Hi All, The SA Nats took place last week-end in Johannesburg at the Barnstormers club again. The weather was really good although a bit on the windy side. There were 8 entries in stunt and only one was engine powered. This was the ARF Nobler powered by a Brodak 40.....and the engine would not behave well. The rest of us e-powered types had no problems, except for me putting the same used battery back in my Newtron for my last round (old-timers disease!). The photo below of the stunters has 2 missing, both of them electric Eze-Pro's. One flown by Dennis Bird hit the deck in some turbulence and the other one by Colin Paine from Knysna went home with him when his wife suffered a heart problem back home. I'm happy to say that she is fine now, and Colin was given the opportunity to fly his 4 rounds before he departed to catch a plane home.

The pleasant surprise was from young Roston Dugmore jnr. who flew the Protron take-apart profile into 2nd place, narrowly beating veteran stunt flier Percy Attfield into 3rd place. In fact Percy donated the Protron to the Dugmore's, so this was a nice gesture on his part. Mmmmm.........getting beaten by one of your own planes??? javascript:void(0); I've include a pic of Rostie, as he is known to us. He is a very good pattern flier in fact and will be the SA junior member in the team for the Pattern world champs out here in August. It's great to see kids still enjoying C/L when they do have amazing R/C stuff as well. The other photo is of me with my wife Bokkie and the Newtron that I flew in Bulgaria. It's a simple design powered by an E-Max 282 on a 4-cell 3000 mAh Nanotech lipo turning an APC thin blade 12 x 6 EP. All the electric models are using my KR Governor timer system. I must be a bad influence of the locals.javascript:void(0);

Keith R

COngradtulation : ) for SA LION D: ))))))) great job Keith ; ))))) send greetings to Bookie  : ))) 

Good job Keith!!!

This will inspire me to get the KR timer I have set up and put to the test!!

Congratulation! ... looks like you are also continetal (African) champion :- )))))))))))))

now you know why I use only one battery 

I thought that it was because you fly so much and don't have a job, so you can't afford more than one battery!   

Keith R

Keith
Way to go my friend!  That's one sweet trophy you are holding.  Once again your equipment showed it value.  So you are now the "King of Control Line" in the other land down under.  As for Igor only having one battery, when you fly like that guy does one is all you need. 
Andy

Congratulations, Keith! you are the MAN.

Eric Rule

Keith
Way to go my friend!  That's one sweet trophy you are holding.  Once again your equipment showed it value.  So you are now the "King of Control Line" in the other land down under.  As for Igor only having one battery, when you fly like that guy does one is all you need. 
Andy

Thanks Andy, that trophy was donated in 1948 by the Ford Motor Company, so it has always been the one to shoot for. There is a lot of history on that trophy. The other one that goes back to a similar time here is the High Point or Victor Ludorum shield, which means "Winner of the Games". You get your name on this shield for flying in as many categories as you are able to, and of course for scoring well at the same time. Lionel Smith has won this a couple of times already because he competes in racing, combat and stunt. Not only does he compete, he is a tough competitor to beat as well. Just by the way Lionel, Percy Attfield had the shield sorted out now to have all of the missing names added and also space for more years to come. Dennis Bird took the trophy home this time.

Keith R

Congratulations on your win Keith!  Congratulations as well to Percy, be sure to tell him Chris and Joan say hello!

Thanks Chris, I'll be sure to mention this to Percy., and please give "Dragon Lady" a big hug for me!

Keith R

Keith

Done  Now you will need to squeeze Bokkie in return

Keith

Done  Now you will need to squeeze Bokkie in return

Done!