Meetings and Minutes

Here is the application form for anyone wishing to participate in the showline at this year’s nationals:

Showline Application Form

UPDATE

We have received a good number of entries for both classes of the competition already but it is not too late to submit your teams’ entry for this year’s challenge. All supporting documentation must be with the judging panel by Thursday the 5th of May in order to avoid accruing penalties.

The presentation element will take place at the Yorkshire Air Museum on Saturday 4th of June and the flight element of the competition is to be held at Elvington Airfield on Sunday the 5th of June.

Further details to follow.

Manny Williamson
Challenge Co-ordinator

Next year’s World Championships for Free Flight will be held near Cordoba, Argentina from May 2-9th.

As usual, supporters are encouraged to fly out with the team, and this is a chance to witness what promises to be a memorable event, with over 40 national teams likely to take part. There will be a World Cup contest for F1A gliders, F1B Wakefields and F1C power models prior to the Championships, in which all can compete.

It’s also an opportunity to see a remarkable country and you may want to add a holiday to the Championships; the venue is quite near the Andes and the scenery and wildlife (think condors) make it well worth considering.

If you want more details, please contact the team manager, Martin Dilly, on 020 8777 5533, e-mail martindilly@compuserve.com or write to him at 20, Links Road, West Wickham, Kent BR4 0QW before Dec. 15th.

This year’s “The Flying Show” is taking place at the NEC, Birmingham over the weekend of 27th/28th of November.
The show is aimed at all things lightweight in aviation and is a must for anyone interested in this rapidly developing area of full size flying.

After the success of the model flying area in 2009 the BMFA will again be attending with an information stand as well as organising continuous indoor flying displays for both days of the show with support from Horizon Hobby UK.

Tickets

Entry to the exhibition is £6.00 on production of a valid BMFA, BMAA or LAA membership card. Under 16s get in free and it is £12.50 for everyone else.

For more information, go to www.theflyingshow.co.uk
NEC information is at www.necgroup.co.uk

The new 2010 BMFA Free Flight Forum Report has just been published and it’s still only £10. Now in its 26^th year of publication, it’s full of articles on the developing technology of today’s free-flight. An innovation is the Models of the Year feature in which Phil Ball has drawings and articles highlighting eight of 2009’s most successful aircraft.

To whet your appetite, here are the contents.

• All About Flying F1A with a Circle Tow Hook – Per Findahl
• A Bodger’s Approach to SLOP – Dave Limbert
• The Important Aspects of Successful FF Scale Models – Andy Hewitt
• Testing Coupe Motors – Peter Hall
• More Classes or Fewer, Separate or Combined? – Chris Strachan
• Controlling Electric Motors for Free Flight – Trevor Grey
• Machining an F1J Front End – Simon Dixon
• F1Q – A Power Flyer’s Approach – Tony Shepherd
• Different Ways with D-Boxes – Trevor Grey
• 50 Gram Open Rubber  – John O’Donnell
• CADCAM for aeromodelling – Leon Cole
• 2009 Models of the Year.

Prices are again being held to last year’s and are as follows:

UK – £10.00 including postage
Airmail to Europe – £12.00  inc. postage
Airmail elsewhere – £14.00 inc postage

Cheques should be payable to ‘BMFA F/F Team Support Fund’, in pounds sterling only, and drawn on a bank with a branch in the UK; you may also order by credit card.

Copies are available from :   Martin Dilly
20, Links Road, West Wickham, Kent, BR4 OQW

or by fax to: (44) + (0)20-8777-5533, or by e-mail to martindilly@compuserve.com