Andre drawn, where the scared a very respectable score, competition edge, although had flown in this class, of the young competition well done considering you having said that, Rory gave moved up from Sportsman, I wonder. Gabriel, flying in didn’t want to move from him a close battle. Tim, now and did give Greg a run for only his third comp, now Advanced and up to a week a regular in the class found his money. The competition flying a Swallow with help ago had only flown half the the conditions of the day and was tight, Andre taking the from Marc. schedule, you just a “scardy his plane a little trying and first round but Greg and his cat”. finished 3rd.

OTOP winning the next two And the action starts as Gabriel takes to the stage

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WP Monthly - TMFC 22 January 2012

Kurt lost directions a couple of times with how the maneuvers should look. After the second round he finally got it right for the third flight and winning the class, only just ahead of Stuart, who, had finger trouble, the connection between brain and finger had been lost because on the first and second flight he had a couple of grass cutting maneuvers and heart stopping moments, but all ended OK with a very respectable third flight. (Phew) Marc was the only F3A entrant flying the (p). Last weekend Nazeem crashed his Quantum, so he was out for this weekend, I have heard he has a new plane on the work bench and will be out the next comp.

Marc once again flew the schedule gracefully and to the normal high standard that we all come to accept from a top F3A pilot.

Finally thanks to Low who ran around all day keeping the event running smoothly,

a good CD is the key to catering for large entries.

We managed to get the scores done during the day, thanks for your help Nazeem and Greg, a BIG plus to announce the scores at the event.

And to the Judges, Martin, Nic, Bernus and Kas who gave up there Sunday.

And finally to TMFC members who gave up a reasonable flying Sunday for MAASA to stage a Pattern comp.

The next comp is on Feb 5 at HRF, this is the first league and Masters qualifying event of the year, so, if you want your scores to count and be added to the National Score sheet you must be a paid up MAASA member, visit www. maasa.co.za for application.

See you in two weeks.

That Osmose seams to get in all the pictures!!

results Novice Gabriel Nefdt Chris Hamman Louis Kriel Dave Allem Sportsman Pieter Kapp Rory Netterville Tim Blegenhout Richard Lacey Advanced Greg Moss Andre Wathen Ozzie Parenzee Masters Kurt MacKrill Stuart Nix Cobus Malan John Calefato Claude MacKrill F3A Marc Wolffe (p) Nazeem Harris

52.14 52.32 56.61 -

54.46

1

53.70 51.74 50.43 28.70

58.59 59.35 51.52 41.85

57.55 57.39 51.63 44.78

1 2 3 4

49.94 54.21 56.65 54.57 44.63 54.21 -

55.43 54.39

1 2

53.33 55.85 64.08 54.96 53.96 64.04 56.42 53.92 54.96 -

59.98 59.50 55.69

1 2 3

68.42 67.71 -

68.17

1

56.52 55.00 51.74 47.72

67.92

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KZN - January

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

KZN Pattern Day Just as we found last year here, it is a lovely venue, with lots of shade trees, neatly cut grass, a lake, and a view, combined with a gracious host club who set it all out for us with a good braai at lunchtime. Thank you Dave Charls and the Valley club members!

Thank you also to our judges Bruce and Des, for their efforts on our behalf. Also thanks to Leon and Jason who together with Dave laid out the markers before the event.

Most of our flyers have benefitted from the recent coaching session by Ivan Olivier. I think we actually like flying at 150m out. It takes away the vagueness of people flying at different distances, and gives us a target to aim at. The distance is nice and close, where the plane can be seen easily by judges and pilots. We did not have the problem though of a strong wind along the pattern line, which makes the rolls very rushed. Our wind was fully crosswind, and everyone seemed to cope well.

In Sportsman, Speedy pulled ahead after some worthwhile practicing. Dave Greer has now updated to a 60 size Wind, and did well, but it is still being sorted out.

In fact at our competitions we see more and more of the planes flown being the Wind design of one size or another. I am surprised that the enterprising Chinese plane factories cannot compete with these.

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In Masters and F3A there were no surprises, as Mark and Jason came top again.

The total entry of 12 is another show of support for our pattern, with a couple more flyers who could not fly for various reasons. I think it is successful because it is like having another “club�, of guys who get together every six weeks, and enjoy the social side as well as being brave enough to subject your flying to critical eyes.

Judges: Bruce Clark, Des Cooper

Rd1 Rd2 Rd 3 Best 2 of 3 av.

SPORTSMAN 1 Speedy van Niekerk 67.13

68.27

60.0

67.7

2 Dave Greer

56.59

64.13

53.25

60.4

3 Lionel Smith

34.3

57.35

54.3

55.8

4 Stan Hausmann

54.13

44.15

56.3

55.2

5 Lynton Milner

58.95

42.2

-

50.6

1 Mark Savage

72.1

68.5

67.9

67.9

2 Arthur Eggar

65.7

59.0

63.1

64.4

3 Clive McInnes

53.8

60.15

63.05

61.6

4 Ian Morris

56.1

55.7

46.5

55.9

1 Jason Barker

71.9

69.1

72.5

72.2

2 Neil Allen

62.9

59.33

55.25

61.1

3 John Dorse

58.45

-

56.33

57.39

MASTERS

F3A (P schedule only)

HELDERBERG RADIO FLYERS (HRF) - WESTERN CAPE

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NW championships - klerksdorp 28 - 29 January 2012

North West Championship Die eerste kampioenskap van die jaar maak almal altyd baie opgewonde, want hulle is lus vir die ding, en dan was die die een nog meer besonders in die sin dat dit nuwe skedules is en die feit dat die wêreld kampioenskappe in 2013 in Suid Afrika gaan wees.

Dit het veroorsaak dat daar ‘n hele

daarmee. Dis nou toewyding.

Saterdag na die gebruiklike span praaitjies en opstote deur die nuwelinge het die komp in alle erns begin. Ons het darem eers verjaarsdag.

Die stryd was taai en die punte was laag, ons mag nie ver vlieg nie!

kom om mee te ding vir die span,

In Sportsman was die stryd van

ons het dit dan ook gesien in die

meet af aan en die punte verskil

eind resultate.

was baie klein, en na naelbyt

Die inskrywings was aanvanklik

toutrekkery tussen Richard

tyd vinnig meer geword, en op die einde was daar 26 inskrywings, maar o’wee die noodlot het toegeslaan op arme ou Danie Potgieter (Jnr) toe hy sy vliegtuig drie dae voor die komp verloor het.

Alles het verder goed gegaan en ons was almal baie bly toe van die ou hande soos Rui weer ingeskryf het. Tot Dean het sy vlug oorsee verander om te kon deelneem, wys die manne is ernstig.

Die Judges vir die naweek was Ivan, Sebastian, Roy, Bertie Andre en Nico en Oom Daan was weer die Kompakskyf (CD) . Pierre Fouche het spesiaal vir een dag van Bloemfontein af deurgekom om vir ons die scoring aan die gang te kry, het selfs sy rekenaar hier vir ons gelos vir die volgende dag sodat Petro kon verder aangaan

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Masters class

vir Derek geluk gesê met sy 70ste

klomp nuwe Turke navore gaan

traag, maar het nader aan die spêr

F3A class

Advanced class

Weideman , Hugo Erasmus en Matthys Botha het die trofees dan ook in die volgorde gegaan.

Een van die Sportsmanne het sy vliegtuig lelik seer gemaak, maar het op een of ander manier ‘n spaar aan mekaar getimmer en die kompetisie voltooi. Wys jou wees

Sportsman class

altyd gereed en moet nie gaan lê nie.

voltooing van sy vlug verloor, op ‘n manier wat nog niemand

Advanced was daar ongelukkig

kon bepaal wat verkeerd gegaan het nie. Ons was egter almal

net twee deelnemers nl. John

saam met hom baie hartseer.

Clements en Max Buizer, en hulle het dan ook in die volgorde geëindig.

In die Masters klas was daar ook net drie inskrywings nl. Arhur, Bertie en Nico, wat dan ook in die volgorde klaar gemaak het, maar nie sonder hoog drama nie. Ek dink dit is die eerste keer dat iemand ‘n tuig geheel afskryf en dan nog wen. Wel hy het sy tuig na die einde van die laaste beweeging, na

was.

Die heel lekkerste is natuurlik die lekker kuier , veral as die manne mekaar lan Sportsman gesien het. was as volg: Die resultate Plasing Naam Punt NW championships - klerksdorp 28 - 29 January 2012was as volg: NORTH WEST Die resultate Sportsman 1 Richard Wiedemann 3000 (62.17%) 2 Hugo Erasmus 2921 (61.16%) Sportsman Plasing Naam 3 Matthys Botha 2774Punt (59.13%) Nou die groot kanne, wat met groot laat skrik toe hy die derde 1 Richard Wiedemann 3000 4 Stadler Brits 2731 (62.17%) (56.71%) Plasing Naam Punt 2 Hugo Erasmus 2921 14 inskrywings begin het, maar ronde gewen het.

5 Michael Sacca 2655 (61.16%) (55.17%) 1 Richard 3000 3 Matthys Wiedemann Botha 2774 (62.17%) (59.13%) 6 Gerhard Tromp 2380 (50.68%) ongelukkig was Juan Pretorius 2 Hugo Erasmus 2921 4 Stadler Brits 2731 (61.16%) (56.71%) Ongelukkig het die weer nie 3 Matthys Sacca Botha 2774 (55.17%) (59.13%) se vliegtuig nie by Weigh- Less 5 Michael 2655 Advanced saam gespeel met Fly-Off’s nie 4 Stadler Brits 2731 (50.68%) (56.71%) 6 Gerhard Tromp 2380 nie en hy het toe besluit om nie en toe die tyd ons inhaal het 5 Michael Sacca 2655 (55.17%) Plasing Naam Punt drastiese veranderings aan te 6 Gerhard Tromp 2380 (50.68%) die vliëniers eenparigAdvanced besluit 1 John Clements 3000 (53.69%) bring nie,en liewer uit te sit.

2 Max Buizer 2748 (48.89%) om halt te roep tot ‘n volgende Advanced Plasing Naam Punt Hier was die stryd eers taai en kompetisie.

1 John Clements 3000 (53.69%) Plasing Naam het een klein foutjie ‘n plek 2 Max Buizer 2748Punt (48.89%) Master Almal was dit eens dat Advanced 1 John Clements 3000 (53.69%) beteken. Die stryd voorlangs Klerksdorp die lekkerste veld 2 Max Buizer 2748Punt (48.89%) Plasing Naam het die heel tyd gewoed tussen Master het en dat die naweek baie 1 Arthur Eggar 2957 (57.53%) Andre, Pierre, Calvin en Dean, en 2 Bertie Viljoen 2906 (57.50%) lekker was. Die heel Master lekkerste is Masters Plasing Naam 3 Nico Erasmus 2865Punt (54.80%) hulle het dan ook in die volgorde natuurlik die lekker kuier , veral 1 Arthur Eggar 2957 (57.53%) F3A geëindig. Jong Calvin het almal Plasing Naam 2 Bertie Viljoen 2906Punt (57.50%) as die manne mekaar lanklaas Plasing Naam Punt 1 Arthur Eggar 2957 (57.53%) verbaas en het die top manne 3 Nico Erasmus 2865 gesien het.

1 Andre Viljoen Stockwell 3000 (54.80%) (70.5%0) 2 Bertie 2906 (57.50%) 2 Pierre Marais 2923 (68.85%) Nico Erasmus 2865 (54.80%) F3A 3 3 Calvin Schroll 2858 (66.89%) 4 Dean Grobbelaar 2815 (65.39%) 5 Jason Barker 2787 ( 65.18%) 6 Rui Martins 2738 (64.11%) 7 Roston Dugmore 2610 (60.79%) 8 Clinton Carter-Brown 2591 (59.28%) 9 Grant Brook 2541 (59.45%) 10 Danie Steyn 2469 (57.81%) 11 Francois van Pletzen 2326 (54.3%) 12 Burt Botha 2308 (53.28%) 13 Francois Gerber 1490 ( 33.24%) 14 Juan Pretorius 0 F3A Winners: Calvin Schroll 3rd, Pierre Marais 2nd, Andre Stockwell 1st

Masters Winners: L to R Bertie Viljoen 2nd Arthur Eggar 1st Nico Erasmus

Sportsman Winners: Matthys 3rd, Richard 1st, Hugo 2nd

Max Buizer 2nd Advanced Class 3

John Clemments Advanced Champion

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GAA monthly - snoopy’s 05 february

Then the rain came down The first Gauteng pattern monthly of the year is traditionally held at Snoopy’s Squadron in Krugersdorp and this year was no different.

The members of Snoopy’s and the Krugersdorp community turned up in their droves to watch, after the event had been advertised in their local newspaper. Rarely, if ever have so many cars and/or people been seen at a pattern monthly competition.

Looking at the finely manicured grass runoff areas it would have been easy to think you were at a KZN field. The grass looked so good that quite a few pilots seemed to prefer landing on it!

We had 22 confirmed entries for the event and with a 7am pilots briefing and first flight at 7h30 we looked forward to a long days competition. With one or two noshows and a couple of the pilots giving up their flying to assist with proceedings the day got underway with 17 pilots.

The GAA implemented a Failsafe safety check during the first round.

The intention was for the airplane to be securely held on the ground and with the motor at fast idle the TX is switched off. With the TX off the motor should reduce to a slow idle or ideally turn off all together.

Author: Grant Brook Photos: Grant Brook

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GAUTENG

GAA monthly - snoopy’s 05 february

results

I think that everyone had tested their models before the event as it was pretty much a clean sweep with small niggles being sorted out quickly. Nevertheless, safety first was the motto of the day.

Sportsman Class

Even with the reduced number of pilots it was a tough push to get through two rounds by lunchtime.

Our taskmaster CD, Danie Potgieter (snr) gave us 20min for lunch and we were looking forward to a 3h30pm finish when the rain came down. Fortunately it only lasted a short while and we were able to complete 3 rounds each with thunderstorms visible all around us while Snoopy’s was bathed in sunlight.

Our thanks to the Snoopy’s committee and members for making their facilities available and to Danie Potgieter our beloved Contest Director, Iain Pepper and Roston Dugmore (snr) for the scoring as well as John Clements who put in a 9hr day on the judging line together with all the pilots who assisted with judging.

1. Stadler Brits:

63.0% 63.5% 59.3%

(63.25%)

2. Dereck Butow:

60.3% 61.6% 61.1%

(61.35%)

3. Matthys Botha:

55.0% 61.0% 61.6%

(61.34%)

4. Tony Rorke:

60.0% 60.6% 61.2%

(60.90%)

5. Ray Jamieson:

59.0% 54.0% 46.2%

(56.5%)

1. Justin Lees:

54.1% 51.3% 51.0%

(52.70%)

2. Max Buizer:

50.9% 47.6% 29.6%

(49.20%)

3. Richard Wiedemann: 42.0% 48.3% 45.6%

(46.90%)

Advanced Class

Masters Class

Having too many pilots at a competition to finish three rounds of flying is something the GAA has worked hard to achieve. Now that we have the support, we need to look at ways to accommodate everyone. Any suggestions will be welcome and can be forwarded to gautengaerobatica@gmail.com.

1. Carl Nicholl:

55.3% 60.3% 59.6%

(59.90%)

2. Frik de Beer:

56.0% 59.2% 60.0%

(59.60%)

F3A (First two rounds P only) 1. Andre Stockwell:

72.6% 78.7% 73.8%(F) (76.20%)

2. Pierre Marais:

64.0% 71.7% 60.4%(F) (67.85%)

3. Clinton Carter-Brown: 59.2% 62.0% 64.0%(F) (63.00%) 4. Grant Brook:

61.7% 64.2% 51.0%(F) (62.95%)

5. Timothy Hamman:

60.3% 57.4% 62.2%(P) (61.25%)

6. Roston Dugmore:

55.7% 61.3% 55.6%(F) (58.50%)

7. Jordan Pepper:

41.5% 56.9% 58.5%(P) (57.70%)

thunderstorms visible all around

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WP League 1 - hrf 05 FEBRUARY 2012

Heat Wave HRF hosted the first league comp of 2012 with a very healthy entry. By Wednesday before the event 15 competitors had confirmed there entry. By the Sunday morning 4 of those had cancelled due to various reasons.

A very hot day greeted the pilots. 34c was the forecast with a 10-20km wind. The weather man was spot on, thank goodness for cool drinks and shade.

It was then the battle of the Sportsman pilots. The regulars, Tim and Rory where joined be Gabrial who has made the move from the Novice class.

Brian Bowles was first to fly, another young and inspiring pilot for Langebaan to take up Pattern, great to see and well done. Not easy to stand in front of four judges and 10 other competitors.

Unfortunately the other 4 entries in his class never arrived, but for Brians first comp, well done.

Gabriel won the first round and gave the other two something to think about.

Unfortunately that was Gabriels best round which left Rory and Tim to fight it out for first and second place.

Rory put the pressure on and was in a league of his own and won the second and third rounds to give him the overall victory.

Brian Bowles first comp with the help of his dad...

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Advanced next, and the terrible twins, Greg and Andre. Andres first season in Sportsman showed that he was going to be a force this year and the others will have to watch out. Andre won the second round but Greg was one step ahead and won the first and third round to give him victory, although the final score was very close, Andre did ask Greg if he had lost his way calling on his last round... that debate will go on for a while!!!

Masters next, Brian Bowles joined in the fun but found it rather tough to keep up with

regulars, Kurt and Stuart.

Kurt still with his 2 stroke Genesis put in some great flying but not quite good enough and ended second behind great score by Stuart and his Osmose.

Finally Marc and Ernie, (returning to Pattern after a few years) where the only entries in F3a, Nazeem had crashed his Quantum a few weeks back and his new plane wasn’t finished.

Marc, once again showed us how it should be done or was he just showing off now he has competition at last.

Gabriel now in Sportsman class with his swallow

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WP League 1 - hrf 05 FEBRUARY 2012

Ernie did get lost a little and we all thought he was flying off the Somerset West, but found his way back OK. Thanks to Megan who went to the shops for meat, Tim and his wife put on a braai which was greatly appreciated.

Thanks to the Judges for sitting out all morning, to HRF members for giving up a Sunday and to all who helped during the event.

The event was a huge success and can only do wonders for Pattern in the Cape.

Next event, BOMAC 4 March, Boland League 1

results Novice Brian Bowles

39.82 44.82 48.75

46.79

1

Sportsman Rory Netterville Tim Blegenhout Gabriel Nefdt

46.09 60.43 61.74 50.54 44.24 51.96 50.76 46.30 45.87

61.09 51.25 48.53

1 2 3

Advanced Greg Moss Andre Wathen

55.06 58.72 56.83 54.27 58.84 55.61

57.77 57.23

1 2

Masters Stuart Nix Kurt MacKrill John Bowles

63.79 62.88 64.50 61.42 58.33 61.46 53.75 52.79 46.38

64.15 61.44 52.77

1 2 3

F3A Marc Wolffe Ernie Smith

69.67 71.08 0 51.83 44.42 50.08

70.38 50.96

1 2

Shade for pilots, judges and planes was needed all day

Here an interesting titbit... John Calafato showed up and told us that he couldn’t fly today because he needs new glasses, NOW I HAVE HEARD IT ALL (is the competition just to great, John)

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GAA LEAGUE 1- NERF 26 FEBRUARY 2012

At the break of dawn...

We were blessed with a field of sixteen pilots pre-registering for the first league event to be held at the new flying facility of North Eastern Radio Flyers (NERF).

On the day, 26 February

levelling the runway run-

2012, four more pilots arrived

off and even sweeping

and the flight draw suddenly

the runway before the

included twenty pilots

competition start.

each looking forward to a

All pilots were visibly anxious

wonderful and challenging

to start proceedings and at

day of competitive flying.

07:45 the competition were

At the break of dawn the

officially underway with the

pilots started arriving

uncommon phenomena of

and the day was already

F3A class pilots first up.

promising to be a scorcher.

Entrants per class included:

The NERF committee and

Sportsman (7), Advanced

club members did us proud

(3), Masters (1) and F3A (9)

through their dedication

Officials on the day included

shown in organising a state

our ever present and faithful

By Grant Brook

Rudolf du Toit sneaking a peak at pattern

Tony Rorke and his trophy remaining after tragic loss of aircraft

of the art mobile ablution,

Tamsin, our scorer for the day and Jordan Pepper

Iain Pepper arranged shading

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GAA LEAGUE 1 - NERF 26 FEBRUARY 2012

GAUTENG

! "#$%&'$!('!')#!#*+!,-!')#!+(./!

Contest Director (CD)

Every aspect of the day

Oom Danie Potgieter

went without a hitch and

senior; the panel of judges

Tamsin our scorer had it

consisted of Ivan Olivier

all under control, collating

(MAASA Chief Judge),

and entering all scores as

Hermann Schreuder and

they poured in with the

Iain Pepper. Iain also

help of two youngsters

arranged for his daughter,

doing runners’ duties.

Tamsin Pepper to be our

On a less positive note,

scorer.

we had another very

From the outset our

misfortunate incident

F3A Contestant No

Name

Average Best (Percentage)

2 1 3 9 4 8 6 5 7

Andre Stockwell Christopher Harris Dean Grobbelaar Pierre Marais Clinton Carter-Brown Danie Steyn Roston Dugmore Jordan Pepper Grant Brook

69.92% 68.33% 66.50% 63.71% 58.97% 56.75% 57.92% 54.44% 53.28%

Contestant No

Name

Average Best (Percentage)

!

Masters

!

1

Frik de Beer

54.05%

Advanced

judges made their

where Tony Rorke lost

Contestant No

intention clear and had

his Wind S Pro aircraft

us work extra hard at

due to what can only

0! =! :!

earning points. Needless

be described as loss

to say the standard of

of control. Tony tried

scoring was high and

everything, but in the

consistent and qualifying

end could only stand and

for the MAASA Masters

watch as the aircraft flew

Invitational event later in

uncontrolled straight

the year is really going to

down to meet terra firma

be tough.

with an explosive force.

Name

Average Best (Percentage)

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6789:;!

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Average Best (Normalized) 2000 1994 1923 1860 1690 1658 1644 1589 1529

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Pilot Position 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9

Pilot Position 1

Average Best (Normalized)

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AndrĂŠ Stockwell hastily preparing for his first flight

Pierre Marais and his better half Vanessa now on calling duties

Ayrton Valente and dad Paul enjoying a deserved rest

Overall the day was thoroughly enjoyed by all and the next event planned for the region will be the MAASA Nationals to be held end of April 2012 at the Barnstormers flying field.

Proof that we did allow our judges a small break

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BO LEAGUE 1 - BOMAC 04 MARCH 2012

Great for kites!!

The weather forecast was warm with a slight breeze and the possibility of some showers, wow! did they get it wrong.

A rather later start than printed in the program but once the flight line was put out and the pilots had been briefed, judges in position, all was set for a great comp.

15 entries had confirmed for the event, on the day 14 took part.

Novice started the day, Brianâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s second comp, Aidans first comp.

Aidan did have a dead stick on his first and third flight which was a shame because he was very competitive. In fact his second flight was the same score as Brian but with his two dead-sick rounds gave the win to Brian.

Sportsman next. Four entries saw a close fort battle between all pilots.

Gabriel in only his second Sportsman comp found it harder then most.

Richard Lacey, father of Novice pilot

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Aidan was a close second behind Pieter Kapp with Mario third and Gabriel fourth. Mario was flying his faithful Swallow, he is still having trouble with his Quantum but I think once he gets that sorted he will give the rest serious competition.

Richard flying his very pretty CA model Zapharo, electric power 90 size plane is getting used to the plane and power, Pieter better watch out at the Western Province champs, the top three are very close.

Andre was the only Advanced pilot, flying his Passport, he had a hard time in the changing conditions, yes by now the wind had picked up and was gusting up to 37km, blow-in as well, which not only did Andre find it tough but everyone found the conditions hard work.

Dry, very WINDY conditions most of the day tested the skill of all pilots

John and Brian Bowles... father and son

Ernie with Quantum and new fixed gear...needs spats

Claude came through to call for Richard...

BOLAND

BO LEAGUE 1 - BOMAC 04 MARCH 2012

Andre’s scores showed how he battled. Hopefully next time Andre, the competition will be other pilots and not the weather.

Masters class saw the regulars.

Good to “see” John Calefato back. First round was clearly won by Stuart with his faithful Osmose. Second and third round scores got worse as the wind had become stronger and all pilots found it really tough as the scores showed, except for John Calefato who pulled out a fantastic flight to win the third round. But it as Stuart with winning 2 rounds took the overall class win.

F3A, now with three pilots, Nazeem with his brand new Neptuno, stunning plane, Ernie with fixed landing gear, Quantum and Marc with Beryll also found the conditions hard. Marc winning the first round, Nazeem doing half rolls instead of quarters, a distant second. Ernie, third but did find the reason why his plane was all over the place, not the wind but loose Elevator

hinges, phew! that was a close call and retired for the second and third rounds. Nazeem picked up the pace for the second and third rounds but still couldn’t catch Marc.

The conditions where very difficult, a very strong crosswind with gusts of up to 37km challenged all pilots and it was great to see no damaged planes.

Thanks to BOMAC, the entry of 14 pilots we had expected to take all day, even with the later start we still managed to finish all three rounds by 3pm.

Thanks also to the Judges and stand-in judges for sitting out all day, wasn’t pleasant.

results Novice Brian Bowles Aidan Lacey

48.33% 42.38% 40.48% 16.43% 42.38% 16.19%

45.36% 29.40%

1 2

Sportsman Pieter Kapp Richard Lacey Mario van Dyk Gabriel Neft

50.87% 52.32% 54.78% 46.09%

55.65% 40.00% 49.57% 48.70%

31.30% 53.04% 47.68% 40.72%

53.26% 52.68% 52.17% 47.39%

1 2 3 4

Advanced Andre Wathen

51.54%

49.84% 43.25%

50.69%

1

Masters Stuart Nix John Calefato John Bowles Cobus Malan

59.22% 47.50% 55.11% 50.61%

57.39% 54.67% 55.39% 50.50%

57.44% 58.44% 55.44% 49.83%

58.33% 56.56% 55.42% 50.56%

1 2 3 4

F3A Marc Wolffe Nazeem Harris Ernie Smith

p p p 63.17% 65.78% 66.33% 56.00% 60.00% 60.78% 45.33% 0.00% 0.00%

66.06% 60.39% 22.67%

1 2 3

“Well, I could do better than that!

Unpleasant conditions for judges

“No Johnny, its like this”...

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WP League 2 / WP Champs - hrf 17-18 March 2012

2012

Western Province

Championships 17 - 18 March Helderberg Radio Flyers

WP Championships

Helderberg Radio Flyers

â&#x20AC;&#x153;Not just a Pattern affairâ&#x20AC;?

A great weekend despite the weather which offered us the odd shower, but mostly sunshine was the order for the weekend.

A heathly entry of 14 pilots had entered Pattern with 3 of them entering the other disciplines.

Sportsman had 4 entries, which was closely fort throughout the weekend.

Unfortunately Pieter Kapp and engine issues and had to pull out after the first round, shame as he was in a class of his own. So it was left to Rory, Tim and Gabriel to fight it out, it was Rory who won the class

Brian Bowles was the only

in the end, in fact he blow the

Novice entry and is improving

competition away by winning

at every event. I am sure we

the 3 remaining rounds.

will see him in Sportsman class very soon.

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Two entries in the advanced

It was decided to include Scale and Sports Scale this year, the original Western Province Championship format.

WP League 2 / WP Champs - hrf 17-18 March 2012

WESTERN CAPE

class but Greg cancelled his entry which left Andre to fly against himself.

He did however improve with every flight.

Masters next and the normal entries of Stuart and Brian where joined by John and Gerhard on the entry sheet but the latter two pulled out which left just Brian and Stuart to fight for 1st place.

Stuart, again showed good form with the Osmose winning all 4 rounds.

F3A was between Nazeem, Ernie and Marc. Marc was the clear winner of the class winning all 4 rounds, Nazeem had motor mount issues to start, but showed good flying in the final 3 rounds. Ernie tried hard but came in third. But, that was not the final result, as due to technical issues, Marc and Nazeem had there scores stripped which left Ernie the winner, I am sure thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s not the way he would like to win, but then rules are rules.

A big thanks to the judges, HRF, Louw as CD and the pilots for making another WP champs a great event.

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Results Novice Class - Results Novice Class - Results

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Percent

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 2

Normalized

Result Rnd 1 Percent

Percent

Result Rnd 3

Novice

Normalized

Percent

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 4

Normalized

Result Rnd 3

Percent

Average Best

Normalized

Result Rnd 4

Percent

Normalized

Average Best

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

49.64%

1000

60.89%

1000

52.32%

1000

58.21%

2000

52.32% 1000 Result Rnd 4

58.21%

Sportsman Class - Results

6

Brian Bowles

55.54%

6

Brian Bowles

55.54% 1000 Result Rnd 1

Sportsman Contestant No

Name

49.64% 1000 Result Rnd 2

Percent

Normalized

Percent

60.89% 1000 Result Rnd 3

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

2000

Average Best

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1

Gabriel Nefdt

52.17%

976

51.85%

861

50.43%

839

55.54%

846

53.19%

2683

2

Tim Blegenhout

47.28%

884

54.02%

897

53.37%

888

59.46%

906

55.62%

2691

3

Rory Netterville

52.72%

986

60.22%

1000

60.11%

1000

65.65%

1000

61.99%

3000

4

Pieter Kapp

53.48%

1000

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

61.63%

939

38.37%

1939

Advanced Class - Results

Pilot Position

Pilot Position

1

1 Pilot Position

3 2 1 4

Advanced Contestant No

Name

2

Andre Wathen

3

Greg Moss

Result Rnd 1 55.54%

Result Rnd 2 49.64%

Result Rnd 3 60.89%

Result Rnd 4 52.32%

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

51.77% 55.54% 0.00%

1000

55.91% 49.64% 0.00%

1000

55.61% 60.89% 0.00%

1000

56.65% 52.32% 0.00%

1000

55.76%

2000

0

0.00%

0

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

62.44%

3000

Masters A12 -Results 0

0

0

Average Best

Pilot Position

1 2

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Masters Contestant No

Name

Prepared

by Pierre Fouché Result Rnd 2 Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 1 Normalized

Normalized

1000

Percent 60.22% 62.50%

Result Rnd 4

Normalized

1000

Percent 60.11% 59.50%

1000

Percent 65.65% 65.33%

Average Best

Pilot Position

1

Stuart Nix

Percent 53.48% 57.21%

2

John Bowles

47.50%

830

55.58%

889

57.13%

960

58.79%

900

57.17%

2749

3

John Calefato

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

1 2 3

4

Gerhard Mitton

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

0.00%

0

3

F3A Results 0

0.00%

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

F3A

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Normalized

55.91% Percent

Normalized

55.61% Percent

Normalized

56.65% Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

68.75%

1000

68.33%

1000

70.63%

1000

69.24%

3000

1

Marc Wolffe

66.63%

2

Ernie Smith

47.38%

711

51.67%

752

51.33%

751

55.58%

787

52.86%

2290

3

Nazeem Harris

37.50%

563

65.92%

959

67.08%

982

66.96%

948

66.65%

2889

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

57.21%

62.50%

59.50%

65.33%

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

66.63%

68.75%

68.33%

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

2012

Western Province

Championships 17 - 18 March Helderberg Radio Flyers

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Average Best

51.77% Percent

70.63%

Pilot Position

1 3 2

GAUTENG

clinic - jomac 30 march

Story/Photos: Grant Brook

PILOTS/JUDGES CLINIC – JOMAC Friday night, 30 March, it poured with rain.

In the early hours of Saturday morning there was a thunderstorm of note.

Anyway, 6am on Saturday morning Ivan Olivier (GAA and MAASA Chief Judge) and myself arrive at Johannesburg Model Aircraft Club (www.jomac.co.za) to host the 2nd Pilot/Judges clinic in Gauteng for 2012.

The venue was organized at a week’s notice and all credit must go to the JOMAC Committee and members for making the facility available at such short notice.

What a beautiful morning. The air was crystal clear and you could see the hot air balloons doing champagne breakfast flips over the Magaliesberg. There was just enough cloud to remind you of the storms the night before.

By 06h30 we had 8 pilots and 3 judges with a couple of groupies pitching up to see what they could learn for free. Bob Skinner and Chris Theron (Limpopo Province) arrived as well as our stalwart CD, Danie Potgieter Snr. All three judges (and our CD) will be presiding at the 2012 F3A Nats to be held at Barnstormers (www.barnstormers.co.za) at the end of April.

John Brink unveiled his new F3A “Stealth” ship. Purportedly based on the Peridot designed

by Wolfgang Matt. It would be interesting to get the original designers comments on the conceptual changes made by John.

The morning passed quickly with Ivan, Bob and Chris giving their opinions of the flights (and hopefully picking up a few tips on the way!)

The clinic ended with an excellent brunch organized by Pierre Marais and Danie Potgieter Jnr. What a pleasant way to spend the morning with people that share a passion for RC precision aerobatics.

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FS CHampionships - CRF bloemfontein 16 -17 march

High standard of flying Started off as enthusiastic as always with pilots arriving from everywhere early on Friday to make the event worthwhile.

Anyone could see the quality of flying already at a very high standard at this time of the new season.

Thanks again to Bertie and organizers for a most enjoyable competition at Central Radio Flyers Bloemfontein.

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FS CHampionships - CRF bloemfontein 16 -17 march

Unfortunately all events have some mishaps and Ruston discovered that he lost his software of the “Wind S” when switching on Friday morning.

Lucky with his skill and André’s help everything was in place and operating normal by Saturday morning. Ruston was in the air on Saturday morning without any problems.

Around 10:00 AM the wind speed started picking up and separated the pros and the players. Still no one was put off and flew very high standard flights.

During the 3 rounds flown Saturday standings changed in most of the categories except the number one pilots in the Masters and F3A. Unfortunately Walter had to withdraw after 2 flights discovering that his plane did not make the weight limit. Exceptionally high quality fights were flown in the F3A fourth rounds by André and Calvin. Calvin showed that there was a new pilot to consider and took the honor of the fourth flight in the preliminary schedule.

FREESTATE

Francois had some struggle in the fly-off because initially he did not plan to fly the F. So he had to go home early Saturday evening to practice on a flight simulator.

The Masters class was dominated by Burt Botha from Port Elizabeth.

Advanced class was taken by the international pilot all the way from AbuDhabi. The one and only Stefan Coetzee senior.

We were very fortunate to have him here. Lots of position changes took place during the rounds in the Sportsman category. Lastly were taken again by Stefan Coetzee junior. The weather on Sunday was the best we could ask for. As seen on the results, the quality of flying was of a very high standard through the competition.

The Saturday evening party showed off again the hospitality of the Free State.

Don’t miss out next year.

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KZN Non-League - HIMEVILLE 15 APRIL

Garden boy, Arthur -

well manicured Another very pleasant day was had at Himeville. Good weather, with a bit of crosswind just to keep everyone on their toes. As usual Arthur did a superb job of manicuring kilometres of runway, and organised an efficient braai.

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report by Neil Allen

KwaZulu-Natal

KZN Non-League - HIMEVILLE 15 APRIL

Another very pleasant day was had at Himeville. Good weather, with a bit of crosswind just to keep everyone on their toes. As usual Arthur did a superb job of manicuring kilometres of runway, and organised an efficient braai.

With electric mains, beautiful setting, and a shade hangar, what more could we want?

It is a bit of a distance from Durban, so we had a smaller entry, but flyers should not feel obliged to come if they think it is too far.

In Sportsman Speedy got a deserved score of over 60%, and Colin Addis got used to

the Zenith plane he has gone back to after a mishap with his Venus.

In Masters Mark put up a good performance, and Arthur threw us a few zeroes just for fun.

I was the only flyer in F3A, and was happy with the flying and the judging standards.

I have just recently realised how fortunate we are in KZN to have such a good flying site two or so hours drive from the coast.

Many years ago KZN modellers used to flying at 2000ft would arrive at a field in the Highveld at 5000ft and the engines needed some setup changes, which often

handicapped our competitiveness. Also the flying changes a bit. Using electric power nowadays the engine problems go away, and we are fortunate to be able to test the flying characteristics before traveling up to the Nationals.

Thanks to the judges Bruce, Des, and Ian, who gave consistent scores, and received good practice.

We held a short meeting, and discussed issues relating to pattern. We congratulated Arthur Eggar, as the new MAASA vice chairman, and are pleased that a KZN member is a now one of the committee.

Sportsmen  

Name

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

1

Percent

62.32%

1000

61.88%

1000

64.49%

1000

0.00%

0

63.41%

Normalized

Steven van Niekerk

2

Colin Addis

45.65%

733

42.32%

684

55.36%

858

0.00%

0

50.51%

1591

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

2000

Pilot Position

 

Results A12 MASTERS Class  

Name

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

3

Percent

64.72%

964

60.11%

947

49.17%

787

0.00%

0

62.42%

Normalized

Arthur Eggar

4

Mark Savage

67.11%

1000

63.50%

1000

62.44%

1000

0.00%

0

65.31%

2000

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1911

Pilot Position

 

F3A Results  

Judges - Des Cooper, Bruce Clark, Ian Morris

5

Name Neil Allen

Result Rnd 1 62.32%

Result Rnd 2 61.88%

Percent

Normalized

Percent

63.39%

1000

62.17%

Result Rnd 3 64.49%

Result Rnd 4 100.00%

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

57.50%

1000

0.00%

0

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Average Best Percent

62.78%

Normalized

2000

Pilot Position

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2012 MAASA Nationals, 27-29 April

Aerial Concepts

2012 MAASA Nationals, 27-29 April

PRECISION

AT I AEROB

CS

2012 SA NATIONALS

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MAASA 2012 NATIONALS

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Hosted by

SA NATIONALS - BARNSTORMERS 27-29 APRIL 2012

Barnstormers Model Flying Club Sponsored by

Aerial Concepts 2012 MAASA Nationals, 27-29 April Hosted by Barnstormers

...Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to practice more!!!

EVENT Communication Update

By Clinton Carter-Brown, chairman Gauteng Aerobatic Association

Competition Dates: Friday, 27 April to Sunday, 29 April 2012

Competition Venue: Barnstormers Model Flying Club, Gauteng

The Aerial Concepts 2012 Model Aerobatic Association of South Africa (MAASA) Nationals was hosted by Barnstormers Model Flying Club (www.barnstormers.co.za) in Kempton Park Johannesburg 27-29 April. This prestigious event showcased the very best talent in the art of precision aerobatics.

The contest director was the ever capable Danie Potgieter Snr, who did a great job keeping us all in line. The MAASA Chief Judge (Ivan Olivier), arranged a comprehensive panel of 9 local judges, including himself, Christo Rust, Bob Skinner, Chris Theron, Bertie Viljoen, Kas Hamman, Bruce Clarke, Sebastiano Sacca and Fred Wilkinson. Via a generous donation from Pepper Racing, we were very fortunate to be able to bring Tom Erik Sørensen out from Norway to judge at the event, and to share his knowledge and experience with our local judges and pilots.

Tom Erik has judged the last 5 F3A world championship events, and is one of the most highly ranked and rated international F3A judges. He is also a regular judge on the European F3A World Cup,

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and has been invited to judge at numerous events internationally.

His insight into judging was most informative.

During the planning phase of the event it was clear that the required duration (3 or 4 days) was heavily dependent on the number of pilots that would participate.

The initial responses from the MAASA regional structures indicated an expected 35 to 40 pilots. Detailed planning for a 3 day event commenced, as we could comfortably cater for 40 pilots with the 2 flight lines at the Barnstormers club. As the entries rolled in it became apparent that the number of pilots had been underestimated, and we ended

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SA NATIONALS - BARNSTORMERS 27-29 APRIL 2012

up with a total of 50 pilots (15 of which entered in the last 48hours making re-planning of the event impractical). It is fantastic to see the steady growth in the numbers of pilots participating in national and regional events. It bodes well for the future, but does place additional demands on the organisers and officials.

The breakdown per class was 14 Sportsman, 5 Advanced, 10 Masters and 21 F3A pilots.

In particular it was good to note the large numbers of entries of young pilots such as Gabriel Nefdt, Michael Sacca, Justin Lees, Daviid Swanepoel, Stephan Coetzee and Ayrton Valente. We also saw the return of some old hands to national completion, such as Christopher Harris, Chris Zurinskas, FC Hamman and Rui Martins.

The 2012 Nationals was the first of three team selection events to determine the F3A pilots that will represent South Africa at the 2013 F3A World Championships that is being hosted by South Africa. There was serious competition to have the honour of representing South Africa on home soil. In alignment with the formats flown at major

international competitions the 2012 Nationals F3A class was structured as a fly-off event. All F3A pilots flew 4 rounds of P13 (preliminary) schedule, with the top 7 pilots progressing to fly a further 2 rounds of F13 (flyoff) schedule. The final pilot positions are based on a combination of the P13 and F13 round results. These P13 and F13 schedules are the same schedules that will be flown at the 2013 F3A World Champs.

21 pilots in F3A presented a serious challenge to the contest organisers. This required 84 P13 schedules and 14 F13 schedules to be flown in 3 days, plus demonstration flights. Consideration needed to be given to the workload on the judges, need for breaks, sun position on the flight lines, and the requirement for some flexibility in the event that there was a weather delay.

After agonising over different options and permutations Grant Brook’s considerable effort on optimising the flight draw resulted in the F3A class being split into two groups, with four judging panels. It mirrored the approach used at the world champs, and sees

each group of pilots flying in front of the same panel of judges, on the same flight line, at the same time of day but on a different day.

The Monday and Tuesday before the event saw miserable rainy weather hovering over Johannesburg.

It appeared that the Western province participants had sent some of their weather our way. Fortunately it cleared as the week progressed.

The early morning mist at Barnstormers saw pilots only take to the sky around 9am on Thursday for official practice, but the mist never returned and all three competition days started on time, without incident and without a drop of rain. As it was a competition the wind naturally had to blow, with the wind sock horizontal for most of the flights making it tough flying conditions.

The official practice day on Thursday saw more than 20 pilots fine tuning their preparations. Demonstration P13 flights were flown for the judges. The two flight lines looked like a full blown competition, with rows of 2m pattern planes awaiting their

turn on the “line”.

The welcoming function and pilots briefing was held at the Glen Eagle estate club house, and saw the MAASA Chairman (John Brink) welcome all pilots and officials. The event was opened, and with the assistance of the chief judge and contest director the arrangements were communicated and specific questions attended to.

The following 3 days of competition was exhausting but most enjoyable, with fierce rivalry within all classes.

Pierre Fouche has to be commended for capturing the hundreds of score sheets into the scoring system, whilst himself also competing in the Masters class. In several of the classes it soon became apparent as to who the main contenders were. The splitting of F3A into two groups however meant that the actual positions only became clear at the end of the 4th round of P schedule. So only on late Saturday could pilots confirm if they had done enough to make it into the final F round fly-offs.

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The 7 fly-off F3A pilots were Andre Stockwell, Jason Barker, Pierre Marais, Calvin Schroll, Marc Wolffe, Danie Potgieter and Christopher Harris.

The F3A F13 fly-offs attracted a great deal of attention, and clearly nerves as well. The F13 schedule itself is demanding of both pilot and aircraft, with numerous knife edge components, integrated rolls and snaps. It demands the highest level of control and accuracy. I flew one of the demo F13 flights for the judges and had managed to get through most of the horizontal figure 8 with 2 integrated rolls (performed about 30meters above the ground) when an aggressive rudder input resulted in a very near death experience for my poor plane. My shattered nerves held out and I managed to rescue the plane, but only just in time. It was no doubt very entertaining for the judges and my fellow pilots.

The flying of all classes was completed by 3:30pm on Sunday, and the awards function dinner was held at the Glen Eagle estate.

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Congratulations to all of the winners. The top three positions in each class received an engraved acrylic trophy as well as a cash prize donated by Arthur Eggar.

Top honours in F3A went to Andre Stockwell, and only one normalised point separated second and third places, with Pierre Marais narrowly beating Jason Barker.

This event saw the introduction of the Arthur Eggar South African national junior champion floating trophy. It is awarded to the top placed junior pilot (under the age of 18). This year that honour went to a very deserving Roston Dugmore Jnr. It was furthermore very interesting and encouraging to see the youngsters clean up in the Sportsman and Advanced classes. The future of precision aerobatic is bright given the pool of young talent that is moving up the ranksâ&#x20AC;Ś .Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll have to practice more!!!

Arthur Eggar kindly donated a Stihl weed-eater which was raffled, with the collected monies going to the MAASA judging fund to help

SA NATIONALS - BARNSTORMERS 27-29 APRIL 2012

support judging exposure to international judges and events. The lucky winner was Andre Stockwell, much to the amusement of everyone present. Andre now you have to use it!

A final thanks once again to everyone that was involved in the event, and in particular to our main sponsor (Aerial Concepts) and the Barnstormers club for the use of their excellent facilities.

Thanks to George Sly and the Barnstormers committee for the excellent arrangements and facilities at the field, as well as the members of Barnstormers for giving up their valuable flying time.

The aero-scout association assistance with the running of the score sheets from the judges to the scorer is also greatly appreciated.

As is customary the MAASA Annual General Meeting was

held to coincide with the nationals. Congratulations to Arthur Eggar on being voted the new MAASA Chairman.

There are a number of new committee members with Nazeem Harris taking over the treasurer role from Bertie Viljoen, and Richard Wiedemann becoming the new MAASA secretary. Andre Stockwell has moved to Vice Chairman, and John Brink will be focusing on International relations and in particular the hosting of the 2013 World Champs. Stuart Nix will continue to do a sterling job as National PRO and maintaining the http://www.maasa.co.za website. My thanks to the outgoing committee for the excellent work they have done, and lets all give the new committee our full support.

The next year is going to be an exceptional one for precision aerobatics in South Africa.

MAASA 2012 NATIONALS Hosted by SA NATIONALS - BARNSTORMERS 27-29 APRIL 2012

Barnstormers Model Flying Club Sponsored by

GAUTENG

Sportsman Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised Sportsman 1 Daviid Swanepoel 66.18% 2905 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised Sportsman 2 Ayrton Valente 64.83% 2850 1 Daviid Swanepoel 66.18% 2905 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised 3 Stadler Brits 64.44% 2814 2 Ayrton V alente 64.83% 2850 1 Daviid S wanepoel 66.18% 2905 4 Matthys Botha 62.90% 2800 3 Stadler B rits 64.44% 2814 2 Ayrton Valente 64.83% 2850 5 Stephan Coetzee Jnr 62.03% 2763 4 Matthys Brits otha 62.90% 2800 3 Stadler B 64.44% 2814 6 Michael Sacca 62.61% 2712 5 Stephan C oetzee Jnr 62.03% 2763 4 Matthys B otha 62.90% 2800 7 Steven van Niekerk 59.13% 2633 6 Michael S acca 62.61% 2712 5 Stephan Coetzee Jnr 62.03% 2763 8 Rob Hughes 60.24% 2628 7 Steven van Niekerk 59.13% 2633 6 Michael S acca 62.61% 2712 9 Tony Rorke 57.05% 2490 8 Rob Hughes 60.24% 2628 7 Steven v an N iekerk 59.13% 2633 10 Dereck Butow 55.51% 2467 9 Tony HRughes orke 57.05% 2490 8 Rob 60.24% 2628 11 Hugo Erasmus 53.72% 2390 10 Dereck B utow 55.51% 2467 9 Tony R orke 57.05% 2490 12 Gerrit Tromp 49.61% 2186 11 Hugo E rasmus 53.72% 2390 10 Dereck BNutow 55.51% 2467 13 Gabriel efdt 48.41% 2115 12 Gerrit Trasmus romp 49.61% 2186 11 Hugo E 53.72% 2390 14 Van Zyl Koegelenberg 38.55% 1678 13 Gabriel Nefdt 48.41% 2115 12 Gerrit T romp 49.61% 2186

14 Van Zyl N Koegelenberg 38.55% 1678 13 Gabriel efdt 48.41% 2115 Advanced 14 Van Zyl Koegelenberg 38.55% 1678 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised Advanced 1 Justin Lees 53.85% 2913 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised Advanced 2 Peter Norden 54.25% 2870 1 Justin Lame ees 53.85% 2913 Position Pilot Percentage Normalised 3 Max Bnuizer 53.58% 2833 2 Peter N orden 54.25% 2870 1 Justin Lees 53.85% 2913 4 Richard Wiedemann 49.86% 2638 3 Max BN uizer 53.58% 2833 2 Peter orden 54.25% 2870 5 FC Hamman 47.70% 2540 4 Richard Wiedemann 49.86% 2638 3 Max Buizer 53.58% 2833

5 FC Hamman 47.70% 2540 4 Richard Wiedemann 49.86% 2638 Masters 5 FC Hamman 47.70% 2540 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised Masters 1 Burt Botha 64.57% 3000 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised Masters 2 Werner Venter 62.93% 2888 1 Burt 64.57% 3000 Position Pilot Bnotha ame Percentage Normalised 3 Bertie Viljoen 62.33% 2861 2 Werner Venter 62.93% 2888 1 Burt B otha 64.57% 3000 4 Pierre Fouche 59.37% 2781 3 Bertie Viljoen 62.33% 2861 2 Werner V enter 62.93% 2888 5 Mark Savage 60.24% 2770 4 Pierre F ouche 59.37% 2781 3 Bertie Viljoen 62.33% 2861 6 Carl Nicholl 56.61% 2659 5 Mark SFavage 60.24% 2770 4 Pierre ouche 59.37% 2781 7 Frik de Beer 57.00% 2647 6 Carl NSicholl 56.61% 2659 5 Mark avage 60.24% 2770 8 Stuart Nix 55.83% 2591 7 Frik dNe Beer 57.00% 2647 6 Carl icholl 56.61% 2659 9 Nico Erasmus 54.74% 2564 8 Stuart NBix 55.83% 2591 7 Frik d e eer 57.00% 2647 F3A Preliminary rounds 10 Arthur Eggar 51.65% 2414 9 Nico E rasmus 54.74% 2564 Stuart Nix 2591 Position Pilot name Percentage Normalised 55.83% F3A P8 reliminary rounds 10 Arthur Eggar 51.65% 2414 9 Nico E rasmus 54.74% 2564 1 Andre Stockwell 73.04% 3000 Pilot name Percentage Normalised Position 10 Arthur E ggar 51.65% 2414 2 Jason Barker 70.69% 2933 1 Andre Stockwell 73.04% 3000

3 Pierre Marais 70.20% 2913

2 Jason Barker 70.69% 2933 4 Calvin Schroll 69.80% 2896 3 Pierre Marais 70.20% 2913

5 Marc Wolffe 69.31% 2860

4 Calvin Schroll 69.80% 2896 6 Danie Potgieter 69.09% 2850

5 Marc Wolffe 69.31% 2860 Harris 7 Christopher 68.33% 2820 6 Danie Potgieter 69.09% 2850 8 Dean Grobbelaar 67.35% 2795

7 Christopher H arris 68.33% 2820 9 Walter van 67.26% 2773 Huyssteen 8 Dean Grobbelaar 67.35% 2795 10 Roston Dugmore 65.20% 2726

9 Walter van Huyssteen 67.26% 2773

11 Clinton Carter Brown 65.39% 2712 10 Roston Dugmore 65.20% 2726

12 Rui Martins 65.50% 2703 11 Clinton Carter Brown 65.39% 2712 13 Timothy Hamman 64.44% 2675 12 Rui Martins 65.50% 2703 14 Chris Halgreen 62.09% 2577 13 Timothy Hamman 64.44% 2675 15 Grant Brook 62.13% 2572 14 Chris Halgreen 62.09% 2577 16 Danie Steyn 61.04% 2519 15 Grant Brook 62.13% 2572 17 Nazeem Harris 60.09% 2499 16 Danie Steyn 61.04% 2519 18 Chris Zirinskas 58.98% 2422 17 Nazeem Harris 60.09% 2499 19 Francois van Pletzen 57.57% 2375 18 Chris Zirinskas 58.98% 2422 20 John Brink 55.37% 2283 19 Francois van Pletzen 57.57% 2375 21 Niel Allen 52.81% 2184 20 John Brink 55.37% 2283

21 Niel Allen 52.81% 2184

F3A final rounds Best F Position Pilot name F3A final rounds P Result Final Percentage Normalised Best F Position Pilot name 67.81% P Resul 1 André Stockwell 1000 1000 2000 Percentage Normalised 2 Pierre Marais 67.33% 1000 971 1971 1 André Stockwell 67.81% 1000 1000 3 Jason Barker 67.29% 992 978 1970 2 Pierre Marais 67.33% 1000 971 4 Calvin Scroll 64.86% 956 965 1922 3 Jason Barker 67.29% 992 978 5 Marc Wolffe 63.48% 936 953 1890 4 Calvin Scroll 64.86% 956 965 6 Christopher Harris 63.86% 942 940 1882 5 Marc Wolffe 63.48% 936 953 7 Danie Potgieter 61.19% 902 950 1852 6 Christopher Harris 63.86% 942 940

7 Danie Potgieter 61.19% 902 950

Aerial Concepts 2012 MAASA Nationals, 27-29 April EVENT Communication Update

results

Competition Dates: Friday, 27 April to Sunday, 29 April 2012

Competition Venue: Barnstormers Model Flying Club, Gauteng

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2012 Event Report

KZN League - DMAC Gromor Field 20 MAY

May 2012

It Looked so long and slim...

REPORT BY NEIL ALLEN

A cold day of 15 degrees

KZN Aerobatics league round May 20th

A cold day of 15 degrees greeted us, but at greeted us,was but at Ten least the were least the wind calm. entries received, and as usual Ten here entries in KZN there wind was calm. were none in advanced. Our pilots have been were received, and as usual discussing the proposed rules for next year

here in KZN there were none in advanced. Our pilots have been discussing the proposed rules for next year.

They agreed that it is a big step to go up from Sportsman to the new Advanced A14 schedule class, it is generally agreed with. The new idea of next year the Masters ying the P13, and F3A the P and F is well liked.

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for doing the braai. It has earthworks going on for a warehouse next door, with a new fence, but it was no problem at all.

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KZN League - DMAC Gromor Field 20 MAY MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

May 2012

Event Report

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Thank you DMAC for giving up a Sunday for us to use the field, and for doing the braai. It has earthworks going on for a warehouse F3A Jason Barker 66.87 next door, with a new fence, but it was no69.15 problem at all.71.09 John Dorse

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70.12 52.88

Final score-see note

Flight Order

Fee paid?

Final score-see note

Flight Order

Fee paid?

KZN PATTERN ASSOCIATION In Novice we had our own Vintage pattern plane entrant, Eike ying May 2012 Gromor field. Judges Bruce Clark, Ian Morris, Mike Cox At DMAC RESULTS SHEET for DATE……………………………….20…….

May 20th, 2012 the Wolfgang Matt designed Saphir from about twenty years ago.

They agreed that it is a big step to go from Sportsman to the new ASSOCIATION WithPATTERN the wheels retracted it looked so long and slim in the air. Angus ying KZN At DMAC Gromor field. Judges Bruce Clark, Ian Morris, Mike Cox Advanced A14 schedule, but challanging. Masters will flying theMay P13, RESULTS SHEET for 20th, 2012 McInnes came rst.DATE……………………………….20……. o.

Name and F3A the P13 and F13. ngus In Sportsman, “Speedy” did well to get a 65%, followed by Mike In Novice we had our own Vintage pattern plane entrant, Eike Rd1 % Rd2 % Rd3 % Rd4 % Wyatt Name flying the Wolfgang Matt designed Saphir from about twenty years NOVICE In Masters Mark Savage had meitto contend with,and having 61.6 54 57.1 59.35 ago.

With the wheels retracted looked so long slimdemoted in the air. Angus McInnes Eike Richter 55.33 57.66 50.71 56.5 Rd1 % Rd2 % Mark Rd3 %coming Rd4 % myself to this class.

We had a very close contest, with Angus McInnes came first.

NOVICE out on top. Arthur had a new Pegasus, ex Chris Halgreen, that he ed Angus McInnes “Speedy” did well to get a 65%, 61.6 followed 54 by 57.1 59.35 In Sportsman, Mike wasRichter still setting up. Clive McInnes ew one of the57.66 petrol 50.71 engine Eike 55.33 56.5 SPORTSMAN ng Wyatt.

Steven van Niekerk 64.93 62.32 65.65 65.29 planes that he is addicted to.

Mike Wyatt 33.2 36.4 45.1 40.75 e Results In Masters Mark Savage had me to contend with, having demoted Jason gave us his usual impressive display, and gave the judges myself to this class. We had a very close contest, with Mark coming SPORTSMAN useful van practice on the F schedule. John did some62.32 P patterns only. His 65.29 NOVICE Steven Niekerk 64.93 65.65 out on top. Arthur had a new Pegasus, ex Chris Halgreen, that he Mike 36.4 45.1 40.75 fancyWyatt home moulded ve blade prop on his33.2 Wind110 was certainly Angus Mcinnes 61.60 54.00 57.10 59.35 was still setting up. Clive McInnes flew one of the petrol engine the quietest plane there.

Eike Richter 55.33 57.66 50.71 56.50 . His planes that he is addicted to.

Thanks go to our judges, Bruce Clark, Ian Morris, and Mike Cox. It MASTERS Jason gave us his usual impressive display, and gave the judges y SPORTSMAN Mark Savage 66.55 64.5 68.88 67.72 is good to have Mike back again at our event. Des was unable to Neil Allen 57.7 66.5 68.55 67.53 useful practice on the F schedule. John did some P patterns only. judge, but did scribing for a change.

Arthur Eggar 57.4 62.2 56.7 59.8 Steven van Niekerk 64.93 92.32 65.65 65.29 His fancy home moulded five blade prop on his Wind110 was Clive McInnes 44.2 55.5 53 54.25 ANGUS MCINNES STANDING BY CLIVE’S PLANE, t Thank you for giving a Sunday for us to use the eld, and MASTERS certainly theDMAC quietest plane up there.

Mike Wyatt 33.20 36.40 45.10 40.75 WITH HIS ONE NEXT TO IT. Mark Savage 66.55 64.5 68.88 67.72 for doing the braai.

It has earthworks going on for a warehouse next Neil Allen 57.7 and 66.5Mike 68.55 67.53 Thanks go to our judges, Bruce Clark, Ian Morris, Cox. It MASTERS Arthur 57.4 at all.

62.2 56.7 59.8 door, Eggar with a new fence, but it was no problem Clive McInnes 44.2Des55.5 53 to 54.25 is good to have Mike back again at our event. was unable F3A Mark Savage 66.55 64.50 68.88 67.72 Jason Barker 69.15 66.87 71.09 70.12 nd judge, but did scribing for a change.

John Dorse 53,35 52.41 52.88

Neil Allen

57.70 66.50 68.55 67.53

Arthur Eggar

57.40 62.20 56.70 59.00

Clive McInnes

44.20 55.50 53.00 54.25

F3A Jason Barker

69.15 66.87 71.09 70.12

John Dorse

53.35 52.41

52.88

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