Although the wind was not always approaching from the most ideal direction, some excellent flying was enjoyed by members at ‘the patch’ on Sundy 19th February. Even the clouds were cooperative and moved away to let the sun shine upon us! This assisted member Paul B. to make the most of his camera and record… Read More »
Flying at Trigon Sunday feb12th. Quite a number of “core” Trigon members assembled this morning to be greeted by a medium strength wind from an unusual direction….we were joined by Chris Evans, a skiing friend of DB who came to watch R/C flying. Chris has been a long-term member of the Ski Club of GB… Read More »
Last Sunday provided excellent weather for model flying and our membership took the opportunity to make use of it. Chilly or not, it was a day enjoyed by all who could make it. At its peak, our car parking area was full; tells you something! The small photo collection below tells some of the story;… Read More »
Three stalwart members, Simon, Peter and David, recently demonstrated without any doubt (according to them!) that flying RC models over a snow covered flying patch can be a really cool thing to do. Good fun too I am advised! Some photos below tell the story…….. Only lines in the snow today, no circular or long… Read More »
Thursday 15th September saw Roly take his much awaited own-build EDF Blackbird to “the patch”! Our on-the-spot club member, Phil, reports. The morning saw this amazing model being tested, its aerodynamics studied by those in attendance. Hand launching wasn’t too bad, however it was just slightly underpowered or overweight!! The cog seemed just right with… Read More »
Thanks to the sterling efforts of Phil, Peter and Simon, the club now has a dedicated training model. New members will therefore be greatly assisted with getting airborne quickly and mastering the arts (and enjoyment!) of our shared model flying interest. The airframe is a Seagull Arising Star, high wing layout and electric drive; see… Read More »
So, as the big day dawned for the BMFA Centenary World Record Attempt, we, adjacent the South coast, awoke to leaden skies and pouring rain. Not, perhaps, ideal conditions for model flight! Led by Phil Burton’s superb “It’ll-be-alright–on-the-night” enthusiasm, eleven members turned up at our soggy flying patch to give it a go. Though, truthfully,… Read More »
Organiser Darren has prepared a few words summarising the day’s outcome. Hi all thermal soarers! First of all a big thanks to all of you who took part today. What a fantastic day we had and the weather wasn’t bad either. It was all very evenly matched with some very close battles with only seconds… Read More »
Sunday April 17th saw our first competition gathering at our flying patch for 2022. The relaxed rules comprised, bring a motorised glider, climb it for 30 seconds or to 150m altitude and see who could stay up the longest. A CAM height limiter fitted to all models assisted with this (*). To try and mitigate… Read More »
……so The Phoenix MFC Dorset club held an evening indoor distance competition for Depron-constructed Chuck gliders. We had eleven entrants who were provided with a sheet of Depron, a stick of balsa, glue, Blue Tack nose weight – and shown pre made balsa chuck gliders plus books like “The Eagle Book of Spacecraft Models” to provide a… Read More »