Pilot and Airplane of the Month  

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Pilot and Airplane of the month- April

Mr. LO Y.N. with his SIG CHEROKEE

Profile of a successful  AeroMaster..

            This month, it gives us great pleasure to feature Mr. Lo for our pilot of the month column. Better known as Loyn, Mr. Lo is a regular at the Jalan Bahar flying field. To all of you whom have not been there, it is actually a beautiful open area in Jurong with a very challenging runway next to Jalan Bahar. Every weekend a good selection of helis and planes both nitro and elec will gather. Its nice enough just to be there to see the flying and chat with the friendly crowd.

Loyn is just over 40 this year and works as an engineer. He is happily married with one child. Favourite pastime is obviously Rc aeromodelling. He has been into it for more that 30 years which means he has experienced the innovation and development of RC equipments first hand. Besides RC, Loyn is also a keen static modeler. He has been building statics since primary 3. This story, I am sure, is quite familiar to a lot of us. In Singapore, the difficulties include financial constraint, time constraint and also space constraint.

As for pricing of RC equipment in Singapore, Loyn feels that top end items are expensive. Branded items from Great Planes, SIG, Top Flight, Alfa and Flying Stryo can be rather expensive. However China made products are more reasonably priced. To the question of ‘what he would like to see more?’ he answered, more quality product from US and Europe, more flying events and less restrictive clubs.

From where you might ask Master Loyn, gets his technical info, it is simply from the internet. As most of us do nowadays, local Rc tech forums can be very helpful both in terms of asking and answering various queries. As far as advices to new comer, Loyn has a very old school and proven approach, he advices all newbies to read up and understand the fundamentals of flying and to practice good approaches when coming to land. This point cannot be over emphasized; all pilots of real airplane will tell you that a good landings starts from a good approach, it should not be any different for model airplane.

As far as Aviation in general, Loyn’s all time favourite aircraft is nothing short of the Boeing B-17 flying fortress. As to why he Aeromodells? well, like most of us, he was fascinated and amused by the majesty of flight, however unlike some of us, he also takes the time to fulfill his technical curiosity like understanding the intricacy of a working motor. This fascination has prompted Loyn to experiment with electric RC since 2001 and was the first few to make use of LI-PO batteries. He also built one of the first indoor flyers in Singapore.

I have met Mr. Lo on a few occasions over the years. He seems to be very interested with new innovations, be it how apparently small or insignificant, the true trade of an engineer. He also spares no expends to help new comers to set things up and explain how things work. He is truly a committed and dedicated Aeromodeller. 

            With that, we would like to grant Mr. Lo Y.N. the honorary title of Aerosmith Aeromaster for the month of April. Congratulations! With this honour, Loyn would enjoy additional 10% discount* on all his purchases made during the applicable month.

            Keep up the Good work.!!                                                                           

*discount is applicable to items that are not on special promotion.

The plane…..SIG CHEROKEE

            April plane of the month is Mr. Lo Y. N.  Electric Piper Cherokee by SIG. It has a span of 40” and it’s powered by brushless motor AXI22/12/26 running on Thunder Power 3S 1320 mah. This Cherokee is of Balsa construction making it a rigid and ‘true’ airplane.

            As you might have already noticed, it is a very smart and pretty airplane. Even though it is only sport scale but the airborne picture here exhibit such smooth lines and handsome dynamics that even ladies would easily fall in love with it. With the tricycle under carriage arrangement, it is an excellent candidate to make those perfect landing every time, also to practice those dreaded crosswind approaches.

            Loyn actually recommends this plane for beginners. It is very stable in the air and has no bad habits.

**Aerosmith-hobby does not carry this plane in our stock however we do carry applicable accessories**  

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