{"id":1466,"date":"2026-03-16T08:24:39","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T08:24:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/?page_id=1466"},"modified":"2026-03-30T09:25:26","modified_gmt":"2026-03-30T09:25:26","slug":"oily-hand-diesel-day-2026-28th-29th-30th-august","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/oily-hand-diesel-day\/oily-hand-diesel-day-2026-28th-29th-30th-august\/","title":{"rendered":"Oily Hand Diesel Day 2026 – 28th, 29th & 30th August"},"content":{"rendered":"

March 1st 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

2026 is the 20th anniversary of Oily Hand Diesel Day.<\/strong> Back in 2006 a chap called Mike Leys was our club president. One evening at a club meeting he opined “why don’t we run an event for diesel engines”. Everyone looked at him a bit weird, but anyway we went ahead and did it. There were 13 participants at the inaugural OHDD. Since then the engine formula has changed slightly, but the requirement for both you and your model to become covered in castor oil slime is still there. Maybe that’s what makes Oily Hand so unique that it is still powering on after two decades.<\/p>\n

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So this year expect something a little different. I don’t know what yet, but when I do I will be letting you know.<\/span><\/strong><\/h6>\n

March 8th 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Theme for the model of the meet is ‘Two or More Fins”<\/strong>\u00a0 That leaves it fairly wide open. It depends a lot on what you reckon a ‘fin’ is and what plans you can find in your stash or by trolling the internet. Just to get you going here is the, well known at Oily Hand, Apex introduced to us by Phil Poole at the very first Oily Hand. You can find the plan on Outerzone https:\/\/outerzone.co.uk\/plan_details.asp?ID=1574<\/a> Some of you will already have one as it was the Model of the Meet for the 10 year anniversary in 2016. Apex was designed by OWF (that would be; Ocean Francis William) Fisher and intended as a PAA Loader model. You can have a happy dive down a rabbit burrow finding out all about PAA Load events.<\/p>\n

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Phil Pooles Apex at the first Oily Hand. Note that he actually had two there, I have posted a photo of the other one with Phil holding it on the Cowra Oily Hand Weekend Facebook page https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/photo?fbid=122206423382325742&set=pcb.3826187287515071\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n

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And this here is my Apex currently fitted with an MP Jet Classic .040 \u00a0A nice flying model.<\/p>\n

OK so the Apex is pretty conventional ‘two or more fins<\/strong>‘. The Rezenebe<\/strong> pushes the envelope a little further. This model is a canard powered by a Cox TD.010 in ‘pusher’ mode. More on that later. The fins are on the main plane, but there are two of them! The model, designed by Jim Fullarton, appeared in the December 1966 edition of Aeromodeller. I have built a number of them over the years. The first one back in the early ’80s was powered by the Cox .020 Pee Wee because I couldn’t get hold of an .010. The Pee Wee was to much power and the model went into a series of looping gyrations till the fuel ran out when it transitioned to a rather nice glide. So, if an .020 is used, the model needs to be scaled up. Some of the kids at Canowindra High where I ran a modelling group used their Cox .049s, but made the model half as big again and had a lot of fun with it. The beauty of the reed valve Coxes is that they run backwards so a pusher prop isn’t needed. The model flys very nicely with the .010 with a pusher prop. I carved a reverse pitch 3″ x 1.25″ rather than bend up a bit of aluminium as shown in the plans. If you do build the Rezeneebe remember it is sensitive to to much power so choose the engine carefully or build a bigger model. Also be sure to fit the turbulator thread on the fore plane. I used some upholsterers thread which is thicker than normal sewing thread. The other thing is to get the balance spot on by hanging from the CG shown using a pin and thread. Stick the pin in where the leading edge of Santa’s beard intersects the fuselage outline.<\/p>\n

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Two fins with a difference. Rezenebe 18″ pusher canard by Australian designer Jim Fullarton.<\/p>\n

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The TD .010 with pusher prop.<\/p>\n

Here are the files for the full size plans copied from Aeromodeller. Print them off and glue them together making sure they are printing at 100%<\/h5>\n

Rezeneebe #1<\/a><\/p>\n

Rezeneebe #2<\/a><\/p>\n

Rezeneebe – article<\/a><\/p>\n

March 23rd 2026<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Our good mate Jacko Has already sorted the model for the raffle. This year it is the Vic Smeed \u201cChatterbox\u201d. There are some interesting things about this Chatterbox. Firstly, being a Jacko creation it is free flight so it can\u2019t chatter. Secondly, it is fitted with a very new SAMS .75 diesel (I told Jacko he\u2019s mad, just bung a Cox in it. But he paid no heed). This is a very desirable engine. I have a couple and they handle extremely well and produce excellent power. Thirdly, I want this model so I will be buying a lot of tickets. So, you better make sure you do too or I will walk away with a smile on my dial.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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A beautifully rendered version of the Chatterbox typical of Peter Jackson Models Inc. Fitted with SAMS .75 side-port diesel. Yep and you could win it at OHDD this year. Go to the Cowra Oily Hand Weekend Facebook page https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/359800250820476<\/a>\u00a0 to see this model flying.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

March 1st 2026 2026 is the 20th anniversary of Oily Hand Diesel Day. Back in 2006 a chap called Mike Leys was our club president. One evening at a club meeting he opined “why don’t we run an event for diesel engines”. Everyone looked at him a bit weird, but anyway we went ahead and did it. There were 13 participants at the inaugural OHDD. Since then the engine formula has changed slightly, but the […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":741,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1466","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1466"}],"version-history":[{"count":42,"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1524,"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1466\/revisions\/1524"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cowramac.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}