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with their models, and all the smiles. We are always on the   there was a lot of cross over between the two. Our latest
     lookout for keen flyers, especially juniors, so if you think it   Pattern  and  Pylon  was  at  Airsail  MAC,  with  18  flying
     might be worth running an aerobatics intro day at your   Pattern on the Saturday, and around 13 racing Pylon on
     club, get in touch with the SIG.                         Sunday. I think we had maybe 5 or 6 that flew on both
                                                              days.  Unfortunately  the  weather  did  not  play  nicely  on
     The NZ Masters - In January we are running our premier   Sunday,  and  we  didn’t  get  as  much  racing  in  as  we
     event of the year. The New Zealand Masters. It’s being   wanted, but we all flew. We’ve started running points for
     hosted at Hamilton MAC on January 17/18/19 January       this like the Nationals, so we can come up with an overall
     2025. Last year we ran a really great Trans Tasman on    winner. The way it works, the more people you fly against,
     this site. A central location that works well, and we had   the more points you can scoop. In reality it means you
     good  weather,  that  always  helps  !!  Close  to Auckland   could fly the entry level classes across both, and have the
     Airport  for  international  guests.  It’s  all  on  again,  the   best chance of winning. A trophy is under construction, it
     marquee will be up, the burgers will be sizzling, and we   will feature parts off a Pylon model, and a Pattern model.
     are  running  all  the  classes  from  Clubman,  Expert,   Congrats to the combined joint 1st equal winners, Anthony
     Masters, through to F3A P and F3A P + F. A number of     Wright (flew Clubman and Sport Quickee 500) and Ross
     ozzies are already booked in. This event doubles as the   Craighead (flew F3A and F3D).
     NZ Team Trial  for  the  next  F3A  World  Champs,  on  in
     Muncie USA August 2025. Check www.NZRCAA.co.nz           Tip of the month – “Crazy Big Arms”.  Are you just getting
     for more info on this one. If you are in the area, and you   into  flying  a  model  capable  of  doing  loops  and  rolls  ?
     are “all beached out”, come and have a look.             You’ve probably got massive bling bling anodised servo
                                                              arms  on  your  ailerons  and  elevator  servos.  Well  that’s
     2 Galloways on the loose in Australia – look for an article   great …. if you are going to be doing some serious “3D”,
     in this mag, Hamish and Sean Galloway have recently      and you have some pro level servo’s that center well … but
     returned from the APA Champs, having finished 3rd and     chances are that is not the case at all. The number one
     4th respectively in the top class over there. Well done   thing we see now days is entry level fliers, with massive
     guys !!                                                  control arms, flying around most of the time in low rate,
                                                              and doing the odd loop or roll, and that’s it. All of this
     Pattern and Pylon – We’ve been running a combined        means the servo’s have been dialed back to 30% of their
     Pattern and Pylon event for a while now, back in the 80s it   travel to make the model actually flyable. Hey can you
     was common for a weekend event to include both, and      have a fly of my model, see how it’s going ? Sure … 1 min














































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