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MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

GAA LEAGUE 2 - PRF 27 May 2012

Pierre Marais astounding! By IAIN PEPPER

A very chilly Sunday morning greeted us at PRF for our 2nd GAA League event for 2012. A very chilly Sunday morning build. greeted us at PRF for our Unfortunately Carl Nicholl 2nd GAA League event for was the only pilot in 2012. Although not as cold & Master class & flew very windy as last year we had a well improving with every great entry of 19 pilots. We round to end up with a very must say thank you to PRF competent 67.17% round 3. for providing us with such a Next up were the Advanced great venue. pilots with 5 entries. First up were the F3A Pilots PJ Norden took the 1st 2 with 9 entries. The bar was rounds closely followed by set very high with the 1st Richard Wiedemann in a class pilot being Andre Stockwell of his own in the 3rd round. scoring a 73.06% . But this Although Richard had the did not scare the rest of the better %score it was PJ that pilots with Calvin Schroll, won . We all know that they Chris Harris & Pierre Marais breed them tough as nails all putting in better flights to in the BLUE BULL zone , but raise the bar even further. MaxBuizer really showed Needless to say that by that they are not scared off the time the 2 P & 1F anything. He had a bit of schedules had been finger trouble in the 1st round flown the bar had & destroyed his new Sebart in been raised to a point a ball of smoke. Not fased by that we have not seen this he jumped in his trusty here for a long time BAKKIE , went home & with the top 5 pilots arrived back in time for in the mid 70% area. round 2 with another Pierre Marais put in a plane. brilliant 2nd P flight to Although he finished score an astounding up 5th overall I think he 79.83%. It was good to deserves to be crowned see Clinton getting to the overall winner for his terms with his Peridot guts, determination & (ex Dean/Wolfgang) commitment. as well as John Brink WELL DONE MAX... improving with his new own design scratch

F3A Andre Stockwell, winner Pierre Marais and Christopher Harris

A impressive collection of planes

John’s Paradox and André’s Visa

F3A Judges

GAUTENG

GAA LEAGUE 2 - PRF 27 May 2012 F3A Results

The Sportsman class had 4 entries. Watch out F3A pilots as there is a youngster, that is only just tall enough to use the mens urinal , Daviid Swanepoel that put in 3 amazing round to win the class with an average of 73.84%. Ayrton Valente flew very well to come home 2nd , but the way him & Daviid are flying it should not be long before they are

topping the charts in the Advanced class. All in all a great enjoyable days competition was had by all at a great venue. Special thanks to the GAA for their great organization skills , Oom Danie Potgieter our regular CD, to Carl & Dave Harris for capturing the scores & last but not least Mr Dugmore for the hours he spends doing the dirty work of field set up.

F3A Result Rnd 1

Contestant No

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Name Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Andre Stockwell

73.06%

976

71.90%

1000

77.72%

974

0.00%

75.39%

1976

Clinton Carter-Brown

65.17%

870

62.38%

868

67.50%

846

0.00%

66.33%

1738

Roston Dugmore

60.33%

806

64.10%

892

66.44%

832

0.00%

65.27%

1724

Danie Potgieter

69.39%

927

65.52%

911

74.11%

71.75%

1855

Grant Brook

57.61%

769

60.81%

846

67.28%

64.04%

1689

Pierre Marais

73.39%

980

67.86%

944

79.83%

1000

0.00%

76.61%

1980

Christopher Harris

74.39%

993

69.10%

961

75.94%

951

0.00%

75.17%

1954

John Brink

48.00%

641

0.00%

62.83%

787

0.00%

55.42%

1428

Calvin Schroll

74.89%

1000

67.67%

941

74.44%

932

0.00%

74.67%

1941

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Result Rnd 1

Name

Carl Nicholl

0.00%

843

0.00%

Results A12 MASTERS Class

Masters Contestant No

928

Advanced Class Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Pilot Position

2 6 7 5 8 1 3 9 4

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

58.78%

1000

65.89%

1000

67.17%

1000

0.00%

66.53%

2000

Pilot Position

Advanced Result Rnd 1

Contestant No

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Name Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

58.13%

905

0.00%

60.61%

2000

PJ Norden

58.13%

1000

63.09%

Richard Wiedemann

55.85%

961

60.33%

Max Buizer

7.40%

127

53.33%

Stadler Brits

47.97%

825

Matthys Botha

45.28%

779

Sportsman

74.89%

Sportsmen 956

64.23%

1000

0.00%

62.28%

1961

845

50.16%

781

0.00%

51.75%

1626

54.31%

846

0.00%

56.63%

1780

56.10%

873

0.00%

56.10%

1763

58.94%

934

56.10%

889

69.10%

Result Rnd 1

79.83%

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best Percent

Normalized

Percent

954

55.80%

Normalized Percent Prepared Fouché 781 by Pierre65.22%

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

856

0.00%

62.75%

1810

Ayrton Valente

60.29%

Ray Jamieson

43.77%

693

51.59%

722

55.80%

732

0.00%

53.70%

1454

Daviid Swanepoel

63.19%

1000

71.45%

1000

76.23%

1000

0.00%

73.84%

2000

Van Zyl Koegelenberg

49.57%

784

51.01%

714

50.72%

665

0.00%

50.87%

1498

58.78%

58.13%

65.89%

63.09%

1 2 5 3 4

100.00%

Name

Contestant No

Pilot Position

67.17%

Pilot Position

2 4 1 3

100.00%

64.23%

100.00%

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Masters - Carl Nicholl

63.19%

Advanced - PJ, Richard and Stadler

71.45%

76.23%

100.00%

Sportsman - David, Ayrton and Van

Judges and scribes for the F shedule Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Christopher Harris

Clinton’s new Peridot

Page 1

Calvin’s Optium and Andre’s Visa

A very chilly Sunday morning

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Another day in paradise A summers day in winter, just fantastic. A wind free and cold start greeted the pilots as the sun rose over the mountains to reveal just perfect conditions.

WP League 3 - hrf 03 JUNE 2012

Judges, Kas, Martin, Ludwig and Nic

Cobus taking it easy

Donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t need a fancy Pattern plane A very impressive selection a planes

WP League 3 - hrf 03 JUNE 2012

17 entries had been received before the event with 4 withdrawals due to versions personal reasons. So 13 pilots arrived to take part in this 3rd league event of the year. We had planned, if time allowed for 4 rounds and we had the weather for it as well. First was the Novice class with two entries, Brian and Aidan who battled it out, but Brian was in a league of his own scoring a great 66.96 on his second round to win the class. Aidan found the going tough but did his best with a “non” pattern plane, DAD, it’s about time you let him use your Zepharo!! I am sure next time we will be seeing Brian in the sportsman class.

The Sportsman class had two withdrawals which left 4 pilots to battle it out. Rory from TMFC was a clear winner of the class but Richard (Aidans father) was a close second. Third and fourth, Anton and Mario with also close scores. Great to see a welcome return by Anton who was flying Advanced 3 years ago entering Sportsman with a third place result. I am sure if he sticks to it, will soon be back in Advanced and battling for first place. Three entries in Advanced saw Cobus with a great final round score of 68.17 making him the clear winner. Greg who has been out of flying for a couple of months managed to remember the schedule, just! Between himself and second

WESTERN CAPE

place Andre they entertained the rest of us with there “aerobatic” display, well that’s what they called it.

Z maneuver realize his mistake had to roll back thereby scoring 0. Brian improved to a high 50.

They do call for each other and very competitive, need I say more!!

In the 3rd round Ernie got a dead stick, Stuart just lost the plot and Brian wanted to go home, not good for anyone. At the end, Stuart took the win just ahead if Ernie and Brian in third.

Now to the big guns… (Ok, I can say that, I am doing the writing), Masters class, regulars Stuart and Brian where joined by Ernie Smith, who had decided to demote himself due to the F3A(F). First round saw Stuart blow the other out of the water with an impressive 66.83 flying his brand new Envision, Ernie still with his 2 stroke Quantum scoring 60.54 and Brian with 55.50. Second round was taken by Ernie with a 67, Stuart decided to do a full roll on the

Unfortunately Marc was the only F3A as Nazeem had to withdraw, but Marc as normal put on a top performance flying “P, P and F” with very respectable scores. A big that’s to the club and members who gave up a stunning day for this competition, to Dave and family for lunch and to the judges, Martin, Kas, Nic and Ludwig for there time.

Novice winner, Brian

WP League 3 - hrf 03 JUNE 2012

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

Novice Class - Results Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Brian Bowles

58.39%

1000

66.96%

1000

50.00%

952

0.00%

62.68%

2000

Aiden Lacey

46.79%

801

47.68%

712

52.50%

1000

0.00%

50.09%

1801

Pilot Position

1 2

Sportsman Class - Results Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

57.83%

947

60.76%

1000

56.52%

961

0.00%

59.29%

1961

Richard Lacey

Rory Netterville

61.09%

1000

60.22%

991

58.80%

1000

0.00%

60.65%

2000

Mario van Dyk

54.08%

1775

871

0.00% 100.00% 0.00%

216

49.13% 52.50% 51.20%

835

943

55.65% 66.96% 13.15%

916

Anton raats

52.50% 58.39% 57.61%

859

54.40%

1814

0.00%

Pilot Position

The sport is made up of many characters, such as Mario and Greg and Marc

2 1 4 3 5 5

Advanced Class - Results Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1 Percent

Result Rnd 2

Normalized

Percent

Result Rnd 3

Normalized

Percent

56.59%

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

830

Andre Wathen

54.39%

929

0.00%

55.49%

1759

Greg Moss

49.09%

839

50.12%

863

54.76%

803

0.00%

52.44%

1702

Cobus Malan

58.54%

1000

58.05%

1000

68.17%

1000

0.00%

63.35%

2000

61.09%

60.76%

58.80%

100.00%

Pilot Position

2 3 1

The New Envision, only 10 flights and a first place

Masters A12 -Results Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Pilot Position

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Stuart Nix

66.83%

1000

62.83%

928

51.58%

1000

0.00%

64.83%

2000

John Bowles

55.50%

830

58.58%

865

49.79%

965

0.00%

57.04%

1830

John Calafato

0.00%

1 3 4

Ernie Smith

60.54%

906

67.71%

1000

30.83%

598

0.00%

64.13%

1906

58.54%

58.05%

68.17%

100.00%

F3A Results Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Contestant No

Name

Marc Wolffe

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

70.29%

1000

68.96%

1000

74.21%

1000

0.00%

72.25%

2000

Pilot Position

Marcs F3A Asy%$^&* 66.83%

67.71%

51.58%

100.00%

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

70.29%

68.96%

74.21%

100.00%

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

HRF splendid club, must be one of the best in the country

KZN CHAMPIONSHIPS - EMOYENI AVIATION PARK 16-17 JUNE

KwaZulu-Natal

KZN Championships

“It’s their loss for not being at this great event!” Report by Leon Coetzee

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

KZN CHAMPIONSHIPS - EMOYENI AVIATION PARK 16-17 JUNE

KwaZulu-Natal

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

KZN CHAMPIONSHIPS - EMOYENI AVIATION PARK 16-17 JUNE

KwaZulu-Natal

John CalEFATO at BOMAC LEAGUE - not sure what he is trying to explain to Claude mackrill, maybe he is looking for his contact lenses

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

FROM THE NEW CHAIR May I commence by thanking my predecessor, John Brink and his outgoing committee for their dedication and application to the tasks demanded of steering an Association as is ours. To those committee members who are still with us, I say, welcome to the new era, congratulations on your re-appointment and may we have an amicable working association into the future. To the new members, thank you for stepping up to the plate and may your term be a rewarding and enjoyable one Briefly, my appointment was a surprise as I had only anticipated ratification of my Vice- Chairman post at the AGM. That said, it was mooted that John wished to stand down as Chairman to concentrate his time and effort on heading the organizing of the forthcoming F3A World Aerobatic Championship in 2013 here in South Africa. He certainly has a monumental task at hand and I think I speak for one and all, in wishing him and his team success. I now face the challenges of my new appointment and to me it has a two fold connotation. Precision Aerobatics is steeped in an historical background of success in South Africa, so it is with that in mind, I firstly, must carry on the Chairmanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s role as diligently and successfully as possible and secondly, deem it a privilege to be at the helm. The transition period will be taxing personally, but I am confident that with the committee I have, the well wishes and pledges of support and assistance I have received from the members of our Association, it will be smooth. I do not anticipate any changes being made in the short term, however, if changes are to be made, they will be done as necessary, with finesse and the consensus of the members. In conclusion, I look to the future with expectation and a very positive image for the Model Aerobatic Association of South Africa. Long live Precision Aerobatics. Thank You. Arthur Eggar.

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

WP League 4 - TMFC 01 JULY 2012

Sportsman Winner, (just) Mario

The rain stopped for the day The day started later

than scheduled but once

underway the small entry

kept to the program and we managed to fly 4 rounds.

Andre, enjoying another beautiful day in the cape

It was cold but dry when I arrived at 8. All of the previous week had been very wet, but the forecast for today was cloudy, mild with no wind. The forecasters were right on target. Martin, Nic and Ludwig where the three judges who gave up there time to judge all 10 entries flying 4 rounds. First up was Aidan in the Novice class, once again on his own and his flying improving during the event, his scores reflected this and his best score of 63.10 on his final flight gave him a very respectable 58.81 average. I am sure he will be flying sportsman very soon. They where next. Four Sportsman entries, the normal list of Richard, Mario, Gabriel and Rory. Rory is normally the one in front but Mario was hot on his heals in round 1.

Martin, Nic and Ludwig, our judges

Rory and Andre in deep discussion

WESTERN CAPE

WP League 4 - TMFC 01 JULY 2012

Round 2 and Rory had a failed receiver on his second maneuver only to stand and watch his swallow enter a hole in the ground. This left Mario to win the second round, but watch out, Richard and Gabriel close behind. The third and fourth rounds produced interesting results. Gabriel has finally found his rhythm and broke into the 60’s and won the 3rd and 4th rounds with fantastic 60+ scores, Well done. These two final rounds put Gabriel second only just behind Mario. Richard was third with a reasonable score. His was flying his Wind S for the first time but did some pit “maintenance” forcing him to fly his sons plane after round two. The sportsman class is looking very competitive. Advanced next and once again the terrible twins where the only entries. Andre and Greg. Greg is really battling, and this shows with scores in the high 40’s, low 50’s but with the lack of practice (pattern) it’s not surprising his scores are low. (sorry Greg)

Andre finally broke into the 60’s, scoring a very respectable 65.12 on his last round. With high 50’s in the previous rounds gave him a final 60+ score, his first Masters score of the season. With only two more league events to go, will he get that all important Masters invitation. Masters class next and Stuart and Ernie battled it out for the win. Ernie was late and missed the first round but once he arrived a got his new plane together managed to fly the remaining 3 rounds. Stuart won the next two rounds with good mid 60’s but Ernie did also score a good third round, this was only his third flight with this plane so I am sure this class is going to get very competitive.

Ernie showing off his new plane to Gabriel

Gregs OTOP and Andres PASSPORT

The final round was won by Ernie, Stuart just loss complete concentration and had a poor flight. Didn’t matter though as he had already won the class with a great overall average. Marc was the only F3A pilot. As normal Marc produced slow, precision flying in all four rounds.

Stuarts ENVISION and Marcs Azy$%^&

The Swallow of Gabriel

Richard and Aidan Lacey enjoying another Pattern comp

WP League 4 - TMFC 01 JULY 2012

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH AFRICA

A little bit of confusion on his first flight, One half spins or two!!! A good score anyway. A great second score of +70. Then it was time for the ‘F’ . We all watched him fly the F with skill and graceful flying, I have no idea how one starts to practice all the maneuvers, such a hard schedule but Marc did improve on his final round despite a ‘0’ on his first maneuver.

We finished all 4 rounds by 2pm which was great timing and allowed the club members to take to the skies, they had sat around most of the morning waiting for us to finish, a big thanks to them.

Pilots support will be appreciated for Langabaan, they are so keen on Pattern we need to support them. If the cost of getting there is a problem they gat a lift…

The next League round is at Langabaan on 12 August, the next clinic is at PRF at the end of June.

(And this morning, Monday its raining!!)

Thanks again to all pilots, Judges and TMFC.

Contestant No

Name

Contestant No

Name

Novice Class Novice Class Results Results

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 1

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 2

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 3

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 4

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Average Best

Pilot Position Pilot Position

Aidan Lacey

57.14%

1000

52.86%

1000

60.48%

1000

63.10%

1000

58.81%

2000

Aidan Lacey

57.14%

1000

52.86%

1000

60.48%

1000

63.10%

1000

58.81%

2000

Andre, Advanced winner Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Sportsmen

Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

933

57.54%

921

58.21%

2789

Richard Lacey

53.91%

861

56.67%

935

60.43%

Mario van Dyk

61.45%

981

60.58%

1000

52.03%

803

62.32%

998

61.45%

2979

Gabriel Nefdt

50.72%

810

56.38%

931

64.78%

1000

62.46%

1000

61.21%

2931

Rory Netterville

62.61%

1000

0.00%

20.87%

1000

Advanced Class

57.14%

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

52.86%

60.48%

63.10%

52.86%

60.48%

63.10%

Result Rnd 2

Percent

Normalized

Percent

André Wathen

55.85%

1000

59.19%

Greg Moss

47.80%

856

51.06%

Result Rnd 3

Prepared by Pierre Fouché Normalized Percent

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

65.12%

1000

60.05%

3000

896

49.59%

762

49.97%

2615

1000 54.96% Prepared by Pierre Fouché 863 49.27%

Pilot Position

3 1 2 4

Pilot Position

1 2

Results A12 MASTERS Class 62.61%

Contestant No

Name

60.58%

Result Rnd 1

64.78%

Result Rnd 2

62.46%

Result Rnd 3

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Stuart Nix

65.78%

1000

66.39%

Ernie Smith

0.00%

56.17%

1000 64.89% Prepared Fouché 846 by Pierre 64.11%

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

55.17%

899

65.69%

3000

988

61.39%

1000

60.56%

2834

Pilot Position

1 2

Page 1

F3A Results

Contestant No

Looks like Marc has lost something

Name

Marc Wolffe

55.85% Result Rnd 1

59.19% Result Rnd 2

54.96% Result Rnd 3

65.12% Result Rnd 4

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

66.28%

1000

72.94%

1000

58.62%

1000

63.00%

1000

67.41%

3000

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

Average Best

Pilot Position

MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHAFRICA AFRICA MODEL AEROBATIC ASSOCIATION OF SOUTH

2012 Event Report

GAA LEAGUE 3 - JOMAC 29 JULY 2012 August 2012

GAA League 3 - JOMAC - 29 July

by Clinton Carter-Brown

The first pilots starting arriving The first pilots starting arriving at at JOMAC well before sun JOMAC well before sun rise on a rise on a calm and chilly calm and chilly winter’s morning winter’s morning in northern in northern Johannesburg. The Johannesburg. The event event was the Gauteng Aerobatic was the Gauteng Aerobatic Association (GAA) League 3, the Association (GAA) League the final Gauteng event before3,the final Gauteng event the Gauteng Champs inbefore September. Gauteng Champs in September.

A view towards the flightline

JOMAC had kindly agreed to

apparent that a record bumper

host the event, a particularly

turnout was expected. Entries

important competition with

closed the Thursday before the

many pilots wanting to

event, and it was clear that we

secure another qualifying

would have a very full and busy

score for the MAASA Masters

day. As we had a single flight

completion that will take place

line, the flight draw and day’s

in October.

proceedings had to be fine

Flying conditions were perfect, with clear skies and a very slight wind that built steadily during the day but never tested the windsock too much. Leading up the event it was

by Clinton Carter-brown

tuned to try to fit everyone in and ensure that we could fly 3 rounds. After 3 last minute cancellations, the final count of pilots was an impressive 20, with 4 Sportsman, 4 Advanced, 5 Masters and 7 F3A pilots.

a SQUAREEDGE | design

record bumper turnout was expected

07h30 at JOMAC

2012

The pilots briefing got underway by

before 5pm. Prize giving was concluded

7:40, and the first pilot was airborne

before sunset, with trophies for the first

shortly after 8:00am. The CD for the

3 places in all classes. The results are

day, as always, was Danie Potgieter

included with this article. Congratulations

Snr, who did a fine job keeping pilots

to the winners. Their results reflect

and judges to the very tight flight

hundreds (and in cases thousands) of

schedule. Due to the unavailability

hours of practice and dedication. In

of full time judges, judging duty was

particular congratulations to young Daviid

performed by the pilots. While not

Swanepoel, who flew extremely well in the

ideal this did expose the pilots to other

Sportsman class. I judged his last flight, and

schedules, and the GAA provided food

even in a fairly stiff cross wind he flew with

and drink for everyone for the day.

control, precision and geometry that are

The morning flights were made off the flight line to the west of JOMAC, with

Daviid and Adriaan Swanepoel

great potential for the future. A particular word of thanks to the JOMAC

and landing on the main runway.

committee and membership. The field and

This allowed pilots to get airborne

facilities were in excellent condition, with

while the previous pilot was landing,

two new waterless toilets and shade and

and saved a considerable amount of

cut runway verges that are the envy of

time. Two rounds were flown off the

many other clubs. Thank you especially to

morning line, before switching to the

the regular JOMAC Sunday pilots for giving

afternoon line to the south.

up their days flying. It was also great to see

A meeting of the MMWC (Main Manne What Count)

a few of them pop in to support the event.

incidents, but there were a few

The next GAA event is the Gauteng

moments where pilots, callers and

Champs, which will take place at Henley

spectators were entertained with a

Aero Modellers on 22 and 23 September

wrong input that saw a plane headed

2012. It too promises to be a great event.

for disaster (but the planes were

August 2012

seldom seen at the entry level. He shows

pilots taking off on the cross runway,

Flying was of a high level, with no

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Relaxing in the sun

skillfully set skywards again). With 20 pilots there was an impressive array of state of the art aerobatic planes. I flew my new Citrin biplane for the first time in competition. It is Wolfgang Mattâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s latest design, and is very easy on the eye (and certainly flies very wellâ&#x20AC;Ś watch out!). Roston Dugmore and family assisted with the scoring, by efficiently capturing the scores and printing the results. Our thanks to them for their assistance. Under the ever watchful eye of Danie Snr, we managed to get through 3 rounds totalling 60 flights, ending just

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Results

F3A Winners

Masters Winners

Advanced Winners

Sportsman Winners

Pos Name 1 Daviid Swanepoel 2 Hugo Erasmus 3 Dereck Butow 4 Van Zyl Koegelenberg Results: Sportsman

Percent 75.0% 64.9% 64.6% 58.2%

Normalised 2000 1884 1818 1636

Pos Name 1 Matthys Botha 2 Max Buizer 3 Richard Wiedemann 4 Stadler Brits Results: Advanced

Percent 64.0% 62.6% 59.0% 54.0%

Normalised 2000 1966 1851 1696

Pos Name 1 Werner Venter 2 Carl Nicholl 3 Frik de Beer 4 Nico Erasmus 5 Justin Lees Results: Masters

Percent 68.8% 61.4% 60.9% 60.1% 57.7%

Normalised 2000 1783 1771 1750 1691

Pos Name 1 Andre Stockwell 2 Pierre Marais 3 Calvin Schroll 4 Clinton Carter-‐Brown 5 Roston Dugmore 6 Grant Brook 7 Timothy Hamman Results: F3A

Percent 76.8% 74.7% 74.7% 70.2% 67.1% 67.1% 62.7%

Normalised 2000 1947 1946 1830 1768 1749 1632

Event Judges

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2012 Event Report

League Round 2 - AMSRCC 12 AUGUST 2012 August 2012

The pilot line-up

On arrival at the field, we were welcomed with hot coffee and rusks, a great idea, as the weather was sunny but very cold. Only 8 entries for this end of the season league event, with Cobus and Andre chasing scores for masters. Well the weather was good for high scores with very little wind, a great change after the cape was hit by strong winds and Gail force winds yesterday and Friday night.

Big thanks to Herman and his club members

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Sportsman had 3 entries Richard showing that he is getting used to his new plane and with an overall score of 57.46 will surely soon be a strong competitor for a class win. This was taken by Rory who once again was the winner. He is now the owner of Ernie’s quantum and once he gets used to the extra power, will certainly be a strong winner on the sportsman class, the it will be time to move to Advanced next year having now qualified for the Masters. Gabriel batted with his swallow and was ended third. Time to get that new plane going Gabriel. Advanced class was between Andre and Cobus, Greg had entered but the pressure of his daughter getting engaged must had put him in a frenzy!! Anyway, Andre with his passport and Cobus with his no name home build plane battled it out for the win. Both pilots flew very well but it was Cobus who took the win. Both pilots scored there 60+ scores for another masters qualification. Both needing one more score to qualify. Lets hope they get that last needed score at the last league event next month.

Novice pilot, ready for take-off

Judging the three classes, Novice to Advanced was Martin, Nazeem and Stuart. All our scores were very close and I must say I enjoyed scoring despite the cold breeze. Masters next and John and Stuart were the only entries. After two rounds the clear leader was stuart, John scored well but not good enough and Stuart was the clear winner. “I found it difficult to judge, fly and do the scoring, with the help of Megan. So I decided not fly my third round so I could compile the scoring and results”. Hopefully next year there will be a bigger entry here, this year was a learning curve for the club who are very enthusiastic and next year will certainly have one or maybe two leagues. To the pilots who did take part, see you next year. To those of you who didn’t, please try and support the events up here next year. Yes, it’s a long drive but only two Sundays in the year is not much to ask. Remember, shared transport is the best idea so next year, no excuses!!

Thanks to Nazeem and Martin

The quantum of Rory, Sportsman class

Cobus, pre-flight with a helping hand from Andre

Thanks to Herman and club members who gave up a Sunday, to Martin, the only official judge for his time and dedication. The next and last league will be at BOMAC on sunday September 16.

Wind S of Richard Lacey, Sportsman

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2012 Event Results

League Round 2 - AMSRCC 12 AUGUST 2012

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Contestant No

Name

Contestant No

Name

Result Rnd 1

Novice Class Novice Class Results Results Novice Class Result Rnd 2

Average Best

Pilot Position

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 3

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 4

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

1000

59.76%

1000

0.00%

60.83%

2000

63.10%

1000

58.81%

2000

Sportsmen

Brian Bowles

61.90%

1000

55.24%

Aidan Lacey

57.14%

1000

52.86%

Name

Result Rnd 4

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 2

Contestant No

Result Rnd 3

Percent Normalized Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 1 Percent

Normalized

Richard Lacey

54.35%

974

Gabriel Nefdt

44.06%

790

Rory Netterville

55.80%

1000

Sportsman Class 1000

Result Rnd 2 Percent

Normalized

60.48%

1000

Result Rnd 3 Percent

Result Rnd 4

Normalized

Advanced Class

Average Best

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

60.58%

974

47.25%

786

0.00%

57.46%

1948

54.06%

869

54.20%

901

0.00%

54.13%

1771

62.17%

1000

60.14%

1000

0.00%

61.16%

2000

Pilot Position

2 3 1

Advanced Class Result Rnd 2

Result Rnd 3

Result Rnd 4

Average Best

Name

Results A12 MASTERS Class

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

André Wathen

64.15%

1000

59.59%

922

60.08%

907

0.00%

62.11%

1922

Cobus Malan

60.33%

940

64.63%

1000

66.26%

1000

0.00%

65.45%

2000

Contestant No

Name

61.90%

55.24%

57.14%

52.86%

Result Rnd 1

Result Rnd 2

Percent

Normalized

Percent

Stuart Nix

59.25%

1000

65.42%

John Bowles

53.42%

902

56.92%

59.76%

100.00%

60.48%

63.10%

Masters Class Normalized

Result Rnd 3 Percent

1000 by Pierre 0.00% Prepared Fouché 870

56.50%

Result Rnd 4 Percent

Normalized

Percent

Normalized

0.00%

65.42%

1000

0.00%

56.92%

902

Prepared by Pierre Fouché

55.80%

62.17%

60.14%

Average Best

Normalized

100.00%

Pilot Position

2 1

Pilot Position

1 2

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Contestant No

KZN League 3 September 2

Cool and the Gang Comments - by Neil Allen

A lovely day greeted our happy gang again. Cold at first, but it turned into a perfect sunny day, with gentle winds. Considering the week we are now having with rain and chilly weather, we are feeling lucky. Everyone was enjoying the flying so much that we stayed on for a fourth round.

Mark Savage’s Azurit coming in to land

Howick club in its rural setting.

Arthur Eggars ex Chris Halgreen Pegasus

In Novice we had Angus

changing planes did not

is the rather ancient ex

McInnes enjoying flying a

help him. We are delighted

John Brink “Superman”

plane that escaped from

to welcome Johan de

with Plettenberg power.

the large scale event, and

Lange back from Saudi

going well. In Sportsman

Arabia, now in business

“Speedy” van Niekerk

with his son making coffin

cracked the 60% mark, but

lids, which I am sure in time

Colin had a few engine

to come will pay for lots of

bothers.

pattern goodies! Johan had

Masters had three entries. Mark Savage put in four

We were pleased to see a new face, Clint, come along with his Valiant, and learn what pattern is about. We look forward to seeing him do the Sportsman event

not flown for over year, but

next time. Mike Wyatt

did well.

also came along, and he

excellent rounds, showing

John Dorse and I decided

should be back flying next

great consistency. He was

to fly F3A, as we enjoy

time. Dave Greer overslept,

flying his ex Mark Wolff

flying the P pattern.

would you believe it? Leon

Azurit plane, by Oxai. He

John had a problem, and

Coetzee has also promised

told me that when he

damaged his plane. We

to fly next time, so that

bought it it had a bit of

hope to see it repaired and

should make a crowd!

minor wear and tear. When

flying again. I flew four P

he wanted to restore it,

patterns, but the last two

he needed seven colours

do not count, as they are

mixed for him - at a cost

supposed to be F patterns.

of R100 a colour! Arthur

Round, Howick MFC ILeague am not flying any more RESULTS SHEET for 2 Sept 2012….

Eggar brought two planes

major events, so chose to

along, and couldn’t choose

do the P pattern, which

which one to fly. He ended

Name becomes the Masters

up flying his Valiant, but

schedule in 2013. My plane

Unfortunately there is a housing settlement of 25,000 houses coming next door one day!

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Our three judges, Bruce, Ian, and Mike did an excellent job - thank you. Clive McInnes and the Howick club provided a

fantastic venue, and hostedNOTE (final s Final score-see note

KwaZulu-Natal

KZN LEAGUE 3 - 2 SEPTEMBER 2012

the braai for us - thank you. 2 rounds = be

Rd1 % Rd2 %

Rd3 %

Rd4 %

NOVICE Angus McInnes

54.00

57.00 52.20 62.90

57.96

SPORTSMAN Steven van Niekerk Colin Addis

59.12 50.29

62.75 63.14 63.48 53.91 0.00 57.39

63.12 53.86

MASTERS Mark Savage Arthur Eggar Johan de Lange

66.83 64.20 59.10

68.66 70.60 69.27 58.70 63.20 56.20 0.00 58.40 60.20

69.51 62.03 59.23

F3A P P F F Neil Allen 61.28 65.17 0.00 0.00 John Dorse ? P Pttns done by Neil that do not count 61.11 58.61 JUDGES Bruce Clark Ian Morris Mike Cox

1 round = 1 sc

3 rounds - ave 4 rounds = av

42.15 0.00

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Lack of support! The last league of the season for us in the Cape and an entry of ten had confirmed there entry.

BOLAND LEAGUE 4 - BOMAC 16 September 2012

Richard, perfecting his landing skills, or was it the callers fault!

On the day however a little disappointing with only six entries showing.

there scores but it was Mario with his faithful Quantum who just to first place.

Rory had emailed me to cancel as he was stuck in Durban, Tim and Marc just didn’t show. Claude had plane issues the day before and Kurt had plane issues on his first flight, so that left only one more pilot than the judges!

Richard told me that he had crashed his Sebart 50 the week before with complete radio failure but will be back next season with his CA Models Zafaro.

Anyway the event situated in the picturesque setting of the Paarl hills, with clear blue skies, 30c temperatures, slight breeze and a welcoming club staged this event.

Four Judges and Christos son who ran with the scores.

First to take to the sky was Richard, flying his electric stick, battled in the sportsman class with Mario. The two where very close on

Advanced class saw André and Cobus fight it for the win. André needing 60+ to qualify for the Masters, no pressure. He put in three good scores to secure him the class win and Masters qualification. Cobus was not his normal self and battled to get any good scores.

BOLAND LEAGUE 4 - BOMAC 16 September 2012

BOLAND

Masters class was against Kurt and Stuart. Kurt had plane issues on his first round and aborted the flight and event. So that left Stuart with the class win and two practice rounds. His second round score of 69.04 was his best score to date and just missing out on that illusive 70%. Anyway this did help him achieve a very respectable final score. Thanks to the four judges, Martin, Christo, Nic and Ludwig who once again gave up part of there Sunday to judge. Thanks to BOMAC club for allowing us to to stage the comp and finally thanks to all the pilots who took part in events this year. It has been one of the most enjoyable seasons since I started, I do hope that next season is even better. The those pilots who qualified for the SA masters, congratulations. Till next season, enjoy the summer and get in lots of practice.

RESULTS SPORTSMAN Mario van Dyk

28.15 49.78 55.54

56.85

Richard Lacey

50.76 59.35 00.00

55.06

Andre Wathen

60.61 61.28 62.87

62.07

Cobus Malan

52.20 57.01 55.30

57.01

63.75 69.04 64.25

66.65

ADVANCED

MASTERS Stuart Nix Kurt Mackrill

Mario, Cobus and Stuart enjoying another sunny day in the Cape

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GAA CHAMPs- LEAGUE 4 - HENLEY 22-23 September 2012

Changing of the guard As is traditional, the final event of the Gauteng Aerobatic Association (GAA) 2012 season was the GAA Provincial Championship, which was kindly hosted by Henley Aeromodelers on 22 and 23 September 2012. By Clinton Carter-Brown

GAUTENG

GAA CHAMPs- LEAGUE 4 - HENLEY 22-23 September 2012

The scorers

Henley Aeromodelers

is located close to Henley on Klip, north of the Vaal Dam, and will be the site for the 2013 F3A World Aerobatic Championship. These world class facilities have to be seen to be appreciated, with two flight lines, impressive runways, lapa, hanger, and even a swimming pool. Hosting the GAA champs at Henley allowed the GAA to arrange a packed 2 day event, flying on both flight lines, which also provided an opportunity to fly in conditions similar to those expected at next yearsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; world champs. It furthermore allowed us to test the facilities and identify any areas for attention in preparation for the world champs.

Entries closed a week before the event, and as expected a very impressive turnout was realized, with 33 pilots registering and only 1 cancellation. The breakdown per class was 6 Sportsman, 6 Advanced, 11 Masters and 9 F3A pilots. Entries included precision aerobatic pilots from as far afield as the Eastern Cape, Free State, Kwa-Zulu Natal, North West and Limpopo. The Friday before the event saw in excess of 10 pilots practicing at the Henley field. The official competition got underway on Saturday morning, starting with the pilots briefing. As always the contest director was Danie Potgieter Snr. With two flight lines in operation Danie was also the line

At around 3:30pm dark storm clouds started to roll in, and lightning saw the second round of F3A stopped during the second flight. director for the southern line, while Gary Lees efficiently ran the northern line. The full time judges for the event were Ivan Olivier (MAASA Chief Judge), Chris Theron, Bruce Clark, Sebastiano Sacca, and John Clements. Due to the need to run two flight lines, the additional judging duties were performed by several of the pilots. Roston Dugmore Snr set up the flags for both flight

lines, and the Dugmore family kindly assisted with the scoring. Catering was coordinated via Danie Potgieter Jnr, and saw a local catering company providing a wide range of great treats, eats and drinks. Flying started around 8:30, and the wind built steadily during the morning. By mid morning the wind had built to a demanding 20 knots plus, which was directly across the flight line. This presented a real challenge, especially for the northern flight line as the wind was directly across the single runway resulting in an extremely difficult landing. Although the plan was to complete two rounds of F3A P schedule and

3 rounds for all other classes on the Saturday, the weather had other ideas. At around 3:30pm dark storm clouds started to roll in, and lightning saw the second round of F3A stopped during the second flight. Within 20 minutes the heavens proverbially opened, with a downpour and even small hail. Unfortunately this bad weather saw the F3A and Masters rounds postponed till Sunday morning. After the late afternoon showers it cleared up reasonably, and a lovely evening was had with an excellent spit braai and entertainment in the form of our own established entertainer, John Clements.

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GAA CHAMPs- LEAGUE 4 - HENLEY 22-23 September 2012

The hanger at Henley proved an excellent venue, and saw the 50 odd competitors, officials, family and friends enjoying a meal and drinks. Due to the need to fit in additional rounds on Sunday morning (as a result of the Saturday rain delays), flying on Sunday started earlier at 8:00 am. Fortunately there was sufficient time available on Sunday to complete all of the rounds and still finish flying by 2pm. The weather on Sunday was vastly improved, with a mild breeze, warm conditions and no rain. Thank goodness. Flying on Sunday was concluded by late lunchtime, and the prize giving followed shortly thereafter. Due to the generous donations of our event sponsors, the prizes for the top placed competitors were fantastic, with Bridgestone Formula 1caps, iPods, spur vouchers, medals and certificates. The results are tabled, and show the fierce levels of competition. In particular congratulations to Christopher Harris, who took top honors in F3A, bringing to an end an era of domination by Pierre Marais and Andre Stockwell. Our thanks to our sponsors and benefactors. Without their generous support the GAA Champs would not have been the top class event that it was. In particular thanks to Seven Eagles Spur in Greenstone Mall, Portable Shade, and Iain Pepper, who also provided the use of his home at the Vaal Dam for the accommodation of the officials. Naturally once again thanks to all of the officials that made the event possible (contest and line directors, judges, scribes, caterers, entertainment) and in particular to Henley Aeromodelers and their membership for allowing us to use the excellent facilities, and for giving up their weekendsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; flying for us. Thanks also to the Henley members who were present from Friday, and helped ensure that everything ran smoothly, such as wiring in the generator electrical connection. I would like to take the opportunity to thank my fellow members of the GAA committee for their hard work and dedication. As is customary the GAA AGM was also held at the Champs, with the primary intention of selecting the committee members for 2013. Danie Steyn was not available for re-election, but Clinton Carter-Brown, Grant Brook and Iain Pepper had offered to stand for re-election for another year. In addition the 2013 committee will also include Roston Dugmore Snr, Max Buizer, Van Zyl Koegelenberg, Gary Lees and Stadler Brits. The final precision aerobatics event for 2012 will be the MAASA Masters event hosted by Klerksdorp Radio Flyers. I look forward to seeing many of the pilots at the Masters.

Sportsman winners

Advanced winners

Masters winners

F3A winners

Henley Club members

Caterers

GAUTENG

GAA CHAMPs- LEAGUE 4 - HENLEY 22-23 September 2012

Sportsman Name

Perc Score Position

Daviid Swanepoel

69.66%

3000

Michael Sacca

63.19%

2778

Ayrton Valente

60.05%

2638

Van Zyl Koegelenberg

59.52%

2618

Dereck Butow

58.16%

2505

Hugo Erasmus

56.33%

2468

Richard Wiedemann

57.18%

2961

Matthys Botha

56.64%

2961

Max Buizer

59.27%

2952

PJ Norden

51.98%

2737

Stadler Brits

51.19%

2705

Tony Rorke

42.28%

2215

Burt Botha

61.07%

2975

Bertie Viljoen

59.24%

2931

Advanced Sportsman class

Masters

Advanced class

Freddie Kotze

59.20%

2925

Werner Venter

58.69%

2901

Justin Lees

57.24%

2833

Carl Nicholl

57.17%

2828

Frik de Beer

55.93%

2786

Mark Savage

56.19%

2735

John Brink

56.04%

2714

Nico Erasmus

54.96%

2660

Arthur Eggar

50.24%

2460

Christopher Harris

69.33%

2995

Pierre Marais

69.15%

2979

F3A

Masters class

Roston Dugmore

66.83%

2914

Danie Potgieter

66.66%

2890

Calvin Schroll

67.06%

2889

Walter van Huyssteen

63.72%

2793

Grant Brook

62.97%

2713

Clinton Carter-Brown

62.40%

2691

Craig Bell

58.60%

2565

F3A class

KZN CLINIC - Emoyeni 13 OCTOBER 2012

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Report by Neil Allen

Arthur in cloud 9... He went up into a figure

works very well as a pattern

9 and disappeared in the

trainer, and has been built

clouds, to emerge several

in many sizes since being

anxious seconds later in a

published in RCM magazine

completely different part of

years ago.

the sky! We were able to run this replacement event at Emoyeni. This is a lovely site, but is closed to non electric planes, and was also rather busy with microlights. They do an excellent toasted mega sandwich lunch though, which is a very civilized way to do things. In Sportsman class our regular ace “Speedy” van Niekerk was joined by our glider guiders, Dave Greer and Simon Nelson, who put up credible performances. Dave’s plane is the Angel 50, and Simon has a Wind 50. We also had a welcome return from Mike Wyatt, flying for the first time his Zenith 90 size electric. This is a old design of mine that

Mark used his Wind 2m instead of the Azurit for this event, and gave the judges constant backchat as usual. Johan de Lange, otherwise known as Osama bin Lange, tried flying the F3A P pattern for the first time, after practicing it on his simulator, and did extremely well. I flew my newly rebuilt E-motion,

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and Jason Barker. However I

RESULTS SHEET for 2 Sept 2012….

League Round, Howick MFC

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League Round, Howick MFC

had glitching from the carbon

Name

fibre canopy screening the

Name

receiver, and aborted my flights. For round 3 Johan lent

Rd1 % Rd2 % Rd3 % Rd4 %

Thank you to the judges Des

SPORTSMAN Steven van Niekerk Dave Greer SPORTSMAN Simon Nelson Steven van Niekerk Mike Wyatt Dave Greer Simon Nelson MASTERS Mike Mark Wyatt Savage

Cooper, Bruce Clark, and Ian

MASTERS F3A Mark Savage Neil Allen

me his Osmose, which is a good flyer.

Morris.

Rd1 % Rd2 % Rd3 % Rd4 %

Johan de Lange F3A JUDGES Neil Allen Bruce Clark Johan de Lange Ian Morris JUDGES Des Cooper Bruce Clark Ian Morris

63.19 51.20 33.36 63.19 44.90 51.20 33.36 44.90 68.11

63.62 60.30 53.98 63.62 39.58 60.30 53.98 39.58 68.50

55.40 46.23 43.16 55.40 46.23 43.16 65.77

68.11 54.40 68.50 8.20 65.77 55.90 57.50 54.40 52.05 52.90 54.40 8.20 55.90 57.50 54.40 52.05 52.90

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This was a replacement for our scheduled round of the week before which was cancelled due to low cloud. It was so low that Arthur Eggar has now become our Intrepid Cloudman.

NOTE (

1 round 2 round 3 round NOTE ( 4 round 1 round 2 round 3 round 4 round

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SA MASTERS - KRF 27-28 October 2012

Congratulations to Christopher Harris, this years SA Masters champion

SA Masters Klerksdorp Radio Flyers where kind enough to host the 2012 Masters.

I was told that up until Thursday the weather had been wet, windy and very stormy. KRF must have had a magic wond, the weather changed for the weekend, sunshine and warm conditions, the only part KRF forgot to get changed was the wind, which blow all weekend.

This didn’t dampen the spirits

This year however saw an

André Wathen, all the way from

of anyone, all pilots however

increase in final entries, with 18

the Cape was the only Advanced

found the conditions a challenge

pilots attending the event.

entry but was happy with his

but no one went away with a damaged plane, a testament to the level of pilots. The SA masters has always closed the season but due to travelling costs and lack of sponsorship it has seen

30 pilots altogether had qualified

weekend.

but due to various personal

Masters, 6 entries saw the usual

reasons only 18 attended.

battle between Burt and Bertie

The SA Masters is, and should be the pinnacle event of the year, all the hard work, practice and

fight for the top spot. It was Burt in the end that took the win away from Bertie and Mark.

dedication that each pilot puts

All 4 ‘P’ rounds of the F3a took

in to get the invite they have

place on Saturday, the weather

worked for, hopefully this event

was warm and sunny but very

11 entries last year and a very

status has turned the corner and

breezy. 8 entries in the F3A

laid-back event.

can only be seen to grow from

battled the conditions and each

now on.

other all day but there was only

dwindling numbers over the past few years.

All classes except for Advanced

6 to qualify for Sundays final.

had good entries. Sportsman, 4 pilots which saw Daviid, despite the conditions and the fact that he was flying an older design plane was in a league of his own, an overall average of 74% . A future F3a champion!!

The top six took to the windy conditions once again on Sunday, Walter and Clinton had to sit and watch the top 6 fight for the top honours.

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The winners... In a honourable twist André

managed to put in a used

Stockwell played a major roll in the

battery pack for one of

final results, (see separate story).

his flights only to had

A close fort battle between the top 6 pilots took place. There was

a “dead-stick” landing down wind!!!

nothing between them, but it was

No other incidents

Christopher who took the final

took place and a good

position ahead of Pierre and Danie.

weekend was had by all.

André was fourth, Calvin fifth and young Roston sixth.

A big thanks to KRF for the venue, CMC

The skill of these pilots showed off

hobbies who sponsored

there dedication to practice, the

each pilot and judge,

conditions where testing, many

SquareEdgedesign

pilots, even some F3A pilots had to

for the medals and

abort there first landing approach

certificates.

and try again.

Masters winner - Burt

Finally thanks to the

André had a very close call on his

judges, some from very

second flight, as he attempted the

far who gave up there

Sportsman winner - Daviid

snap, the main batteries came loose time to sit in those windy and flew through the canopy and

condition all weekend,

out of the plane, only the skill of

the KRF for there

André managed to get the plane on

hospitality and dedication

the runway in one piece, wow!!!

to Precision Aerobatics.

Another close call was Arthur, he

Advanced winner - André

F3A winner - Christopher

All winners

NORTH WEST

SA MASTERS - KRF 27-28 October 2012 MAASA 2012 Masters Results Class Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Advanced Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters

Pilot Daviid Swanepoel Michael Sacca Hugo Erasmus Steven van Niekerk Andre Wathen Burt Botha Bertie Viljoen Mark Savage Nico Erasmus Arthur Eggar Stuart Nix

Class

Pilot

F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A Class F3A F3A

Christopher Harris Pierre Marais Danie Potgieter Andre Stockwell Calvin Schroll Roston Dugmore Pilot Walter van Huyssteen Clinton Carter-Brown

Sponsorship from

Province Rnd 1 % Rnd 1 Norm Rnd 2 % Rnd 2 Norm Rnd 3 % Rnd 3 Norm Rnd 4 % Rnd 4 Norm Av 3 Best 3 Best Norm Position GP NW NW KZN WP EP FS KZN NW KZN WP

68.4% 68.0% 55.8% 59.7% 49.6% 59.4% 62.3% 58.6% 59.4% 50.9% 37.7%

1000 994 816 873 1000 953 1000 940 953 817 605

74.6% 71.7% 61.3% 46.7% 61.6% 66.4% 67.8% 61.1% 59.0% 61.4% 50.5%

1000 961 821 625 1000 980 1000 902 870 907 745

74.3% 69.7% 66.2% 54.6% 60.9% 68.6% 65.8% 62.1% 63.3% 25.9% 55.9%

1000 938 891 735 1000 1000 959 905 923 377 815

74.8% 70.0% 67.8% 67.7% 56.4% 66.4% 62.5% 61.2% 55.3% 49.4% 45.2%

1000 936 907 905 1000 1000 941 921 833 745 681

74.6% 70.5% 65.1% 60.7% 59.6% 67.1% 65.4% 61.5% 60.6% 53.9% 50.6%

Rnd 1 % Rnd 1 Norm Rnd 2 % Rnd 2 Norm Rnd 3 % Rnd 3 Norm Rnd 4 % Rnd 4 Norm 3 Best % GP GP GP GP NW GP FS GP

3000 2892 2619 2513 3000 2980 2959 2767 2746 2469 2242

1 2 3 4 1 1 2 3 4 5 6

Best 3 Rnd 1 Best 3 Prelim 3 Best Norm Rnd 1 Fly Rnd 2 Fly Rnd 2 Fly Position Fly Off Prelim Fly Best Fly Average Off Norm Off % Off Norm % Off % Off Norm

71.3% 1000 70.9% 990 71.3% 990 71.7% 969 71.4% 993 68.2% 69.0% 967 70.1% 978 68.2% 948 72.1% 974 70.4% 973 67.8% 66.9% 938 69.6% 972 69.7% 968 69.7% 941 69.7% 961 67.3% 71.0% 995 71.6% 1000 72.0% 1000 73.6% 995 72.4% 998 64.5% 69.6% 975 69.4% 969 69.4% 965 74.0% 1000 71.0% 981 61.6% 69.5% 974 67.8% 947 66.4% 923 68.5% 926 68.6% 949 64.5% Rnd 1 % Rnd 1 Norm Rnd 2 % Rnd 2 Norm Rnd 3 % Rnd 3 Norm Rnd 4 % Rnd 4 Norm Av 3 Best 3 Best Norm Position 65.4% 917 66.5% 929 67.8% 941 67.9% 918 67.4% 929 7 60.1% 842 66.8% 933 62.1% 863 65.2% 881 64.7% 892 8

My Personal Experience

SquareEdge Design

1000 993 986 946 902 945

these guys are the future bill guys) and something I hope other clubs will follow, of this great sport and the certainly stops the fact that future of F3A. Watching the we all have to carry jumper two youngsters battle it out for top honours was really leads around in case of By: Christopher Harris MAASA 2012 Masters Results great to see and the level of draining our car batteries. A few words from my flying was top notch, so well Secondly I would like to experiences at the 2012 done to all the Sportsman Masters held in Klerksdorp congratulate all pilots that pilots and in particular to qualified for this prestigious over the weekend of Daviid and Michael. event and more so the 27th/28th October. Firstly I would also like to way in which you all flew I would like to thank the mention once again the during the course of the guys from Klerksdorp Radio Sportsmanship from weekend. The conditions Flyers and the organising Andre’ Stockwell, Andre’ were not easy, from hot committee of MAASA, unfortunately made an and crosswind turbulent you put on a fantastic error on the Clown Dance conditions on Saturday to competition which was in the first ‘F’ schedule and strong and testing winds really well organised making after seeing that he was on Sunday. So well done all pilots and judges feel scored for this manoeuvre, guys, you all did your selves truly welcome. Having requested that his scores proud. electricity at the club was be corrected. This level of a real plus making our 10s A definite highlight for me Sportsmanship has set the lipo charging a breeze was watching a couple of bar for future competitions (sorry about the electricity the Sportsman rounds,

70.2% 65.9% 67.0% 16.6% 67.4% 60.5%

1000 938 955 236 961 862

70.8% 69.1% 68.5% 68.5% 69.2% 66.5%

997 983 973 972 971 947

1 2 3 4 5 6

and I truly hope this will be followed by all pilots. Stokkies, the respect that we as pilots have for you has truly risen to a whole new level and from my side personally, I take my hat off to you. Lastly I would like to thank everyone from the bottom of my heart for their support, It means more to me than you know. I would also like to take this opportunity to thank my sponsors, MAD Models & Giant Power Batteries. Safe Flying and see you all next year at the start of the 2013 pattern season. Christopher Harris.

GAA Champs 22 to 23 Sep

SA Aero Masters 27 to 28 Oct

FS L3 - 9 Sep

59 64

62 65 58 21 61 58 0

61 54 57

65 0 49

61 62 56 59 57 57 63 57

59 57

GAA L3 - 29 Jul

GAA Champs 22 to 23 Sep

WP L4 - 1 Jul

63 59

54 64

50 60

Boland L2 - 12 Aug

52 55 63

NW L3 - 15 Jul

WP L3 - 3 Jun

GAA L2 - 27 May

NW L2 - 20 May

57 56

62 65

54 58

64 53

58 55 57 0

62 57

65 57

61 60

51 57 42

59 65 56 59 57 56 57 59 50 54 56 62

52 60 56 60 68 64 61 2012-10-02 MAASA National68Competition Scores 59 57 55 62 56 57 0

59 58

61 69 61

65 70

52 62 61

55 0

SA Aero Masters 27 to 28 Oct

59 0

56 65 63 71

Boland L3 - 16 Sep

KZN L2 - 20 May

51 52 54 50 54 54 48

SA Aero NATS - 27 to 29 Apr

62 70 0

65 57

55 61 51

57 70

63 65 67 65 70 62 64 65 66 61 73 73

68 54

69 71

70 69 55 64 61 53

72 54 55

67 69

59 64 53 58

65 54

Boland L3 - 16 Sep

59 69 59 61 64 58 71 0 0 33

KZN L4 - 2 Sep

GAA L3 - 29 Jul

Boland L2 - 12 Aug

WP L4 - 1 Jul

NW L3 - 15 Jul

WP L3 - 3 Jun

KZN Champs - 16 to 17 Jun

GAA L2 - 27 May

Free State Champs - 17 to 18 Mar

KZN L1 - 11 Mar

70 75 60

59 65 41 41

WP Champs - 17 to 18 Mar

FS L1 - 26 Feb

Boland L1 - 4 Mar

GAA L1 - 26 Feb

43 55 47

58 0

74 63

KZN Champs - 16 to 17 Jun

47 53 0 0

FS L3 - 9 Sep

56 62 53

58 54 59 63 61 62

KZN L4 - 2 Sep

56 57 66 65 60 39

51 61 49

NW L2 - 20 May

54 49

KZN L2 - 20 May

63 60 64

52 57 47

61 0

SA Aero NATS - 27 to 29 Apr

Free State Champs - 17 to 18 Mar

KZN L1 - 11 Mar

WP Champs - 17 to 18 Mar

FS L1 - 26 Feb

Boland L1 - 4 Mar

WP L1 - 05 Feb

GAA L1 - 26 Feb

59 62

WP L1 - 05 Feb

Province

Paid SAMAA 2012

NW Champs - 28 to 29 Jan

59 57 62 51

NW Champs - 28 to 29 Jan

MAASA National Scores 2012

GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP NW NW FS WP WP WP WP WP WP WP KZN KZN KZN KZN KZN KZN GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP FS KZN WP WP WP FS FS GP GP GP GP GP GP GP KZN KZN KZN KZN KZN KZN NW WP WP WP WP WP WP EP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP GP KZN KZN KZN FS FS FS EP WP WP WP NW Bot Province

Pilot Matthys Botha Stadler Brits Richard Weideman Gerrit Tromp Ray Jamieson Derek Butow Tony Rorke Daviid Swanepoel Ayrton Valente Rob Hughes Van Zyl Koegelenberg Lee Bonney Hugo Erasmus Michael Sacca Stephan Coetzee Jr Tim Blegenhout Rory Netterville Gabriel Nefdt Richard Lacey Mario van Dyk Pieter Kapp Anton Raats Steven van Niekerk Mike Wyatt Dave Greer Colin Addis Arthur Colby Johan Britz John Clements Max Buizer Richard Weidemann Justin Lees Peter Norden FC Hamman Stadler Brits Matthys Botha Tony Rorke Stefan Coetzee Snr Arthur Colby Greg Moss Andre Wathen Pilot Cobus Malan Bertie Viljoen Pierre Fouche Frik de Beer Werner Venter Carl Nicholl John Clements John Brink Justin Lees Freddie Kotze Arthur Eggar Mark Savage Neil Allen John Dorse Johan de Lange Clive McInnes Nico Erasmus Stuart Nix John Bowles John Calefato Cobus Malan Ernie Smith Kurt Mackrill Burt Botha Clinton Carter-Brown Pierre Marais Grant Brook Roston Dugmore Rui Martins Danie Steyn André Stockwell Juan Pretorius Dean Grobbelaar Francois Gerber Christopher Harris Jordan Pepper Danie Potgieter John Brink Timothy Hamman Chris Zurinskas Neil Allen John Dorse Jason Barker Francois van Pletzen Walter van Huysteen Craig Bell Burt Botha Marc Wolffe Ernie Smith Nazeem Harris Calvin Schroll Chris Halgreen Legend:

Paid MAASA 2012

Class Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Sportsman Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Advanced Oct-12 Advanced Advanced Advanced Class Advanced Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters Masters F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A F3A

Paid SAMAA 2012

Oct-12

Paid MAASA 2012

MAASA National Scores 2012

61 57 73

55 63 0 51

0 23 0

0 League Round

66 77 64 65

67 65 69 67 69

63 42 72

69 60 71 70 62

61 62 69 63 67

53 71 70 64 58 67

0 53 67

70 69 75 67 67

72 69 75

55 64 62

64 67 59

67 69 75

67 69

Highest 3 Flights from all Competitions

1 2 3 63 59 59 64 62 60 62 0 0 51 50 0 54 52 0 65 58 57 57 47 0 75 75 74 65 63 60 60 0 0 60 58 51 0 0 0 65 65 62 71 64 63 62 61 57 56 51 0 62 61 61 61 54 53 59 58 57 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 69 65 65 41 0 0 49 41 0 54 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 54 51 0 63 59 54 62 59 57 54 47 0 61 54 52 48 0 0 57 54 51 64Highest 57 356 Flights 42 0from 0all Competitions 58 58 0 0 0 0 58 52 50 62 62 60 65 63 57 1 2 3 65 64 62 59 58 56 61 57 57 69 65 63 67 61 57 54 0 0 58 56 0 58 57 0 59 0 0 65 62 60 70 70 68 68 61 0 59 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 61 61 60 67 66 65 57 57 57 57 0 0 0 0 0 64 61 0 0 0 0 67 65 63 70 67 66 77 75 70 67 64 63 67 67 67 66 64 0 61 58 57 77 75 73 0 0 0 67 0 0 33 0 0 75 71 69 54 0 0 72 70 69 55 55 54 64 63 0 61 0 0 61 53 42 57 53 0 73 72 71 64 58 55 67 67 64 62 59 0 53 0 0 72 69 67 53 51 23 67 60 0 75 75 71 62 0 0

Ave Rank 62

Stadler Brits

74 63

1 5

Daviid Swanepoel Ayrton Valente

64 66

4 3

Hugo Erasmus Michael Sacca

Rory Netterville

Steven van Niekerk

61 1 Ave Rank 64 5

Andre Wathen Invited Pilots Bertie Viljoen

Werner Venter

62 69

6 1

Arthur Eggar Mark Savage

61 66

7 2

Nico Erasmus Stuart Nix

65 68 74 65 67

4 8 2 11 9

Burt Botha Clinton Carter-Brown Pierre Marais Grant Brook Roston Dugmore

André Stockwell

Christopher Harris

Danie Potgieter

Jason Barker

Walter van Huysteen

Marc Wolffe

Calvin Schroll

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