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 »
This was held on Sunday 9th July and despite the dodgy weather forecast we had a warm and sunny day with generally light winds. A great turnout of about 50 FF, CL and RC pilots enjoyed the flying, banter and Steves BBQ. Thanks to everyone who came along and especially to the cook Steve. We… Read More »
This is our annual fly in to celebrate the clubs birthday and founding in 1946. Everyone is welcome and we have booked the field from 9am to 5pm. You can drive your car onto the field (sharp right after the houses). The gate should be open but for future ref the lock code is 1468.… Read More »
A special reminder of our Birthday Bash all day fly in at Impington on Sunday 9th July – all the details are on the website Annual Birthday Bash and BMFA Round the World challenge – Impington Village College Model Aeroplane Club Feel free to come along for the whole day or parts of it as… Read More »
You may have seen a news article about a fatal model plane accident in Spain earlier this month. A man was walking out to retrieve his model at a well established club when he was hit on the head by a large turbine powered model coming in to land. He was killed instantly by his… Read More »
John Copsey is organising an F2b competition at Girton this Sunday 11th June. It is for the Ray Malmstrom Cup which is awarded annually. If you haven’t seen CL aerobatics before and want to see the top pilots (plus John) in action, do go along. If you are a less experienced CL pilot, speak to… Read More »
The following information was sent to all club members on 5th June Impington is a very rare club where we have a regular Friday meeting and fly a varied mix of Free Flight, Control Line, Fixed Wing Radio and Quads / Drones. We also aim to have a very light touch on rules and are… Read More »
Club member Tim Coles has six AXi 4120/14V2 motors and one AXi 4120/20 motor for sale. These are all brand new in boxes and never run. They were bought for a project but not needed. AXI 4120/14 V2 Brushless Motor 3EL10555V2, Model Shop Leeds These are large motors and retail at approx. £150 each but… Read More »
23 of us joined in yesterday and managed to fly 36 models at noon – 2 up on last year due to cunning methods being employed. A full report will be in the next newsletter, but a video of the carnage is below. Thanks also to Chris Constant who took the photo at the end… Read More »