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How difficult is it to change your flying club name
GrumpyGnome replied to flying daddy's topic in Flying Sites and Clubs
Aye, that's step 2......... -
How difficult is it to change your flying club name
GrumpyGnome replied to flying daddy's topic in Flying Sites and Clubs
So, in essense, as easy or as complicated as you want. Personally I'd decide on the activities before any vote, so you're prepared for questions. Grandmother, egss, suck. Again personally, I'd propose doing all the above, not just what is easiest.. but I spent years working in an IT department where we did things "properly, not cheaply". . -
1/12 Spitfire for aircombat contests
GrumpyGnome replied to Timo Starkloff's topic in Own Design Project Blogs
I'm probably in the minority, but I like late mark Spitfires with pointy fin, Griffon engine, bubble canopy and clipped wings.... -
How difficult is it to change your flying club name
GrumpyGnome replied to flying daddy's topic in Flying Sites and Clubs
And change logo, and web site incl documents, and Facebook, and bank account(s), BMFA height exemption(?), CAA NOTAM(?), any flying field signage, club flyers/banners.... -
How difficult is it to change your flying club name
GrumpyGnome replied to flying daddy's topic in Flying Sites and Clubs
Probably very simple then.... -
How difficult is it to change your flying club name
GrumpyGnome replied to flying daddy's topic in Flying Sites and Clubs
No simple answer - depends on your setup..... just a club, an affiliated club, a charity, a company of sorf, any trustees involved.... best bet is phone BMFA if you'te a member -
Quite a busy day at WHMFC... 8:00 - warmish, dry, calm, decent visbility. Batteries on charge. 8:30 - took dogs to flying field for a run. It's about a mile away, and 70 feet lower.... quite misty 9:30 - foggy 10:00 - met flying chum at field as he had set off. Thick fog! Home again 11:30 - 14:30 - flying in beautuful conditions. Anonymous member (no names to protect the innocent) brought his new Super Chippie for a maiden. Didn't go well - very short flight, ending with broken undercarriage and bent wing tube. After a sulk, hw threw his little Edge/Extra about like a real hooligan. KM left his big 'uns at home and treated us to some low, full chat, inverted passes with his venerable SLEC Funfly. Glenn came along with a veeerrry fast foam lwccy delta, and a weird EFlite Ultrix. Being the first leccy flights of the day, it all seemed less of an assault on the senses! Ben brought his Riot for a few sedate flights, and his newly repaired Marlin - didn't see it fly but hopefully he kept the speed up a little more on landing..... I flew my Double Trouble, with its strangely hard-to-start OS, and maidened my new Seagull CAP. Have now taken a lump of lead out of the nose.... and tweaked the engine. Weather looks good for another outing tomorrow 🙂
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Forum members' new models: Let's see them.
GrumpyGnome replied to Paul Marsh's topic in All Things Model Flying
Seagull CAP232, Stinger 10cc petrol, mish mash of servos, FrSky rx, Radiomaster TX16S controlled. Flies nicely. May shove a Stinger 15 in it for a little more oomph. We'll see what happens when my engine whisperer tunes the current little beastie! -
At about 4 times the cost of a t6k, one would be bitterly disappointed if it wasn't significantly better.....
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Munitions aside, you're carving out a number of responsible fliers doing that - not just the rogue and irresponsible multi-rotor operators...... I'd have thought it would be better to have them in the tent, than out, as the saying goes.
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When it comes to fliers, we (BMFA Club fliers) are significantly in the minority, so it makes perfect sense to skew the questions towards environments other than those we commonly use......
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After you have calibrated your esc, checked controls for neutral, checked control surface direction of movement. (I also reset my failsafe after first trimming flights).
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Archer Plus GR6 setup on a Radiomaster TX16S
GrumpyGnome replied to HENRY GELSTHORPE's topic in Other Radio Brands
Yes, as long as the internal MPM has up to date firmware, it will bind to Archer plus rxs- I have this combo in one of my models. -
planesrevived.com
GrumpyGnome replied to Spitty's topic in R/C Retailers / Distributors / Manufacturers
Too good to be true in what way? They have a Facebook presence and, in my experience, customers will not be reticent in providing feedback.....