Club member Peter H has recently “electrified” his Super Air……. A few words from Peter: “This bird is ready to spread its wings. Power is a HK Turnigy Aerodrive brushless 4240 700kv motor driving a 13 x 6.5 prop. ESC is an 80amp mid range unit; ex EBay. Battery is a 4500mAh 4s 60c; again… Read More »
So, apart from cursing Covid-19 and the weather, I made a few Club enquiries as to what flying enterprises might be in preparation for 2021. A response from Roly yielded the following photos relating to two of his projects, a fine Lancaster inspired 4-engined model plus a “Rescue Boat” for use on Longham reservoir. (An… Read More »
Today witnessed a “Rush to Arms” at the flying patch, our last opportunity to fly before the English four-week lockdown commenced. The on-line flying-slot booking system worked well with eleven of the possible twelve slots taken up; six am, five pm. With near perfect conditions, the flying time was well employed and everyone (almost!) enjoyed… Read More »
Stalwart PMFC Dorset member, Peter Hudson, recently passed his BMFA “A – Fixed Wing Power” test. Below we see him receiving his certificate from PMFC Chairman, David Watson. Peter is to be congratulated for gaining his “A”. He worked hard to reach the standard, showing great fortitude and patience in the process. Well done Pete!!… Read More »
Saturday 12 Sept saw a meeting of two adversaries…………… Thanks to Simon and Peter.
Sunday, August 30, saw us hold an informal Electric Ducted Fan model flying session. That is to say, not EDF exclusive, more an emphasis of that form of propulsion if you owned such a model. Conventional fixed wing’ was not excluded of course. The weather was excellent, very light winds from almost any direction you… Read More »
Sunday 12 July saw the club lift off a little more post the Covid-19 doldrums. In the light of the recent relaxation of “Lock-down Limitations”, the landowner kindly agreed to raise the maximum attendee number to ten at any one given time. So, nine members were able to attend and make good use of the… Read More »
Following on from the May flying patch update, much time and effort has been put in by your committee to not only return the facility to its former glory but also to embody some improvements! The south-west threshold area has been cleared of foliage and the area levelled making a landing approach from that direction… Read More »
Myself and Roly gained permission from the land owner to access our flying patch on the 13th to inspect its state after so many unattended weeks. What we found was disappointing but not perhaps as bad as it could have been. As had been expected, the grass was quite long in places but unfortunately punctuated… Read More »