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18 didn't they? NOTE - Tim flew a new model - a ROBBE SF 36 motor glider, very pleased with it except its landing glide path is constantly about 100 metres too long - Ho Hum..... Aspectivity 244, March '93 provides a report by Rob Benton of a X-country flight with his 14 year old Bird of Time, where he flew a 42 km flight (49 km by road) commencing in the Werribee area. Rob was assisted by Alan Flack and Peter White. Mar. 13 & 14 - VMAA Trophy (Re-run) - VARMS equal 2nd with P & DARCS. April 1993 - VARMS celebrates its Silver Jubilee, founded April 1968. Apr. 24 & 25 '93 - Annual Scale meet at Swan Hill (ASP247/Jun'93) Apr 25 '93 - Vic. State Thermal results:- 1. Rob Benton, 2. Marcus Stent, 3. Max Kroger. Jun. 25 - Phillip Conolly hosts inaugural meeting of Electric S. I. G. Jun. 27 - Glider Speed Trials at H. S. R. - results (ASP249/Aug. '93).
19 1993 - 94 The Committee President Greg Hung Secretary Glenn Salisbury Treasurer Marcus Stent Editor Richard Budge Committee Member Brian Andrew Publicity, Meetings Jim Robertson Contest Director Tim Mellor:- Thermal Alan Mayhew Slope Trevor DeHaan 60' Pylon Glen Salisbury Fun Fly's Lindsay Henderson Electric Philip Conolly Scale Dave Anderson Aspectivity 248/July contains a reprint from November 1977 of Brian Laging's record-breaking 12 hr flight at Mt. Hollowback on Oct 22nd 1977. Dawn! October 22 1977 The moment of truth! Here we were assembling the Foka in a freezing South wind on the top of Mt. Hollowback, trying not to forget things, such as the wing retaining rubber bands (I nearly did!). The remote transmitter unit on the car roof, the big battery on the ground near the car door so I could read the meter during the long hours ahead. Mike shivering in the cold holding the heavy model as I checked for the last time that Left WAS left etc! LAUNCH! TIME 5.23 a.m. Feel things out for a few minutes as we gain height for a range check, plug in the rooftop R.F. unit and re-check range, finally we plug in the 12V battery and check that current draw is correct. Collapsing the transmitter aerial we retire to the warmth of the car, trailing leads through the window. A problem is immediately found which will annoy me all day: the model is hard to see at height without craning my neck. Oh well, so much for forethought and preparation! For nine months we have been slowly setting up for this day, firstly seeking a battery of sufficient capacity with acceptable weight. (Thanks Charlie Wyatt). Finally opting for a Yuasa 6V 9 amp lead acid of 3lbs 10ozs. Leaving the ballast out of the Foka this gives us an all up weight of 14lbs. with a loading of 23 oz.sq.ft. Kraft technician Eric Beilby gave every assistance in adapting this to suit the receiver. Kraft also modified the transmitter to use a remote 12 V car battery for power and lastly matched up a second R.F. stage and antenna assembly to my transmitter. This unit allows the transmitter to be used with the antennae collapsed so it is easy to sit inside the car and fly. By quickly pulling plugs and raising the antennae the transmitter is back to standard, allowing full mobility in case the model drops below the hill-top. The weather over a 12 hour period at Hollowback was interesting. At dawn it was 20-25K from the S.S.E. with low cloud 6-800 ft. above the hill. Cloud could be seen forming on Mt. Buninyong on the E. face and streaming off down wind. This was strange as the wind on our hill was still S.S.E. Quite suddenly the cloud stream from Buninyong curved and was blowing small clouds our way at about 500 ft. above us. As the morning dragged on this cloud began to lift and street. We would spend some time slipping the model to lose height and even flying off around to the side of the hill to get down, then the wind would shift 10 or 15 degrees and we would have to keep in close to the hill to stay up. This continued through lunch time with a couple of exciting moments when the lift faded altogether, but the wind was still blowing. We noticed a tendency to have a 45.deg. total wind shift as we got through the day. There also appeared to be some type of wave and thermal combination from the hill in front, as each time the wind changed the lift moved from one end of the hill in front to the other. Lunch time meant pies (hot, thanks to the wife) and flying with one hand on the left sticks only, using rudder and elevator. Bob Sellars was here from 11.30 a.m. with his sons and they put up some models into the good lift. Thermals were still coming through by 1.30 but some very poor lift periods had us back on the ridge. Some time around this the model started to climb towards a black cloud and was starting to go up at a fantastic rate, I kept slipping the model to try and find an area of slower ascent but suddenly lost sight of it at about 45 deg. up in front of the hill. It was in cloud without spoilers! I started to slip it as steeply as I could and it screamed out the
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