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News page archive 2007 |
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| 1st Nov 2007 | Talk on Soldering at the social meeting. | |
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Just a reminder to everyone about the forthcoming Social Evening
at Fleetwood Cricket Club, this Tuesday 6th November 2007 at
7.30pm, when the guest speaker will be Len who will be giving a
talk on soldering techniques and matters relating to soldering.
It should be a worthwhile talk, so
please, if your not doing anything on Tuesday evening, come down
to the social evening. |
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| 1st Oct 2007 | Social evenings start up for the winter | |
| As the nights are drawing in and it's too dark to fly the winter monthly social events are back in the calendar. Come along to Fleetwood Cricket Club on the 1st Tuesday of each month through to April for a drink and a chat. Note that the December meeting will be the AGM on Wednesday the 5th as per previous news item. Also note that the 1st Tuesday in January is New Years Day therefore the social meeting will take place on the 8th. | ||
| 20th Sept 2007 | Members take note | |
| The date of the 2007 AGM has changed to Wednesday 5th December. The venue is still Fleetwood Cricket Club. | ||
| 26th June 2007 | New items on the For Sale pages | |
| Take a look at the for sale pages. Lots of items including Electric models, Transmitter, IC motor and books have been added. These items are also on the notice board at the club house so get moving as they are likely to go fast. | ||
| 28th April 2007 | Novice nights start again | |
| The novice nights, which were successful last year, start again on the 1st May. The emphasis on the night is to assist our newer members with any technical problems they have with the building and or running of their models and of course get them in the air as much as possible on the evening. These training evenings will run each Tuesday from about 6:30 throughout the summer, weather permitting of course. | ||
| 10th March 2007 | Aeromodelling, 60’s Style | |
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Wednesday 3rd April and Fleetwood Cricket Club was
transformed into a schoolboy workshop of yesteryear, as John Protheroe
supplied members with the essentials to produce their own “Chuck Glider”.
Equipped with a sheet of 1/32 balsa for wing/tailplane, a stick for the
fuselage and of course, the necessary plan, we set about producing tiny
models in the manner they would have been made in the 1960’s. John had even
provided REAL balsa cement-something of a rarity these days, with the advent
of Cyano! Apart from talking us step-by-step through the construction process for the “chuckie”, John gave a very interesting chat on the early days of modelling, particularly R/C, when enthusiasts were ecstatic about the availability of models with single channel control. How lucky we are today, was the general consensus! Illustrating his talk with extracts from model magazines dating back to 1957, John had his audience captivated as he recalled times past when he first got into Control Line flying. On hand, were several C/L models, along with other free-flight aircraft dating back to the era in question. John also brought along a sizable collection of original ‘vintage’ rubber powered kits produced by the now defunct Kiel Kraft company, still bearing pre-decimal currency prices such as £1.3s.5d. (About £1.17 in today’s money). Soon came the moment of truth, as can be seen from the accompanying pictures. Would they fly? The answer is yes…..and some flew a lot better than others, too! As is usual with one of John’s presentations, all enjoyed the stroll down memory lane…..the only things missing were the dulcet tones of Brian Inglis and the theme tune to ‘All Our Yesterdays’. Many thanks to John for an excellent evening. Pictures from the night are in the Gallery section of the web site. |
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| 18th March 2007 | Flying site maintenance March 2007 | |
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A year on from the last big maintenance day saw 32 tonnes of
gravel placed on the area to the east of the club house that had subsided
causing flooding and access problems for members especially those who have
mobility difficulties. The weather was forecast gales and rain for the
weekend but on the Saturday morning the team turned up to dry weather but
very cold winds. Jim mastered the hired digger and the work was done in a
couple of hours, well under the estimated time. Despite the digger there was
also a lot of manual work carried out with shovels and wheelbarrows so a
huge thanks goes out to all those who helped on the day. Visit the views of the flying site page to see the pictures
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| 18th March 2007 | History of Aero Modelling | |
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At the next social meeting (3rd April) John Prothero is going to talk about the history of aero modelling, or how we got from oiled silk and bamboo to the present day through the introduction of balsa wood, free flight, control line, single channel, and galloping ghost, reeds (non proportional multi channel) and the introduction of proportional control. He will also have part of his collection of vintage Keil Kraft kits along with examples of assembled models, to explain how things evolved. We shall also be building a model using 1960s technology, so could each member bring along the following: - A very sharp modelling knife, a metal straight edge (ruler), a cutting board (cardboard will do) and some blue tack for weight. Johns intention is that each member will go away with a traditionally built chuck glider, He may turn up with a choice of designs, He is working on the design aspect at the moment, and everything else including wood will be supplied by me. He just hopes that he doesn't bore the pants off everyone! If previous talks are anything to go by there's no chance of that! Would members reading this post pass on the info as not everyone has access to the internet and this notice missed the newsletter.
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| 5th March 2007 | Rob delivers a talk on the pro's and con's of electric flight | |
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To show what tremendous advances have been in electric flight technology over the past few years Rob started the evening with a demonstration of the PicoZ micro helicopter which by the end of the night most members had the opportunity to fly it. Rob had brought along his collection of electric models which illustrated how electric flight had advanced from the 400 size can motors and heavy NiCad cells to the latest high performance brushless outrunner motors and lightweight Lithium Polymer packs. Of particular significance was the Twin Jet brought by Andy Monks. This model represented a milestone in electric flight due to its being constructed from almost indestructible EPP foam as well as being both fast and stylish. This model stands alone as being responsible for converting many modellers to electric flight including a number of our members. Take a look at some of the models on display in the gallery section To conclude the evening Rob compared the relative running costs of electric and glow powered models over a flying season. Despite the fact that batteries cost significantly more than fuel when the low cost of recharging is taken into account a considerable saving can be made by going electric.
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