The message below was sent to all members on 1st June Tomorrow – Sunday 2nd June – The Ray Malmstrom Cup for Control Line Aerobatics at Girton. If you want to compete it’s never too late, but if you aren’t a CL flyer and have never seen the experts at work (and John Copsey) why not… Read More »
With fantastic weather forecast this weekend, why not attend the free BMFA Achievement Scheme test and training day at Ramsey MFC on Sunday. Booking in advance is required so they can judge numbers. It would be an ideal opportunity to practice and take a radio control A or B test. The location and details can… Read More »
The sun looks like it may make an appearance along with the wind, but hardy flyers will be out on the field tomorrow. We have booked the field from 6pm every Friday this summer. As it’s half term I went along today to check things out. Our main way in is via Park Drive and… Read More »
The last indoor session of the winter is this Saturday 6th April and is a Radio Control only session. If you haven’t seen the fun and semi organised chaos of indoor RC, why not pop along! When we resume indoor flying in September, we will start with mixed and then FF to keep the 3 week… Read More »
Please check the dates for indoor and outdoor flying as we approach the summer changeover!! Surely this will be the cue for good outdoor flying weather? For the first time we will be setting up a dedicated area for quad flying on Friday evenings as requested at the AGM, and the site layout for outdoor… Read More »
On Saturday 10th February, club member Dave Marquis will be coming along to do a few demonstration flights with his indoor Control Line F2b aerobatic model. This will be at the mid point of the afternoons flying and we will give him the use of the hall between 2.45pm and 3.15pm. That is to say RC… Read More »
The large number attending indoor RC sessions has led to some incidents and near misses. Whilst some incidents are inevitable with indoor flying, we need to fly with consideration for others to minimise these and to avoid having to impose undue restrictions on our activities. We have created a new page on our website with… Read More »
The e-mail below was sent to all members along with the idiots guide to filling out the survey. You may already have done the CAA survey as requested by the BMFA, however, the guide to completing it was rather complicated and this has put many off. We have discovered (don’t ask) that you don’t have… Read More »
Just an update and a thank you to the 28 members who have already renewed!! BMFA are having to cut costs and the quarterly BMFA News is now going to be a digital publication which will save over £100k per year. You will get the first edition in 2024 as a paper copy with stickers… Read More »
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 »