As the title indicates, we enjoyed a warbird gathering in April. The weather was excellent (!) and an enjoyable time was had by attendees. The day was not without “event” but no serious disasters occurred; thankfully. The photographs below give a clue as to the day’s proceedings – enjoy!
Another fun filled day at the patch!Light winds and bright blue skies welcomed six intrepid aviators to take part in the annual bomb dropping competition. After several practice bomb runs to judge the flight path of the different types of bomb, the winners were: 1st: Brian Jackson 2nd: Phil Burton 3rd: Cyril Carr No damage… Read More »
Six members of our club were recently invited to 130 Squadron ATC Bournemouth, as they had expressed an interest in model flying, and also offered us the use of their full size flight simulator. We dug out our best (hanger queen) models, and were given a good look round the building prior to our presentation.… Read More »
Sunday 31st March initially looked slightly doubtful weather wise but it all came good and a great day was enjoyed by everyone, with some excellent times recorded. Peter Marshall made a grand job of organising the day and has composed a short script summarising his observations and the results; so, over to Peter……… Firstly let… Read More »
The model to be used is the Hobby King Phoenix 2000 EPO Only the propeller, motor, ESC, and fittings as originally supplied by HK are to be employed. No modifications are allowed to the airframe or flying surfaces including changes to wing camber in flight. Decals and colour scheme, no restrictions apply. Battery tray may… Read More »
After experimenting with the “GoPro” on various models over the years, I found that it had various shortfalls:It had a HUGE field of view, which when mounted on a model, made people (and models) look tiny when filming air to air or air to ground.It did not have a screen, so was a bit awkward… Read More »
Another busy day at Trigon which was much enjoyed by attendees. We had two quite separate enjoyable competitions, one each by Simon and Cyril. Let Simon describe his part first……. GPS Comp @ Trigon 24 March 2019Well, yet another fun filled day at our fantastic club flying site.We were blessed by superb weather with blue… Read More »
(1) CLUB MEETING CAREY 14th MARCH MYSTERY FILM NIGHT (2) FLYING COMPETITION SUNDAY 24 MARCH – TIMED FLIGHT Any model – electric or glow. Climb to height and then declare one minute to land. Scoring timer starts the clock. Flyer can use the engine and attempts to touch down at 60 seconds. Scoring timer scores… Read More »
After a lot of research as to what fire extinguishers to hold on the flight line at Trigon, we settled on a small hand held CO2 (to be easily carried to a fire in the field etc.), a bucket of sand for on site Lipo fires, and a bucket of water for anything else! A… Read More »
It is planned that the new Club Handbook will be available for viewing and review in addition to the normal agenda. After coffee/tea break, there will be a mystery film presentation. The film comes highly recommended and is of course related to aviation, don’t miss it! See you there!