SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019

SAMAAnews Issue 4 of 2019

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NASAFI 2019 Namakwaland Aero Sport Federation Fly-in

Van Zyl Koegelenberg Photos by Van Wyk Fischer

Beautiful P-51D Mustang, flown by Erwin Scriba.

Yet again Nasafi turned out to be a memorable event. Getting together in Springbok for the 5th Nasafi event produced memories of all shapes and sizes. For one, we can say the weather was terrible; at times we dealt with a 60km/h breeze… But knowing Nasafi is not for sissies, most pilots did not fear, and Emil Henrico (CCR) had more flights in the first two days than I saw him doing in one year at the club! The early mornings and late afternoons were well used, while the guys that came from Oudtshoorn caught up with maintenance during the day. Phillip Lewis finished his build (L-39), while Malan Priester Moolman and Riaan Vlakvark Cilliers led the way in showing others that not all Nelspruit guys are scared of the breeze.

This year we changed the event such that we start on the Monday and finish the Thursday. That proved to be a good plan as it leaves weekends on both sides for travel. It makes sense to make the travel part of the experience as we collectively almost drove twice around planet earth! Some guys were just lazy and asked others to tow their trailer! LOL In exchange for fuel money. The good thing about all the horse trading was that we saw Fanie and Evert from Rustenburg back at Nasafi and yes, you may guess, Emil had something to do with all the horse trading! Also a good time to mention some of the new faces we saw such as Stefan Stolz(Laaitie) and Pieter van Rooyen (Fire Fly).

Hekkies we will mention later.

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We have to salute Don Jepson for coming, all the way from Malaysia just for Nasafi 2019. It was special to see him here and the Namibia guys made sure he left with a special biltong 'kerwer' to be used back home in Malaysia. Johan Kriel and John Bowles from the Cape West Coast supported big time, with Donald Gates (Hekkie), that now became part of the Weskus air crew.

En, die wind het sy bes probeer, en ons amper weg gewaai, maar die goeie gesindheid onder die deelnemers het die deurslag gegee.

2019 NASAFI (NASA Fly-in) - Van Zyl Koegelenberg 2019 MGA Gliding Nationals - Brett Lewis SAMAA New Website Series Scale Eagle Squadron - Koos Pretorius IMAC International Challenge Cup - Clive cInnes Obituary, Keith Nicolls SAMAA Chairman’s Report - Marthinus Potgieter Proficiencies and Deveopment - Johan Blom Report on the Special Interest Groups - Danie Potgieter Western Province Championship and SA Masters - Stuart Nix CLASA Control Line Nationals - Theo Kleynhans Art Adamisin Cup for Control Line - Theo Kleynhans 2019 SA Control Line Masters - Keith Renecle From the SAMAA Office Control Line Association of SA News - Percy Attfield My Vakansie - Andrea van Huyssteen Aerial Concepts SAMAA Power Nationals entry form Buddy Wright Memorial Vintage Fly-in 2020 St Blaize Fly-in at Mossel Bay Model Gliding Association Camp-Over 2020 SAMAA Annual General Meeting 2020 Aerial Concepts SAMAA Power Nationals Large Scale Aerobatics Extravaganza Entry Form

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SAMAA Activity Calendar 29 SAMAA information, contact details, and SAMAA News information 30

P-47 D Thunderbolt (”Jug”) flown by Erwin Scriba of Namibia.

CMC Hobbies Frasers RC Models Small advert for Engines Wanted Your Local Dealer adverts SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 1

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We saw our usual accidents and incidents, but Nasafi is not about problems, but a celebration of RC activities. Christiaan Roets (Hasie) participated big time every day until his dad, Dries Roets, had to chase him home, thinking about his health. Jan Fourie is growing RC in Springbok with two student girls that entered for Nasafi as well. The RC jumpers did their thing with Spietkop (Pieter Mulder) driving this stream as we are used to by now. Nasafi would just be not Nasafi without guys like Hennie Deetlefs, Hercules Myburgh, and the guys from Cape Town, Peter Rossouw, Louis van Muylwyk, Carlo Steyn, and Pierre Joubert; they are part of the furniture by now (but not yet screwed on desk, sorry guys..lol).

Hats off to Jan Fourie and the local guys for setting up Nasafi. Our main sponsor was Namaqua Electrical, and Jan maximized where he could. The food was like always the best and the wine ever better! LOL Logistics went smooth and I think the Nasafi organizing team got the recipe working now.

We tried doing some proficiencies with Bossie and all the other smart pilots, but that turned out to be a very interesting activity with the new rules applicable. We realized that there are huge differences between regions on key aspects, and it is very different to test a new pilot to that one you see at your club flying for years. At club level, instructors would note guys that are ready for the next level and kind of invite them to bump up, hence you know the capability long before the test. When it is a pilot you never saw flying before, you need to get way more serious…and that is where the difference lies. Hence we decided to rather leave this and just enjoy the camaraderie and flying.

Vankie vertel die manne wat nou plaasvind.

ZU-Voetloos van Pierre Joubert.

This MiG15 flown by Riaan Cilliers.

Pilatus Turbo PC-21 by Malan Moolman.

How do I get this thing going?

Don: It was level, going downwind fast.

The Johan Kriel Bouplan workshop.

Mooi DH Beaver gevlieg deur Janneman.

Our closing function was the one thing I will remember for a very long time. Listing the reasons will be difficult. One aspect to mention is the award given to Hennie Deetlefs for his lifelong contribution to RC. Without asking, all stood up and cheered and we gave him a salute as well, great stuff Hennie, an honour to have you amongst the Nasafiers. Hasie received attention once again as Emil gave him an Extra, 30cc and that was also a magic moment.

About closing functions and prizes; it was held at the local Golf Club but that is not what I want to share. Nasafi is an RC event for RC Pilots by RC pilots. We had tons of prizes to hand out, and the magic is that I never had to ask or beg for prizes. The pilots just bring them along, sensing the “gees” that is so valuable and keeping Nasafi together. Big thank you once again to all! We try to list the guys on the web but other than special mention of Jan and Namaqua Electrical, I might just as well list all the participants. The goodies brought by the Namibian team, Hennie, Weskus, ag all of them, is just special to experience. Guys like Lourens, Erwin Scriba, and Doepie are all part of the Nasafi brickwork and foundation.

Another winner was Jan Fourie, he had to endure Nasafi for five years before he got a special “dankie sê” prize. Cerebus, via Balletjies and the guys, gave him a 30cc trainer, servos, etc. for him and the NASA RC club, since their “gom trainer” was kapoet by now. Emil came to the rescue with a DLE30cc engine and walla, NASA Club and Jan is ready for years to come. Huge thank you Cerebus team and Emil! Again, the true Nasafi spirit!

The endless vistas of the Northern Cape Namakwaland a beauty to behold.

“En hier lê die manne van die Royal Hotel!”

Pieter Mulder checking the risers.

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Johan Kriel and Dries Roets checking.

As you might know by now, Nasafi is also the National Speed testing event. The breeze made things difficult at times. Andre van Huysteen showed his Peregine system after huge effort spent over the past few years, and it is taking good shape I must say. The Sleipner system was used in parallel and the results compared very well, just in case somebody has questions. The results as follow:  Fixed Wing Gas/Nitro: Piet van Rooyen, 198.5 km/h (modified Stik/Pylon Racer)  Fixed Wing Electrical: Peter Rossouw, 264 km/h (X1)  Helicopter: Peter Rossouw, 207.9 km/h (Henseleit TDR2)  Jet: Emil Henrico, 337.9 km/h (Dolphin, 16kg)  Speed in a closed circuit: John Bowles, 98.9 km/h (Furios200) André also introduced something called “speed in a closed circuit”. This is something we picked up internationally and a FAI record class. So lots of new “things” and Andre implemented as understood. I think the gadgets worked well but the pilots got lost at stages. Adding “breeze interference” made it a real challenge, but nevertheless, a very enjoyable activity. We would like to continue this stream, so wikkel daai boude Andre, we need more! All the results are available at https://www.peregrine.co.za/.

What did we learn once again from Nasafi 2019? We learned that the weather can be devastating onr RC events! Nasafi 2020 will be held during the March school holidays and our web is already updated accordingly. (http://nasafi.org.za/). We learned that proficiencies are not always a good idea at events. We learned that there is a spot about 20km from the club that will be excellent for slope soaring, so…take note guys for 2020! We learned that we can also build a crawler track for those 1/10th bakkies and stuff. And we learned that Nasafi is a great event with great people and even greater local guys that make this happen.

We share some photos, some of which come from Van Wyk Fisher. Thank you Van Wyk, much appreciated.

See you in March 2020!

http://nasafi.org.za/nasafi-home/

Van Zyl and Arno van Zyl.

Gaui X7 of Carlo Steyn.

Christiaan se plek!

Waar gaan ons dié goed land, van Zyl?

Carlo, Pierre, and Louis.

Keep calm Balletjies, and get her down.

Erwin Scriba en sy Hun Hunter P-47D.

John, Emile CCR, Vankie concentrating.

Van Wyk Fischer en Jan Fourie.

Johan Kriel’s pretty Hawk “Gannet”.

A VC Stik in the air.

The characters, the stalwarts, the spirit of NASAFI

Donald Gates.

Peter Rossouw.

Evert Kleynhans.

Dries Roets.

Pitts Bulldog of Johan Bouplan Kriel.

Johan Kriel.

Pierre Joubert.

Stefan Stoltz.

Erwin Scriba.

Christiaan Roets.

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John Bowles.

Pieter Bosman.

Phillip Lewis.

Riaan Cilliers se MiG15.

Heli’s galore!

Here chasing up dust with a steady hover.

Can it fly?

Pieter Mulder was active with the jumpers.

Hercules Myburgh en sy groot YAK 55X het NASAFI geniet.

All ready for skydiving action.

Big Futura of Stefan Stoltz (Laaitie).

ViperJet being prepared.

Carlo and Louis during a heli flight.

Spektakelberg, on a field trip.

Much activity here: How many Namibians to start a Stik?

Hennie and Carine Fourie...debriefing.

Donald, van Zyl, and Hennie.

John: Nou gaan ek dié ding roer!

Piet van Rooyen relaxing.

Piet van Rooyen checking engine.

Our main sponsor, Namaqua Electrical.

Remember, NASAFI 2020 is 23-26 March!

The VC Composite Team showing off: Donald Gates, Don Jepson, Johan Kriel, John Bowles, Hennie Deetlefs, and Emile.

John Bowles’ pretty L-39 after touch-down.

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2019 MGA Gliding Nationals

Brett Lewis. Photos by Stefan Coetzer Left to right: Eloff Mare (broken wing spars!), Michelle Goodrum, Aldo Vos, Craig Goodrum, Nicky Goodrum, Mike Vos, Brett Lewis, Rudi King, James Steel, Angela Hardy (scorekeeper), Gordon Browne, Peter Schulke, Ken Goodenough, Theo Wolthers, Kevin Farr, Chris Schmidt, Hans Van Kamp, Rudolf Engelmann.

During the long weekend in September 2019, 25 model glider pilots from around South Africa came to Bapsfontein, 20km as the crow flies north-east of OR Tambo International Airport. Included in the line-up were three juniors* and one female** pilot. Aldo* and Michelle** featured prominently in the results, proving that thermal gliding is not just for old men. Although the competitive thermal gliding scene is largely based around Johannesburg/Pretoria, we were very happy to have three pilots from KwaZulu Natal, five from the Western Cape and five from the North West province. The podiums saw pilots from a variety of provinces - this holds great potential for widening the scope and reach of model gliding in South Africa.

The GEMS glider field (Google Map - https://bit.ly/gemsfield) is located on a farm near Bapsfontein, sharing flying fields with a local polo club. We flew on a field approximately 400 x 400m, with a dust road, and a line of trees on the north-eastern border of the field, and chicken sheds to the north-west.

Aside from dry dusty conditions, the largest challenge faced by all of the pilots, was the weather. Both mornings saw light winds, but from midday on both days, the wind gusted up to around ten metres per second, making for very challenging conditions. Fortunately we had scheduled the rounds of the light and small F3K-hand launch gliders in the first and last slots of the day, when the wind was at its lowest.

Nonetheless, we ended up having to move the Saturday afternoon F3K slots to Sunday morning, due to excessive wind.

We scheduled and flew six rounds of competition, with two groups of pilots per round, in four classes.

The first class we flew was F3K discus hand-launch gliders. These are 1,5m wingspan models, weighing in the range of 200 to 300 grams. In this class we flew six different tasks. F3K competition is one of thermalling and timing. Although launch height is important - and Aldo’s 80m launch is a great advantage to him - it is not measured and doesn’t directly contribute to any scores. Landings are also not measured, though all launches and landings have to happen inside a common predefined box that all of the pilots stand in. Pilots are free to move around in the box as they see fit - moving to get closer to the lift, or to get away from congested areas.

Another beneficial skill is to catch the model glider in flight by its launching peg, and to relaunch all in one movement, to minimise the time lost during a catch-and-launch in a so called 'turn-around' task. The ability to do quick ‘turn-arounds’ like this, is important in a number of the tasks that have been set up, where the pilot’s ability is tested to fly back-to-back successful flights, with minimal time lost. Top pilots will lose just five seconds in a ten minute flying working time using good technique.

And away! Peter Schulke’s glider released by Rudi King.

Which bit goes where again? Michelle and James Steel (left and right foreground).

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Pilots briefing lays down the law for all activities.

Brett waiting for the buzzer, to launch.

Hans, Rudi, Peter, Kevin. BOMAC is tops!

Theo waiting for tension on the winch line, for 2m launch.

Craig Goodrum getting his model ready.

Happy pilots and Aerontec products: Eloff Mare, Chris Schmidt, Jan Sime, Brett Lewis.

The next class we flew was our two metre class. The challenge with this class was to thermal for a maximum of six minutes in an eight minute working time, and to land as close to a demarcated landing spot as possible - both the duration of the flight and landing distance - shorter distance being better - contributed to scores. In this class, gliders are typically launched by electric winch, but to open the field to the maximum number of competitors, we also allowed electrically motorised gliders with their launch height electronically limited to one hundred and fifty metres by an altimeter device. Pilots typically use Altis devices (https://aerobtec.com).

The third class we flew was ‘open’ or F3J, per the FAI competition definition. In this class, gliders may have a maximum wing surface area of 150 dm2, a maximum flying mass of 5kg, and wing loading in the range of 20 to 75 g/dm2. These gliders typically have wingspans in the 3 to 4 metre range. Traditionally this class saw two tow-men pull the gliders into the sky, but the launch is now left up to electric winches. Again, to open the field as widely as possibly, models with electric motors were also allowed with their launch heights limited to 150 metres. This to match the length of the winch lines from launch point to ‘turn around’ - the pulley mechanism around which the winch line is run to bring it back to the winches located at the launch positions.

The last class we flew was F5J - this is the relatively new FAI competition class for electrically motorised thermal gliders. The first world champs for this class happened last month in Slovakia, with Mike Vos and Jan Sime having just recently returned from that campaign. In this class, a maximum 30 second burst of motor power is allowed with the pilot having points deducted the higher his model climbs, so a low launch is preferable, though not always optimal depending on the conditions. After the motor is cut automatically or manually by the pilot, a motor restart is prevented by the Alits device. At the world champs, the lowest launch resulting in a flight of the full working time was just 8 metres. Our conditions this past weekend didn't lend themselves to low launches and our pilots typically launched in the 100 to 200 metre height range. The pilots then needed to attempt to fly out the 10 minute working time and land as close to the landing spot as possible, before the sound of the horn.

Nailed it!

3 - 2 - 1 - Launch of F3J/Open gliders.

BOMAC flag (W Cape) proudly flying at flight line; clubhouse in the background.

Participants, families waiting for the prize giving ceremony to start.

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My thanks go to…

Craig Goodrum and Aerontec for the generous donation of the carbon and composite repair kits, received by each pilot (https://www.aerontec.co.za). Michelle Goodrum for organising the dinner and the magnificent handmade ceramic trophies from Kyrle White from Porcupine Ceramics (https://porcupineceramics.com). Mike Vos for preparing the scoring system and organising the prizes from Aerial Concepts - vouchers and Lanyu E-Fair glider (https://www.aerialconcepts.co.za) and Flying Robot - FrSky Receivers (https://www.flyingrobot.co). Gordon Browne for being the tournament director. Jan Sime for the cleaning of the clubhouse and laying out of the field. Angela Hardy for keeping score. Peter Schulke for the shirts and hats.

To the spectators and family members who came to watch - I know it looked a bit boring but we were having fun. And for helping with setting up and breaking down the equipment at the field. To each and every pilot who travelled from as far afield as the Western Cape and Kwazulu Natal - and participated in a friendly and sporting fashion. To Stefan Coetzer from Pilot’s Post for the coverage, photographs, and videos (http://www.pilotspost.com).

Launch time!

Some 2m models seeking shelter from the sun.

Aldo Vos, winner F3K (overall, flying as a junior). Top junior pilot.

Alan Sneedon, 3rd in F3J/Open.

Aldo about to launch to 80m, again.

Michelle winding up for F3K launch.

Rudi King, second place 2m.

Third place in F3K awarded to Mike Vos,

Nicole Goodrum drew Rudolf Engelmann as winner of the Lanyu E-Fair glider. Prize sponsored by Aerial Concepts

Michelle Goodrum, 2nd in F3J/Open, 3rd F5J, 2m. Competed in F3K, after session of chemotherapy Friday before comp.

Neil Murray, winner of F5J, congratulated

by Gordon Browne.

Craig Goodrum, winner F3J/Open and 2m.

2nd in F5J and F3K. Top senior pilot and Victor Ludorum.

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The contents of the goodie bags - thanks Aerontec.

Hans van Kamp calling for Rudi King.

Theo Wolthers plotting his next move.

Neil Murray and Snipe, walking out to launch for F3K task.

Peter Schulke ying, Kevin Farr timing.

Eileen calling time for Neil Murray.

New e-mail, and launch of new SAMAA website! admin@samaa.org.za www.samaa.org.za SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 8

Series Scale Eagle Squadron Report and photos by Stefan Coetzer Ian Edwards’ Extra takes-off for another winning flight.

Extra 260 of Jan Coetzer...small but agile, and a good contender.

On Sunday 20th October, it was time for the last RC scale event of the year. With high temperatures expected for the day, the pilots knew they had to give it their all in order to score points. The event was hosted by Warthog Radio Flyers, which is located close to the Roodeplaat Dam. Four pilots originally entered for the Eagle Squadron Series Scale event, but one pilot had to withdraw from the competition due to mechanical problems with his model aircraft.

With the ilots briefing done and the judges settled in, it was Ian Edwards who took to the sky first with his Extra 330sc. He showed our judges not only why he won an LSA competition a few weeks ago, but also what lots of practice and skill could accomplish. He flew two good rounds and ended on a total score of 2464 points, finishing in first position. Next pilot up was Jan Coetzer, flying an Extra 260, in the original Patty Wagstaff colour scheme. This being only his second event, Jan showed improvement over his first competition. Unfortunately, on his first flight he was forced to make a dead-stick landing, but in the second round he improved, ending on a total score of 1957.5 points, which was enough to earn him third place.

The last pilot for the day was Koos Pretorius flying his Vans RV-4. Koos represented South Africa a few times with scale and made sure his scratch-built RV gave Ian a run for his money. Koos flew a flatter display while the other two pilots decided to fly full aerobatic manoeuvres.

Koos scored a total of 2305.6 points, which earned him second place.

With a few spectators, driving all the way to Warthog RF, it was encouraging to see people starting to take an interest again in flying scale.

The next event for these pilots will be the Nationals next year at Henley Model Airfield and Family Entertainment.

Now, how about activity in the other provinces? In former times there used to be a Table Bay Squadron, Algoa Squadron, Buffalo Squadron, Banana Squadron, Goldfields Squadron, Amatola Squadron, and Bushveld Squadron, and if I remember, also a Diamond Squadron in Kimberley. There used to be regular bi-monthly competitions; the Series Scale log had, at one time, at least 52 pilots on the log table. The top pilots were invited to the Scale Masters, a very prestigious national scale comp, which formed part of the Scale team selection procedure.

Surely, there are scale models in abundance, that may be entered in the Sport Scale class, that can compete successfully, without the need for static judging. This can be great fun, and pretty soon, other members of a club, and of neighbouring clubs, will band together to form a strong association of scale fliers. Get things going in your club, and contact Koos Pretorius to find out how easy it really is to get activity in your club and your region going again. jadriaan9@gmail.com 082-928-0368, or visit the NASA (National Association of Scale Aeromodellers) website for more information.

Stoep talk! Koos working; Donald, Jasper, Johan, Johan, Humphrey gassing him!

Humphrey le Grice, Kenny Morey, and Johan Blom judging the three fliers.

Pilot’s briefing prior to competition is important.

This entry was beset with mechanical problems, and could not compete.

Koos Pretorius, Ian Edwards, and Jan Coetzer...looking for more competition!

Vans RV-4 of Koos Pretorius.

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IMAC International Challenge Cup 2019 Caorle, Italy 7-9 June

Clive McInnes. Photos loaned from Marco Pinter.

November 2018, when this event first came to my attention, I felt I needed to enter and make it happen. Too often we sit back and say one day…so I paid my entry fee and began planning. The road was not an easy one, but it was very worthwhile. The biggest problem we face flying IMAC, is the size of our planes and trying to transport them, especially when it comes to overseas travel. After chatting with Jason Barker at the local flying field one afternoon a few months later, he decided to later join me on the trip, and also entered the competition.

Not being able to transport a plane over there, I set about looking for a plane to borrow in Italy. This proved to be more difficult than I expected.

Not having been overseas to compete before, they probably all thought, who is this guy, and will my plane still be in one piece after the event.

I had an offer for a plane but it wasn't really suitable for flying the Unlimited class, power-wise. I went through trying to buy a plane there, with the aim of selling it afterwards, hiring a plane, crating and taking a plane (on an airliner, via container, via train, via courier) and just about any other option you can think of. None of these were working out very well. With just two weeks to go, we still did not have a plane finalised, then suddenly everything fell into place. I had confirmation of a deal to borrow a plane form Roberto Russo (Italian pilot), and I would take a new GP123cc with me. Upon arrival, we would fit the new motor and modify the headers to suit. At last!

We arrived Monday 3rd June in the evening, with the hope of getting started on the work needed that same evening. That was not to happen after we found our hire car was not to be, and we spent another few hours arranging a new one. Arriving at our accommodation about 1 am the next morning, meant we went straight to bed. Tuesday - off to the flying field we went and began work on the plane. Roberto Russo whom we borrowed the plane from, was an absolute legend! He had all the tools including gas welding torches etc. so we could adapt the headers for the new motor. Not only did he bring everything, he got stuck right in and got the job done with us. After a few hiccoughs, we finally had it fitted and ready to test run – almost midnight! No problem, we were at the field so fired her up; she purred and we left it at that for the night.

Wednesday – we arrived ready to test fly the plane. We spent a while trying to start the engine and it would not even fire! Till we realised we were on the wrong model memory and had burnt out the throttle servo – ouch! We spent the rest of Wednesday sourcing parts and refitting a new throttle servo. We also checked CG and ended up adding almost 700 grams to the front of the plane to get the CG in what we felt was the correct range for the plane and IMAC. Once this was done it was already late and we only managed to get in two flights each, to start trimming and setting up the plane.

As we knew we had limited time for this, we had come up with a strategy to shorten the trimming process. We set up two model memories on my 18MZ, one for myself and one for Jason. I took the first flight, and while I flew and checked tracking, CG, and knife-edge mixes required, Jason stood behind me and wrote down what we needed to programme into the radio. Once I landed, we went about adding some mixes on my setup and just copied them across to Jason’s model memory. Then Jason flew and I stood behind him, noting what needed changing.

Once he had landed, we adjusted settings and then copied across to my model memory. And so the process began.

Thursday – Final practice day before the comp and now the field was getting really busy – with approximately 120 entries, only two flight lines, and everyone wanting to get in a practice flight or two. This meant that we now had almost four hours between flights, as up to 25 planes were in the queue along the runway. We managed one flight early to try and get a little more trimming done, thereafter we used a further two flights each to start trying the sequence with the new plane. By the end of practice this gave us each five flights on the new plane – hardly enough, but we were there and we had a plane!

Friday – the start of the official competition with the first flights up at 7am; we flew three Known sequences, with the day only ending at approx. 8:30 pm in the evening. It's light there until after 9pm! Tomorrow being the first Unknown round meant we were handed these at 7pm in the evening. By the time we got back to our accommodation around 10pm,had organised dinner, and being fairly tired from really long days leading up to the event, had a quick look at the unknowns, and decided sleep was the better thing to do.

Jason and Clive, with Roberto Russo in the centre.

Early-morning call to duty for the CARF YAK 55SP, borrowed from Roberto Russo.

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Long line of aircraft waiting their turn to be flown!

Austrian Gernot Brucmann’s YAK 55.

Marco Pinter with his Extra 330SC.

Jozef Lukac flew this colourful Extra 300. From Slovakia.

Jason Barker, Clive McInnes, Manrico Mincuzzi, and Roberto Russo.

Saturday – Day 2 comprised a fourth Known round, as well as our first Unknown. We were up early and studied the unknown for the day at the breakfast table. Once we felt we had it in our heads, we each flew it with our stick planes whilst the other watched through the schedule and checked we had it taped. Jason was up first in the unknown round, and unfortunately during his Rolling Circle, the engine started to misfire.

Entering the next manoeuvre, it got worse and he had to abandon the rest of the flight. I was up only four flights behind him, and we quickly set about looking for the problem as it sounded electrical. It wasn't long and we discovered the power lead to the ignition from the battery was loose. We fixed this with a new extension lead and taped it back up. We were back in business, but too late for me to get in my first unknown, so that was zeroed for me unfortunately. Of course, just to make life more interesting, the contest management had handed out a second and completely new unknown for Sunday at 7pm, on Saturday evening. Sunday – Final day of the competition, and our last unknown round. We were looking forward to seeing how each pilot interpreted this one, as it was not a straight forward sequence, and this meant placing of the manoeuvres could change quite a bit. Of course it included a dreaded tail slide at the end of the box, ending cross-box and in a strong crosswind. Needless to say, only four or five pilots actually got this, as it came down to a bit of luck in the conditions.

The Flying! The competition as a whole was extremely well organised and run. Two flight lines were run on the same line, at the opposite ends of a full-size runway (yes we did have planes occasionally crossing paths at the opposite ends of the box, but not one incident). Starting procedure was something that was new to everyone. What they came up with, to speed up the flying and get through all the rounds, worked unbelievably well and I would like to see us adopt this over here.

1. While pilot 1 is flying, the Flight Line Director (FLD) would watch, and when the pilot got to manoeuvre 8 of his sequence, pilot no2 was asked to switch on his plane.

2. On manoeuvre 9, pilot 2 is asked to start his engine by the FLD. 3. On manoeuvre 10, pilot 2 moves towards the runway, but stays behind the line of pilot 1.

4. As soon as the caller of pilot 1 calls “complete”, pilot 2 is given the okay by the FLD to take-off ( pilot 1 just goes into a holding circuit if necessary) 5. As soon as the wheels of the aircraft of pilot have left the ground, pilot 1 is cleared by the FLD to land his aircraft.

6. As soon as pilot 1 has landed his aircraft, pilot 2 may start his sequence.

Flying styles: This is probably one of the most-asked questions since I got back. There are various styles of flying, and this can be seen from different countries. Europeans seem to fly a lot closer than we would; we aim to fly at 150 – 180m out; they would be more like 120m to 150m out at the most. I can't say that it worked for me, since flying close makes it hard to see the shape of some manoeuvres on centre when they are flown big. Some pilots fly quite big (Gernot Bruckmann flies HUGE, but his plane is also by far the biggest) while others fly smaller and have a lower top line to the box. Marek Plichta from Czech Republic, for me, had the most similar flying style and distance to our SA style.

What was consistent amongst all the top pilots – grace and constant speed, smooth manoeuvres, and presenting every small detail. Short pauses between roll points for example, were very clear. If there was a roll followed by a snap, there was a distinct pause after the roll.

Snaps! Snaps were, as always, interesting to see. The most important thing – pitch break, and autorotation. This was without doubt how they all present their snaps. A very distinct pitch break, either positive or negative, followed by a distinct autorotation. Starting and stopping every time on point, and on line! Picture this, LINE – SNAP - LINE… no major correction to pull a plane back on line after any snaps. There is a displacement of the plane due to the snap, but the line entered (heading). is the line exited upon.

India represented by Harshil Mane, with Extra 330LX.

And the 35% CARF Yak55SP with GP123cc engine, has air under its wings!

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Consistency…… Most pilots we spoke with, use an elevator input for pitch, and follow through with aileron and rudder. Snaps are definitely not deep and buried, but show a very positive or negative break. Rolls – tend to be slow, presented with a crisp start and stop, and show control through the entire roll. Throttle control is smoooooth. Not only do they all run canisters but you never hear motors suddenly opening up for power, there is a smooth transition onto the power, and generally only when needed for long vertical uplines. Lines and loops or part loops – one issue I picked up was the lines drawn/pauses between loops and lines. For instance, an Immelman that starts with a full roll and ends with a negative snap; European pilots (not all, but the vast majority) would roll, leave quite a pause, then start the half loop, at the top of the half loop again a pause before the snap would commence – in both instances drawing a line of more than one fuselage length. In SA (and in accordance with the rules) we do not draw noticeable lines. I have since emailed the Chief Judge to discuss this with him and to obtain clarification. He has responded in saying our interpretation is in fact correct, and they will in future look to address this. They are very proactive and doing a lot of workshops in Italy and around Europe to train IMAC specific judges. A lot of the judges are F3A-based and may judge differently. So, in essence again we can see how, worldwide, obtaining good judges is not easy. We, along with many other countries, need to work hard to train our judges and pilots alike, in order to raise the standards of our discipline.

Set-ups and radio mixes - Interestingly, many of the top pilots do not even use “Snap Conditions”, but will fly the snaps. Some use switches whilst flying, to increase or decrease rudder for certain manoeuvres like stall turns; others reduce aileron throw for rolling circles using a dual rate switch. What was common – everyone looking to fly the best sequence they can. There is no hard-and-fast rule...setup and flying style is individual. To improve, one has to look at different pilots, and how they setup and present a sequence. Then go away and try it for yourself; either it works, or it doesn't, sometimes adapt, but always learn. All of the pilots say the key is simply PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE. Where we need to improve: 1. Consistency, and definition of individual of points within manoeuvres.

2. Unknowns. They are far more familiar with . ALL classes, even their sportman pilots are happy and fly unknowns. We need to get these introduced more often into our competitions.

3. Freestyles. Again, even down to their Sportman pilots, there are guys that enter the freestyles. They are definitely more familiar with freestyle flying. Again I think we need to introduce this into Local comps in order to improve.

4. Sound. They ALL, without fail, run canister systems. Some were way quieter than others, but they all have to run canisters in all European countries. Some guys ran 3-bladed props, one guy even had a 4-blader – super quiet system, as where he flies, he needs to be as quiet as an electric, or he can't fly.

The large hangar quickly fills up when all the birds come home to roost.

Loooong line-up snaking its way towards the flight line.

The large hangar quickly fills up when all the birds come home to roost.

Loooong line-up snaking its way towards the flight line.

Here the hangar looks a bit lean...most aeries out to fly.

Sacha Cecconi placed Xth in Freestyle, and XX overall.

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World Leaders in RC Power Supply Systems SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 13

World Leaders in RC Power Supply Systems

Obituary: Keith Nicolls,

1932

2019

What is a legacy? A legacy is something left behind by a person once they have passed on. It is more than material wealth, or an inheritance left behind. It is something that a person taught us or shared with us, that we will always remember. There are different things that people will remember about Keith. He wasn't a Saint; he never pretended to be. If anyone has been in Keith's house - he was a hoarder. He could be a hard person, and didn't waste his time mixing with people he didn't have the need to. It was black or white - no in between. Keith's legacy, is the incredible knowledge and wisdom that he possessed.

Keith wasn't materialistic, and was extremely generous. He was very sentimental, and very independent.

Keith was born in Durban on the 2nd April 1932. At age six, Keith was sent to Michaelhouse Boarding School where he would only see his parents five years later, due to the war. When the family moved to Cape Town, he was sent to Bishops High School.

He was very involved in sport, particularly rowing. He was Western Province sailing champion numerous times, and he was in the first team for rugby. Sport was very important to him.

When Keith graduated, he moved to Kempton Park. In 1975 Keith became a single parent to his two children. He was a very successful man in his career - he built the Kellogg's factory. He also worked for Murray and Roberts as Project Manager; he was the main Project Engineer for the Carlton Centre, and after his retirement he was asked to return due to his expertise and experience.

Model aircraft have always remained a passion for Keith. He spent a great deal of his time writing manuals and procedures for the SAMAA. He also became the treasurer. He was also a part of the Barnstormers flying club.

Keith's life was not always an easy one. He had to rise above his circumstances. Through his love of knowledge and with the experience he gained through the years, he rose above the mistakes he made.

Keith was highly intelligent, and logical to the extreme. He loved the news and had an opinion on all current affairs. He was well-informed and well-read. He was money wise. People would come to him for advice. He was a wasn't a lazy man - he was a hard worker, always willing to share his knowledge and his expertise.

Keith will be missed by many family members, friends, colleagues, and business associates.

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Chairman’s Report Marthinus Potgieter

This year has been a year of challenges and achievements. Late last year the Civil Aviation Regulatory Committee approved three proposals for amendment that were proposed by the SAMAA Management Committee (SMC). The aim of the amendments was to be able to approve applications for individuals to fly model aircraft in excess of 25kg ALL UP WEIGHT INCLUDING FUEL. The three proposals were made with respect to Part 1 dealing with definitions, Part 149 dealing with Aviation Recreational Organisations from which the SAMAA was previously omitted, and then lastly, CATS 24 dealing with technical standards.

We were led to believe that the two Regulatory Proposals had been accepted and would be published in the Government Gazette: Part 1, Part 149, and the Technical Standard 24 had been signed off by the Director of Civil Aviation. As soon as they were published, we could then proceed with what we had set out to achieve. However, only the CATS 24 was signed off and published and the other two are still pending for publication. I have spent many days and hours at SACAA in Midrand, and at the Department of Transport in downtown Pretoria to fast-track this process but am told that the two SAMAA proposals were not the only two proposals for amendment to Part 1 and Part 149, and therefore they are being grouped together and will be published in due course. I have to say that I have lost faith in what I am told, and am currently engaging the chairlady of CarCom, who is also the Acting Director General of the Department of Transport, to approve an Alternative Means of Compliance (AMOC), so that we can proceed until the balance of the proposals are promulgated.

If the SMC had been aware that there were so many aviation legal experts, “Professors”, among us, we would have stood back and let them spend the hours and days to bring thisprocess to fruition. I am aware of many uneducated and speculative statements that have been made on social platforms regarding this matter, and the individuals participating in this, are bringing nothing more than disrepute to the organisation, as what they are publishing is as far removed from the truth and facts, as Eskom is from being a highly-profitable organisation.

In May 2019, Danie Potgieter, the Special Interest Group (SIG) chairman, Bob Skinner, the SAMAA GM and I met with the executive of the Aero Club of SA (AeCSA) to re-negotiate the Terms of Reference between us, and to restructure our financial contribution to them. In the past we have contributed up to R240 000.00 per annum, and for a while the feeling has been that we do not enjoy adequate value for that.

The fact of the matter remains that the AeCSA is the nationally- appointed body for recreational aviation and is the direct link to SASCOC, Sport and Recreation South Africa, and the FAI, and is supposed to represent all Aviation Recreational Organisations (AROs) at the SACAA. Subsequent to the resignation of the previous AeCSA General Manager, I have represented all AROs at SACAA, CarCom and Nascom in my personal capacity.

The result of the subscription re-negotiation was that we will now only pay approximately R60 000.00 per annum which will result in a saving of approximately R180 000.00 per annum to the SAMAA. This amendment only came into effect on 1 September 2019 although we were budgeting to have it in place by March 2019 already. Part of the new agreement is that all SAMAA members participating internationally will become full members of the AeCSA for that year.

Danie Potgieter and I attended a Part 149 Regulatory workshop from 15 to 18 October 2019 hosted by SACAA. The aim of the workshop was to engage with all recreational organisations and rework and reshape the regulation governing AROs. There were several models proposed, and on day two, all the other AROs accepted the model that the SAMAA proposed. This model is essentially based on the principle of having as little as possible written into regulation, and as much as possible written into our own Manual of Procedures (MOPs) that we can change and administer as required, without engaging long-winded promulgation processes.

The workshop closed with a commitment from the SACAA delegation that they would start working on the re-write and hopefully submit a draft to all the AROs before tabling it at CarCom. We have learned from our experience participating about five years ago in amending Part 101, governing the commercial operating of drones, that what was decided, and what was promulgated can be two completely different things. We will keep a very watchful eye on this one as we do not want to endure cumbersome legislation merely to enjoy our hobby. This has also delayed our original proposal that formed part of amending the maximum weight of a model aircraft.

The SIG Committee and SAMAA office have been busy with arrangements for the SAMAA Power Nationals, to be hosted next year from 27 April to 1 May at Henley Model Airfield and Family Entertainment. I believe that every year it has been bigger and better than the previous year and hope that our next one will be no exception. Thank you to Danie, Bob, Linda, and all the SIG Chairmen driving this event.

SAMAA members have been busy on the international front this year. From 11 to 16 July 2019, the F3K Senior and Junior teams participated in the Hand Launch Glider World Championships in Jakabszallas, Hungary. The Senior Team posted a 10th position overall and consisted of Alan Smith, Craig Goodrum, Mike Vos, and Brett Lewis (Team Manager). The Junior Team posted a 6th position overall and consisted of Aldo Vos, James Steele, Oliver Booysen, and Theo Wolthers (Team Manager). Aldo Vos achieved a commendable 4th individual position.

Congratulations to all involved.

Mike Vos also participated in the F5J Electric Glider World Championships in Trnava, Slovakia, from 11 to 17 August 2019. Jan Sime was the Team Manager and they posted a 38th position overall. Andre Stockwell, Clinton Carter-Brown, Grant Brook and Joshua Twomey, as the Junior, participated in the F3A Aerobatic World Championship in Casa Bianca, Calcinatello, Italy, from 3 to 10 August 2019. Neil Twomey was the Team Manager and the team posted an overall 17th position.

At the time of writing my report, Stephen Gore, Devon Barnett, and Jadon Churchman, as the junior, are participating in the F9U Drone Racing World Championships in Xiangshan, Ningbo, China, from 11 to 14 November. Lance Churchman is the Team Manager and I wish them everything of the best, and look forward to their results.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank all the SAMAA members who dedicate the effort and funds to participate in World Championship competitions, and who are flying the South African flag high. With our current exchange rate, it has become a massive burden to participate.

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Following correct protocol as stipulated in our constitution, the SMC embarked on calling for nominations for a new SAMAA Management Committee that will take office in March 2020. We received six nominations, which is one more than the required five. The SMC, in conjunction with the auditors, started the process of calling for an election. Very recently, I received the withdrawal of the nomination from Boet Denysschen, due to him relocating to the Western Cape. The withdrawal resulted in the SMC cancelling the election, as we ended with the required five nominees. They are: Danie Potgieter Johan Blom Burt Botha Johan van der Merwe Alec Groenewald These members will be ratified at the SAMAA AGM, on 12 March 2020. This will also be the last AGM that I will preside over as chairman, as my tenure comes to an end. I hope that this AGM will be well supported to welcome the new SMC that will look after the affairs of the SAMAA. I would like to extend my gratitude to all the SAMAA members who have supported the SAMAA during the last year. The SMC members are very aware that they are not perfect, but they do dedicate an immense amount of their own personal time to manage and steer our hobby and sport in a way that we can “Preserve Free Flight”, and make it accessible to the majority. We are continuously under pressure from legislators to reduce the freedom of recreational aviators, under the auspices of safety. SAMAA members fly in dedicated, registered areas where club structures provide oversight, and do not pose any danger to formal aviation.

Due to the festive season, the SAMAA office will be closed from 23 December 2019 to 3 January 2020. In the event of an emergency, members are welcome to contact me on 082 377 6493 or Juanita Smith on 083 630 8975.

To all the SAMAA members celebrating Christmas, all the best wishes and also a very prosperous New Year. Please travel safely until we all get together next year for some fun and enjoyment next to the flying fields. Fly safely!

Proficiencies & Development Johan Blom

A bit of history about the proficiency tests that were introduced by the SAMAA: in the 1970s, the “Propeller” series was introduced, which was replaced in 1984 by the present proficiency system, which is represented by the four qualifications of Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Instructor.

In 2001, it was decided that a more forgiving (in terms of flying requirements) and more comprehensive (in terms of general safety knowledge) test be introduced. This test is known as the “Solo”.

The purpose of this “Solo” test is to ensure a model aircraft pilot's ability to fly and control a model aircraft safely when other members are present and flying. It also ensures that the model pilot had been instructed on his club's by-laws, safety rules, the SAMAA Manual of Procedures, and that he has an understanding and working knowledge of the equipment, radio installation, and a basic understanding related to model aircraft safety, and aerodynamics.

In the interest of the hobby/sport of model aircraft flying, the SAMAA has produced, over the years, a number of proficiency tests, it is essential that first, an adequate standard be set before a beginner is allowed to fly on his own without a qualified instructor in attendance, and secondly, that further goals are set to challenge the model aircraft pilot to improve his flying skills.

Obtaining a proficiency rating has a number of advantages:It improves a pilot's flying skills. It defines where and when pilots may fly certain models within the SAMAA system with specific proficiencies. A Solo rating fulfils the requirement of the SAMAA insurance for flying unaccompanied on the flight line with other pilots present.

Since the implementation (12 March 2019) of the new procedure to obtain the Gold and Instructor Proficiencies, a total of 16 Gold proficiencies and seven Instructor proficiencies were flown. The procedure for obtaining Gold and Instructor proficiencies is as follows: a) The SAMAA office administrator will source Judges from surrounding clubs to judge proficiencies. b) Testing to be done at a club other than the candidate's regular club, if at all possible. c) Preferably three (3) dates to be selected for proficiency flying. d) The applicant will be advised of who the judges will be, and at which club for testing, and the judges’ contact details will be forwarded to the applicant to arrange a time with the judges. e)Applicant to make sure that a spotter/caller is present and that score sheets are available when flying the proficiency. f) Candidates to at least practice the schedules before actual tests, to familiarise themselves with the manoeuvres, the execution, and the correct placement. g) Gold and Instructor proficiency may be flown on the same day. h) NB! No pilot will be allowed to do an Instructor proficiency test without having first passed the Gold proficiency test. i) All new Gold or Instructor proficiencies are bound to a 14 day cool off period before allowed to fly at an airshow.

Tests for Solo and Bronze - These tests may be judged by any two members with at least SAMAA silver status. One flight only required; preflight check and questions must be answered satisfactorily.

Tests for Silver - This test may be judged by any two members with at least SAMAA Gold status. Questions mandatory. Note only one test required for Silver.

Tests for Gold - This test will be judged by two members. One Gold and one at least Instructor, both assigned by the SAMAA office.

Questions are mandatory. Two flights required.

Tests for Instructor - This test will be judged by two judges, one of whom shall be a SAMAA Instructor and the other a SAMAA InstructorJudge, both assigned by the SAMAA office. Two flights required.

Take note of the validity of proficiencies - A pilot with SAMAA proficiency qualifications should be aware that a lapse of three years in SAMAA membership will automatically cancel any proficiency rating above Solo. A written, motivated request from a pilot's club chairman and one other club committee member, is required to reinstate a pilot's Solo level proficiency status with SAMAA. Safe flying!

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Buddy Wright Memorial

Vintage Aircraft Fly-in

Sun 24 May 2020

at Benoni Heliport 07:00 - 13:00 Contact Juanita Smith 083-630-8975 Agenda

2020 SAMAA Annual General Meeting

SAMAA AGM 2020 Thursday 12 March at 19:00

Thursday 12 March at 19:00

Training Room of Denel Technical Academy, in the same building as the SAMAA offices, Building R4, 131 Atlas Road, Bonaero Park More information from SAMAA office samaa-admin@mweb.co.za or Tel 011-973-3679. Full agenda to be published prior to AGM in 2020.

1. Welcome 2. Attendance. Apologies 3. Minutes of the 2019 AGM. Corrections, and acceptance 4. Matters arising from these minutes 5. Chairman’s Report. Acceptance Thursday 12 March 6. Treasurer’s Report 2020, 19:00, SAMAA offices a. 2019 Budget vs Actual b. 2019 Audited Financial Statements c. 2020 Budget (amended) d. Approval of interim 2021 budget Acceptance 7. General Manager’s Report. Acceptance 8. Ratification of SMC members for 2020-2021 9. Agenda points raised by members of the Association* 10. Closing *Note: Any member wishing to raise any matter at the AGM under point 9, is required to submit notice of this to the chairman, at least seven (7) days before the meeting.

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Special Interest Groups

Danie Potgieter

It was a busy 2019 from the Special Interest Group's (SIGs) point of view.

The 3rd National Model Fun Fly Association Series was conducted this year, culminating in the Fun Fly Masters, hosted by Silverton Model Flying Club in Pretoria. The first round had to be flown before the 31st March 2019, the second round before 16th June, and the thirs round flown before 1st September. A total of 21 Open class pilots participated in the three rounds, and in the Sportsman class, a total of 45 pilots flew in the three rounds. The Masters was held at SMFC on the 12th-13th October 2019, and a total of 22 invited pilots participated in the Masters; two in Veterans class, eight in Open class and 12 in Sportsman class.

The Control Line Association of South Africa (CLASA) hosted their Nationals at Barnstormers Model Flying Club from the 21st – 24th March 2019. Classes flown on the days were Novice and Expert Stunt, and Slow and Open Goodyear team racing.

The Aerial Concepts Combined Power Nationals was hosted at Henley Model Airfield and Family Entrainment near Henley-on-Klip, from 27th April to 01st May 2019. Eight SIGs' were present (MAASA, MHSA, Fly-FPV-SA, SAMPRA, NASA, SAMJA, LSA, and SAMPE) and a total of 98 pilots participated.

There were also the four teams from three different SIGs that participated in FAI World Championships. Firstly the F3K (discus hand launchgliders), MGA SIG - they departed to the Hungarian village of Jakabszallas, where the world championships ran from 14th to 20th July 2019.

The team consisted of three seniors: Craig Goodrum, Alan Smith, Mike Vos, and Brett Lewis being the seniors' team manager. A Junior team also participated and the pilots were James Steel, Oliver Booysen, Aldo Vos, and Theo Wolthers being the juniors' team manager.

The F3A (RC Aerobatics) – from the MAASA SIG – departed to Calcinatello (Casa Bianca site) – Italy. This world championship was staged from the 3rd August until 10th August 2019. There was a single team participating in this World championship, which, according to the FAI Sporting Code, could include one junior. The team was Andre Stockwell, Grant Brook, Clinton Carter-Brown, and junior Joshua Twomey, with Neil Twomey as the team manager.

The F5J (Electric Model Gliders) – from the MGA SIG - competed in Trnava – Slovakia. This world championship was run from 11th to 17th August 2019. The team only consisted of Mike Vos, and the team manager Jan Sime.

Fly-FPV-SA (the FAI class F9U) Special Interest Group sent a team to the 2019 FAI World Drone Racing Championships Grand Final in Xiangshan Ningbo, China from 11th to 14th December 2019. The team consisted of two senior pilots and one junior pilot, as well as the team manager. The senior team pilots at this event were Stephen Gore, and Devon Barnett, and the junior pilot Jadon Churchman. Lance Churchman was team manager. The FAI made a decision to have the Drone Racing world championships hosted every year, and not every two years, as all the other FAI competitive disciplines. This naturally places a burden on national associations, who may be required to fund teams in this class, every year. The class of Drone Sport has been allocated a new designation, that of F9U. The Model Gliding Association (MGA) hosted their 2019 national championships at Greenfields Eastern Model Soarers (GEMS) from the

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20th September to 23rd September 2019. Classes that were flown: 2 Metre - 8 minutes working time, with 6 minutes flight time; Open/F3J Thermal duration - 10 minute working time, 10 minute flight time; F3K - DLG (hand launch); and, F5J - Electric duration.

Large Scale Aerobatics started to host pilot/judging clinics. The first of these took place at RMAC on Saturday 7th September. The aim and objectives of this first judging/pilot clinic was to seek closer cooperation between experienced judges and pilots of LSA, to disseminate the current 2019 IMAC rule book and judging sheets (Synthetic Guide), for both groups to discuss and understand the difference between the two judging styles of, Downgrading System, vs Overall Presentation. The last aspect was done with practical sessions to allow pilots to demonstrate a particular manoeuvre, to land, and to then have it critiqued, together with the judges.

The SA Miniature Pylon Racing Association (SAMPRA) is planning to host an international event of epic proportions – the SA Safari Cup on 7 and 8 November 2020 at the Henley Model Airfield and Family Entertainment. The class that will be contested is the FAI class F3T, locally known as Q40, or Quarter Midget, and there are great plans for many internationally-known pylon racing pilots to participate.

The MHSA safety rules have now been put in place for the freestyle F3N flying. The minimum proficiency of flying F3N at an RC model aircraft airshow, is Helicopter Instructor, as long as the F3N flying is in accordance with the MHSA special requirements for participating in an airshow – for more details, see to https://mhsa.co.za/wp-content/uploads/2019/09/MHSA-rules.pdf The SAMAA currently has eleven registered Special Interest Groups, and their main purpose is to ensure the well-being of the competitive activities for the interested members of the SAMAA, in the various disciplines. Let’s start with the SIGs, in no particular order: • Control Line Association of South Africa (CLASA) https://www.facebook.com/groups/858742724218011/ • Multi-Rotor FPV Racing (FLY-FPV-SA) - http://flyfpvsa.co.za/ • Large Scale Aerobatics (LSA) - https://www.largescaleaerobatics.co.za/ • Model Aerobatic Association of South Africa (MAASA) - http://www.maasa.co.za/ • Model Gliding Association (MGA) - https://mgasa.blogspot.com/ • Model Helicopters of South Africa (MHSA) - https://mhsa.co.za/ • National Association of Scale Aeromodellers (NASA) - http://sanasa.co.za/ • National Model Fun Fly Association (NMFFA) - http://www.funfly.co.za/ • South African Model Jet Association (SAMJA) - http://www.sajets.co.za/php/home.php • South African Model Parachute Enthusiasts (SAMPE) - https://easyup.org.za/sampe/ • South African Miniature Pylon Racing Association (SAMPRA) - http://www.pylonracing.co.za/ In 2020, the Aerial Concepts SAMAA Combined Power Nationals will be hosted once again at the Henley Model Airfield and Family Entertainment, near Henley-on-Klip. Dates are 27th April to 01 May 2020. There are weekends on either side of the event, which affords an ideal opportunity for participants to travel, and settle in before the competition starts. The longer-term plan is to incorporate the control line classes of Stunt, Speed, Combat, and Team Racing in the Power Nationals. For this to materialise, the facility at HMAFE needs a tarred circle (doughnut) and another grass circle, both of about 60m diameter. For now, the CL portion of the Nats will be flown at Barnstormers, where these facilities already exist.

I hope that 2020 will be more active than 2019, and that each SIG will fly their discipline forward in the future.

SOUTH AFRICA

Large cale Aerobatics

Name and surname of pilot

SAMAA membership no.

Member of which club

LSA membership no. (if applicable)

E-mail address

Telephone contacts

Expiry date

A Whats App group will be created for all registered pilots, with a dropped pin for easy location of HMAFE. An accommodation list will be sent in due course. Camping, with power and ablution facilities at HMAFE, is available at R100 per person, per night, and there is NO landing fee for pilots making use of this arrangement. If you stay elsewhere, a landing fee of R200 per day is levied. Any scale aerobatic aircraft with minimum engine size of 50cc qualifies for participation.

Entry fee is R200 per pilot (flying only), or R300 per pilot (fly and braai, Saturday evening function). Additional Saturday evening meal tickets are available to spouses/friends, at R175 each, Entry fee does not include landing (unless you are camping). Friday evening plans are for a Bring-and-Braai at the hangar.

Closing date for entry is 30 JANUARY 2020. Late entries may be allowed, but participants will not receive memorabilia, and will not be able to have free participation to the Saturday evening function. E-mail your entry form and proof of payment to: stan@fincham.co.za Bank details: Standard Bank Fourways Crossings, branch # 009953, Savings account # 225009668, in name of LSA. Use your name, and SAMAA membership number as reference, for easy identification.

R100

R200

R300

R175

R380

per day, camping

Fly only (2 days)

Fly and Braai

Extra meal, Sat

Late (after 30 Jan)

Please tick

More information from Stan Fincham 084-268-2025 or Justin Gomersall, 084-465-1000 SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 19

Western Province Aerobatic Championship and SA Masters

Stuart Nix. Photos by Michael Borcherds The Allure of Michael Borcherds.

Once again and for the third time we were in for a cracking event. Our three judges set to witness some good, and some not-so -good flying for the local dedicated pilots.

The WP champs was flown on Friday and Saturday, with four rounds, but as the wind got stronger (40+) a couple of pilots decided to rather only fly three rounds and save any possible damage to their aircraft.

The two regulars in the Sportsman class saw André pushing himself to score a fantastic mid-60% to win the class, ahead of his rival, Jack, who had unfortunately crashed his Allure the week before, and because he was flying his back-up plane, he struggled somewhat.

In the Advanced class, Pieter Kapp was always one step ahead, winning three of the four rounds, ahead of Rory who won the fourth round. Charlie Blakemore always improved, and most likely had been carefully listening to his caller, and took third place ahead of Jacques, who found the going rather tough.

Masters regulars battled it out for the 'Big Boys" honours. The first round proved to be very close but Rodney was 'on fire' even if only just ahead of Ernie and Stuart. Second round was Stuart's, ahead of of Ernie, Cobus, Michael, and Rodney, who had put out the fire losing his way.

Then the wind started and the scores got less, except for Cobus who scored an impressive mid-60. As the wind got even stronger, Stuart found his plane was just taken by the wind in all directions, Ernie also found it tough; Michael gave it a miss, and Rodney was showing that all the wind practice was worth it. Cobus one again scored another great score, and the class win.

Well done to everyone…the conditions where not good but we all went home with nothing damaged. So now everyone had to wait to know the final positions and who had won the classes at the awards dinner, which was held at Boschkloof Wines, to present the awards Mr Elton Davids, director of All Sports SA. For the MAASA South African Aerobatic Masters, the same entry had to do it all over again, same venue, same wind. André once again was showing that practice really does help, not such good scores as the previous days, but still a class win and a double win for the weekend. The strong wind was affecting everyone, and this showed as most of the scores were lower.

In Advanced Rory must have just loved the conditions and was the one who set the pace ahead of Charlie. Pieter and Jacques struggled in the conditions to end third and fourth. Ernie dominated the Masters class, winning three out of the four rounds. He was most comfortable in the windy conditions. Rodney was battling but not as much as Stuart who just couldn't get any part of his flying right. Cobus also found it really hard going to finish fourth ahead of Michael, who only flew the third and fourth rounds now that the wind had died down a little bit to complete the class positions.

So, that was this year's event over. Windy conditions once again, some pilots improved, some didn't, some achieved person challenges. The competition was strong and close but one thing we all had in common, is we all had a great weekend in this sport we love so much.

De-Ja-Vu...all over again! Belongs to Ernie Smith.

Ready box was always full.

Pretty Austral of Stuart Nix...wind showed no mercy!

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Rory Netterville’s Passport during one of his flights.

Flight line action.

Charlie Blakemore, Pieter Kapp, and Rory Netterville, first three in Advanced.

Rodney Potter receiving the Claude Mackrill award from John Calefato.

Rodney Potter, Cobus Malan, and Ernie Smith. First 3 in Masters at WP Champs.

Cobus and Michael Borcherds, recipients of WP colours.

Kas, Martin, and Bernus...our three Musketeers! Thanks, guys!

Peter Aldridge checking!

Bernus and Kas watching with intent.

Charlie and Pieter.

André Vogel and Jack Denman, only two in Sportsman class.

Nice assembly of pilots and judges, proudly showing the Disa, provincial flower of the WP and of the Cape Town Sport Council SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 21

2019 CLASA Control Line Nats

Theo Kleynhans. Photos by Willie Bodenstein John, Conrad, Dirk, Theo, Keith, Percy, John, Henry, Roston, Wynand, Glen, Colin.

Evert, Glen, Peter, Keith, Wynand, Percy, Theo, Colin.

This year's Control Line Nats was held at Barnstormers from 21 to 24 March. Barnstormers as always was a great venue with excellent flying facilities. We were privileged to have Stunt, and Goodyear racing events. It was also nice to have a Junior competing for the first time in many years. The weather was good with some stronger winds at times.

We were privileged to have many pilots coming from far to compete. We had Colin Paine who came up from Knysna, Peter Locke from Grahamstown, Dirk Meyer from KZN, and Conrad Cloete from the Cape. It was great seeing all of you.

We had seven entries in Expert Stunt, and some close competition in the top three. We were able to fly five rounds with the best three rounds to count. It was unfortunate for Glen Roberts who crashed his plane in the second round. Glen has been building and practicing hard to compete in Stunt for the Nats, as he is more focussed on racing and speed flying.

Keith Renecle managed to take first place with his Newtron 2 model. Keith has been struggling with some medical issues and was almost not going to enter the Nats. It was great to see him out there and flying extremely well, with only little practice. We are happy that you are better Keith and hope you can get 100% in the near future. Evert Scholtz managed to take second place with his Max Bee Pro -stunt model with Igor system. He has done the hard work and is practicing almost every day. It can definitely be seen in his flying. Colin Paine managed to take a close third place after Evert.

In Junior Stunt we only had one entry and it was decided to continue with the event to not discourage a new young flyer. Wynand Kleynhans is 11 years old and only started flying a few months before the Nats. He flew three rounds and did really well, with an electric Isoboard model built by Keith Renecle. This is a great plane to start flying with.

Peter Locke, from Grahamstown.

Colin Paine, third in F2B, from Knysna.

Percy Attfield dancing in the centre.

Theo with profile machine.

Lead-outs Percy-style...red is up.

Glen cool under first-time pressure.

Keith in winning form.

Three dure à cuire judges!

White-knuckle stuff from Glen.

Wynand Kleynhans under the watchful eye of dad Theo. Did well in his first stunt competition!

A typical Goodyear racer.

Conrad Cloete is an expert mechanic, pitting for Dirk Meyer. Typical action sequence.

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In the Racing event we had two Goodyear classes that had three entries each. Slow Goodyear and Open Goodyear were flown. The veteran team of Dirk Meyer and Conrad Cloete came in first place in both classes with good times. Anyone that wants to get their crown will have to work extremely hard as it will not be easy. Henry and Theo came second in both classes, but were disqualified for one member not holding SAMAA membership. This is a new team and they did extremely well against the veterans.Glen Roberts and John Wellman were promoted to second in both classes. They had some issues during the competition but managed to compete well in both classes.

I would like to thank the folks who helped out with running the event. CLASA have a bunch of great people; I enjoy every moment I spend with each of you. Thanks to our judges Henry Kurowski, Bob Skinner, and John Withers; they always are up to the task and have shown the class in our judging ability for Control Line. Thanks also to our wonderful ladies who help out with many things, like tabulating the scores. This was done by Bokkie Renecle, Suzette Kleynhans, and Libby Kurowski. We are really grateful to you! Overall, it was a great event, especially for having racing at the Nats again. A special thank you to Willie Bodenstein and The Pilot's Post for the great photos and wonderful report that was published on their site. Here is the link to the post: http://www.pilotspost.com/arn0001782

Dirk, Conrad, victorious in racing events.

Dirk and Glen during a team racing heat.

Timekeeper/judges, John and Keith.

Glen Roberts...and John Wellman.

John Wellman makes a comeback to racing; received national colours in 1972.

Proud parents, and a proud Wynand!

Winner of F2B Stunt, Keith Renecle.

Third place achieved by Colin Paine.

The hardware for the Nats.

Second-placed team in Slow Goodyear, and Open Goodyear: John Wellman and Glen Roberts (pilot). Theo left, and Bob right.

Evert content with 2nd, after plane troubles.

First place team in both the racing events: Conrad Cloete (”Stick”), and Dirk Meyer (”Stump”), a formidable team

Results - 2019 CLASA Control Line Nationals - Barnstormers Kempton Park FAI-F2B Aerobatics Pl. 1.

2.

3.

4.

5.

6.

Name Keith Renecle Evert Scholtz Colin Paine Theo Kleynhans Percy Attfield Peter Locke

Round 1 2849,4 2451,9 2421,8 2133,9 2304,0 829,4

Round 2 2798,8 2645,9 2397,2 2250,2 0 0

Round 3 2763,7 2688,7 2398,5 2097,3 2346,6 0

1.

Wynand Kleynhans (Junior)

279

Novice Aerobatics 274 279,5

Round 4 2655,4 2309,4 2598,5 2205,6 0 0

Round 5 2810,9 0 2608,5 2321,8 0 0

Total 8459,1 7786,5 7628,8 6777,6 4650,6 829,4

832,5

Slow Goodyear Team Racing Pl. 1.

2.

Team Dirk Meyer (pilot), Conrad Cloete (mechanic) Glen Roberts (pilot), John Wellman (mechanic)

1.

2.

Dirk Meyer (pilot), Conrad Cloete (mechanic) Glen Roberts (pilot), John Wellman (mechanic)

Heat 1 6:43,13

Heat 2 5:57,75 -

Heat 2 5;59,41 7:39,88

Final 12:44,38 DNF

Open Goodyear Team Racing 4:44,80 5:37,72 -

5:06,09 5:48,52

9:50,66 DNF

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2019 Control Line Art Adamisin Cup

Keith Renecle’s trusty Newton 2...

Theo Kleynhans Henry Kurowski, Evert Scholtz, and John Withers, with Evert’s Max Bee Pro.

...met an untimely end. New fuselage, and it’s as good as new!

The AA Cup took place once again at Barnstormers on 22 September. The weather threatened with strong winds, but the wind was flyable.

The AA Cup is named in honour of Arthur Adamisin, or “Big Art”, a renowned C/L stunt personality and international judge from the USA who came out to South Africa in 1997 to help us improve our stunt flying and also our judging standards. This was a giant leap forward for us at the time, so we decided to name one of our team trial events for choosing the South African team to world championships, after him.

It was a small competition this year as we only had three entries, with Percy still in Europe. We were able to fly four rounds with the best three rounds to count. It was an unfortunate weekend for Keith Renecle who crashed his plane during the competition. I for one could not believe it as Keith is the best flier I have seen, but it just shows that one small mistake can lead to a catastrophic end. Sorry Keith, we are awaiting your new flying machine for 2020!

Congratulations to Evert Scholtz who managed to take first place with his Max Bee Pro stunt model, with the Igor Burger active rpm-timer control system. It is amazing to see the progress and improvement that Evert has made over the last two years. Theo Kleynhans managed to take second place with his electric stunt model. It is definitely time for him to upgrade to a new and better model.

Keith Renecle ended up in third place with only one flight completed. I would like to thank our judges Henry Kurowski and John Withers. They are always willing to come and judge. Thanks to Bokkie Renecle and Suzette Kleynhans for tabulating the scores. We are really grateful to you all. Overall it was a great event even though it was small in numbers.

Results - 2019 Art Adamisin Cup for Control Line Aerobatics Pl. 1.

2.

3.

Name Evert Scholtz Theo Kleynhans Keith Renecle

Round 1 1884,1 1536,4 1277,1

Round 2 1757,2 1759,3 -

2019 SA C/L Masters

Round 3 1990,1 1625,8 -

Round 4 1946,4 1538,6 -

Total 5780,6 4933,7 1277,1

The Control Line World Championships is held every second year on even year numbers, and is contested in four classes. The 2020 world championships for FAI category F2, will be held in Poland, in a town called Wloclawek, in August next year. CLASA has three team selection events that prospective pilots need to compete in to be able to qualify, and these are the Nationals, the Art Adamisin Cup, and the SA Masters.

Only one pilot put his name forward to enter the world champs this time, and that is Evert Scholtz. He did well in the 2018 world champs and was all fired up to do this again. In all of my years in this sport, I have yet so see such enthusiasm and dedication from anyone like this. Evert chose the Max Bee design, from double-world champion Igor Burger (Slovakia), and he has built eight of them in the last two years. That alone is an achievement!

Getting a control line stunt model to fly well in competition, is such a challenge, not only in building accurately to achieve the desired light weight, but also in being able to trim the model for flying to a high standard. Evert's latest Max Bee flies really well, and his standard of flying shows a huge improvement from last year, so I believe that Evert will do very well in the world champs.

Keith Renecle John Withers (j), Evert Scholtz, Keith Renecle (j), Percy Attfield, and Theo Kleynhans.

The first two events were flown, but due to the weather which has been unflyable for most of the year, we have been juggling dates for a few months. Eventually on the 26th of October, we ran the event but it

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rained and the wind blew well over the 9 metres/second FAI limit. It was pure “survival” for each pilot and Evert's model was badly damaged after a gust of wind came up on take-off and shoved the model back into the ground. The chief judge then called an end to the competition, and we had to try to find a suitable date once again.

Each time we need to arrange judges and see if everyone is available. The decision was to try again on the 17th of November, but close to the time, the wind prediction was once again very high, but Saturday the 16th looked better and everyone could make it.

On the day, the weather was good and we ran a successful event with three pilots, Evert Scholtz, Percy Attfield, and Theo Kleynhans. The judges were John Withers and myself. We would like to thank John for always being available as a judge, and also for his interest in stunt.

John is an avid R/C flier at Barnstormers with many years of experience, and we are grateful to him for learning to become a competent C/L stunt judge. This is quite a challenge when you consider that a tethered model flies in circular motion, so all of the manoeuvre shapes are flown on the surface of a sphere. To the pilot of course, the manoeuvre shapes are easy to see, but from the outside it takes a lot of understanding of spherical shapes. Over the last few years, John has developed these skills to the point where he is a competent judge, so we are truly grateful for his help at our competitions.

It was nice for me this time to judge as well, and by doing this, I get to see all of the finer details of each flight. Firstly I would like to thank Percy Attfield, one of our treasured veteran pilots, for entering. He only arrived back from overseas a few days before the competition and had to prepare his model and fly with no practice. He flew very well, but unfortunately his model had a problem with one of the wing bolts so he decided to quit after two rounds. Percy, please know that we value your participation and all of the work that you've done for the control line fraternity for so many years. It was a pleasure to watch you enjoying yourself at this competition. It was also a pleasure to see another veteran control line pilot, Roston Dugmore, who came out for the day. Ros is also one of the stalwarts in control line in South Africa, who together with Percy, Nic van der Westhuizen, and a handful of others, grew our beautiful sport to a great level in the 90's. Thanks Ros for all of your hard work in C/L over so many years.

Theo Kleynhans is our present CLASA chairman, who volunteered to step in a few years ago when us old fogies were battling a bit. Thanks so much to Theo and his wife Suzette for stepping in to help the cause. Theo, like most of us, has not been able to fly a lot this year, mostly due to the weather, but looking at his overall flying performance and comparing his scores from last year's competitions, Theo has improved tremendously. His profile model is not easy to fly...ask me how I know! What I look for when training and coaching is how well the pilot steers the model and compensates when the model does not really listen too well. It was a pleasure to see Theo improve so much and perform two killer square eights as well. He has a better model now, that Peter Locke built, so we look forward to seeing Theo in action with this soon.

Seeing that Evert will be going to the world champs, I watched his flights with more than a critical eye, and I must say that his flights were some of the best that I have witnessed in our country. The improvement from previous competitions, even from the Nats this year was like night and day! I need to explain that it is the small differences that separate the top fliers from the rest, and that these small, subtle differences are so hard to achieve.

If you look at the scores in the results table below, you will see just how well Evert has done. To get close to 1000 points from each judge is really not easy, and Evert did just that in each round. Round three was in fact considerably over this number. His last round was lower because the model quit before the end of the scheduled manoeuvres, and fortunately this was his throw-away round. Congratulations to Evert for some good and very consistent flying!

We flew four rounds, with the best three to count.

A big thank you must go to our tabulators, Bokkie Renecle and Suzette Kleynhans. And also to Theo's kids Wynand and Juan, who helped out as score sheet runners. Overall, it was a good event, and we wish Evert every success for the world championships next year. We know that he will do us all proud!

Results - 2019 SA Masters for Control Line Aerobatics Barnstormers - 16 November

Pl. 1.

2.

3.

Name Evert Scholtz Theo Kleynhans Percy Attfield

Round 1 1927,8 1563,5 1701,3

Round 2 1989,0 1558,4 1525,2

Round 3 2069,0 1699,7 -

Round 4 1874,3 1727,1 -

Total 5985,8 4990,3 3226,5

WANTED! Old model aircraft engines, boat engines, and spare parts... diesel, spark-ignition, or glow.

Wanted by collector.

Good prices paid for single engines, spare parts, or complete collections.

Will buy from anywhere in South Africa.

Tel. 076-494-1184. 011-849-6267 trogon@mweb.co.za Evert Scholtz, winner of the SA Masters, with his Max Bee. SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 25

From the SAMAA Office

Bob Skinner

The end of another satisfying year is upon us, and I hope that all members of the SAMAA and their families have generally experienced safe and good times. Yes, there are days and events in everyone’s life where one is tried and tested, sometimes unreasonably so. It is how one handles and manages these situations that makes one a better person. Many of us have had to bid farewell to dear friends, often unexpectedly.

In this festive season, it is my wish that all members, their families, club administrators, dealers, shop owners, and everyone connected to this great hobby of ours, will experience the joys of Christmas, and the gift of giving, not only in material things, but in good deeds. Make the season bright with joy, peace, love, and hope. Have a spectacular New Year, and may 2020 be life-changing for all of you.

The staff in the SAMAA office have had a busy year, and we have given support and encouragement to many members. Sometimes we’ve had to utter a few strong words to get action, but on the whole, we have experienced good cooperation. Please know that we stand ready to help whenever required, and we will often go the extra mile to satisfy reasonable requests.

By the same token, we simply ask common courtesy, and I know this is sometimes difficult, especially when members have made renewal of membership, and they have to wait for inordinate periods of time to receive their membership cards in the post, a situation which is totally beyond our control. Membership renewals and new applications are processed very promptly, the very same day that payments are reflected on the statement. Many SAMAA members who do not trust the stupid postal system, prefer to do walk-in renewals and they leave the office with their new membership cards in their hands.

Of course we have to handle many queries from foreign visitors to our country, who enquire about bringing their drones into the country. “I want to take nice photos of your country, game reserve, and table mountain”. We have formulated, over the years, a standard reply of SAMAA is only mandated to look after sport and recreational model aviation...talk to CAA if you want to. Then, more complaint about drone flying over private property in urban areas. We refer the complainants to the CAA, and in a few cases, nothing has happened, and the expectation is that the SAMAA must help.

Just recently there was a report/complaint about slope soaring pilots in the Gauteng, who frequent a resort in a hilly area near the Hartbeespoort Dam, where there is a registered SAHPA hang and paragliding site. Some of these guys, we’ve come to learn, are SAMAA members, and they fly while paragliding activity is taking place, in the same airspace! One pilot even boasted that he skipped his slope soarer off the canopy of a paraglider! We were not able to obtain more information at this early stage, but this behaviour smacks of utmost stupidity and absolute recklessness, with complete disregard for life. Those who engage in this slipshod behaviour will face the full might of the law when we inform the enforcement department of the CAA. Be warned!

At the end of September, I travelled to Oudtshoorn for the annual Scale event, as a representative of the SAMAA. This year marked the 50th anniversary of the first event, and the SAMAA management team made a concession that SAMAA members with a solo rating may participate with scale model aircraft weighing less than 5kg. This was a popular decision and allowed many participants to enjoy this 50th celebration at the Oudtshoorn airport.

It was a magnificent event, with a very large entry, and it had a great variety of model aircraft on display, and flown, all very safely. Yes, there was a mishap or two, but never was any property or persons at risk; the flight line was at least 60 metres from the spectator line.

My personal thanks to Jan-Hendrik and Maureen Alberts, who arranged my collection and drop-off at George airport, and arranged for sponsored accommodation at a very cosy guesthouse, the Cul de Sac (thank you Billy!), and accommodated me at their home in Oudtshoorn on the last night. Fanie Fourie rounded off the magnificent hospitality by making a fleet vehicle available to me. Thank you to all of you who had a hand in this. And my thanks to all participants, many of whom are well-known to me; I was able to meet many other SAMAA members who I’ve not had the pleasure of meeting before, had good conversations, tried to solve the world’s problems, and saw a drops of rain in the arid Klein-Karoo region on Sunday morning!

Look out for information on Scale 2020, and with the lessons learned, I’m confident that the SAMAA management will again consider applying a relaxation to make this popular event accessible to more participants.

We wish all of you a Merry Christmas and a Prosperous New Year!

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Control Line, referred to in FAI terms as the F2 disciple, is one of the oldest model aircraft activities, that has been flown since the late 1940s in South Africa. The Ford Motor Company Floating Trophy that is presented at the Nationals to the winner of Expert Control Line Aerobatics (Stunt), was first awarded in 1948. The names of many well-known modellers appear on this trophy.

CLASA News

The F2 Control Line World Championships, which take place every two years, is scheduled for Wloclawek in Poland from August 9 to 16, 2020. For those interested, please check this link for more information on the event: https://www.facebook.com/2020faif2abcdworldchampioships/ or simply search your FaceBook page; 2020 FAI F2 World Championships for Control Line Model Aircraft, for more detail. The same FaceBook page also shows information regarding the World Cup event, to take place at the same venue, from August 7 to 9. This is a restricted event with only 30 entries accepted in each discipline.

News from the Control Line Association of South Africa Percy Attfield

South Africa has been consistently represented at F2 World Championship events since 1996 and CLASA has requested permission from SAMAA to enter this World Championship event in accordance with the events schedule and Team Selection criteria as it appears below.

Events Schedule The South African National Championships (Nats) that was held under the auspices of SAMAA earlier this year, was one of the three events that competitors may enter to qualify for the final team selection. The dates for the final two team selection events are now also announced: • Team Selection event 2 (the Nats being the first event) scheduled for 12 January 2020, with alternative date of 19 January 2020.

• Team Selection event 3, 26 January 2020, with an alternative date of 2 February 2020.

These events will take place at the Barnstormers, located off the R25 towards Bapsfontein, -26.012555, 28.294947.

The competitions will start at )7:30. Three rounds of aerobatics will be flown at each event, with the best two rounds for each competitor to count towards final placing of the competition.

Should there be unforeseen circumstances that cause a change to the events schedule, it will be published on the CLASA FaceBook page which can be accessed via the SAMAA WEB site, or directly in FaceBook by searching for Control Line Association of South Africa (CLASA). Note that you need to be signed into FaceBook to access this site.

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Access the Files tab for CLASA Administrative and Sporting Code information Access the Events tab for CLASA Meetings and Competition dates The Photo and Albums tabs are self explanatory Communicate with Control Line enthusiasts by posting in the Write Something area.

F2B Team Selection criteria Control Line Aerobatic enthusiasts who wish to be considered for selection to the World Championship in Poland (9 to 16 August 2020) must be aware of the criteria below. Team members are required to have a South African passport in order to qualify for National (Protea) colours.

F2B Team selection is based on performance at the SA Nationals, and the two Team Selection events above. Points are awarded for final overall position at these three events as follows: 1st 4th

10 points; 3 points;

2nd 5th

7 points; 2 points;

3rd 6th

5 points; 1 point.

The aggregate of the best two results will determine the team. One junior F2B team member may be selected, if there was participation and interest. Selectors will consider the availability of a suitable support system for such a selection.

Any tied position will be decided by the overall position at Team Selection event 3. The ultimate tie-breaker will be the highest discarded score at this event.

My vakansie Andrea van Huyssteen - 8

Andrea van Huyssteen is die 8-jarige dogtertjie van André en Cornelia van Huyssteen. Vir die laaste vyf jaar het sy haar ouers vergesel na die jaarliks NASAFI, op Springbok. Sy het vroeg in Oktober hierdie opstel geskryf as deel van ‘n skooltaak. Wonderlik om te sien hoe die gesinne van SAMAA-lede hulle ondersteun in hulle modelvlieg-aktiwiteite.

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Ons het die vakansie Hondklipbaai, Springboek en Upington toe gegaan. My pappa het ,met sy heilikopter en vliegtuig gevlieg. Ons het die oranjirivier gesien en daar oor , geslaap. Ons het hondeklipbaai toe gegaan en n geroesde boot gesien en om die boot was daar baie skilpe en vliee. Ons het n klein skilpad gesie op die straat en hy het probreer om op die grond te kom toe help my pappa, hom. My mamma, pappa en ek het Aliddn gaan kyk by ons huis. My pappa het sertifikaart gekry vir spoet en vlieg. Ons het gewen en ,naa n partykie toe gegaan en oom van Zyl het baie. snakse stoories vertel. Ek het drie sakke rommel op getel R200 . n kep van nasiafir gekry. Ons het ook 5 soort kos geeet en ons het kree, potkiekos, stek, vis en malfapoedieng geeet.

Andrea van Huyssteen ,

Henley Model Airfield and Family Entertainment

27 April - 1 May 2020 Aerial Concepts SAMAA Entry Form

NATIONALS!

ee try F nts e 0 En R50 r all ev o any

Closing date for entry is...

Friday 27th March 2020 (No entries can be entertained after this date)

The South African Model Aircraft Association invites all members in good standing to participate in the 2020 Aerial Concepts SAMAA Combined Power Nationals. Membership to each individual SIG is waived for this Nats (except for members who are in a team selection process).

(Entry form is in PDF, fillable with Adobe Acrobat Reader. Contact SAMAA office, or SIG chairmen for queries).

Name

Telephone/Cell no.

e-mail address SAMAA membership no.

Expiry date

Club name

I wish to participate in the following disciplines and classes of the 2020 Aerial Concepts SAMAA Combined Power Nationals:

RC AEROBATICS (by MAASA) Sportsman

Advanced

Masters

FAI-F3A

PYLON RACING (by SAMPRA) Club 2200

Sportsman

Standard Quickie

Hot Quickie

Q40/F3T

LARGE SCALE AEROBATICS (by LSA) Sportsman

Intermediate

Advanced

Unlimited

SCALE (by NASA)

Freestyle

JETS (by SAMJA)

Sport Scale

F4H

F4C

Basic

F3S Sport Jets

F4J

HELICOPTERS (by F3C/N-SA) Class 1

Class 2

Class 3

PARACHUTING (by SAMPE) 1/4 Scale

Junior Scale

FAI-F3C

FPV (by Fly-FPV-SA)

Racing

Freestyle

CONTROL LINE (by CLASA) Novice Stunt

Int. Stunt

Expert Stunt

Combat

Slow Goodyear

Open Goodyear

Speed

Entry fee is R500, any or all events (no limit on disciplines/classes entered). Payment may be made via EFT to the SAMAA account: Nedbank, Menlyn Centre (branch 1605 45), current a/c 1605 126 772. Your reference on the payment must be very clear: Name, followed by Nats entry. Entry forms and proof of payment must be e-mailed to admin@samaa.org.za. Entries will only be accepted if accompanied by proof of payment. Entry fees are not refundable in case of cancellation by the entrant. Late entries cannot be entertained; this interferes with the planning and time allocation of the competition.

CLOSING DATE FOR ENTRY IS CLOSE-OF-BUSINESS ON FRIDAY 27 MARCH 2020.

By entering for the 2020 SAMAA Combined Power Nationals, I agree to abide by the SAMAA rules and regulations. I also agree to abide by the Sporting Code rules of each of the individual SIGs whose events I participate in (excluding membership). I acknowledge that I have read Bulletin 1, and understand the conditions of entry and participation. Furthermore, I agree to abide by the decisions of the contest directors/officials, the judges, and the jury. I will act in a sportsmanlike manner in all my dealings with fellow competitors, officials, organisers, hosts, and members of the public. I will not hold the organisers, their agents, or the landowners responsible for any damages or injury that may occur.

Signed

Date SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 28

The SAMAA Activity Calendar January 2020

Barnstormers Barnstormers TBC Helderberg Radio Flyers North Eastern Radio Flyers Rand Model Aeronautic Club Barnstormers Two Oceans Slope Soarers Benoni Heliport

Kempton Park Kempton Park TBC Somerset West Frankenwald South Johannesburg Kempton Park Cape Peninsula Benoni

CLASA Control line team trial 2 CLASA Control line team trial 2 (alternate date) MGA Gliding Fun Day MAASA W Province monthly Aerobatics MAASA Gauteng Aerobatics monthly SAMPRA Summer Races for Pylon Racing CLASA CLASA Control line team trial 3 TOSS Slope Aerobatic Championship/Nationals Vintage Aircraft Fly-in

Theo Kleynhans Theo Kleynhans Brett Lewis Stuart Nix Chris O’Connell Matthys Botha Theo Kleynhans David Semple Juanita Smith

083-725-9279 083-725-9279 076-191-5277 082-855-4920 082-900-5353 073-895-9909 083-725-9279 021-782-9520 083-630-8975

theokleynhans100@gmail.com theokleynhans100@gmail.com brett@camerastuff.co.za stuart@squareedge.co.za chriso@bitanium.co.za bothamj@gmail.com theokleynhans100@gmail.com info@toss.co.za info@alshobbies.co.za

Barnstormers Rand Model Aeronautic Club TBA Rand Model Aeronautic Club TBA Stellenbosch M Aircraft Academy Rand Model Aeronautic Club Henley Model Airfield Johannesburg Model Aircraft Club TBA TBA Barnstormers

Kempton Park South Johannesburg TBA South Johannesburg TBA Wild Clover Farm South Johannesburg Henley-on-Klip Diepsloot, north Jhb TBA TBA Kempton Park

CLASA Control line team trial 3 (alternate date) RMAC AGM Western Cape FPV Regionals Gauteng Large Scale Aerobatics monthly MGA F3K League - Hand Launched Gliders MAASA Western Province Aerobatics League 1 MAASA Gauteng Aerobatics League 1 Large Scale Aerobatics Extravaganza Vintage Aircraft fly-in SAMJA Jet Fly Day Western Cape FPV Regionals CLASA C Line Aerobatics, Team Racing, Combat

Theo Kleynhans Elaine Allsopp Yvette Churchman Justin Gomersall Brett Lewis Stuart Nix Chris O’Connell Stan Fincham Juanita Smith Dean Grobbelaar Yvette Churchman Theo Kleynhans

083-725-9279

February 2020

2 2 9 9 9 16 16 21-23 23 23 29 29

082-460-2515 084-465-1000 076-191-5277 082-855-4920 082-900-5353 084-268-2025 083-630-8975 082-338-9508 082-460-2515 083-725-9279

theokleynhans100@gmail.com allsopp.elaine@gmail.com dieprivier@twk.co.za justin@dgkitchens.co.za brett@camerastuff.co.za stuart@squareedge.co.za chriso@bitanium.co.za stan@fincham.co.za info@alshobbies.co.za deang@aerialconcepts.co.za dieprivier@twk.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com

March 2020

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TBC Rand Model Aeronautic Club St Blaize Model Flyers TBA Rand Model Aeronautic Club SAMAA Offices TBA Rand Model Aeronautic Club Tygerberg Model Flying Club White Hills Radio Flyers Namakwaland Aero Sport Assoc.

Rand Model Aeronautic Club Barnstormers

TBC South Johannesburg Mossel Bay TBA South Johannesburg Bonaero Park TBA South Johannesburg Malmesbury Farms Sunderland Ridge Springbok South Johannesburg Kempton Park

MGA F5J Electyric Glider League competition Jet Day St Blaize Fly-in Western Cape FPV Regionals Gauteng Large Scale Pilots and Judges Clinic 2020 SAMAA Annual General Meeting MGA Gliding Camp-over Vintage Aircraft fly-in MAASA Western Province Aerobatics League 2 MAASA Gauteng Aerobatics monthly NASAFI 2020 http:/nasafi.org.za/nasafi-home/ SAMPRA Pre-Nats Pylon Racing CLASA C Line Aerobatics, Team Racing, Combat

Brett Lewis 076-191-5277 Elaine Allsopp Martin van Staden 082-782-2115 Yvette Churchman 082-460-2515 Justin Gomersall 084-465-1000 SAMAA office 011-973-3679 Brett Lewis 076-191-5277 Juanita Smith 083-630-8975 Stuart Nix 082-855-4920 Chris O’Connell 082-900-5353 Van Zyl Koegelenberg 083-659-4381 Matthys Botha 073-895-9909 Theo Kleynhans 083-725-9279

brett@camerastuff.co.za allsopp.elaine@gmail.com michael@gmail.com dieprivier@twk.co.za justin@dgkitchens.co.za samaa-admin@mweb.co.za brett@camerastuff.co.za info@alshobbies.co.za stuart@squareedge.co.za chriso@bitanium.co.za vanzylk@globsol.co.za bothamj@gmail.com theokleynhans100@gmail.com

April 2020

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Rand Model Aeronautic Club Helderberg Radio Flyers Rand Model Aeronautic Club Barnstormers Barnstormers Henley Model Airfield & Fam Ent,

South Johannesburg Somerset West South Johannesburg Kempton Park/Bapsfontein Kempton Park Henley-on-Klip

Gauteng Large Scale Pilots and Judges Clinic MAASA Western Province Aerobatics monthly RMAC Glider Day Vintage Aircraft Fly-in Control Line Nationals - SA Power Nationals Aerial Concepts SAMAA Combined Power Nats

Justin Gomersall Stuart Nix Elaine Allsopp Juanita Smith Theo Kleynhans SAMAA office

justin@dgkitchens.co.za stuart@squareedge.co.za allsopp.elaine@gmail.com info@alshobbies.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com samaa-admin@mweb.co.za

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Stellenbosch Mod Aircraft Academy Rand Model Aeronautic Club Benoni Heliport TBC Zwartkop AFB Area 51 Barnstormers

Wild Clover Farm South Johannesburg Benoni TBC Valhalla Polokwane Civil Airport Kempton Park

MAASA Western Province Aerobatics League 3 RMAC Stik Day Buddy Wright Memorial Vintage Aircraft Fly-in MGA F3K League & Team Qualifier 2 - HL Gliders SAMJA Jet Day BAOBAB Fly-in CLASA C.Line Aerobatics, Team Racing, Combat

Stuart Nix Elaine Allsopp Juanita Smith Brett Lewis Dean Grobbelaar Johan van der Merwe Theo Kleynhans

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Stellenbosch Mod Aircraft Academy Rand Model Aeronautic Club Benoni Heliport TBC Zwartkop AFB Barnstormers JOMAC

Wild Clover Farm South Johannesburg Benoni TBC Valhalla Kempton Park north Johanneswburg

MAASA Western Province Aerobatics League 3 RMAC Stik Day Buddy Wright Memorial Vintage Aircraft Fly-in MGA F3K League & Team Qualifier 2 - HL Gliders SAMJA Jet Day CLASA C.Line Aerobatics, Team Racing, Combat Vintage Aircraft Fly-in

Stuart Nix Elaine Allsopp Juanita Smith Brett Lewis Dean Grobbelaar Theo Kleynhans Juanita Smith

083-630-8975 076-191-5277 082-338-9508 083-725-9279 083-630-8975

stuart@squareedge.co.za allsopp.elaine@gmail.com info@alshobbies.co.za brett@camerastuff.co.za deang@aerialconcepts.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com info@alshobbies.co.za

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Gariep Dam Stellenbosch Mod Aircraft Academy Rand Model Aeronautic Club Barnstormers

Gariep Wild Clover Farm south Johannesburg Kempton Park

Jets-R-Us Fly-In MAASA Western Province Aerobatics League 3 Vintage Aircraft Memorial Fly-in CLASA C.Line Aerobatics, Team Racing, Combat

Boet Denysschen Stuart Nix Juanita Smith Theo Kleynhans

082-449-4623 082-855-4920 083-630-8975 083-725-9279

dennys@ballmail.co.za stuart@squareedge.co.za info@alshobbies.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com

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Tekovsky Hradok Wloclawek Barnstormers

Slovakia Poland Kempton Park

2020 F3J RC Glider World Championship F2 Control Line World Championship Vintage Aircraft Fly-in

Brett Lewis Theo Kleynhans Juanita Smith

076-191-5277 083-725-9279 083-630-8975

brett@camerastuff.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com info@alshobbies.co.za

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Benoni Heliport Barnstormers

Benoni Kempton Park

Vintage Aircraft Fly-in CLASA Sunday Club Funfly

Juanita Smith Theo Kleynhans

083-630-8975 083-725-9279

info@alshobbies.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com

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Gariep Dam Johannesburg MAC Barnstormers

Gariep north Johannesburg Kempton Park

Folded Wings Memorial event Vintage Aircraft Fly-in CLASA C.Line Aerobatics, Combat, Team Racing

Boet Denysschen Juanita Smith Theo Kleynhans

082-449-4623 083-630-8975 083-725-9279

dennys@ballmail.co.za info@alshobbies.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com

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Henley Model Aircraft & Fam Ent. Rand Model Aeronautic Club Barnstormers

Henley-on-Klip south Johannesburg Kempton Park

SAFARI Cup International,Pylon Racing Vintage Aircraft Fly-in CLASA C.Line Aerobatics, Combat, Team Racing

Matthys Botha Juanita Smith Theo Kleynhans

083-630-8975 083-725-9279

info@alshobbies.co.za theokleynhans100@gmail.com

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Rand Model Aeronautic Club TBA

south Johannesburg TBA

Vintage Aircraft Fly-in MGA Gliding Fun Day

Juanita Smith Brett Lewis

083-630-8975 076-191-5277

info@alshobbies.co.za brett@camerastuff.co.za

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May 2020

e-mail address

June 2020

Telephone

July 2020

Contact person

Aug 20

Event name/description

Sept

Location

Oct

Club/Site/Venue

Nov

Month & date/s

084-465-1000 082-855-4920 083-630-8975 083-725-9279 011-973-3679 082-855-4920 083-630-8975 076-191-5277 082-338-9508 082-820-1234 083-725-9279 082-855-4920

stuart@squareedge.co.za allsopp.elaine@gmail.com info@alshobbies.co.za brett@camerastuff.co.za deang@aerialconcepts.co.za info@trophy-care.com theokleynhans100@gmail.com

Now is the time for clubs and organisers of events to plan their calendar for 2020. Get your dates in early, to avoid clashes with other events.

Are there really no events planned in the other provinces? Not a single event for KZN, Eastern Cape, Free State, Mpumalanga, and North West?

SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 29

SAMAA

The mission of the SAMAA is to add value to your flying experience through communication, dissemination of information, promotion, education, and the support of dialogue.

The SAMAA organisation, and the management committee Marthinus Potgieter Chairman Johan Groenewald Vice-chairman, compliance Boet Denysschen Club representative

marthinus@cointech.co.za drimelt.jag@gmail.com dennys@ballmail.co.za

082-377-6493 079-496-9228 082-449-4623

Who leades our organisation, and provides guidance?

Johan Blom Development/Proficiencies johan@sxt.co.za Danie Potgieter Special Interest Groups chair flyf3a@gmail.com Juanita Smith Treasurer info@alshobbies.co.za

083-269-3603 082-875-8228 083-630-8975

SAMAA administration and office Where do you find the SAMAA office, and who handles the administration, membership, and provides assistance?

PO Box 7116, Bonaero Park 1622. Tel/fax 011-973-3679. Fax-to-email 086-607-8733. Office 24/25, Building R4, Denel Technical Academy, 131 Atlas Road (Denel north entry), Bonaero Park. GPS Coordinates: S26o 08' 41.80" E028o 15' 59.04" (co-ordinates for the main entrance to building R4 on the campus) Bob Skinner General Manager. admin@samaa.org.za 011-973-3679, 083-283-1681.

Linda Dold Assistant to the GM, and SAMAA secretary. admin@samaa.org.za 011-973-3679.

The Special Interest Groups of the SAMAA (SIGs) Theo Kleynhans Grant Brook Brett Lewis Carlo Steyn Jaco Henn Matthys Botha Koos Pretorius Dean Grobbelaar Bruce Clark Wayne Urquhart Pieter Mulder

Who manages the competitive activities of the SAMAA? Control Line Association of South Africa (CLASA) - Control Line flying theokleynhans100@gmail.com Model Aerobatic Association of South Africa (MAASA) - RC PrecisionAerobatics chairman@maasa.co.za Model Gliding Association (MGA).- All forms of RC soaring brett@camerastuff.co.za Model Helicopters South Africa (MHSA) - RC Helicopter flying carlosteyn@live.co.za Fly-FPV-SA - Multi-rotor and First Person View Drone Racing jaco@potshot.co.za South African Miniature Pylon Racing Association (SAMPRA) - RC Pylon Racing bothamj@hotmail.com National Association of Scale Aeromodellers (NASA) - Scale flying jadriaan9@gmail.com South African Model Jet Association (SAMJA) - Turbine Jet activity deang@aerialconcepts.co.za Large Scale Aerobatics (LSA) - Scale Aerobatics brucegc1@gmail.com National Model Fun Fly Association (NMFFA) - Competition Fun Flying urquhartwayne@gmail.com South African Model Parachute Enthusiasts - Model Skydiving easyupenterprises@gmail.com

083-725-9279 082-888-0670 076-191-5277 083-292-2145 083-271-5991 073-895-9909 082-928-0368 082-338-9508 076-421-7859 082-418-3456 082-828-5719

How do I become a member of the SAMAA? Request an application form the SAMAA office staff at 011-973-3679. Or, visit www.samaa.org.za for a fillable MS Word form, under “Information”, then “Membership”. An on-line application process is displayed on www.samaa.co.za. Or simply submit your details by e-mail: typically we require your name, ID number, address, telephone, fax, cell number, and club. Send this to: admin@samaa.org.za Subscription fees for membership to the SAMAA Up to 31 December 2019 From 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2020 • Regular/adult members (19 to 60 years of age) R430 R450 • Junior members (18 years old and younger) R240 R250 • Senior Citizens/Retirees (60 years and older) R280 R295

Change of address or contact details?

Please visit the website www.samaa.co.za and sign in with your log-in and password. If you do not have a log-in and password, you may request this automatically, if you have a correct e-mail address on the membership programme. No internet? Contact the SAMAA office on 011-973-3679 to change your address.

One of the SAMAAs main functions and responsibilities, is to protect and serve your interests The SAMAA needs your help, to ensure that your rights and flying privileges are protected. Through the SAMAA, its Special Interest Groups, and numerous registered clubs throughout the country, you can experience the protection of your rights, and enjoy the real benefits in all aspects of model aviation.

• Advice On the building and flying of model aircraft, competition activities, airshow planning, club layouts, displays, special air events, illegal flying, regulations, airspace, advocacy, etc.

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

• Insurance Cover of R20m per claim for damage to property, or injury or death to third parties (and member-to-member cover), for accidents or incidents that may arise from model flying activities.

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

• Guidelines On starting and registering a new club. For frequency operations, interaction with full-size aviation, Manuals of Operation, local operating procedures.

• SAMAA News To inform, communicate, educate, advise, and promote. This is your mouthpiece/forum as a member. Great promotional value for clubs, dealers, distributors.

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

• Web pages Good aeromodelling content, great links, regular updates, diary of events. Excellent membership site for self-maintenance.

• Representation The SIGs represent all competitive branches of aeromodelling. The SAMAA represents all members and clubs at a higher level of governance and regulation.

• Affiliations To the Aero Club of South Africa, and the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale. Also to other institutions, like the Civil Aviation Authority, SA Air Force, ATNS, Denel, etc.

• Frequencies Protection by ICASA of frequencies in the national spectrum, which are allocated to radio control operations.

• Airspace Managing of airspace at registered model flying sites, through the CAA. The SAMAA is the only CAA-approved Aviation Recreation Organisation (ARO) for aeromodelling.

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

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

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

SAMAAnews

The SAMAA News: its publication, submission of material, advertising

The SAMAA News is composed and published digitally, and distributed electronically to SAMAA members. It is produced in-house, until the position of an editor is advertised and filled. The SAMAA GM has been tasked to compile, edit, and produce the newsletter, and the office staff distribute the SAMAA News by e-mail to members, and interested parties. samaa-admin@mweb.co.za. PO Box 7116, Bonaero Park 1622.

Tel 011-973-3679. Fax 086-607-8733.

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

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

To advertise: Contact the SAMAA office. You must supply finished artwork in JPG format, to at least 300 dpi at the final size. Terms for all advertising is payment on receipt of invoice, as per the rate card below.

The SAMAAs bank details are: Nedbank, Menlyn Pretoria, branch code 1605 45, current account 1605 126 772.

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

Full-colour R400 R250 R150 R75 R30 R30

SAMAA News Issue 4 of 2019 - Page 30

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SAMAA AGM 2020 SAMAA News Issue 1 of 2019 - Page 6

Thursday 12 March Agenda and more details on page 17