GrumpyGnome

@Pablo56 have you actually looked at the emails you will have received when joining BMFA?

Can't believe this thread has been going for a year ...... @Pablo56 I'd suggest phoning the BMFA for advice - they are very helpful and will stop you jumping to incorrect conclusions, and having an unwarranted rant that is bad for ones blood pressure.

Per Alans post - have you received an email? My latest renewal confirmation email included the pdfs you're concerned about........

Is that what the BMFA told you?

I wonder what happened.... I've used Companion extensively for about 4 years with no significant issues......

Aye, that's step 2.........

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". .

I'm probably in the minority, but I like late mark Spitfires with pointy fin, Griffon engine, bubble canopy and clipped wings....

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....

Probably very simple then....

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 🙂

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!

Warming up now ....

At about 4 times the cost of a t6k, one would be bitterly disappointed if it wasn't significantly better.....

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.

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......

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).

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.

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.....

Parallel balance boards, in my experience, work best on multiple similar packs. I only use mine on packs of same capacity, same state of charge, and same manufacturer. I have a cheap Turnigy 4 port charger, which happily does 4 x 3S packs on the balance board, plus 3 other packs, at the same time. Like leccyflyer, some of my packs are left charged for a few days between outings. I only take packs to storage if I know they're not going to he used for a few weeks or longer. I'm afraid I don't follow 'best practice'. Neither my packs, nor charging equipment are 'premium' but the charger is a decade old, as are some of my packs. So, in answer to the OP, both options will work, and I don't think there is a universal 'best' option.

That's a shame... Beautiful day on East Riding Of Yorkshire Coast.................... =3 on arrival but glorious blue sky with fluffy white clouds. Grass defrosted by about 11:00 leaving just our rippled concrete style runway! Busy day for us - 4 flyers. KP flew his 'cheapo winter hack' Mustang, having completely stripped and rebuilt the engine yesterday afternoon. Started first twiddle of the starter and ran beautifully. His fat and heavy little Hellcat got an outing as well. Lovely looking but challenging to land well apparently. PT brought his little Aeroscout to see if he remembered what stick does what. He remembered just fine. KM brought his 'small' Pilot aerobat, and his much bigger Edge 540. Both very drool-worthy.... (hopefully a video of this will arrive soon) I flew my Wot. As usual. Also brought my CAP, having replaced the cdi from a Stinger 10cc side exhaust, with an older cdi from a Stinger 10cc rear exhaust. No more interference. Weird. I can do final assembly and maiden now. We also had a visit of three coppers in a big 4x4. Bit OTT to check our Op and Flyer IDs I thought............... seems they'd spotted us and came to watch for a while. They stopped for about 30 mins chatting and watching, then left us to it.....

That it may have been an 'official' device was something I raised earlier...... indications now are that it was a civilian device

Yeah, all the reports now say 'civilian drone' - numpties!

Of course, it may have been a multi-rotor being used legitimately, and not just an idiot looking for YT footage...... hopefully we'll find out.