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RC SCALE

                                    SIG
                Gwyn Avenell



    Nationals 2024.
    This  year  we  had  a  slight  change  to  the  Nationals
    programme  to  allow  us  to  fly  at  a  separate  field.
    Unfortunately, we only had a very short time to prepare the
    paddock, so particular thanks go to Andrew Rayner and
    the mowing contractor for their short notice help. The field
    was quite rough and it this led to damage to a few models.
    We need to try and sort out better fields in future. We had a
    couple  of  issues  with  the  Notaumatics  that  were  self-
    induced  (don’t  necessarily  rely  on  the  developers
    advice!!) and one small switch problem. Once sorted, the
    system ran well.

    Also please note – if you are interested in competing in
    scale at any level and are not receiving emails from our
    Scale SIG or you are not a member of our SIG Facebook
    page,  please  contact  me  with  your  email  details.  It  is
    impossible  to  communicate  with  you  without  some
    contact  method  and  this  makes  the  CD’ing  of  the
    competition more difficult than it should be.

    Clubman Scale:
    A small entry but enough to allow for a competition. This
    became a battle between two MPMAC clubmates and
    Charles  Erlam  from  the  North  Shore  Club  In  the  end
    Charles prevailed with his Brazilian version of a Piper Cub
    with Tony Christiansen second and Fraser Brodie third. A
    good battle.











































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