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Can't see what's dificult, ours is done through a recent trial from BMFA, Altitude Angel, (before this latest BMFA initiative).
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Club Secretary or Chairman, should be able to tell you about the new info gathering being done by the BMFA Kev.
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Test your eyes on this chart.
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Engine you putting in the Pitts Jeff ?
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Best I can offer Nudge is, if they become required there will be money to be made in smaller devices, and we've a way to go yet time wise.
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Xmas eve and was busy fellas, as were the other mods, not pulled just hidden till looked at. Happy Xmas.
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Give a man a fish, and feed him for a day.
Teach him to fish, and keepnets full in no time. 😉
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Nice work Steve.
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Hard to judge if some posts are serious or satire.
After careful thought, I now believe we should ban all flights done via electric propulsion, In the days of I.C flight the noise we made counted in our favour, contrary to what some would have you believe. The noise, made conducting nefarious acts highly unlikely, as the lack of footage from Heathrow etc proves.
Banning these, at a stroke (2 stroke or 4) does away with Amazon et als desire to infect our sky with "Drones" and "Proper" modellers can continue unaffected.
Gliders, slope/thermal should be fitted with sound systems imitating Chinese trimmer engines, harsh but necessary.
I.C it's the future.
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Looking good Eric.
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5 minutes ago, Don Fry said:
I wish you all health, wealth and happiness.
I hate every aspect of Christmas. I am sad to say, I celebrate new year, as the celebration represents even the media starting to accept it’s over.
Chin up Don. 😉
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Happy Christmas everyone.
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5 hours ago, GrumpyGnome said:
This may be a far too sweeping generalisation, but I suspect (no evidence) that someone with lots of models, will typically fly at a club site which, hopefully will be exempt.
I know this won't apply to soarers in the main, who may get a double whammy as there doesn't seem to be much room in some of their planes.
So, I'd encourage everyone to fill in the survey, thinking of everyone who is part of our hobby, and not just think of your own individual circumstances.
Agree, what happens to us all is what counts, decline in numbers threatens us for the future and the associations we belong to.
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10 hours ago, Ron Gray said:
Why? There are quite a few people I have spoken to (including some in the CAA / government) who have exactly the same view as Gary, that RID will help get rid of UAS criminal activity yet none of these, when asked, can give a reasonable answer as to how it will.
I’m sorry but saying that it will be breaking the law therefore that is sufficient to stop them just isn’t a sensible argument and shows a complete ignorance of human nature.
Simple really to me Ron, labouring a point over and over gets tedious, moving on allows the discussion to get back to being interesting and offering information to others reading a thread.
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38 minutes ago, nudge said:
Why is this the default attitude of so many plane flyers.
I fly fpv race / freestyle drones and would argue they take as much if not more skill to fly than a plane.
We lost our flying site and have approached about 8 clubs within 40 miles here and most have basically said " oh my god, no we can't have drones here" as if they are some sort of plauge carrier. One was prepared to accept me only if I also agreed to fly fixed wing and only one was progressive and friendly enough to accept my drones without issue.
I would fully agree dji style camera drones that can be flown by a child with no training can and indeed have helped give drones a bad name, and as for the "auditors" they are purely in it to get a reaction for views so would happily see rules tightened to stop these clowns but please don't tar us all with the same brush.
Incidentally my new club were so friendly they are going to try and teach me fixed wing which I am going to give a go - may even buy one if I like it.
Lot of negative coverage on TV Nudge, people lashing out coz pressures on, and some if it ain't what I do then it must be easier. Plus a lot who've nothing against you, you just ain't met us yet.
Welcome to the forum.
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You'll get all the help you want from members on here, there are no stupid questions, so don't be shy in asking.
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I never was punctual. 😁
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Your confidence will soon come back, servo placement etc will help get C.G as well.
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Let it go please fellas.
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2 minutes ago, Mike T said:
Bad news. We lost the field we'd been on since 1995 in 2015 (forthcoming housing development - they still haven't broken ground...).
The landlord's agents didn't even know we were there (testament to our 'head down, nose clean' policy),but they helped us with introductions to new landowners and we've ended up on a better field - so there is hope!
Good luck Mike.
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You could put a crossgrain balsa infil in to increase gluing area, keep it light though, weight at the back end can cause C.G issues (lump of lead up front).
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Just now, Mike T said:
You're missing the point If we don't use the opportunities we have to influence proposals in our favour, then we get bad laws handed down to us. Nothing good ever happened to the ordinary Joe that he didn't go out and fight for himself...
No Mike, my response has probably been much like yours and many others on here, and responded everytime.
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1 minute ago, Mike T said:
Gary, my friend, if we took that attitude to everything, then we'd all still be tugging our forelocks to his Lordship as he drove by in his carriage...
Do we not already tug forelocks, money still rules if that changed I missed it.
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4 minutes ago, Martin Dance 1 said:
If we start from the view of the CAA wishing to 'modernise' the use of the airspace, and that is not just the bit we model flyers use. Then it would seem to be logical to carry out a thorough risk asessment to establish the level of risk posed to other airspace users and the general public at the current level of use of the airspace by all users. I believe such a risk assessment would reveal that the level of risk is extremely low. Certainally well below the level that would justify introducing any level of external sujpervision or control. This existing level of risk includes multi rotor drones. So if the CAA is looking forward to a very substantial increase in the use of the airspace due to 'emerging technologies'. It would seem to be sensible to investigate technologies that will allow existing and new users of the airspace to coexist safely together. This would seem to suggest the need to develop a system of conspicuity that can be readily applied to all aircraft (aerial systems) and a system which is reliable and provides data that is appropriate to each airspace user.
What seems to be happening at the moment is the suggestion that the electronic id is merely a tool that the Police and security services can use to supervise the recreational use of the lower airspace, there is no suggestion as far as I can discover in these proposals to enable the safe coexistance of existing airspace users with new and emerging airspace users. And because the existing RID syustems can relativley easily be removed/ disabled or simply not fitted to UAS systems used by those bent on crminal endeavours. It is all a bit of a waste of everyones time, so whether or not you are going to willingly fit RID or fight it to your dying breath is to a greater or lesser extent pointless. So far the CAA has not addressed the issue of how existing airspace users and new users are going to safely operate together. Any thoughts
Yep, plenty waffle, big words, big promises from them, that's how things usually go.
Is there a list anywhere of recognised flying sites in the U.K. ?
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Yes that's us.