Rich Griff

Thanks Andy... Might the bmfa have a procedure to get country members flying sites "registered", officially know of/about, recognised as "a regular flying site"....other than a bmfa affiliated site/club. ? Thanks...

Hi Bruce, So the "state" has a list of "officially recognised" flying sites acknowledged by the "state" ??? I am thinking along bmfa " country members" flying sites lines, but are these sites officially recognised ! Where can one view this "list" please, to make sure the sites I use as a country member are actually on it...!

Let's hope the caa issue a "home build" kit and testing service for the device ?

Hi Andrew, a tax and mot exempt camper van I trust ? Enjoy..... Relatively light weight inexpensive radio gear etc. For indoor/park fly, toprc 450 w/s warbird mark 2 stuff ? Gearboxes still not arrived last time I looked...due new year ?

I wonder if a few bmfa email merge messages to every bmfa member would help ? It's been about a month since the cat was let out of the bag by now.....

Hi Jake, Nice location and selection...Rog take off and landing, that one have flaps ? Beaches are great, firm smooth all round landing strip apart from the dunes and water, long lazzy climb outs on power and long approaches with good flying speed, wide open skies and clean air...but disciplined... Any slopes on prevailing wind ?

Just make sure your influence is to the max.....

This is the worry and it's coming ... The easiest way for the caa to control model flying, what ever the model, a flying machine, is to ban all model flying, apart from model flying at a deserted registered flying site at least 5 miles from any "risk". So anything seen flying outside of the registered area is an illegal flight. Gone are all the very local sites used by country members probably, and the fantastic slope soaring sites that have not been registered. So, a centralised known and registered local flying site that may be fifty miles away from you and organised at a club level probably.... When that situation has been achieved, caa close these "now only viable sites" one by one until only buckminster remains.... How long that process takes is up to your "influence"...

Driving a vehicle on the road illegally is very antisocial and a no brainer these days, anpr and cameras everywhere, unless you can use all back road routes, not doable these days...

As to flying regs etc... I remember it being said on a webinar...."the caa does not own the sky".....make of that what you will. Model flying and not obeying all the rules to the letter will incure no wroth until something goes wrong like an incident involving people and the authorities, as things stand. I cannot see any cops being posted near to any possible model fying site, legal or otherwise, on the off chance of catching any "no compliant" model flier, but as we know cops can and do use "slowly slowly catchy monkey" techniques, as well as patrols and "local inteligence'... The use of on board model/aircraft identification and location/height/flying data etc. Broadcast by the model and aircraft, when in flight, detected, processed and deemed to be of interest to the authorities by the authorities, then expect a visit from them. Any and All other flying machines seen in the sky would be deemed either UFO or foe. Wartime iff type thing. A nation radar system ?? A radar system to highligh presence of an unregistered aircraft, with a mass of 250g or more...... Probably a blind eye approach unless a "nuisance" is reported or a person/property is damaged and reported. Any rules broken, expect insurance to be void, and official action to take place. Obey the rules to be ok. What worries me is the end of possible slope soaring sites, local flying sites and country members status...

DVLA or what ever they are called this week will send you a letter informing you of tax, insurance and sorn stuff. They will point out failure to obey the rules will result in a big fine of many £'s.....even if the vehicle is in hibernation off road somewhere... Ask me how I know

Thanks for the heads up robin. If Wisbech was local to me I may purchase that but I'm in Wales and after an untouched kit ideally. You say you contacted precedent and they sent you some new parts ? That must have been back in the day rather than last week ? Am I correct in saying slec hold info for hi boys ?? In my time, early 80's, hi boy was the trainer for me but some could not fly them, so had wot4's to crash instead.

Once lads car done ( brrrrr it's cold ) I will route out a period advert for the MK1 kit, slightly different to a mark 2. No plan but from memory an instruction sheet....mine was 3 channel..... They did a hi boy turbo as well...aileron with flaps but different fuz.....

I hope you made templates of/for all the parts ! Mine was a MK1 3 channel solar tex and painted, heavy but flew well on new Magnum gp40 10 X 6, straight castor.... Flew the socks off it. Would like an unstarted mk 1 kit...

Nice rw, may I ask what prop, motor, ESC and battery combo have you used please and what is the all up weight ready to launch please ? Thanks...

Bi plane, canard, swing wing...

Perhaps blind sealed bids via PM's or emails ? Prices announced when a "sale" has been made ? Probably a process for the new year bearing in mind royal mail and couriers are about to go berserk due to the Xmas stampede...

Not that I want them in a glass cabinet, rather in a model screaming around the sky. I get the feeling I will be wanting 20 size engines and below in the new year, glow rather than diesel due to fuel cost. Would prefer petrol.....

Hi Paul, I bet your your head is spinning a bit probably, and sorrow for your loss. No one has mentioned places like Barton's control line forum for that sort of stuff yet. Kiel Kraft etc. rekitted kits from the likes of vintage model company, j Perkins and mail order shops like SMC etc., which would give you an idea of expected prices..... Some research needed yet, yes, and there is always the likes of eBay. All depends on what you want to do, the best more desirable stuff will always sell first but the remainder will have a value, often with hidden gems in the collection. Any incling of what your benefactor would have wanted will also have a bearing on your feelings and method of realising the collections *real" and deserved worth. There will be a market out there for all items in this collection. Again, sorry for your loss, take your time and do not be pressured.

Thanks john, much appreciated. Had a scroll down to page 30 looking for a particular thread/response, looking for a "c of g" related picture...no joy but I do remember the picture, just not sure we're on here.....

Hi robin, Did not know about A10 or f15, both having relatively powerful "jet engines". Yes, a paradrop must be "interesting" in the cockpit. The cargo roll time prior to leaving the ramp could be quite long, 15 seconds or so ? But that aircraft would have all sorts of aerodynamic aides we can only dream off I think. Tank, thunderbolt, p47 picture of one flying with half of the starboard wing missing, kind of throws doubt on importance of c of g, for and aft and side to side....but I still thing if I made mine like that ( guillows r/p FF/ or control line, but will be made RC electric, and a sloper copy )t would only be airborne for a few seconds, 3 seconds probably.

Wow is an understatement !!!!! And this is the first cupboard, of how many I wonder ? I have seen 3 models of great interest to me but would imagine I would be outbid, rich by name but cash poor... Sir, could I pm you stating models of interest, no money sums mentioned yet preferably. As stated I would most probably be outbid. May I ask, any Cox stuff like td09rc, plastic stuka control line ( with 100's ), pt19 worth many £'s, any Cox control line and engines. Another item I have been trying to get for some years now is an unstarted precedent hi boy mark 1, 3 or 4 channel kit complete. Some stuff will be very much wanted and desired, so people willing to pay... Humble apologies if I appear cheeky or insensitive, I am not an ebayer or shop.

Hi admin, Quite a long title but, is there a way of listing all threads to which I have contributed to please ? I have found a short list of recent activity on threads in the "my profile" section but that only goes back a short while... Thanks...

See the c of g thread, the last one I think it was, during the summer.....picture of a "tank", thunderbolt, with half the wing missing....don't think my thunderbolt would do that when made....I will try and find the picture.

I have no doubt that in a few moments lots of pictures will be posted showing ww2 aircraft flying with half a wing missing.....