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A QUARTER CENTURY OF BMFA FLIGHT FORUMS
November 23rd, the day after the AGM and dinner, sees the twenty-fifth Free Flight Forum at the Holiday Inn, Coventry CV2 2HP. To mark the quarter century of what has become, along with the Forum Reports, one of the highlights of the free-flight year, a wide range of topics will be covered by speakers who really know their onions. Tickets are £8 from the BMFA office, or you can pay on the day. The Forum starts at 10 a.m. in the Walmesley Room, with Mike Evatt again in the chair.
To whet your appetite this is what’s in store:
- Roger Wilkes – Balsa and Carbon Rod Structures;
- Trevor Grey - Brushing Up (Brushless Motors);
- Chris Strachan - Sharing Flying Sites with General Aviation;
- Mark Croome - Rohacell D-boxes; John O’Donnell – High Tech Where It Fits; Phil Ball - Contest Analysis;
- Ray Monks - Fabricating Carbon Booms;
- Roger Wilkes – The Torque-Back Trimming Technique and Variable Pitch Props;
- Lindsey Smith - Small Rubber Scale Models;
- Phil Ball – Cutting Ribs from Block on a Lathe;
- Trevor Grey – Radio Dethermalisers – the Policy;
- Chris Edge -Radio Dethermalisers – The Practicalities;
- Mike Woodhouse – A Day in the Life of a Team Manager.
Martin Dilly.
Children’s Flight Challenge 2008
The Children’s Flight Challenge was held recently. A full report and results is available now in the events section.