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Echoes from Far Valley
July 2018

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It's been hot and dry here in Northern Ontario for most of the month, but we finally received some rain over past the few days. Not enough though, and could use some more. My experiments with rubber powered R/C continue, and I'm presently testing the 1939 design "Korda Victory". I have a lot to learn about handling of multi strand rubber motors, and step-by-step I'm increasing thrust and duration. The current motor is a 24" loop - 12 strands of 3/32" (as recommended by SAM website) which provides a spectacular climb to an altitude of approx 200ft. The smooth transition from climb to glide is a sight to behold, and a testament to this brilliant design. As we fly in the early morning, thermals are few and far between, but flying one of these classics is a very enjoyable experience nevertheless.

The "Far Valley Elf" is usually first in the air at our morning sessions, and makes 2 or 3 flights to "test the wind direction" before we move on to other things.
 

Korda "Victory" with 8" prop.
 

Now equipped with a 10" prop, note the expended rubber motor "at rest" at the bottom of the fuselage. I've tried "cording" the motor, but haven't quite mastered this technique yet.
 

Greg Masters' electric powered replica of Leon Shulman's "Zomby", this model has a simple balsa profile fuselage, and depron flying surfaces.
 

Julian launches his rotary wing freeflight flying machine - aka "boomerang". Yes... it does come back, but requires a strong arm and lots of practice.

 

Greg Farish and Peter Smith fire up Greg's R/C RV-4. Powered by 7.5 cc glow engine and quite fast, it is a handful at our small field, and considerable skill is required to bring it home safely!

 

Greg's Hobbyking "Ugly Stik" RTF is actually electric powered, despite it's very convincing fake glow engine.

 

Bernie launches his foamboard Flitetest "Wonder" with Mandy in pursuit.

 

My electric powered "Rebel Too" published in RCMW (Oct-2013) - flown here by Earl.

 

Bernie's glider comes in for another perfect landing, after returning from aerotow to 800ft AGL

 

Earl releases my .049 powered control line "le P'tit Diable". Still sorting engine "issues". These small engines can be finicky.

 

There is a another small grass airstrip on St. Joseph Island, which is home base to a handful of "full size" lightplanes - including this "X-Air" ultralight making a flyby at Far Valley!

 

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Early test flights of the Korda Victory:   Korda Victory - 8" prop   :   Korda Victory - 10" prop
Control line - le p'tit diable

Christian Moes
Far Valley MFC
St. Joseph Island
Ontario, Canada