Thursday 31 December 2015
Happy New Year
Wishing everyone a very Happy New Year have fun Paul :)
Tuesday 29 December 2015
Monday 28 December 2015
Post xmas blues
Friday 25 December 2015
Thursday 24 December 2015
Lessons For The Budding Learners Out There - Never Give Up
Wednesday 23 December 2015
A Bit Of History Of Our Flying Field...
Make sure you open up the video to full screen so you can read the page.
Enjoy.
Monday 21 December 2015
Soaps
Thursday 17 December 2015
Friday 11 December 2015
SLOPE SOARING SATURDAY
Looks like we will have to miss out this week unless one of you has a direct link to the
"weather gods". We may need to turn pagan...
Sorry lads...
Sunday 6 December 2015
Saturday 5 December 2015
Flying In Storm Desmond.
Friday 4 December 2015
Wednesday 2 December 2015
Slope Soaring Again - Why don't you try it!
NO we were not the first "nuts" there - four others beat us to it.
Want to try it? The Zagi is just £40 and some parcel tape - a couple of quid. Two old 148 servo's you put in the bin and that old 35Mhz Rx and a battery and that all you need to enjoy this side of the hobby.
The Zagi is almost unbreakable - the impacts it takes are unbelievable and you just pick it up and throw it into the sky again...
If you want advice or help - ask - loads of us have made them...
Tuesday 1 December 2015
Slope Soaring - Anybody !
If you are interested or want a lift give me or Jan a bell.
Saturday 28 November 2015
Thursday 19 November 2015
Zagi Time...
35 MHz.. - Crumbs where is me crystal!
Friday 13 November 2015
Thursday 12 November 2015
KEEP YOUR EYES OPEN WHEN PASSING THE FIELD...
If your passing the field please cast a glance over to see if anyone is messing about with our gate. They have to be taking tools over there as its so far.
The short steel scaffold pole with its two brackets have been taken together with 2 padlock and the steel locking pin... No scrap value!
As a temporary measure the below "mod" has been done till it can be sorted The gate can't be lifted at this time...
Monday 2 November 2015
A FEW BITS FOR SALE
Sunday 1 November 2015
FOGGED OFF no swearing!
Great British weather. PS at least there was no wind!
Monday 26 October 2015
Friday 23 October 2015
Wednesday 21 October 2015
Monday 19 October 2015
Weekend - There Is Life...
Tuesday 13 October 2015
Saturday 10 October 2015
Sunday 4 October 2015
Sunday 27 September 2015
NEW - FLAT PACK EXHAUST FOR SALE
Could be "Art", New design or
I will let you say...
Wednesday 23 September 2015
Aviation Links Of This Island
It's easy to see where we are now but what about back then when it was an all new sport... Have a look at this link and see a bit more of The Isle Of Sheppey.
http://www.eastchurchpc.kentparishes.gov.uk/default.cfm?pid=1401
Tuesday 22 September 2015
Sunday 20 September 2015
The Story Of The Brick - Part 3
Only the ditch to finish off now!
Monday 14 September 2015
Saturday 12 September 2015
Tuesday 8 September 2015
Monday 7 September 2015
Sunday 6 September 2015
Fantasy Of Flight Museum
I have tried to link video 2 & 3 but no luck so here they are
https://youtu.be/J1F_UJaaP1A
https://youtu.be/eOXxUApaaWo
Saturday 5 September 2015
Wednesday 2 September 2015
Monday 31 August 2015
Sunday 23 August 2015
New Gate
Great place for a wind sock, the counter balance is not in place yet so if you open it wear a hard hat and watch your fingers...I would advise strongly that you walk to the pits untill the gate is finished.
Saturday 22 August 2015
Friday 21 August 2015
WE NEED YOUR HELP THIS SATURDAY - PLEASE
Hi all. We need some help this Saturday please...
Also need a few items to help with the "construction".
Shovels, Wheelbarrows, Buckets.
It's usually a good laugh when we do this with a lot of banter so please come along and remember
.
Wednesday 19 August 2015
MEDWAY SUMMER BBQ AND FIREWORK DAY
Sunday 16 August 2015
Friday 14 August 2015
Flying Spectacular Stills - Very Nice
Regards Peter.
Monday 10 August 2015
Just a Weekend at Our Flying Field
Sunday 9 August 2015
New member
Well finally plucked up the courage to spend some time at the field this weekend and had a great time put some faces to the names and was made to feel at home :) very friendly bunch look forward to making more new friends and to getting my wings should be a larf well for everyone else gotta start sometime ;)
Thanks again 4 making me feel so welcome, oh nearly forgot wot i came on to waffle about finally signed up as a new member please be gentle with me....
Have fun Paul :)
"Gordon Bennett" - It's The Sheppey Air Museum At Eastchurch.
Gordon Bennett Air Race held at Eastchurch in 1911 and there are no images of the poster anywhere on the internet.
Found what I wanted here proudly displayed.
Thursday 6 August 2015
Tuesday 4 August 2015
RC Hotel - Prize Draw.
You need to look at the video to find out who won!
Monday 3 August 2015
Club Scale Day 2015.
THEY BOTH JUDGED FOR THE STATIC AND FLYING AT OUR EVENT. AT THE END OF THE DAY A GREAT TIME WAS HAD BY ALL.
Friday 31 July 2015
SCALE DAY
Scale Day - Weather is looking good on Sunday for scale day to go ahead. As long as the weather holds IT'S ON FOLKS!
Competition starts at 12 noon so dust off your scale models!
Check on blog for any updates.
Friday 24 July 2015
Thursday 23 July 2015
Copy Of Post On Streetlife....
We cycled down to Bartons point to see the event on Saturday and we really enjoyed our time spent there. The flying skills were second to none and everyone was enjoying themselves in the lovely weather conditions. The real bonus was that it was free to get in, which is amazing in this day and age and the refreshments were very reasonably priced as well.... an ice cream with a flake was a very welcome addition whilst viewing a flying display. A big thank you to the organisers for staging, what must be one of the most premier events on Sheppey. Roll on next year.
Tuesday 21 July 2015
Simon Wood - Amazing Night Flying
Monday 20 July 2015
Monday 13 July 2015
Friday 10 July 2015
Thursday 2 July 2015
WW1 Flight Simulator - The Flying Spectacular 18 / 19th July
So you fancy yourself as a pilot!
Try the full size WW1 fighter plane and see how you fair - in combat.This is a real cockpit with a real joystick and firing button
NOT A COMPUTER SCREEN...
Your "score" is kept so you can see if you have the ability to have stayed alive... The simulator has a number of settings - this one is the "Tame" setting.
Wednesday 1 July 2015
Saturday 20 June 2015
Flying Spectacular
Was gutted last night as went into my diary to put in the dates for long wend to norfolk as we have a wedding to attend and slotted in that wend was your spectacular wend noooooooooooooo i thought so this morning i thought i would just say how upset i was on your blog and guess wot sitting as the top of the page your flyer for the show with the dates for the wend after the wedding YIPPEEE i must have got the dates entered wrong in my diary cool eh!!! :) happy days anyway im soo happy and if there is anything i can do to help let me know as im free ;) have fun :)
Thursday 18 June 2015
GRASS HAS BEEN CUT....
One very strange thing however was observed ...
I found Sheila wandering around the flying field - she said she had come out of the long grass and was looking for Transformer...
Tuesday 16 June 2015
Friday 5 June 2015
Wednesday 3 June 2015
Friday 29 May 2015
Thursday 28 May 2015
Metcheck update
Metcheck has been updated and now has some new options.
Open up Metcheck from the useful links section of our main page and there is now a blue toolbar with a hobbies tag - click on this and then "Model Aviation" which will open up another page.
You will then see a dropdown box in the middle of the page "select a model flying club".
Click on this and a list of the current flying sites will appear, with Bartons Point MFC 5th from the top at the moment.
Click on Bartons Point and it will open up the weather forecasts specific to the location of our field.
Hopefully they can get the predictions right and it will be useful.
All the best, Dave
Wednesday 27 May 2015
Monday 25 May 2015
Steve's Jet
Tuesday 19 May 2015
Monday 18 May 2015
Saturday 16 May 2015
A REAL TEXAN
TURN THE SOUND UP - THE ELECTRIC TEXAN SOUNDS THE SAME AS THE REAL THING SOUNDS - SCROLL DOWN A FEW POSTS BELOW... Hi Peter,
I think this is the same plane - don't know planes to well. I was at an airshow in Canada last year and recorded this - sounds great. Clip is very short - can only send 9mb. Hope you don't mind me emailing rather than posting on your blog as I was not sure how to post the video and pictures wouldn't be the same . Popped down the field last Wendsday ( see I didn't leave it till the spectacular) Only for an hour as I was helping to marshall the island run, Landing strip looks great well done to everyone. Have fun regards Paul. ( speedy brit ).
Jan Running Riot
Three lady flying members in the club - any more want to join!
An Electric Texan - With Sound
ALSO check out the sound of a REAL Texan (Posted above) which
was sent in by Paul...
Friday 15 May 2015
Thursday 14 May 2015
BPMFC - Club Flying Field.
FLAT, NO TREES, NO RABBITS, FRESH AIR, BEACH AND :-
Most important of all...
GOOD COMPANY... Enjoy. Regards Peter
Wednesday 13 May 2015
Tuesday 12 May 2015
Saturday 9 May 2015
Friday 8 May 2015
Maiden noob flight
ventured out beyond the safety of my garden, Maiden flight lil foamie still lives to fly another day. Now i'm back on simulator coz its harder in breeze than Phoenix was letting on! and didnt reset at my feet when i landed though nettles broke the bad landing they are well stinging ;) U guys make it look so easy great fun though :)
Wednesday 6 May 2015
Wednesday 29 April 2015
Friday 24 April 2015
Monday 20 April 2015
Sunday 19 April 2015
Saturday 18 April 2015
Thursday 16 April 2015
Wednesday 15 April 2015
Raffle Prize
Monday 13 April 2015
Friday 10 April 2015
From 1200 pm
Just to let you know the field will be open tomorrow for flying from noon.
Park your car in our car park and walk all your equipment and planes to the field.
No cars are to drive onto the field at this stage. The field still needs to be looked after. Enjoy your new field.
Jan
Saturday 4 April 2015
Tuesday 31 March 2015
Bartons Point Model Spectacular 2015 Teaser
Field Update
Tuesday 17 March 2015
Brass Wheel Collets
STUCK. Need 4 brass wheel collets with fitted grub screws - to fit a 6.03 mm U/C axle shaft.
Tried drilling out the 5mm type but there is not enough "meat" left for the grub screw to bite and the thread strips. Needs to hold very firm...
Monday 9 March 2015
Of Interest For FPV.
Sunday 1 March 2015
Hows Our Flying Field Getting On ?
The main feature is IT IS VERY FLAT INDEED and once its rolled and the grass is cut it will be a dream.Will see you all soon - Peter.
Saturday 28 February 2015
Dji Phantom flies into Volcano
Yasur, Tanna Island Vanuatu – February 25, 23:15 UTC
Monday 23 February 2015
Thursday 12 February 2015
Wednesday 11 February 2015
Monday 26 January 2015
Swimming Lessons
This shows amazing resilience - Needs a Catalina like mine I recon...