South Africa Pattern Comp
04-04-2007, 03:05 PM
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South Africa Pattern Comp
Hi Guys
Well after 3 years of not flying pattern and 3 years of flying large scale aerobatics
i am going to enter a pattern comp.
The comp is in two weeks and i am abit rusty so we will see how it goes.
any tips are welcome i need all the help i can get.
Rael
Well after 3 years of not flying pattern and 3 years of flying large scale aerobatics
i am going to enter a pattern comp.
The comp is in two weeks and i am abit rusty so we will see how it goes.
any tips are welcome i need all the help i can get.
Rael
04-05-2007, 10:17 AM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
hi my name is marcelo zini and i will be there with marcelo colombo at the south african champs, so can you tell me the field , have you got some pics , i will be there with my genesis electric 3d plane doing some demos ,
hope to have some fun
see you next week
marcelo zini
argentina
hope to have some fun
see you next week
marcelo zini
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04-10-2007, 02:06 PM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
Can not wait to meet you Marcelo maybe you can help me with some setup problems on the Genesis
You will enjoy it in SA lovely weather and beautiful girls
See ya
Walter
You will enjoy it in SA lovely weather and beautiful girls
See ya
Walter
04-10-2007, 02:34 PM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
Walter,
Sorry to hijack your thread but could you elaborate on the setup issues with your Genesis? I am really puzzled with my setup, lots of down mix with left rudder application and up mix with right rudder. Knife edge flight, slow, and point rolls are really troublesome....
Sorry to hijack your thread but could you elaborate on the setup issues with your Genesis? I am really puzzled with my setup, lots of down mix with left rudder application and up mix with right rudder. Knife edge flight, slow, and point rolls are really troublesome....
04-11-2007, 01:44 PM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
No no!! There must be something wrong ?
I have only a small up ele mix with rudder.
Is your wing-stab allighnment ok?
I need some help on ele throtle mix with YS160
And the Genesis feels "loose" Could be that i am at 4500 feet or the wing profile.
Well here is the pilots that has entered:
Sportsman
Danie Bester--- Edenvale
John Catlin --- Brackenfell
FC Hamman--- Gauteng
Louw Joubert--- Durbanville
Gerrie Maritz--- Sannieshof
Greg Moss --- Fishoek, Cape Town
Stuart Nix --- Noordhoek, Cape Town
Anton Raats--- Somerset West
Jeremy Rochefort--- Brackenfell
Colin Rothery --- Boksburg
Aubrey Smith --- Brackenfell
Mario Van Dijk --- Brackenfell
Nick Vauqulin --- Kempton Park
Andre Wathen --- Kuilsrivier
Advanced
Divan De Kock ---Paarl
Timothy Hamman --- Gauteng
Rodney Potter ---Cape Town
Petro Van der Westhuizen ---Wellington
Bertie Viljoen --- Bloemfontein
Expert
Pieter Aldridge --- Durbanville
Stephan Coetzee --- Bloemfontein
Frik de Beer --- Centurion
Nico Erasmus --- Klerksdorp
Pierre Fouché --- Bloemfontein
Claude MacKrill --- Athlone, Cape Town
Gerhard Mitten --- Worcester
Quinton Schroll --- Stilfontein
Francois van Pletzen ---Bloemfontein
Dirk van Rhyn --- Brackenfell
F3A
Aviram Arbel--- (Israel)
Burt Botha --- Port Elizabeth
John Brink --- Highveld
John Calefato--- Durbanville
Marcelo Colombo --- (Argentina)
Coenraad de Beer--- Centurion
Karel Germishuys --- Pretoria
Dean Grobbelaar --- Johannesburg
Nazeem Harris --- Meadowridge, Cape Town
Amram Leshet --- (Israel)
Kurt MacKrill --- Athlone, Cape Town
Pierre Marais --- Wilropark
Danie Potgieter --- Benoni
Calvin Schroll --- Stilfonten
Josh Smit ---Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
Ernie Smith --- Durbanville
Andre’ Stockwell --- Newlands, Pretoria
Walter van Huyssteen ---Bloemfontein
Ian Wentzel --- Klerksdorp
Mark Wolffe --- Flamingo Vlei, Cape Town
I have only a small up ele mix with rudder.
Is your wing-stab allighnment ok?
I need some help on ele throtle mix with YS160
And the Genesis feels "loose" Could be that i am at 4500 feet or the wing profile.
Well here is the pilots that has entered:
Sportsman
Danie Bester--- Edenvale
John Catlin --- Brackenfell
FC Hamman--- Gauteng
Louw Joubert--- Durbanville
Gerrie Maritz--- Sannieshof
Greg Moss --- Fishoek, Cape Town
Stuart Nix --- Noordhoek, Cape Town
Anton Raats--- Somerset West
Jeremy Rochefort--- Brackenfell
Colin Rothery --- Boksburg
Aubrey Smith --- Brackenfell
Mario Van Dijk --- Brackenfell
Nick Vauqulin --- Kempton Park
Andre Wathen --- Kuilsrivier
Advanced
Divan De Kock ---Paarl
Timothy Hamman --- Gauteng
Rodney Potter ---Cape Town
Petro Van der Westhuizen ---Wellington
Bertie Viljoen --- Bloemfontein
Expert
Pieter Aldridge --- Durbanville
Stephan Coetzee --- Bloemfontein
Frik de Beer --- Centurion
Nico Erasmus --- Klerksdorp
Pierre Fouché --- Bloemfontein
Claude MacKrill --- Athlone, Cape Town
Gerhard Mitten --- Worcester
Quinton Schroll --- Stilfontein
Francois van Pletzen ---Bloemfontein
Dirk van Rhyn --- Brackenfell
F3A
Aviram Arbel--- (Israel)
Burt Botha --- Port Elizabeth
John Brink --- Highveld
John Calefato--- Durbanville
Marcelo Colombo --- (Argentina)
Coenraad de Beer--- Centurion
Karel Germishuys --- Pretoria
Dean Grobbelaar --- Johannesburg
Nazeem Harris --- Meadowridge, Cape Town
Amram Leshet --- (Israel)
Kurt MacKrill --- Athlone, Cape Town
Pierre Marais --- Wilropark
Danie Potgieter --- Benoni
Calvin Schroll --- Stilfonten
Josh Smit ---Tamboerskloof, Cape Town
Ernie Smith --- Durbanville
Andre’ Stockwell --- Newlands, Pretoria
Walter van Huyssteen ---Bloemfontein
Ian Wentzel --- Klerksdorp
Mark Wolffe --- Flamingo Vlei, Cape Town
04-12-2007, 01:56 PM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
Hmmm, then I will hav the honor of collecting you from the airport.
I have been asked to collect Marcello and yourself from Cape Town International on the 19th.
See u then
I have been asked to collect Marcello and yourself from Cape Town International on the 19th.
See u then
04-16-2007, 05:57 AM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
Best regards to all the fliers for the Comp. Is it the SA Nats? Good to see so many "old faces" attending! (esp in FAI/ PO7). Special hello to Andre, Pierre, Dean, Marc, Danie, Burt and all other SA long-timers!
Bill Michie.
TS Comp Oxalys/ YS 1.60DZ/ FAI-PO7, UK. (SA FAI up to 1994)
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04-18-2007, 01:37 PM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
Hi Bill
Gee Wizz... never thought I would here from you here! Can't remember when last we saw each other, back in the "fun fly" days.
Yip... it's the SA Nats, and it's being held in Cape Town at Tygerberg MFC. Some of the Vaalies are already here geting used to the sea level conditions (and the wind) It's been a tough last few weeks for me... I lost my Alliance under mysterious curcumstances, just as I got my Synergy ready. then after 22 flights, my elevator servo arm came off! (what are the chances of that!) and I lost the second plane in less than a month Ouch! Anyway, I have just finnished a Genisis, which I test flew yesterday, and it seems to be OK.
It is interesting to read "Aresti's" comments, as mine needs NO elevator coupling on the knife edge with right rudder, but quite a bit with left???
The other stange habbit it has is that it climbs vertically in a straight line, but when comming vertically down, it drifts to the RIGHT ???
Can't wait for Marcello to arrive so that I can find out the cause!!
Regards to all
Marc Wolffe
Gee Wizz... never thought I would here from you here! Can't remember when last we saw each other, back in the "fun fly" days.
Yip... it's the SA Nats, and it's being held in Cape Town at Tygerberg MFC. Some of the Vaalies are already here geting used to the sea level conditions (and the wind) It's been a tough last few weeks for me... I lost my Alliance under mysterious curcumstances, just as I got my Synergy ready. then after 22 flights, my elevator servo arm came off! (what are the chances of that!) and I lost the second plane in less than a month Ouch! Anyway, I have just finnished a Genisis, which I test flew yesterday, and it seems to be OK.
It is interesting to read "Aresti's" comments, as mine needs NO elevator coupling on the knife edge with right rudder, but quite a bit with left???
The other stange habbit it has is that it climbs vertically in a straight line, but when comming vertically down, it drifts to the RIGHT ???
Can't wait for Marcello to arrive so that I can find out the cause!!
Regards to all
Marc Wolffe
04-18-2007, 01:39 PM
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Hi Bill
Gee Wizz... never thought I would here from you here! Can't remember when last we saw each other, back in the "fun fly" days.
Yip... it's the SA Nats, and it's being held in Cape Town at Tygerberg MFC. Some of the Vaalies are already here geting used to the sea level conditions (and the wind) It's been a tough last few weeks for me... I lost my Alliance under mysterious curcumstances, just as I got my Synergy ready. then after 22 flights, my elevator servo arm came off! (what are the chances of that!) and I lost the second plane in less than a month Ouch! Anyway, I have just finnished a Genisis, which I test flew yesterday, and it seems to be OK.
It is interesting to read "Aresti's" comments, as mine needs NO elevator coupling on the knife edge with right rudder, but quite a bit with left???
The other stange habbit it has is that it climbs vertically in a straight line, but when comming vertically down, it drifts to the RIGHT ???
Can't wait for Marcello to arrive so that I can find out the cause!!
Regards to all
Marc Wolffe
Gee Wizz... never thought I would here from you here! Can't remember when last we saw each other, back in the "fun fly" days.
Yip... it's the SA Nats, and it's being held in Cape Town at Tygerberg MFC. Some of the Vaalies are already here geting used to the sea level conditions (and the wind) It's been a tough last few weeks for me... I lost my Alliance under mysterious curcumstances, just as I got my Synergy ready. then after 22 flights, my elevator servo arm came off! (what are the chances of that!) and I lost the second plane in less than a month Ouch! Anyway, I have just finnished a Genisis, which I test flew yesterday, and it seems to be OK.
It is interesting to read "Aresti's" comments, as mine needs NO elevator coupling on the knife edge with right rudder, but quite a bit with left???
The other stange habbit it has is that it climbs vertically in a straight line, but when comming vertically down, it drifts to the RIGHT ???
Can't wait for Marcello to arrive so that I can find out the cause!!
Regards to all
Marc Wolffe
05-03-2007, 02:18 PM
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RE: South Africa Pattern Comp
Results as follows...
1- Marcelo Colombo (Argentina)
2- Andre Stockwell (South Africa)
3- Pierre Marais (South Africa)
4- Danie Potgieter (South Africa)
5- Marc Wolffe (South Africa)
6- Ian Wentzel (South Africa)
7- Carel Germishuis (South Africa)
That was the final result after the fly-off... there were 20 pilots in F3a at the SA nats, quite an achievment for a smallish country stuck out on the tip of Africa!!!
The weather was terrible during the event, with rain and strong winds during 3 of the 4 days... just typical, as the 2 weeks before, and every day since has been glorious, with very little wind and blue skies!
Maybe Walter can post some pic's from the event... I know he has some?!
Regards
Marc.
1- Marcelo Colombo (Argentina)
2- Andre Stockwell (South Africa)
3- Pierre Marais (South Africa)
4- Danie Potgieter (South Africa)
5- Marc Wolffe (South Africa)
6- Ian Wentzel (South Africa)
7- Carel Germishuis (South Africa)
That was the final result after the fly-off... there were 20 pilots in F3a at the SA nats, quite an achievment for a smallish country stuck out on the tip of Africa!!!
The weather was terrible during the event, with rain and strong winds during 3 of the 4 days... just typical, as the 2 weeks before, and every day since has been glorious, with very little wind and blue skies!
Maybe Walter can post some pic's from the event... I know he has some?!
Regards
Marc.
