Scale Day.

SCALE DAY IS ON FOR THIS SUNDAY 25th MAY!

This is confirmation that our 2014 Scale Day is now on for this Sunday 25th May at BPMFC.
Start time for first readiness flying and general registration with me is from 10:00 a.m. followed by static stand-off judging. All relevant safety checks will be performed prior to flying. 

Judging will start from around 12:00 noon or sooner if everyone is ready through to the afternoon with certificates and prizes awarded late afternoon.  Would you please start by sending me emails to Salvador.psaila@btinternet.com to confirm your attendance.  Bring your own food and drink. All members welcome and your help would be appreciated even if you are not competing.  Simon Psaila

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Hi All, I have been contacted by Mandy Shade from the Boathouse Cafe that a full size helicopter has been granted permission to land on the events field on Saturday 31st May  it will land at 12.40pm and take off 5 minutes later at 12.45pm.
The helicopter is taking a Groom to his wedding at Harty Ferry.
I would ask any members at the field that day to refrain from flying any model after 12.15 until the all clear has been given by the Marshalls.
Car site access may be prevented by safety Marshalls between certain times to and from our parking area and I would ask that you respect any instructions given.
Jan Bruce (Secretary)

SCALE DAY IS ON FOR THIS SUNDAY 25TH MAY

This is confirmation that our 2014 Scale Day is now on for this Sunday 25th May at BPMFC.

Start time for first readiness flying and general registration with me is from 10:00 a.m. followed by static stand-off judging.

Judging of flying will start from around 12:00 noon or sooner if everyone is ready through to the afternoon with certificates and prizes awarded late afternoon.  Would you please start by sending me emails to Salvador.psaila@btinternet.com to confirm your attendance.  Bring your own food and drink. All members welcome and your help would be appreciated even if you are not competing.  Simon Psaila

                                                      THE STORY OF ROY'S BLERIOT XI

The Bleriot XI
 

After much abuse and ribbing, I am now going to attempt to put some photographs and a 'write-up'on the Club Blog! Deep breath and here goes!
When I got the Bleriot, it had been crashed and left in a garage awaiting repair! Sadly the original owner of the 'Cambrian' kit died and the aircraft got abandoned. It had been run with a diesel and the front was deeply impregnated with fuel and beyond help. 

Looking rather neglected 

There was a bit of a twist in the fuselage, it needed a  lot of carpentry on the front, recovering, re-rigging, new suspension and an engine and electrics. 

The firewall and suspension looking a bit second hand!

When stripping the old covering from the wings and tail-plane, some accident damage and more warping came to light. A bit of timber surgery and a steam gun sorted the problem.

Disassembled, cleaned and ready for the rebuild!

I was unhappy with the under-carriage and did a bit of research on the Interweb. Luckily, I established that dear old Louis built several Mk XI's all to the customers specifications, thus no two Mk XI's were alike!! This left me lots of room for 'builders licence'.

The finished job on the tail feathers

Taking the easy bit first, repairing and re-covering the 'back-end' was relatively easy. After replacing the original 'closed loop' elevator and rudder controls I constructed a tail skid to keep things looking sweet. 

 

 Coming along!

The original 'cockpit' structure was a bit shabby, so I fabricated a replacement in balsa. Due to there being quite a heavy engine ready to install, I placed the 'LiFe' battery and the 2 servos well to the rear. The fuel tank was directly over the C of G. The undercarriage was the result of viewing lots of Louis Bleriot's aircraft.

All in place with room to spare

I had acquired a Saito FS45 which I mounted on beech beams which pass through the suspension and firewall and into second bulkhead. Solid as can be. The engine servo is on the rear of the firewall and has only a 50mm linkage.

The suspension looks a bit flimsy but it works

What, have you never dropped a spanner?

Louis on board and ready to fly to England.
 Au revoir, mon amis!

IMPORTANT NOTICE

Hi All, I have been contacted by Mandy Shade from the Boathouse Cafe that a full size helicopter has been granted permission to land on the events field on Saturday 31st May  it will land at 12.40pm and take off 5 minutes later at 12.45pm.
The helicopter is taking a Groom to his wedding at Harty Ferry.
I would ask any members at the field that day to refrain from flying any model after 12.15 until the all clear has been given by the Marshalls.
Car site access may be prevented by safety Marshalls between certain times to and from our parking area and I would ask that you respect any instructions given.
Jan Bruce (Secretary)

SCALE DAY IS ON FOR THIS SUNDAY 25th MAY

This is confirmation that our 2014 Scale Day is now on for this Sunday 25th May at BPMFC.
Start time for first readiness flying and general registration with me is from 10:00 a.m.
Judging will start from around 12:00 noon through to the afternoon with certificates and prizes awarded late afternoon.  Would you please start by sending me emails to Salvador.psaila@btinternet.com to confirm your attendance.  Bring your own food as there will not be a BBQ.  All members welcome and your help would be appreciated even if you are not competing.  Simon Psaila

A few of the lads down the field Thursday.

EUROFIGHTER - Vectored Thrust

Thanks John Eddy - Between us we have enough pictures to get something on the blog...

SORRY - Video & Stills.

Sorry to all at the field this weekend - my camera / card threw a wobbly and as a result I have nothing to put on our site...
If anyone else took any photo's / video could they please consider loading it to our site so all is not lost.
It was the Devils work...
Peter.

This guys mad

http://youtu.be/mQT26oxOG4cE

Follow up

U quad boys should like this

Field Update - Looking SIX TONS Better...

After the six tons of top soil was laid in the hollows on the 6th April the soil has not settled any more and it's level and undamaged.
The grass seed should start to germinate with the rain we had on the evening of Bank holiday Monday and we should have a few more showers this week to keep it growing. The picture below may look drastic but the ground is level and just awaiting the grass to grow...

Whats Been Going On

Lots Going On Bank Holiday Monday - And The Sun Shone!

One for Pete !!

Sorry I've not been down for a while guys but looking forward to getting down soon.

     I thought Pete might like this death bomber I've aquired LOL  .  Maiden has happened and was very eventful .

The day was totally mad at Bottisham. There was all the ingredients for total disaster  . 
1st off a Nervous Rookie pilot with no more than 10 flights in total on a Jet, lots of knobs,buttons and flight modes to remember, a runway which was short and also peppered with mini ski moguls and a maiden on something from scratch  

Take off was schweet and the JetCat120SX propelled her very nicely , 1/2 flap was in and my initial trim had 1.5mm down elevator for 1/2flap. This was totally wrong and after the wheels left the ground she wanted to dive rather than ballooning as i thought she would  . Ok so this wasn't a biggy but i used all my up trim left on the tx for straight and level flight with the wheels still down. 
Next was full landing flap again with wheels still down which i had pre trimmed to 2.5mm down elevator! Again totally wrong and actually needed the opposite trim which again left me running out of trim on the TX, i was starting to poo myself at this stage realising yet again Joe hadn't got a clue  So i now have 2 flap settings somewhere near correct and decide to trim with the the flaps put away for straight flight so after a little peek at the tx for my switches flaps were taken out and wheels up, full throttle and some play time  at which point 3 seconds later quite a bang and of flew the 1 tip tank which are pretty big and threw the trims out quite significantly ( I'm really crapping it now lol) trimmed her as best i could and decided to cut my losses here and try for a landing knowing i got plenty of fuel if she's not looking good to go round again.

Wheels down and full flap deployed with a flyby to check wheels , right hand wheel is not locked  put the flaps away and climbed to get altitude and tried for some bumpity bumps on the way down which didn't work nor did any amount of right hand rolls to get her to lock.  

Oh well lets just do it and land this thing as I'm getting more and more anxious , 1st approach was scrubbed as was going to touch down over 1/2 way on the patch , 2nd looked much neater and smooth and as the back wheels touched a small bump jolted her momentarily back up which locked the right hand wheel  , landing was then smooth but when the nose leg touched down she broke the Piano wire pin on a filed flat area where the steering horn locks into place.

PHEW Its over ,down and not really broke. This whole flight was 4 mins but seemed a bloody eternity. 


Would i do this again as a Maiden , YES , but i think when my Eurosport goes up I'm gonna have a more seasoned Jet pilot talk me through stuff 1st

I WANT ONE

Fantastic - I want one - make it two so Jan can fly as well...

Sound meter

Need to borrow sound meter for Thursday if weather ok so can check most of my model who's got one or can find there's so I can use if

For Sale

Handley Page HP 42 - I feel this is a bit out of my comfort zone so after all the work I have put in I feel she should go to another home.
£425. Full refurb video (You may get fed up as its long and you need to put the YouTube slider to the start position as it wants to start some way in) Regards Peter.
  

Our Phantom in East Sussex.