Showcase Models August 2022 Click for photos Highly experienced modeller Byam Wight is shown here with his 22kg US Marines OV-10 Bronco by Hangar 9. It has a 108” wingspan and runs two Hyperion Z-50 electric outrunners on 12s which gives it plenty of power. It is a very forgiving model which can fly very slowly when fully flapped and it also has a very benign stall, just dipping the nose with no wing drop which makes it a pleasure to fly. Modelflight only imported 10 kits and won’t be ordering any more which is a shame. The full size was flown by the RAAF in the Vietnam war as a forward air control observation aircraft. It was made in the 1960’s by North American Rockwell. The Australian War Memorial has one fully restored in its Mitchell warehouse. The model breaks down into 7 major components for transport (fits in a Tesla!) but takes quiet a while to assemble given all the connections, not a plane to fly every day!

Showcase Models January 2019 Click for photos Long time CMAC member Trevor Dalziell is showing off his new Kyosho Supermarine Spitfire. Trevor has installed an OS46 driving a 11 x 8 prop. It flies extremely well after some frantic and nearly disastrous trimming on the first flight. The only bug is difficulty in seeing the orientation at a distance. Trevor is reluctant to add Fluro markings as it would distance the model from the scale look, but then again the retracts aren't to scale so it wouldn't really matter.