Crickets at Cardington 2008
The Cardington indoor meeting on Sunday May 4th saw a profusion of Gyminnie Crickets being put through their paces by a variety of flyers. The initiative masterminded by the indoor committee seems to be catching on, many sports hall flyers are taking up the challenge.
The natural desire for participants to improve their flight times is resulting in flyers paying a visit to the ultimate venue for indoor duration flying, the No1 Shed at Cardington in Bedfordshire. The 150ft or so ceiling in the old airship hanger proved quite a challenge for the Gyminnie Cricket flyers as they tried to wring out the ultimate performance from their machines. The renewed netting in the roof was never threatened but a number of flights were made with models reaching the 100ft mark at the top of their climb.
Indoor duration is based on weight, if you can remove weight whilst maintaining the models strength, your times will benefit, having said that it was notable that one of the heaviest Crickets being flown was consistently out performing one other of half its weight. A survey of model weights revealed a spread from a super light 1gm to a more readily achievable 3.5gm.
The schedule of Cardington indoor meetings is on the BMFA web-site and all members are welcome to attend, there is room for all sports hall flyers to come and let their models loose with no ceiling to worry about. Cardington is not just for the indoor elite, its for all members and you will find the experts in attendance more than willing to share their knowledge. It’s worth a visit just to see the best flimsies performing.
John Andrews.
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| Andy Campbell | Dudley Hooper | John Andrews | Laurie Barr | Robin Barfoot |