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A PUBLICATION OF RADIO MODELLERS SINGAPORETANJONG PAGAR PO BOX 638. SINGAPORE 910816

Website: www.rms.org.sg

Aug 2009

VOL 7   O.1

Renew yourMEMBERSHIPif you have not done so.

You can send your cheque the PO

Box address on this newsletter, or 

hand the cross-cheque to any of 

the RMS Exco Members. Please

make the cheque payable to

“Radio Modellers Singapore”.

RMS Executive Committee 2009

The executive committee members are:

Honarary President: Anthony Low

Vice-President: Kenneth Ho

Hon Secretary: Frederick Yong

Asst Secretary: Bino Y Shinozaki

Hon Treasurer: Tu Myint

Field Of ficer: Cheng Kheng Tho

Indran Thana

Kalvin Lim

Randall Goh

 

Annual Membership Fees

Ordinary Member: S$180.00

Junior Member: S$90.00

- for members under the age of 18

Family Member: S$200.00

- Family membership can include the father, mother, and 

their children under the age of 18 and all will be allowed 

to  fl  y at the club’s authorised premises

- Family membership is entitled to 1(one) voting rights

equivalent to the ordinary member 

Dear Members,

I hope you have had an enjoyable year so far. RMS was the host of 

the first ever National Championships for airplane, helicopter and

control-line competitions held at 1 place - an AFS’s (Aeromodelling

Federation of Singapore) initiative to promote aeromodelling in

Singapore.

In line with promotion aeromodelling in Singapore, RMS members

also put up 3 public aeromodelling flying displays at the Hwa

Chung’s sports field, organised by AFS. I like to say a big thank 

you to members who have taken time over the 3 weekends to put

up a great show that had included aerobatics and freestyle flying

with airplanes and helicopters, scale flying displays, glider flying

and formation flying using trainer planes.

I am also very proud that 5 of our members have taken part at the

recent FAI F3C helicopter world championship. Like someone has

told me before, “Every accomplishment starts with the decision totry”. Their efforts and experience at the competition will be valuable

lessons for future generations to come, just as our F3A veterans who

have relentlessly shared their valuable experience for us to achieve

 better results.

This year could not be complete without a funfly competition and

members’ get-together that will be taking place on 26th September 

2009 (SAT) and the detailed programme is listed inside this issue

of FlightLine.

Best regards,

Anthony Low

President

RMS Exco 2009

RMS Tuas Flying Field

will be closed 

from 1400-1900hrs on

5th Sept 2009(SAT) and

6th Sept 2009 (SUN)

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Upgrading of the club facilities and flying field

Field improvement was made to facilitate the first ever combined Singapore National Championship that was held at

RMS flying field. The improvement included the repair of the runaway, extension of the members area and tent, more

 parking area and driveway as well as possibly a bigger area for helicopter pilots to hover. This is an illustration of our 

current flying field.

The total cost of work required had

amounted to S$5,900, and in order 

not to draw down on our reserves, the

following members have generously

contributed towards this improvement.

Thank you for your contribution

towards this improvement.

Contributor Amount

JOHNNY YONG $1100.00

ANTHONY LOW $450.00

BINO SHINOZAKI $450.00

INDRAN $450.00

KALVIN LIM $450.00KENNETH HO $450.00

CHNG WHEN WEN $200.00

RANDALL GOH $200.00

CHAN TZE LAW $150.00

WARREN QUEK $150.00

HOWARD DIXON $100.00

JEFF DEWOLF $100.00

JOHN WAGGOTT $100.00

CHENG KHENG THO $100.00

PATRICK CHAN $100.00

RICHARD PARK $100.00

SIMON TAPUIN $100.00

TAN YING LOONG $100.00

VICTOR CHUNG $100.00

WONG KIM MUN $100.00

JIMMY SOH $80.00

JENS WILOLHAJEN $70.00

LAM CHEE HENG $70.00

BERNARTO $50.00

FRED KOENECKE $50.00

GERALD LAM $50.00

HOFMANN SIEFFEN $50.00

KENNETH SYMENRS $50.00

LAWRENCE LOH $50.00

LOH TIEN WAI $50.00

M. YABIMA $50.00

MIKE TAN $50.00

PETER TAN $50.00

ROGER LAMBERMAN $50.00

ELI MIZRACHE $40.00

TU MYINT $40.00

Contributor Amount Contributor Amount

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MEMBERS’ NITE

26 SEPTEMBER 2009(SAT) 1300hrs“26 September 1pm” is the members’ day and night of fun and food. It will be an afternoon

 packed with events for everyone who flies plane or helicopter, follow by BBQ in the evening.

The FUN will be:- Pylon races in 2 classes: Club 20 and Club 50 (rules are printed in this issue of Flightline)

- Airplane fun fly

- Helicopter fun fly

The FOOD list will not be published as the organisers is still deciding on the types of dishes to be added to

the menu. Members are encouraged to bring your family members to ‘makan’.

CLUB 20 RULES (SIGAPORE)

A. Aircraft Data

• Delta Wing and tailless aircraft are not permitted. The aircraft

must have a distinctly separate wing and tailplane configuration.

• Weight (min. 1kg.dry)

Fuselage:

• Width (min.5cm.within wing root chord)

• Height (min.10cm.within wing root chord)

Wing

• Wing Area(min. 300sq.in. or 19.4dm2)

• Wing span(min. 30in or 76cm.)

Engine Data:(Stock,commercially available, front intake, side exhuast)

• Capacity(max.0.25cu.in.):

Exhuast System

• Unmodified, manufacturer supplied silencer and be supported from engine manifold alone.

Propeller:

• Commercially availablefixed pitch two blader.

Fuel

The fuel is to be provided by the race meeting organisers and is to be used by all competitors. No fuel other than that supplied in the of ficial

container is to be used.

 

B: RACIG COURSE AD PROCEDURE

a) COURSE DIMENSIONS

2 plyons will be setup on the competition date, in the interest of safety to suit existingfield conditions. The method of flying the course will

 be anti clockwise. It is the responsibility of the contest director to ensure the accurate positioning of the base pylon marshals relative to the

flight path of the models.

Formula

One will be coming

to Tuas!

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 b) STARTING PROCEDURE:

1.- The race will consist of 4 competitors maximum and ten laps of the

course will beflown.

2.- Models will be hand launch from behind the start line. Model will

 be launched only upon the launch signal given by the contest/line

director.

3.- One minute will be allowed for starting engines although the starter 

may commence the race if he is satisfied that all competitors are ready

to launch before the one minute start time has elapsed.

4.- A total of five minutes will be allowed for the race, any entrant who

does not land his model within this time will be disqualified.

5.- A model must not be launched or re launch after a period of 

30 seconds from the start of the start of the race has elapsed. If a

competitors model has not taken off within 1 minute of the start of 

the race the competitor is disqualified from the race and re run of that

race.

6.- A competitor may only retrieve his model after the race hasfinished

and all other models in that race have landed.Pilots and their callers

must stand behind the start line at all times during a race.

 

C: DANGEROUS FLYING:Low flying is consistent flying below pylon height which endangers

of ficials or other competitors. The contest Director may give a

competitor a warning for low flying, if the competitor continues to

fly the Contest Director shall disqualify him/her from that heat. At the

contest Director’s discretion he may disqualify that competitor from

the heat or the event if he thinks the competitor is flying dangerously.

 

D: SCORING

 

The number of times to be taken into consideration for placing will be

announced on the day of the competition by the contest director.

D1.- Points shall be awarded after each race as follows: The

competitor’s score is his corrected time in seconds to the first decimal

 place. A pilot cutting a pylon (flying inside) will have 1/10 of the ten

laps time added to the ten lap time. Two cuts in any race will cause

the pilot to be disqualified from that race. If the competitor fails to

complete hisflight or is disqualified the score shall be 200.

D2- The winner of the event is the competitor who has accumulated

the lowest score after the conclusion of all races.

D3- If the time permits, and there is no frequency conflict, ties shall be

 broken by a fly off race. Otherwise, the best single race score shall be

considered in resolving a tie.

 

E: ENFORCEMENT OF RULES:

Enforcement of announced race rules is the responsibility of the

Contest Director, whose authority is absolute.

SPECIFICATIOAD RULES OF THE

RMS CLUB 50 PYLO RACIG MODEL

The model specs. for this class are models of conventional

design with forward wing and distinctly separated aft tailplane

and equipped with radio channels each to independently

control engine speed throttle, elevator, ailerons or rudder and

ground steering control.

The model must have wheels for ROG take off and landing.

Engine capacity is limited to standard commercially

available side exhaust front induction 0.55cu

in. Only manufacturer supplied

standard carburetor 

a n d muf  fler is to

 be used.

Fuel will be supplied by the Organiser.

  No other fuel is allowed.

Model Specifications• Weight (min.) ………………………. 2.5kg

• Wing span (min.)………………….....1400mm.(55in.)

• Wing area (min.) …………………,…33 sq.dm. (510sq.in.)

• Airfoil thickness (min.) ……….....…. 3.2cm. (1.25in.)

• Airfoil thickness to be constant for at least 1200 mm.(47.25in.)

of wing span.

• Fuselage shall have a simple rectangular box cross section.

Racing Course and Procedure

These will be similar to Club 20 race course and procedures.

I have selected certain paragraph from an R/C Plyon Racing article with

some modifications to give members, who has not taken part in plyon

racing, an idea of what they can expect.

Everyone on the course is required to wear a hard hat for safety.

When the pilots are positioned at the start/finish line, a 60-second timer 

is started. Pilots have just one minute to start their engines and prepare

for takeoff.

Pilots are prepared for takeoff when their aircraft engines are started and

they are facing pylon #1 with both hands on the radio transmitter. Pilots

not prepared for takeoff before the timer runs out are disqualified for 

the heat. As soon as all pilots are in position and ready to control their aircraft, the starter gives the signal to launch, and the heat begins.

From the start of a heat until the end, the aircraft run “flat-out.” There is

no remote-throttle control to vary the engine’s speed

During the race, the pilot’s partner, the caller, is of critical assistance to

the pilot. In addition to launching the aircraft, and because the pilot’s

attention is so focused on controlling the aircraft, the caller determines

when the pilot should commence a turn around a pylon and calls this out

to the pilot.

Cut judges are assigned to each pylon in order to insure that the aircraft

turn outside the pylons instead of “cutting” inside a pylon during a turn.

One “cut” will add extra time to the pilot’s overall timing; two “cuts”

disqualifies the pilot’s aircraft from the race. Cuts are indicated to pilots

 by the flag marshall not lowering the flag at each turn. When a pilot or  pilot’s caller sees a ‘cut’ for the assigned lane, they know adjustment

needs to be made in the next turn to avoid another cut.

When flying plyon, you need to TURN LEFT AND FLY FAST!

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We like to welcome the following members and

their family who have joined us in 2009. We hope

you have a great time with us.

From Singapore

Mr Louis Liauw Ling Hao 1043

Mr Ong Kim Choon 1044

Mr Wee Seow Peng 1045

Mr Noel Nicholas Lee Shao 1046

Liang

Mr Chen Fun Gee 1047

Mr Cheong Swee Wei Jephry 1049

Mr Wong Soo Wei 1054Mr Yeo Chin Heng 1055

Mr Chang Keng Seng, Simon 1056

Mr Eddie Tiang Wen Wei 1057

Mr Tan Beng Hong F1059

Mr Tan Cong Sheng F1059-1

From Australia

Mr Saul Leighton 1060

From Britian

Mr Jonathan Warwick Bowler F1058

Mr Jonathan Bowler F1058-1

Mr Maxwell Bowler F1058-2

From Germany

Mr Wildhagen Jens 1048

Mr Fred Koenecke 1051

Mr Carsten Hellmann 1052

From Korea

Mr Lee Sung Ho 1053

From US

Mr Jeffrey De Wolf F1050

Welcome to the family!   Enjoy some snap shots from theSingapore National Championship in June 2009 

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