Meetings and Minutes

This year’s Free Flight Forum takes place on Nov. 13th, the day after the 2011 BMFA AGM, at Barcelo Hinckley Island Hotel, A5 Watling Street, LE10 3JA, starting at 10.00 a.m.

Tickets are £9 and all proceeds help to fund the teams that represent Great Britain at World and European Championships.

There’s an even wider range of topics covered than usual, so come along and discover there’s a lot more to model flying than you may have thought.

Topics and Speakers

• Anodizing – Simon Dixon;
• Playing with Pistachios – Paul Seeley;
• Catapult Glider Technology – Phil Ball;
• Model Aircraft Technology – A Review of Invigorators as an Aid to Stable Flight – Neil Cliff;
• Printing Tissue for Models – Paul Seeley;
• Experiences with Electronic Timer Design and Use – Alan Jack;
• F1D Indoor Topics – Mark Benns;
• Model Aircraft Construction with an Emphasis on F1G – Neil Cliff;
• Model Construction Using Brown Paper – Ivan Taylor;
• Experiences in BMFA Electric in 2011 and the Rule Changes for 2012 – Chris Strachan;
• Rice Pudding Skin Pullers 2011 Rules for E30 – Peter Tolhurst;
• A Newcomer to Indoor – Allan Weighell/Tony Hebb.

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.

Congratulations to John Carter who achieved 3rd place in F1A at the European Free Flight Championships in Turkey. F1A is always the most strongly contested class and John’s success is a great result.

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

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