Lima Hotel Foxtrot
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14 hours ago, cymaz said:
Bmfa will just have to hold the NATS at the NFC, just have events over several weekends and not all at once.
Absolutely. The National Flying Centre should be used or, really, what is the point of it?
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23 hours ago, Cuban8 said:
Personally, if as club committe member my opinion was asked, I'd prefer to keep any celebrations within the club itself and possibly limited to personal invites to friends and family only. Nothing wrong with inviting the local press or radio to attend and get some publicity for the hobby that way. I'd steer clear of having a public open day as there are just too many headaches associated with it as you have alluded to for the average small/medium sized club operating from a farm site and for very little return.
Absolutely. As club chairman I have a hard enough time making sure existing club members don't lose us the field, never mind controlling a bunch of strangers. The idea of setting up all the ancillaries for a safe event fills me with horror.
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2 hours ago, Ernie said:
Grown men beating the stuffing out of each other, and the wee guy in red, drawing big squares in the sky..what's it all about?
I'm off to watch the blue paint drying on my latest project
ernie
Just think how much paint you could have watched dry if you hadn't wasted your time writing pointless blether.
As for England vs Wales... What a dull game until the last 15 minutes. Were Wales asleep?
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On 22/02/2022 at 10:08, Matt Carlton said:
When you draw up your own plans, what do you draw on?
Inspiration.
And a mixture of doodles, hand sketching, hand draughting, AutoCAD and SketchUP.
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Out of morbid interest, who on this forum has actually had their models checked for Op numbers and had to show their flyer ID?
I suspect it's the sort of thing the more officious club committee insists on (checks in the pits before flying were regular features of a club I walked out of), but has anybody actually had to do this at the behest of someone with real world authority?
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On 12/02/2022 at 13:27, Zflyer said:
I have a Brother printing machine for which you can buy assorted tapes and also ink colours. It's very good. 8n addition I understand that this year OP Numbers will be yours for the duration.
Why they couldn't have used BMFA membership numbers I don't know.
Because it's not a BMFA mandate, it's a legal requirement from the CAA contained in the ANO which the BMFA answer to. Also, there is a lot of commercial, academic and experimental UAV flying by OA holders outside of model planes who have no association or need to join the BMFA.
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On 09/02/2022 at 13:18, Dad_flyer said:
I did similar for a two-prop boat with no rudder.
You will need two brushed ESCs, with reverse. They can be a pain as they are usually designed for cars and have a reverse lock where you need to make the transition from 'mid' to reverse twice. Then a good transmitter should be able to deal with the mixes. If I remember correctly, my very simple transmitter had not got enough mixes and I put in an Arduino Nano between the receiver and ESCs to deal with the mixing.
Unless it's a crawler esc, or configurable for a crawler, which removes the brake function and gives you equal range directly from forward to reverse.
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I'm not sure I see the point of a mass build where everyone builds a different model; that's just people looking for an excuse to build something they wanted to build anyway.
If it's a mass build surely it should be a single model built en mass.
I know people are going to point out that issues of time and cost ability will vary wildly between modellers, so to that end I suggest something as simple and cheap as possible, an airframe that can be adapted and scaled that also represents the true spirit of the BMFA in being a plane that anyone can deal with, has a pedigree and has been used as an introductory tool for many tyro modellers regarding building and flying:
The BMFA Dart.
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3 hours ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said:
lhf, didn't you read my post, I CAN'T FLY ANYWHERE EXCEPT ON A FFAM MODEL FIELD WITH A REGISTERED NUMBER AND TAKING A TEST TO GET IT,,,
can you read that ?.
Oh, how silly of me, not having my mind reading abilities turned on and therefore not knowing you are in a totally different country. Maybe you should have led with that fact, what with the incident under discussion happening in the UK. ALSO, I CAN SHOUT IN A POST TOO!
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7 minutes ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said:
"how are you being penalised?" Ten years ago there were no laws here so you could fly anything anywhere !, accidents were a thing that happened in model clubs, now we are penalised " leaves us free to fly in peace. " "as you can only fly in a club and have to pass a test and register your flying stuff,,,
That is a specious argument. By your own logic you state laws that have no material effect on you are a form of penalising you, but you fail to state how you are being penalised.
If you're getting miffed over what is to all intents and purposes a sensible addendum to the ANO regarding how club based UAV operators operate legally within UK airspace which, to repeat myself, makes absolutely no material difference to how you were previously flying, then I suggest you leave your club and fly freely in the countryside like some sort of aeromodelling warrior for how things used to be back in the good old days. If you don't bother anyone, nobody will bother you.
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If you're not breaking the law when flying, how are you being penalised? The BMFA have done an outstanding job of putting our side forward and ensuring a positive, light regulatory touch that takes account of advances in the technology and leaves us free to fly in peace.
No politician wants a drone law named after them, they'd far rather be remembered for something that permeates the public conciousness or becomes a work of grand infrastructure.
Idiots will always be idiots, regardless of legislation, the method of idiocy is irrelevant.
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Because the attitude is about ignoring the rapidly diminishing supply of model shops in favour of online suppliers for something as cheap as rubber bands. If people think wing bands are too expensive from a LMS then that is just proof that people have been spoiled with cheap goods for far too long.
Once the model shops are gone, they're not coming back.
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On 20/01/2022 at 13:42, Capt Kremen said:
Whilst very noble supporting the hobby shop/hobby suppliers, you will find a wider and cheaper choice via a search on the net.
I have used 'First Steps' and 'Rubberbands uk' with satisfaction in quality, range, and value.
What a disgusting attitude.
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On 11/01/2022 at 09:25, Cuban8 said:
BoB Model Squadron was a travesty and did our hobby very little good IMHO. Yes, it was all there, smashed up models, political correctness and a lot of pure silliness. As for FPV racing as a spectator sport - I'm afraid I can't think of anything more boring and repetitive.
There was a programme broadcast quite a few years ago about R/C aerobatics and followed the preparations of a competitor, I think for the UK or world champs. Don't remember the details, but recall it being very good and showing that part of our hobby/sport in a positive way that's usually reserved for much higher profile and £ swamped popular sports. Not sure if it's on YouTube, will have to check.
In what way was Bob model squadron politically correct? I watched an interesting attempt to do an alternative take on popular history TV that was derailed by bad production decisions such as the mass take off.
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On 10/01/2022 at 10:22, Eric Robson said:
Thank you for the comments,
when it come to the engine cowls I made a profile of the side and top views and started building up the shape with laminations of 5mm foam this seemed to take forever so after the first quarter I looked for a different method. blue foam would be ideal but is now made as black foam, still called blue foam? but is not available at the moment. It's beginning to feel like WW2 everything is in short supply. I went to Wickes to see what they had and come out with a block of insulating foam 1200mm x 450mm x 50mm thick with foil on both sides just under £10. it sanded quite well but care needed as it can be damaged easily, I used a Permagrit block rough side to take it down near size then the smooth side to finish. It is not as strong as blue foam but I am going to cover it with brown paper which should strengthen it. The cowl and the three blocks for the nacelle weigh less than an ounce at this point. The one behind the cowl will be removable, the rear two will be fixed once the wiring is in.
Black foam is exactly the same as blue foam and available from Addlestone Model Centre.
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1 hour ago, Don Fry said:
Cheap, quick fix for lack of roads. Lack of enforcement of rules. Even lack of backup for enforcement.
Or are they a cheap (ha!), quick (haha!) fix (hahaha!) For too much traffic, a lack of cheap, clean, safe, direct, reliable mass transit networks and a decade of underinvestment in, and running down of, law enforcement?
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33 minutes ago, Tim Kearsley said:
That's exactly what I was doing.
No, you were being abusive.
BACK ON THREAD: I doubt there is much of a general public desire to see model flying on TV outside of segments on magazine style shows as mentioned above or the single example of the Battle of Britain FPV dogfight used as pop historical illustration, which only resulted in a rain of foam and the Germans coming across as much more competent modellers.
Really, who wants to watch a programme about middle aged grumps playing with toys in a field? I do that, and I don't.
Possibly a broadcast FPV race series would be popular with the wider public.
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7 hours ago, Tim Kearsley said:
He's certainly persistent, this guy. I just wish he'd persist somewhere else frankly.
I thought this was supposed to be a welcoming forum where views can be aired and debated (within bounds of the rules) freely.
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On 04/01/2022 at 21:08, Andy Gates said:
Be careful of Lipo checkers.
I have one which I have seen under numerous brand names.
I tested one of my slightly defective lipos with the my checker and it came up as a 4S Nixxx battery with very poor voltage.
When placed on my Toolkit charger, it showed one cell defective and 2 cells with semi OK voltages.
Upon lightly squeezing the lipo, the defective cell came back to life on the charger although below 3v.
That is clearly a broken lipo issue, not a suspect checker issue.
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10 hours ago, Paul De Tourtoulon said:
"Lists" !, when clubs have 30 + members you will probably find that less than 10 will be at the field regularly,
so why limit the number ?.
Most clubs have a maximum number of members written into the club rules for one reason or another, the number of members who actually turn up and fly is a different issue and has no bearing on the number of new members allowed to join.
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It may be a good idea to cycle the pack a few times. Also get yourself a battery doctor. Mine lives with my batteries and is incredibly useful for checking individual cell voltage at the field or balance and discharge to storage if needed.
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Only one post deleted? Pffft! I've lost count of how many of my posts have been deleted! ?
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Overlanders from my LAM Addlestone Model Centre.
I've never had a problem with those batteries compared to the cheaper turnigy ones I got from hobbyking. 100% worth the money.
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15 hours ago, RedBaron said:
Whilst the amount is not large, I would just comment that with everyone just adding in a little for inflation is what makes inflation happen.
It is quite possible that many of us are not getting any inflation in our income so I would like to see suppliers tightening their belts to match that of the customers. Rather than trying to get us into the frame of mind that inflation is normal and we should just work harder to pay for it.
This is not intended as a specific criticism of the BMFA just a general philosophical observation.
Oh. My. God.
Are you actually serious?
Presumably in your world its fine for a model shop or other supplier to simply make less profit and survive as long as you don't have to pay a few extra pennies?
I suppose that can be achieved by lowering their prices and then perhaps firing a member of staff or cutting wages, after all it's only someone's livelihood.
No more Barkston Heath.
in All Things Model Flying
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Yes, but the days of huge events are gone and the demographic who are into the NATS is, bluntly, dying off.
Rose tinted memories and nostalgia won't change the facts.