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A few notes from our excellent weekend
of model plane Aerotowing and
socialising (of course) near Blenheim.
Actually on Quaildale Station up the
Waihopai Valley (otherwise known as Spy
Valley)

It is certainly not easy to gain access to such
an incredible location and Peter Deacon did
an excellent job in communicating and
ensuring that our safety plans etc met the
Station’s requirements. Peter's choice of the
weekend before the Classic Easter Weekend Greg Clarksons beast of an electric
airshow at Omaka, certainly turned out to be powered tug is a revelation. Greg has
fortuitous as we got 3 days of excellent flying provided a few more details … My Tow
weather before the wind arrived on Monday. plane is a Greenley. It uses a Hacker 150
Unfortunately the Airshow was subsequently motor and Trampa VESC. Control is via
cancelled due to the forecast arrival of a AR Smoothflite. Prop is 27x12. Batteries
weather bomb. are Liion 21700 4,200mah. There are 56
of them in 14s4p configuration. The
Attendance was excellent with a relaxed number of glider and tow pilots battery pack is good for 5 tows to about
over the weekend. There were almost as many from the North Island as 1,000ft with 30% left at the end. Takes
South with travellers from Hastings, Kapiti and Lower Hutt. Camping on about 20 minutes to recharge, making
site was an option with a couple comfortable campervans taking up the the second set which is being assembled
option. quite useful. (Note: Greg charges the
Greenley off his electric car - that makes it
Tow Planes - Peter D’s new (to him) 40% scale Carbon Cub is certainly practical.)
spectacular and towed with ease. Power is a ZDZ180 and you better be
hanging on tight when that beast is revved up. If you want more details of Bevan Allan flew another Greenly (they
the big Cub just google “Hangar 9 Fx3” scale to different sizes) Quote “My

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