Rich Griff

Thanks Andy... Why was this forum and others not informed earlier ? My fault, I should check on bmfa site every other day in future me thinks.

Just checked all my emails since December 22, no email from bmfa about this document release apart from an email "members mail merger ?" Email last week or so..... Just saying..... About to start the "first read" of the document, £5.60 was the cost, the bmfa answer sheet was £1..... Everybody should take the time to read the document and fill in the reply part....even if you mearly copy and paste the bmfa response, to show that we actually care about what the caa would wish to do. To do nothing sends the wrong message, so fill in a reply....

As a matter of interest, what is the LMA' opinion on this " review of UK uas regulations" document ? Same for passa, if that is an association ? ? Have not checked all my emails yet or the bmfa magazine or even rcme come to that, but may I ask, when did bmfa know of this regulation document release please ? Just asking .....

Interestingly I see Gove has had a change of mind, and the government is re vamping heat pump grants to £6k...

So article 16 must be protected, else model flying of any type( other than control line ) will not be allowed, other than at "clearly defined official sites", along with the miles of red tape involved, which is probably what the caa/government/Amazon etc. want. Any model seen flying other than at an official site is banned/shot down. There will be exceptions, drones etc. Like police, fire, medical, Amazon, film companies etc., with special caa/government permission But will all have onboard id and collision avoidance tech. If the Amazon drone delivery revolution is going to happen then this caa survey is just the start..... I will have lots of reading to do this week end. Long live article 16.

I am sure slopers will be thinking of all other flyers of the line of sight type and free flighters, in relation to rid. Let's hope lots of back scratching is going on. Is there a list of "established" slope soaring sites I wonder ? Maybe its time to start a thread on that subject, just in case..... Printing off the caa and bmfa bumf tomorrow to formulate my responses......20p per page !

Quiet so... A government campaign needed, but that is never Gunnar happen, unless we turn communist.....or roofs are "nationalised"... back to reality.....a lottery win.

Our 2001 hdi pug estate 2l turbo does 63mpg on a long trip. The lad wants to go electric as it makes sense on his 26 mile round trip commute to work. They are thinking very hard about this and contemplating changing the pitch direction of Thier south facing garden outbuilding roof, making 2 large roof areas for solar harvesting...possibly a third collector/car port roof area....we need a lottery win... The church changed hands last year, 12 large solar panels ( room for another 12 at least ) and a new roof, south facing, in fact over 90 percent of the village roofs south facing, very few have solar panels.....

I have read some where that a large disused factory is going to be a used ev battery bank/electricity storage facility...full of ex ev batteries deemed no longer viable for ev useage, but viable for electricity storage. Hope to god that doesn't have a 🔥.

Have you tried the amerang phone number, worth a try...

Thanks guys, much appreciated. Some more research to do, mainly on servo voltages. If I remember correctly there is a "list" somewhere on this info, but where ?

Thank god for that as it was a new engine. Hope lots of the models remains are salvageable, even airframe repairable, but trees can be very brutal, even to four wheeled tin boxes. May I ask what was the cause of the incident ?

Thanks gg, much appreciated. Sorry to hear about your tree incident, really hope the engine is ok.

Hi admin please delete the double post if you wish....

Had Comms with the shop that Perkins will be releasing Thier verdict on this model mode 1 issue etc. this week. Hope they will contact me as well. Had no further Comms from Perkins since the last emails at to return the model to the shop. Really hope the new stock due to arrive mid September includes gearboxes and aeleron servos, and that the mode one issues at the factory have been resolved.

Had Comms with the shop that Perkins will be releasing Thier verdict on this model mode 1 issue etc. this week. Hope perkins will contact me as well. Had no further Comms from Perkins since the last emails saying to return the model to the shop. Really hope the new stock due to arrive mid September includes gearboxes and aeleron servos, and that the mode one issues at the factory have been resolved.

Force emailed this morning requesting whom supplied the engine as they don't make many marine engines. As to the engine being quite tight and missing instruction sheet, force said they are going to get the "engineers" on the case. GG, thanks very much for the copy of your instruction sheet ( aero engine ). May I ask please, how is the engine getting on please. Good and bad points as constructive criticism please, thanks. Maybe force are going to address issues off missing info sheets in the engine boxes and on Thier website... No where near the starting, running in stage with this marine engine yet. Still no feedback from Perkins about this engine...

May I ask please, what is the longest servo extension lead, bought or self made, you have/are successfully using please and at what voltage used please ? Thanks in advance...

What does the manual say ? Did you fill in and send off the warantee registration form to Ripmax........

Thanks guys Phoned Ripmax, option 2 customer service was an answer phone, option 4 futaba, phone just rang and rang and rang, probably a ty Bach outing. Phoned amerang, yes futaba service at same address, sorted. I wonder if amerang still do those inexpensive profile c/l kits ?

If someone purchased from a shop a futaba product supplied by Ripmax which has a 12 month warrantee, before Ripmax went into administration, how does one stand about a warrantee claim ? Also, a product purchased after Ripmax administration ? There will be stock in shops that has sold just before and just after the Ripmax administration announcement ?

Hi eflighttray, I too am sorry to hear of your disillusionment.... Slope soaring is a breath of fresh air but you may live in Norfolk... Freeflight are the real aeromodellers, even indoors... I am sure the vultures are circling, but if you have any Cox stuff I would be very interested offering a good price, also an unstarted/partially started precedent hi boy MK1 and lesro 576 RC yacht. rich ( financially challenged ) in Snowdonia. Don't give up...

Thanks toto and eb, 30 quid or so, mmmmmm Lego and angle iron .... The quality of skip contents has really dropped over the years..... If your thinking of getting a jig, get the MDF from you know where, get the plastic angles and set screws/captive nuts from you know where, get a new pencil and long steel ruler or similar. You will have a drill and drill/centre pop. Anything made on a jig will only be as "accurate" as the jig and the person using it. Worth having though !

Don said sixteen hours ago about newbies and that something has to change. Probably aimed at the young but an old dog who wants to learn a new trick will do so. An aeromodeling GCSE or what ever they are called this week would be wonderful I feel, encompassing materials ( how does the balsa wood tree grow etc. etc. etc. ), Glues, woodworking ( a skill for life I learned in school and really enjoyed, Mr. Muir would be proud of me, rip sir ), engines, motors, RC kit not to mention aerodynamics and the skill to fly a plane, sail a boat or "pilot" a car/motorcycle and dare I say control a drone/helo. Free flight guys and gals are the real aeromodellers... Of scale models and high detail, if that's your bent, wonderful, absolutely wonderful. They all turn into "a black cross" at hieght. At the age of 50ish you will probably say to your self "sugar, I have more life behind me than I do in front of me" Cease the day..... Kit manufacturers, you chose to buy off hobby king etc., I don't. Will read the whole thread now from beginning to end. I did start to read it when it first appeared but life ( kitchen roof ) got in the way.

Hi KC, point taken. I was nearly quoting what was said in the article to give some idea of what was used then, to give some idea of what to use now. The price of some large modern motor is........... Yes, research suppliers like slec, component shop and George at 4nax for example, and have a look-see on model boats or model boat mayhem. I think there is a post about one of these boats on mbm today.