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The newsletter of the Sport Aircraft Association (Auckland Chapter) Inc

www.saaauckland.org.nz

Sport Aviator August 2017

http://www.saaauckland.org.nz/

Committee 2017/18 E X E C U T I V E C O M M I T T E E

President: David Wilkinson

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Vice President: Gary Briggs

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Secretary: Keith Weale

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Treasurer: Gordon Sanders 09 534 2464

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C O M M I T T E E M E M B E R S

Peter Armstrong David Campbell-

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Scott Neill 09 826 5655

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O P E R A T I O N A L P O S I T I O N S

Safety Officer Technical Library

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Tool Library Newsletter Editor

Manfred Scherbius Gavin Magill

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Catering Airspace Users Group

Carl Pudney Steve Chilcott

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T E C H N I C A L M E N T O R S

Wood & Fabric Mike Tunnicliffe 09 237 8173

Composites Alistair McLachlan 299 2775

Metal Skin Kevin Paulsen 296 5125

Avionics Liviu Filimon 268 1199

FRONT PAGE

ZK-CCC flies again. Jon Farmer’s R.80 Tiger Moth ZK-CCC takes to the skies again at Ardmore in the capable hands of Ian Williams.

Contents 2 Committee 2017/18

3 Presidents Report

4 From the Editor

5 Chapter News

10 Oshkosh Review

15 Mystery Aircraft Quiz

16 In the News & On the Web

17 Upcoming Events

Next Meeting WHEN: Thursday 31st August 2017

WHERE: Auckland Society of Model

Engineers Club Rooms Peterson Road, Panmure Basin

Mt Wellington

SPEAKER: Paul Carran – Paul was lucky

enough to visit Oshkosh last month and will give us a run

down on what he found there.

Gary Briggs – Gary will be

speaking to us on how Air New Zealand engineering is dealing

with lightning strikes on their new Boeing 787’s.

SAANZ Auckland Sport Aviator August 2017

3 President’s Report

Hi All,

There is a hint of spring in the air, when it’s not raining, and the evenings are getting longer.

This month we have two guest speakers, firstly Paul Carran who owns and operates a fantastic

Tecnam Astore, ZK- AST from North Shore. Paul was lucky enough to visit Oshkosh last month and will give us a run down on what he found there.

Then Gary Briggs our Vice President, and very soon to be Sonex captain, will talk to us about

how Air NZ have been dealing with lightning strikes on the B787 Dreamliner’s. Gary is an engineer with Air NZ and this will be a most interesting technical talk.

Bill Luther and I flew down to the Waikato Aero clubs breakfast last Sunday, the weather wasn’t that bad but only 3 aircraft turned up. We received the prize for the greatest distance travelled all the way from Ardmore and Bill went home with a new hat and T Shirt for his efforts.

I have made fantastic progress on the DR107 this month. All four, 1/8 inch thick plywood wing skins have been bonded on.

All I need to do now is shape the leading edge and apply a very light layer of fibreglass and the wing is complete. I have learnt a lot about epoxy vs temperature vs humidity and how they affect the curing process.

All glue test blocks have been successful and the workshop has been kept above 19 degrees for the first 48 hours of curing.

Many thanks to good old Dad, DCM, Gordon Lindsay and Dave Grove-Hills for helping me with this.

Anyway, that is enough from me, see you at the meeting on Thursday

Cheers

David


4 From the Editor

Hi Everyone

It is great to see that even though it

is the middle of winter, Auckland Chapter members

are still managing to get plenty of work done on their projects

and in some cases even getting some flying in. To be fair we have had a couple of glorious weekends during August so there really is no

excuse to not be getting out and either getting some flying done or some work

completed on your project.

The big news for Jon Farmer this month is that his R-80 Tiger Moth (ZK-CCC) is now

airborne once again after its lengthy rebuild. Jon has provided a bit of a write up with

photos of the history of ZK-CCC. Ian Williams did the honours of taking CCC for its first flight after the rebuild and Jon tells me his

primary goal now is to get ZK-CCC down to the Tiger Fly-in at Taumarunui in October.

Keith Weale is also a happy (if somewhat poorer) tramper now that the engine kit for his RV-12 has arrived in country this week.

No doubt there will be some steady progress made in Keith’s garage over the coming

weeks.

DCM is not far ahead of Keith, with his engine and cowls now fitted. He has also provided a

short update and some photos for the newsletter.

As David mentioned in his report, he has made significant progress on the DR107 with

all the wings skins attached in the last two weeks. This is no mean feat given they are glued on with epoxy resin and we are in the

coldest months of the year.

Even yours truly has made some progress on

the KR with work continuing on the tail feathers. I have managed to separate the rudder from the vertical stabiliser and

everything is working as expected.

Of course, August is also the time for EAA’s

AirVenture fly-in at Oshkosh. Paul Carran seems to be the only Auckland Chapter member who attended this year and he will

be presenting a summary of his visit on Thursday evening. Steve Stride, our UK

correspondent, also managed to get across the ditch to the US of A and has kindly

provided a nice summary of what caught his

eye this year.

The mystery aircraft in the July issue was provided by Brian Millet of NMC fame and was from his recent trip to SA. Brian said “I was at

the Jack Taylor airfield located near Johannesburg last week and I heard of an

aircraft located there that may be interesting enough for your Mystery Aircraft. The aircraft is a Radial Rocket. So far, the owner and

builder, Derek has been working on it for 6 1/2 years, 80% done with 80% to go.

Derek is using the Russian engine that is built like the proverbial you know what. He has rebuilt the cowls and spinner to suit his

personal requirements and it sure looks great even at this stage.”

The first member to guess the aircraft correctly was Clive Whittfield. Well done Clive.

Enjoy the newsletter.

Cheers Gavin


5 Chapter News

P R O J E C T U P D A T E

The life history of Fisher R80 Tiger Moth ZK-CCC.

By Jon Farmer

- Conceived in 2001 within two wooden crates.

- Born into the World at Matamata in 2008 but

first flight delayed whilst the parent and

various uncles try to locate 500 missing revs.

- Mortally wounded in 2009 when the 587m

Wharepapa South strip proved too short and

the 1m high fence at the end just too high.

- 'Born Again' in 2017. ZK-CCC flies off

Ardmore in the capable hands of Ian Williams

motivated by a brand new 80hp Micron engine.

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Some more photos of the first flight.

The parent and uncle briefing the intrepid pilot.

Start up and taxi. All seems to be working.

Taxi out for the runup.

Pointy end into wind and he’s off.


6 Chapter News


Gavin Magill – KR-2S

By Gavin Magill

Still plugging away at the tail feathers and slowly getting there.

The rudder is now separated from the vertical stabiliser. This was a bit of an exercise of

which comes first the chicken or the egg.

First fit the horizontal stabiliser, then fit the vertical stabiliser, make sure everything is

aligned, fit the hinge bolts, cut out the ply ribs from the templates, glue in gussets to hold rudder leading edge pieces in place.

In the meantime remove and replace rudder half a dozen times to check it is all workng as expected, the clearances are good and the

angles the rudder turns through are even.

Next step is to drill the holes for the hinges bolts on both the rudder and the vertical

stabiliser spars and then attach the nut plates to aluminium backing plates and glue the said plates into place.

Scratch building is definitely not for the faint hearted.


DCM – Vans RV12

By David Campbell-Morrison

Well now I know which is the front (I think)

The cowls are finished being fitted with only the oil cooler, water radiator, cabin hot air box and air scoop to fit.

After that the two wing tip lights and the

landing light to fit, then it's going back and finishing all the jobs the need the finishing touches which will take me into next year

as we will be overseas for a month between now and then.

My mate the Wilkie boy is coming up with a paint design, which will be a cross between

a starlet (TOY and TNT) and David's RV8.

It's been so far just over 2 years and that's not pushing, more of a journey, just

cruising and enjoying the build with a great kit to work on.


7 Chapter News


David Wilkinson – DR107

By Don Wilkinson

Hi Alistair

Yesterday was an interesting event.

The ply did go on but I have to concede

David did take good advice without letting that slow him for long.

Firstly, the WX in Clarkes Beach and Langholm was very different to that here.

So, when we all said " STOP!" he looked up

the rain radar and came to the conclusion the "it depends where you are".

Still intent on doing it but also taking some heed from the advice, he rushed off down

to precision tools and bought a timber moisture meter and a recording humidity meter / thermometer. Ya need the facts!

While there he ran into Gordon Lindsay by which time the WX was clear and warm.

Gordon said, "I'll come around".

The temp in the work shop was by then ranging 18.5 - 19.5 and 60% Humidity.

The timber M/C read consistently at around 11.5 - 13% in various areas.

David then rang DCM who was heading over with a de-humidifier.

I had a meeting at Silverdale but cancelled

that and DCM picked me up.

By this time, it was all go. The outcome

was that 45 mins later the skin was on and fully stapled using David's new pneumatic stapler. That was like an AK47.

DCM was happy with the quality as was Gordon. The squeeze was consistent

and David was once again a "Happy Chappie"

The Workshop stayed at 18 - 19 deg all

night and the humidity at around 60%.

And so, Rip Shit and Bust just became Rip

Shit and Done!

Thanks for your Council but to be fair the weather was better than out West.

Cheers

Don


8 Chapter News


Keith Weale – RV-12

By Keith Weale

It was like Xmas for Keith, mind you his bank balance was looking sad

DCM

One of the things that was in the box.

Oh, and there were these two bits as well.


9 Chapter News

A I R F I E L D U P D A T E

Changes at Te Kowhai

By Nev Hay

Big changes at Te Kowhai.

I N D U S T R Y N E W S

Vickers Wave

By Rob Keith

Saw a reference to this in July Boating New Zealand magazine.

They are at Unit 1/21 Sharpe Rd. Titanium Business park. Hamilton

Vickers Wave – Amphibious Light Sport Aircraft

http://vickersaircraft.com/


http://vickersaircraft.com/

10 Oshkosh Review b y S t e v e S t r i d e

Probably the most reported aviation event on earth in all forms of media. I first visited in 1984

and have seen it grow, plenty of information was always available but today as it has grown a visitor is faced with information overload. This year it was busy from the start with almost

600,000 visitors for the week, the trade halls were all full unlike last year. Nearly every type of aerial vehicle is on show from a drone that sits in the palm of your hand to a B-52 Bomber.

A feature of this year’s event were US Bombers, the second flying B-29 “Doc” turned up to join

the well-known B-29 “Fifi”. Added to this, examples of the current bomber fleet also turned up. The B-52 on display I was told was built in 1960, from two sources I heard they will be in active

service until 2040 currently 76 are in service. The “Awesome” (best word to describe it) B-1 or BONE was on display throughout the week and flew showing its swing wing capability, it performs like a fighter.

The B-29’s displayed frequently, each engine uses 100 US gallons/hour, the tyres for Doc were made by Dunlop in the UK and the order included spares for Fifi. To complete the Bombers

display a B-2 flew in but did not land, to formate with the B-52 and B-1 for thousands of cameras pointing skyward. With all these large aircraft on display it was a credit to the marshallers how they parked them on the west ramp among the other aircraft and helicopters.


11 Oshkosh Review

As usual there were many WW2 fighters from the Commemorative Air Force on display, what

was new this year were three Bell P-63 Kingcobras. Placing the engine behind the pilot gave scope for greater fire power in the nose, I heard it described as an early A-10 Warthog. What

had always fascinated me was the thought of the drive shaft to the propellor passing under the pilots seat. Cowls were lifted revealing this important component which linked engine and gearbox driving the propellor, the ultimate prop extension.

The early P-63’s were impossible to recover from a spin due to the mass of the engine being mounted mid fuselage, later models had an anti spin strake fitted.

Turning from the Commemorative Air Force to the Royal Air Force the replacement for the RAF’s C-130 Hercules arrived for a day at Oshkosh, but the stay was extended. The Airbus A400M is an impressive aircraft with four 11,500hp engines driving 8 blade Ratier propellors.

This example had arrived from Brize Norton in the UK, the RAF have orders for 22.

A return flight to Virginia was planned then on to the UK. As it taxied out only three engines were running. Many people had cameras ready but it proceeded to taxi out to a disperal point

over the other side of the airfield where it stayed for a couple of days.

It finally departed about three days later. There have been a string of problems with this aircraft, the most significant being a fatal crash in Spain where the problem seemed to relate to

software errors in the Engine Control Units.


12 Oshkosh Review

It’s almost 50 years since Neil Armstrong walked on the Moon and talking to NASA it seems they have plans to return. This is in addition to achieving a landing on Mars by 2028, I’d heard this same date given by a group in 2015. Technology has changed so much in 50 years that a Moon landing is needed to re-establish confidence in the new technologies and systems. No one says it but my own view is they have to keep ahead of the Chinese. The plan for a Mars landing is first to establish a space station orbiting Mars to assess suitable landing sites etc. There seems to be no shortage of candidates to fly on this mission. There was an example of a Drone developed to fly in the Martian atmosphere of CO2 tested in a chamber at the correct temps and pressures with gravity being about one third of that on earth.

Using models in a wind tunnel NASA has developed the design for a supersonic aircraft with a much reduced sonic boom, they tell me it sounds about the same as a car door shutting. Plan is to build an operational aircraft to fly around the USA and convince their citizens, which could lead to a new generation of commercial aircraft.

Scaled Composites turned up with the Rutan designed Proteus which is around 20 years old. It’s use at high altitude has been for telecommunications, but it’s clear looking closely at it that many development projects have been tried and tested through its life.

Something new always turns up and I’d never heard of “Blue Origin” www.blueorigin.com,

another approach to getting people into space competing with Virgin Galactic. The reuseable rocket which had already flown 5 times from it’s base in Texas was on display together with the passenger capsule.


13 Oshkosh Review

I found out later that Blue Origin is funded by Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos. Amazon were also

present with their Parcel Delivery Drone. I had an interesting discussion with a very enthusiastic engineer who works on Drone development. 90% of Amazon deliveries are within

5lbs, their Drone has lifting surfaces, rudders and object detection systems. The other side of the coin is the practicality and legal matters in operating such a service. There are a myriad of situations to consider for this to work.

There were several Drone type projects for manned flight including this one fron China. A video

showed it with pilot flying up to what looked like 100’. Airbus had a much larger project with a model on display for a commercial transport version. Everyone asks “What if ??” it can’t glide !

The answer – we have to develop a system that gives us and the public confidence, that brings to mind the A400M’s problems.

Out of the 10,000 aircraft present including one or two RV’s there are always some more unique types which are of interest. An immaculate Bücker Jungmann was spotted amongst the rows. It was the result of 12 years work by Bruce Paylor from Guelph in Canada. We spent

some time going through the build photo album, it was clear nothing could compete with this, and he deservedly won the Grand Champion Plans Built - Gold Lindy award.

Another rare example was the Boeing L-15 Scout observation aircraft it was the last piston

engine aircraft built by Boeing. Based in Alaska it was rebuilt by Keith Brunquist, his late father had owned it for many years and it was the last of ten built. Keith was unable to complete the

droptank so it was trailered to Minnesota and the final leg flown to Oshkosh accompanied by two Cessna Bird Dogs. The L-15 is slow, and the Bird Dogs had to circle back to check he was still there. The story goes they came back to check in case he may have had a birdstrike – from

the rear !


14 Oshkosh Review

Finally in the Antique and Classic section a beautiful restoration of a 1929 Fairchild 71. The only

one in existence today and this was its first visit to Oshkosh. Powered by a Pratt & Whitney R-985 the project took a team of people six years to complete.

The above is just a snapshot of one visitors experience at Oshkosh 2017, seminars run from 8.00am at the Forums Plaza and activities usually close around 9.00pm at the Theatre in the Woods, there are also two evening airshows. The US Navy Blue Angels were main attractions

this year performing their high powered close formation displays on three consecutive days. The Ultralights were always fun to watch flying from their own airstrip. Pioneer Airport full of

classic and historic aircraft and the Seaplane base are also well worth a visit.


15 Mystery Aircraft Quiz

The mystery aircraft this month is provided by Steve Stride. Let me know your guesses in time for the meeting to earn a chocky fish.


16 In the News & On the Web

O N T H E W E B

Tail-less B-52

From DCM

The day a B-52 lost its tail and lived to tell the tail. (Bad pun intended)

https://youtu.be/ihAEyZ25qfU

O N T H E W E B

Ooops

From Don Wilkinson

Look before you close the door

O N T H E W E B

Another SU-35 Video

From Gavin Magill

Sukhoi Su-35 practising for Moscow airshow and showing super manoeuvrability.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qrobpffhQNs&feature=em-subs_digest-vrecs

O N T H E W E B

Nicopress Strength demo.

From KRNet A few years ago, we were having a discussion about the strength of nicopress

sleeves. I made a video then testing the sleeves on a floor jack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82OlQre4Tw

O N T H E W E B

Japanese Shias Kanko Technique

From Aviation Week Interesting link discussing a method used by Japanese Bullet Train Drivers to ensure they don’t make mistakes when operating their trains that could be transferable to aircraft cockpits.

http://aviationweek.com/business-aviation/adding-japanese-shisa-kanko-techniques-modern-cockpits

AANZ Auckland Sport Aviator August 2017

https://youtu.be/ihAEyZ25qfU



https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r82OlQre4Tw



17 Upcoming Events b y G o r d o n S a n d e r s

Chapter Events

2017

Aug 27

Chapter Monthly Meeting Last Thursday of the month 7.30p.m. at the

Auckland Society of Model Engineers

clubrooms, Petersen Dr, Panmure Basin

Aviation Calendar 2017

2017

Every

Sat

Dargaville Aero Club

The place is buzzing every Sat, wet or fine,

windy or calm, and the catered lunch at 12.30

is good value, just don’t be late! Club website

is http://dargavilleac.weebly.com/. If going as

a group, please ring in advance so the cook

expects you. Ph. Murray 027-478 4308 or

club house on 09-439 8024.

3rdSun

Month

Turangi Aero Club Fly-In

This regular event is closed for the winter,

hopefully to return when (if?) the weather

picks up later in the year.

Sep

09-10

100 Years of Brodie Family Flying.

Rangitata Island. Four generations of the

Brodie family have kept the aviation bug alive

and well. Can the airfield fit 100 aircraft

during the weekend? Ph: 03 693 8675, 027

276 0914 E: [email protected]

Sep

09-10

Taildragger 2017. Hastings Bridge Pa

Aerodrome. Friday night dinner, Saturday

Jailbar bombing, STOL, Spot Prizes. Contact

Cassandra Jeffries [email protected] or

Graeme Bycroft gcbycroft@xtra,co.nz

Oct

13-15

Tiger Moth Club Spring Fly-in.

Taumarunui. Annual optimistic welcome to

decent flying weather and return to the club’s

roots 48 years ago at magnificent grass

aerodrome. Some flying competitions.

Contact secretary Graeme Wood Ph: 027 293

2318 E: [email protected]

Oct

21-23

Taupo Gliding Club 50th Anniversary.

Note change of date to Labour Weekend. A

general fly-in is being planned for Saturday

with dinner and party that evening. Demo

and guest glider flights Sunday. More info

and a request for RSVPs at:

www.saa.org.nz/public_pages/events.php

Nov

04-05

Black Sands Fly-in. Raglan. Annual fly-in,

air rally/fly-around, food, much socialising.

Organised by SAANZ Waikato-Thames Valley

Chapter. Contact Bruce Cooke Ph: 021-112

2364 E: [email protected] More info

nearer the time at www.saa.org.nz

Nov

23-26

South Island Akro-Fest. Omaka. Aerobatic

competition and fly-in. Contact Andrew Love

for more information and to register. Ph: 021

818 816 E: [email protected]

Aviation Calendar 2018

2018

Jan

27

Thames Wings & Wheels. Thames Airfield.

10am – 4pm. Static displays showcasing a

variety of vehicles and aircraft: $5 per

person or $10 per family.

Mar

02-04

Tiger Moth Club AGM Fly-in. Whitianga.

Annual summer fly-in, competitions, annual

dinner, AGM. Contact secretary Graeme

Wood Ph: 027 293 2318 E:

[email protected]

Mar

09-11

SAANZ SportAvex, Waipukurau.

Annual summer fly-in (North Island’s turn),

competitions, AGM, annual dinner, Wings

awards presentation. Details being

progressively posted at

www.saa.org.nz/public_pages/events.php

Mar 30

Apr 01

Warbirds Over Wanaka International

Airshow. Wanaka Airport. 30th anniversary,

16th airshow since 1988. RNZAF Black

Falcons, aircraft from past shows returning

for anniversary. Take an aircraft ride on

Rides Day, Monday 2nd April. Info and tickets

at www.warbirdsoverwanaka.com

If members are aware of other events that could be of

interest to others, please pass the details to Gordon

Sanders - [email protected].


http://dargavilleac.weebly.com/

mailto:[email protected]


mailto:gcbycroft@xtra,co.nz


http://www.saa.org.nz/public_pages/events.php

http://www.saa.org.nz/


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