Centennial of Flight 2003: Australian Aeromodellers Tribute

Australian Aeromodelling Groups

A.E.F.A Indoor Gallery

Melbourne Venue : Manningham Donvale Indoor Sports Centre
360 Springvale Road, Donvale, Victoria, AUSTRALIA
Melway 48 F4
Flying 2nd Saturday of each month, 7.30pm to 11.30 pm
Contact Neil Spencer +61 3 9634 8778

Last Updated November 9, 2003

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Photos unless otherwise noted by Prof. John Bird and Dr Russell Naughton



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Our Venue



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The modellers gather for the night's meeting



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Coffee Break

Bruce Thompson, Norm Clarke, John Bird, John Tweg, Dr Bob Allen



The modellers are presented in alphabetical order

or will be when the project is in a more finished form [Ed.]

Dr Bob Allen


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Dr Bob Allen, 3 chan Mini Hangar Rat

Dr Bob notes: This 'Hangar Rat' was made up from standard kit and all up weighs in at 20 grams. It is powered by a KP00 geared motor and controlled by "MicroMag" 3 channel gear made by Rick Ruijsink in Holland on 26.995 Mhz --- this is FM Rx, Micro ESC and 2 MicroMag magnetic actuators with auw of 4G.

Ground control is by JR 4 channel Fm Tx. Airborne power is supplied by 1 Kokam 145mAH Lithium-Polymer cell, with nominal voltage of 3.8 volts-- (4.2V when fully charged) which gives some 8-10 minutes of good flight time

Also see Dr. Bob's page in the Australian Aeromodellers Gallery


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Dr Bob Allen, 3 chan Mini Hangar Rat



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Dr Bob Allen, 3 chan Mini Hangar Rat



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Dr Bob Allen, "Tiny" by Todd Long

Dr. Bob notes : Controls are Throttle, Aileron (with Flapperon), V-Tail for Rudder/Elevator,with mixing between Aileron/Rudder and Elevator/Flap. The Motor is a DC1717 coreless with 11.8 :1 gearbox; Covering is 3micron Mylar; Prop is Braun 10 x8 ins.; Batteries 8 x TA 120 Sanyo Nicads

Review and Plan of the Todd Long "Tiny"


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Dr Bob Allen, "Tiny" by Todd Long



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Dr Bob Allen, "Tiny" by Todd Long



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Dr Bob Allen

Photo: Richard Naughton



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Norm Clarke, Bruce Thompson and Dr Bob Allen



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Dr Bob's Latest Toy, the JMP Rx Combo

Dr. Bob notes : this is a 3 channel (rudder, elevator, throttle) narrow-band Rx (4th chan optional) with two proportional bidirectional outputs for actuators or small motors, a high resolution speed controller, mixer and under voltage sensing circuit. The board weighs 3.7 gm and each actuators 0.7 gm



John Bird


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John Bird, Kestral



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John Bird, Kestral

and proving that as long as you fly under the right conditions

INdoor models CAN be flown OUTdoors as well

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CAC Yarra Glen Field Sunday 10 August about 8am


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John Bird readies his Slowmowatt

John notes : This is the under cambered wing version of the "Slowmowatt". I also modified mine to make it easier to 'hangar' store in a flat box. The outer wing panels are removable 2 mm carbon rods that plug into tubes. The tail assembly is also demountable with the fin using 1.5 mm carbon rods that plug into tubes and the tail plane secured by a 3mm nylon bolt. The undercarriage is also removable - braced against a base plate in the fuselage and also secured with a 3mm nylon bolt.


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John Bird, Slowmowatt



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John Bird, Slowmowatt



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John Bird, Slowmowatt

Play Movie: AVI format - 15 seconds 2.3Mb

Movie: Richard Naughton


some yet to be identified faces at the November 2003 meeting


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Visitors from Ballarat

Photo: Richard Naughton



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John Morrison (r) chats with TBA

Photo: Richard Naughton



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TBA

Photo: Richard Naughton



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TBA


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