Our very own Mark Barnes alias "Barneseyboy" won the Electric Indoor Masters Freestyle Championship, a big well done Mark
Click on the Link below for a slide show of Rhyl IMAC 2011
Click Here to view slideshow of 2011 Aerotow
A picture of the Castle Inn Rhuddlan where we hold our winter Club Nights
Indoor Flying at the Rhyl Sports Centre Grange Rd Rhyl
Has now resumed for winter 2011/12
13.00-16.00hrs Every Saturday
Until further notice
2012 Membership Application Form Click
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2012 Committee and their email adresses
Chairman...............Andy Sayle andy@andy-sayle.co.uk
Treasurer & Membership Secretary..................R. Badham rhylmodelflying@btinternet.com
Secretary...... Ian Reid reid388@btinternet.com
Committee Members
Mark Barnes barnesyboy@3drc.info
Charlie Cornes charles.cornes1@btinternet.com
Danny Moffat danielmoffat@tiscali.co.uk
Allan Patrick allanpatrick@ic24.net
B.M.F.A. Club No, 199
Mark Barnes has been hard at work behind the scenes and has come up with a dedicated forum for the use of of our members. Please note that like any forum, for this to work well it's entirely dependant on the input of it's users, and without this will fade into oblivion. So please enjoy and most of all use this forum, read enjoy and most of all POST on it. Well done Mark and finally click on the above banner to take you there.
Well Done Will !
Will Bertoni receiving his "B" Certificate from Richie on Suday 26th September having passed the test some three weeks previously
Click HERE to view a slideshow depicting Will's latest scale project
namely his PT19
Northern Ireland IMAC 23rd/24th May 2009
a report B.C.
"What's The Craic"
On the Thursday prior to the event myself and Richie Badham were picked up by Dave Lucas in his Transit van and full to the rafters with camping gear and models we headed off in convoy with Phil Hoyle and Mal Green in Mal's van for the Holyhead ferry to Dublin. From Dublin it was about an hour and a half's drive to the Tyrella Beach venue where we arrived around eight in the evening after a shopping stop at Sainsbury's in Newry. The venue was fantastic, a massive equestrian polo pitch apparently well manicured (more of this anon) We just had time pitch our tents and renew some acquaintances before turning in for the night
Friday dawned with a stiff breeze, which was to be with us from slightly varying directions for most of the weekend, we breakfasted and prepared for an intensive days practice as the weeks before had not permitted much due to the weather. Richie had two deadstick landings almost immediately the second of which led to him catching a wheel in divot left by the polo ponies from the previous evening which due to the unforgiving nature of the Comparf Yak's undercarriage led to some fuselage damage. Sadly the rest of Richie's day was spent in stripping out and repairing the Yak after our hosts the Poots family had organised some glass cloth and resin supplies. I squeezed in three or four practice flights during the day. By evening Richie's Yak was ready for test flights but we had to wait for some polo matches to be played. Finally with darkness looming Rich managed about three flights and with some engine tuning everything seemed OK although he still hadn't had any schedule practice
I interrupt the repair with camera Trev and Rich hard at it
Saturday dawned overcast and even more windy with low cloud level, our travelling companion Dave Lucas was elected to do a cloud level test flight and as his model soon disappeared from sight the start was postponed for about an hour. Soon the comp was under way and I got my first nervous flights in Sportsmans out of the way. Shortly it was time for Rich to step up to the plate and he was immediately hit by two more deadsticks on his usually 100% reliable motor, any way long story short as he had not attempted any manoeuvres I suggested he use my Extra and the judges gave him the green light, so basically we used my model for the whole comp as the workload on pilots is so high for the whole weekend with Knowns, Unknowns, calling, scribing and calling for the judges just leaves little or no time for fettling models. Saturdays weather was very squally, one squall actually lifting our two 1/3 scale models a couple of feet off the ground. The weather did relent slightly late in the afternoon in time for Saturday's optional freestyle.
DA Dave Lucas prepares his Unknowns (how he stayed in shorts I know not)
Yours truly scribing and calling for for judge Dave Nolan in the Unlimited class the garb gives you some idea of the weather
I think I've got more layers on than I wear on the Orme in winter
Sunday dawned sunny but equally windy, crosswind on the back of your neck and believe it or not colder than under the cloud on Saturday, just two more Knowns and yet another Unknown for Rich and I. Rich flew his Knowns well but struggled with his Unknown, probably some of the figures a little much in the power stakes for my Extra. I on the other hand wasn't happy with my knowns picking up a couple of nervous zeros, however I made a good fist of my Unknown and finished my weekends flying on a high note.
There were public raffles one both days with a pilot's draw on Sunday with over £4000 worth of prizes The first prize on Saturday was a 7channel Spektrum set of gear 1st prize on Sunday's public draw was a DA 85 engine and 1st in the pilot's draw was a DA 100 twin. During this brief report I have moaned about the weather a little but in reality it had little effect on us because the event was so fantastic that it outshone everything the weather could throw at us. The venue right alongside the mountains of Mourn with it's back to the beach, what a place to fly model aeroplanes and finally but by no means least the hospitality we received was fantastic The Poots family Matt Mum and Dad Trevor the Mc Neil family and all the members of Tyrella MFC who kept us fed and watered for the duration what more can we say but thank you, sometimes words just aren't enough. I finished fourth in Sportsmans and Rich 3rd in Intermediate, which all things considered flying someone else's model in windy conditions ain't too damn shabby. We made many new friends over there and I'm sure God and finances willing we will return.
Finally just a mad dash for the ferry, but that's "another story"
Rich receiving his pot for third in Intermediate
Jem Mathews obviously enjoying himself on the Orme Sunday 4th Jan 2009 photo courtesy of Tim Mackey
Our Open Day Event Sunday June 1st 2008
Click on this link Open Day Slideshow and view an album of still photos compiled by Mark Barnes and taken by Richard Thomas. A good time was had by all even though rain did slightly prematurely close proceedings.
The above picture shows Leigh Hodson's EDF Sabre by Fly Fly here's a link to a video of it in action enjoy Leigh's EDF Sabre
Now for a couple of shots of Richie Badham's Composite ARF YAK 55 powered by a BME 110 cc twin. Richie's had the model a while and I am remiss in not publishing photos of it previously. Both Richie and myself have been practicing hard for the forthcoming IMAC UK competition at Rhyl that is when our yet again brilliant summer weather permits.
Just a few lines to describe the club, its based on the area surrounding Rhyl on the North Wales coast, the flying field is just outside Rhyl and a location map can be found lower down this page. Main interests are radio control sport with a large variety of models of all types, power, gliders& tugs, electric, a small amount of control line and rumor has it someone has just invested in a jet (turbine), watch this space. Visitors are welcome to fly with prior arrangement but they must have proof of BMFA insurance before flying.
The Club has an excellent ongoing relationship with the farmer from whose field we fly, and to that end any safety or noise issues are vigorously pursued. The club being BMFA affiliated actively promotes the associations attainment schemes i.e. the "A" and "B" tests for both fixed wing and helicopters (N.B.at this moment in time we are not taking on any trainee helicopter pilots), and to this end we have four BMFA examiners and several instructors. We are also well equipped with a frequency monitor, frequency checker and also a noise meter. We use a peg board as our main safety system, this being of the "peg off" type. If you're in the area and fancy finding out what the hobbies all about pay us a visit at the field and find out.
Where Are We?
The field is on the north side of the road opposite the arrow.
The above map or I should say the red arrow on it gives a rough guide to the location of the club field about 3/4 of a mile west of Rhuddlan on the A547, if you do intend to visit us sometime do take care on the road (A 547)outside the field as parking is very restricted at the field access gate and the traffic is usually fast moving along this stretch. There have been some close shaves over the years. We are very lucky with the field and have very few restrictions on it's use and can fly seven days a week weather permitting. Here's a large scale section of an O.S. map again the arrow indicates the gate to our field and the field is coloured yellow to assist. The grid reference for the gate is SJ 001 776
And here we are on Google Earth, somebody's done a good job mowing the strip !!!
Local Weather Station?
Click on the map below
or here
Rhyl
South
A couple of images from last year, Jem and Zaid doing a joint retrieval on the Orme and Rich taking advantage of the best part of the day
hovering at dusk with his foamy
The above photo is an excellent representation of Tim Mackey's Sabre which is electric ducted fan
compliments to John Bowman, who was on the camera, a very atmospheric shot.
Above is a headline photo from our aerotow on Sunday August 22nd 2004 a good time was had by all and I'm sure more pictures and stories will follow.
The two tugs for a busy day were Richie Badham with his ZDZ 80 powered AH Designs Wilga and your webmaster B.C. flying a 3W 60 powered, modified
Megawot kindly loaned by Alan Hawes.
John Barrows' Lancaster AKA The Flying Workmate
Sunday 25th of April saw the maiden flight of John Barrow's Lancaster, it's sound and appearance in the air is truly fantastic and a great credit to John, sadly the landing resulted in some minor damage to the retracts but I'm sure it will not be too long before it's back where it belongs in the air. Well done John, the photo by the way is by John Bowman.
A Nostalgic look Back at Summer2002
Below you'll find a few photos all the work of John Bowman I hope they'll give you a feel of the summer sadly now passed and hope they encourage us all to look forward to the season ahead.
Peter Goldsmith's aerobatic trimming article
35Mhz Get the Peg B4U turn on
Even if your on 2.4 Gig Think SAFE act SAFE and have FUN !!!!
Webmaster B.Colclough
30/01/2012