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Newsletter from Alastair Ramsay
No:
01/08 – 17th January 2008
Club
Website: - Tonbridge-flyers.co.uk
Hello fellow flyers,
As this is the first Newsletter of 2008, may I take this opportunity of
belatedly wishing you all a happy new year. The foul weather has caused a lot of
interruption to our flying in recent weeks
so I hope you have made good use of the time by preparing new models for
the coming season or checking out your old models to ensure they are in flying
condition. A small number of us
took advantage of a brief respite in the weather to fly at Leigh Park Farm
yesterday. In the air conditions
were very pleasant but underfoot were extremely wet and muddy with much surface
water for models to splash down in.
I have been busy trying to grapple with my new duties as Secretary to the
club and am in the thick of the membership renewals process. Many thanks to the large number of you
who paid your subscriptions promptly.
I have received the first batch of BMFA renewal returns and have
despatched insurance documents and membership cards to many of you. A second batch has been sent to BMFA
this week with the expectation that I shall receive these insurance documents
before the end of the month. As
soon as they arrive I will post them on to the members
concerned.
May I please exhort those few who have not yet renewed their
subscriptions to do so without delay to Steve Fysh, Fairmont, Palmers Green
Road, Brenchley, Tonbridge, Kent. TN12 7BH. If you need reminding of the fees, a
membership renewal form is available on the club website, showing all the
details. It is also worth noting
that, in accordance with the new club constitution, the deadline for renewals is
31st January, after which time a further joining fee would be
applicable.
The last decent flying day that I can remember was Sunday 6th
January when, surprisingly, we were able to run the 2nd round of our
Winter Electric League. In the
“Brushed motor” class Ken Dean was the winner with myself in 2nd
place and Keith Fisher 3rd.
Simon Smith triumphed in the “Open” class event with Ken Dean
2nd and Alan Twine 3rd. Congratulations to each of them. The full results and league table
updates can be found on the website under “Competitions”. There are also a few photos of the
competition on the website, under Silent Flight gallery, just to prove that some
January days are brilliant.
Whilst on the subject of Electric gliding competitions, you may recall
that I mentioned the 200W/Kg class that was being proposed for Kent Interclub
events in 2008. This was debated at
the KIC AGM on 10th January with Keith Miller and myself
present. The outcome is that the
KIC Electric event scheduled for 13th July will comprise 3
competitions, a 400class which now allows motors up to 480 size, the previously
used “open” class which is closely similar to our own Open class and a 200W/Kg
class. If anyone is interested in
the detail of these competition rules please contact me and I will endeavour to
email a copy.
Today
I have been notified of a potentially serious fault with some Futaba 6FASST
2.4GigHz Transmitters. Apparently a few transmitters have been
identified as having a common identity code of 0000000. This appears to allow them to bond with
more than 1 receiver. If you are
using the Futaba 6 FASST 2.4GHz transmitter please check out the details of this
case through BMFA at: http://www.bmfaclassifieds.co.uk/detail.php?id=41488
. Until this issue is resolved I suggest we don’t use 2 or more Futaba 6FASST
2.4GHz transmitters concurrently unless they have been tested before launching
to check that they don’t take control over the other flyer(s)
receiver.
I will ensure that the Kent Interclub and F3J competition calendar for
the coming summer is added to the club website in the near future. In the meantime you are reminded of the
following items for your diaries:
DIARY REMINDERS
Best wishes,
Alastair Ramsay – Club Secretary
(Email: AandJRamsay@aol.com – tel: 01892
534532)