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- Last Updated: 04 October 2019
- Published: 23 December 2011
2019 F5J Trophy Event now open
The details for this exciting event can be found by clicking here.
40th Sailplane Expo Armidale 2020
January 25th – 27th 2020. Events will be F5J and a special nostalgia class.
The details for this event can be found by clicking here.
The AEFA has achieved MAAA NSIG Status
At the AEFA AGM in April 2019 a motion was passed giving the AEFA committee the go ahead to apply to the MAAA for recognition as the Electric Glider National Special Interest Group (NSIG). The application was submitted to the MAAA and I am pleased to announce that the MAAA approved our application and the AEFA is now the Electric Glider NSIG.
It is a great honour for the AEFA to achieve this recognition and it will enable the AEFA to liaise with the MAAA on the issues of safety, insurance, frequencies, notification of trials, requirements re overseas teams, rules and publication of rules, flying sites, running World Championship events in Australia, National Championships, mediation on disputes and if required, the appointment of appeals boards to resolve disputes.
The AEFA committee has voted to apply to the MAAA to run the F5J Team Selection Trial for the 2021 F5J World Championships and an application will be submitted to the MAAA soon. We will keep you updated on the outcome of this application.
FUND RAISER - World F5J Championship in Slovakia 2019
The fund raiser raffle was drawn at the NEFR 2019 presentation. Click here for winner's pic.
2018 F5J Trophy #3 - Another Successful F5J Event
The 2018 Australian National F5J Trophy event is now history. A very successful event with 36 fliers and the third event in the Team selection Trial regime for the 2019 F5J World Championships has concluded. Click here for some pics courtesy Charles Powell
Congratulations to the winners and placegetters:
Open F5J:
1st Andrew Meyer
2nd Marcus Stent
3rd Scott Lennon
Limited F5J:
1st Peter Pine
2nd Rob Watson
3rd John Quigley
Looking For Something About Electric Flight In Australia?
You've Found It. AEFA, An Australian Organisation Fostering And Promoting Aeromodelling Using Electric Power.
The AEFA began in the mid ‘90s. In those early days, meetings, rallies and newsletters were the only methods we had to share our knowledge and passion. While times have changed we believe it’s important to continue sharing our experience, problems and solutions to mastering electric flight. This website is one of the main avenues for doing that and here you'll find things to help you enjoy electric powered models.
In our ‘Resources’ section we have compiled information that can be classified as electric flight 'know how'. For many, understanding the technology, or selecting components for an electric model, is a daunting prospect. We want to help. Our focus is on those matters that are pertinent to electric flight and some of the differences from the IC world. We will try to point you in the right direction, present as broad a view as possible, and maintain brand independence.
Getting together as electric modelers is another way we can pass on what we have learned. Our ‘Events, Competitions and Rules’ section provides information about where and when electric events are planned and the competitions that might be run at them. It’s also a section where new ideas about events and rules are published along with those for regularly flown contests.
The section ‘ About the AEFA’ is just that. It explains our origins, recognizes some of the key individuals that have pioneered electric flight in Australia and provides information about how we are organized and operate. Because we want to stay in step with current and emerging practices for connecting and collaborating with each other, we now concentrate on communicating via this website plus a network of ‘focus’ email groups. News and information is circulated for each categories depicted in the graphic at the top of this page, namely:
- electric gliding,
- Electric Old Timers,
- general news and rally information.
Details on becoming an AEFA member (membership is free) are in our 'How to Join' page (here).
Solutions Update
A couple of updates to our Solutions Via Rule of Thumb page have been made, namely Mike O'Reilly's guide to Trimming a model, and Marcus Stent's thermalling notes now live here.
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- Last Updated: 27 September 2019
- Published: 24 April 2014
President’s Message
by Trevor Smith
I didn’t think not competing in the F5J World Championships would be so stressful. From August 12th to 17th my iPad and mobile had a good workout checking for Aussie team updates on Facebook and Gliderscore. The fantastic updates on the F5J Australia Facebook page by team manager Les Safarik, team members Andrew Meyer, Jim Houdalakis and Marcus Stent, and others such as Nick Wu certainly satisfied my desire for information. Congratulations to the team and of course to Les for all the pre-work and support he provided to the team.
In EGFA-18 I mentioned that the AEFA were applying to the MAAA to be recognised as the Electric Glider National Special Interest Group (NSIG). Well I’m pleased to announce that our application was successful. The next step for the AEFA, in its capacity as the Electric Glider NSIG, was to apply to the MAAA to run the Australian team selection trials for the 2021 F5J World Championships. The AEFA has proposed running these selection trials as part of the 5th Annual Australian F5J Trophy at Cootamundra in November 2020. Our application was last week submitted to the MAAA and we anxiously await the MAAA’s response
Position vacant - Since the AGM in April the AEFA has been down one committee member, the Vice President. If you would like to join the AEFA committee, please contact me and I will give you a heads up on what it might entail. Unfortunately, there are no perks with the position. I tried for a company plane, but it was turned down. Until next time.....Trevor Smith
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