Steve Dorling

Really ???? Not the way I'd do it old chap

Blaze doesn't need anything - lands perfectly well anyway

BALANCE POINT (not Cg) Just sayin'

Multiplex Easy Glider - no brainer Do NOT go for the cheap clones - no comparison

Lazy Bee ?

Can be - but rotors are notoriously unpredictable - you have to learn your hill - if you're a newbie - get walking

THE ultimate aeromodellers car is a Ford Mondeo Huge - fast - economical - cheap to repair - mine has 144 thousand miles on the odometer and runs like new - 100 mph cruising on the continent and 51 mpg doing it - what's not to like ?

POWERED gliders are NOT slope gliders it's that clear and simple

I much prefer the 3m or close to models - second hand bargains abound - Sting is a doozy to fly

I have a sneaky back route - never closed yet

Cliff rotor - you have to walk back - a loOOOOOOOOOOONG WAY BACK

She'll carry a pound in good lift and be better for it

PS - I could fly a perfectly credible B a quarter of a century before I took my A licence - some of us are crusty old so and so's that never bothered with clubs or achievement schemes

I think (call me old fashioned - I care not) that there are two sorts of aeromodeller (model flier's are not the same btw....) in the frame here! Those who see the letters on their ticket as some badge of merit, a bit like stripes on the shoulders of military officers, and those who understand that this is a job of work, a responsibility and a service to the hobby! I don't much care for the former types - do any of us (and yes they exist) So - did you get into the BMFA through 'aeromodelling' or did you get into 'model flying' through the BMFA Different things

Well since last visited, this thing has gone viral So let me reiterate my previous ten cents worth - if you can't do it you cannot (with credibility...) test it! I do not expect my examiners to be able to demonstrate a C nor a Heli if a fixed wing only flier - but a BASIC A and B fixed wing - absolutely and at a moments notice too! If the ACE in the frame hasn't even got a suitable model - let alone the ability to fly same then he (or she...) has no credibility in RC aeromodelling - the B licence is not exactly taxing for any flier worth his (or her...) rations. I'm not expecting show pilot flair - just the ability to fly to a basic safe standard - surely that's not too big an ask! HOW do those who cannot do this end up evaluating others - it's beyond my comprehension that they'd even want to?