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  1. Thanks for the replies guys. I have already done and passed the test on the Alphatango page, but I believe this is a completely different thing to the FFAM test? If I'm understanding this properly, the Alphatango site is the government site that you legally have to comply with to be able to fly a model in France, in or outside of a club. I am guessing the FFAM is the equivalent of the BMFA, and as such is not a legal requirement as a 'country' flyer? However, I would still like to complete any tests they do offer.
  2. Sorry to keep coming back to this thread with all my questions about France, but my questions don't seem to really warrant a thread of their own, so I was hoping to glean all my required answers through this thread if possible? I'm getting confused between the Alphatango, and the FFAM sites. I have registered on the Alphatango site, completed the training module, and registered a model on there. I have also registered on the FFAM site, although it says I am unlicensed. So I am currently trying to complete their online pilot training to obtain this license, which is the one that requires you to have all 20 answers correct. I have watched all the videos, and answered all the questions several times. At the end of every attempt when I click the submit button I get this message come up on my screen, 'licencies.ffam.asso.fr says un erreur s'est produite lors de l'enregistrement de vos reponses: Vous n'etes pas licencie. Now is this saying there has been a problem with my internet link during submission, or is it saying I have got something wrong in my answers? I have attempted this several times now, which is very time consuming, but it always ends with this message. Help please!
  3. Yep! Worked my way through all that lot over the last couple of days 🙂
  4. Thanks, I did go back and have a read of that post. I don't have the slightest inkling what any of that electrical gaggle means, and I don't have any idea really when it comes to making electronic gadgetry , no matter how simple, so I guess I'll just have to pay the mark up 🙂
  5. I have sorted this now. It must have been a dodgy link I was trying to use initially. I've registered myself, initially registered a single model, and taken the test. My french isn't good enough at the moment to be able to wade my way through the 60 odd pages of the training manual, so I decided to take the test relying on my infinite knowledge of all things model flying 🙄 I passed the test with an 80% score, so it's not correct to say you need 100% to pass. I've printed off all the associated bits of paper, and now just need to purchase a transponder to be totally legal to fly out the back of my house. I may look in to a club soon too, although the nearest one seems to be an hours drive away.
  6. Also FlyinFlynn, thanks for the link to check local restrictions. This pic shows my house and the nice big field immediately behind it which I have been given permission to fly on. However the restrictions appear to be down to 50 meters! I'll have to practice my low level flying! 🙄😄
  7. Thanks. I did create an account on alphatango yesterday, but every time I try and click the link for the training modules it says the link is not secure, and won't progress to the page. Very frustrating as I am trying my best here to stay within the law.
  8. Sorry to dig up an old thread, but I actually stumbled across this whilst researching flying model aeroplanes in France! I have been living here (in France) 4 months now, and I am just getting back in to the hobby after one of my all too regular extended breaks! I live out in the countryside and have been given permission by the farmer to fly on the field immediately behind my house. I have enjoyed a few flights with a foamie whilst being completely oblivious to French law! 😮 I have just started researching it and realise that being given permission to fly over farm land doesn't make it legal! I am going to see if I can find the English version of the pilots test to complete, and also register my models. This remote ID module thingy is all new news to me though! I'm out here on my own, and would love to get to know a local club if anyone can help with any info? My area is Sourdeval 50150 Manche. Thanks in advance for any help you may offer, Walts.
  9. Thanks PatMc, I'm pretty sure I actually have both of those gadgets somewhere. I'll have a rummage tomorrow!
  10. Great thread! I stumbled across this whilst researching Cambrian fun fighters again myself. I initially dismissed them out of hand when I first came across them many years ago for the exact same concern raised by the original poster here. They just fly rediculously fast! Whilst I always thought they must have been a great adrenalin rush for those guys flying them, to the spectator they just looked like a load of angry gnats buzzing about. Scale is my thing really, and whilst I'll admit I'm still yet to build a model that is capable of flying at a proper scale speed, these have always just seemed of the the other end of the scale to me. However, I have recently moved to France, and have obtained permission from the farmer to fly on the field immediately behind my house. He uses the field for growing grass for hay, so I can only ever fly models that can be hand launched and belly landed from it. Hence my interest in the Cambrian fun fighters again. I have flown a Hobby King FW190 47" foamie on the field already with great success, but I am still concerned about just how fast these Cambrian fighters actually 'need' to fly. A Spitfire batting around at the rate of a Euro fighter just doesnt do it for me. So just how slow can they really fly? 🙂
  11. I think I must have bought it on an old account, as my latest Hobbyking account only shows two orders. I know I bought a shed load of stuff from them over the years though.
  12. Hi all, I bought this motor years ago, I believe iirc from Hobby King. It was so long ago now I can't even remember what I bought it for in the first place! There are absolutely no markings anywhere on the motor or packaging. I know its a long shot. But has anyone got a best guess as to what it is, what size Pro it will turn, and what size model it might fly? Thanks, Wants.
  13. Thanks GG. I have been on one of my extended breaks from the hobby again, and have forgotten pretty much everything I ever learnt about electric flight 🙄 I'll check out the site you posted. Many thanks for the reply.
  14. Hi all, I'm considering starting a build of the Peter Rake 56" SE5a from an old RCM&E free plan I've had for donkey years. The plan doesn't show any power train at all, but is so old I believe it was originally designed around a geared can motor and 8 cell nimh pack. Can anyone recommend what would be a suitable brushless motor/prop/lipo set up for this model please? Thanks Wants.
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