Following the 2023 AGM and suggestions from regular indoor RC flyers, the committee has further refined the flying slots into 4 x 15 minute slots as outlined in the revised guidelines attached. We realise that there is no perfect solution for indoor RC flying but think this should work if everyone follows the spirit of… Read More »
You can now renew your club and BMFA subs as shown below Membership We don’t have a joining fee and the fee for new members is reduced as we progress through the year. The adult club membership fee for 2024 remains at £28. This covers outdoor flying sites as shown on the website, the regular… Read More »
The minutes from the AGM held on Saturday 25th November have been published on the Meetings and Reports page here The following e-mail was sent to all members on 26th November. Dear members Thanks to those who attended the AGM on Saturday and for the lively discussions. It was great to be able to meet… Read More »
The following e-mail was sent to all members today Attached is the Annual Report for 2023 which is also on our website. It’s quite a hefty tome, but it will save us boring you to death at the AGM and also provides a good historical record for the club. I have had about 10 responses… Read More »
We are holding the AGM in the Sports Hall on Sat 25th Nov at 2.30pm. This is designed to straddle the mid point of the afternoons mixed RC and FF flying. It should encourage brevity and it saves us money hiring the conference room!! The agenda is below and is also on the website (meetings… Read More »
The committee has been very pleased to see a considerable number of indoor RC flyers at the first few sessions this autumn. Whilst this is great to see, it has led to a few mid-air collisions which have resulted in smaller fragile models being badly damaged. Whilst not wanting to make rules for the sake… Read More »
Once again we have the RTP chaps in the gym this Saturday from 1pm to 5pm. Everyone is welcome to pop in to see them and admire their scale models with several new creations to be flown for the first time – one of these is a Fairey Rotordyne which is being rushed to completion… Read More »
Just a reminder that our bookings for the field on Friday evenings have now ended for the summer. We do not have the field booked for this Friday. Indoor flying starts again this Saturday 16th Sept and this is an RC session. We ended the indoor flying last April with a FF session and to… Read More »
We have had quite a few new members recently and many of them are drone / quad flyers. We have slightly tweaked the guidelines for RC flying at IVC on Friday evenings to try to get a bit of separation from other activities at busy times. We are avoiding too many hard and fast rules… Read More »
This was also held during the Birthday Bash and some extracts are in the video here. Generally there was the usual commendable level of incompetence shown except for the stand out winner Greg Bradley who achieved 13 passes in 1 minute with his foamy 3D model – shown below receiving his trophy from Alan. The… Read More »