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Coastal Column March 2018

East Coast RC Flyers News March 2018 Contribution by Manfred Weihrauch Every Tasmanian RC model club aspires to have at least one special day on their events calendar. For the East Coast RC Flyers, this occasion is the Australia Day Fly-In. This year was not different. The club invited the public, their members and family, […]

Management Matters

The valued support of the community, some generous sponsors, along with an encouraging ‘all are welcome’ attitude, has resulted in a club success story for the Tasmanian based East Coast RC Flyers. Since its inception in August 2013, the unwavering enthusiasm for the sport of flying radio controlled models has meant that founding club president, Alan Butler has triumphed despite […]

Those magnificent men and their flying machines

This was supposed to be a movie of Manfred’s SE5a, but there was some time left at the end – so, don’t miss the end for some surprise. Paul, you missed out – you need to do more flying when the camera is in action

Kole’s Foamboard Bug

The disease is spreading and young Kole has the BUG – the “foamboard-building-bug.” It is highly contagious, and there is no antidote presently available. Some have tried to make a tea with balsa dust and plywood flakes – all to no avail.

Traffic Pattern revisited

Several months ago, I published a training article on using the correct terms of a traffic pattern. Since then, we have several new members, and it is time to revisit the issue again. During any flight, it would be best not to take your eyes away from your model plane – for obvious reasons. This […]