General

There is a lot of info out there on the internet. Some of it is misleading rubbish and some of it is very useful.www.rc-airplane-world.com definitely comes under "very useful". It contains loads of info about RC aircraft - everything from blimps to jets and all served up with plenty of common sense.Many thanks to Peter who runs rc airplane world for including a link to our club in his club directory.Yes, I know it should be "aeroplane" world and not "airplane" world :-)  I've taken this up with (British) Peter - he says it was a choice he made to maximise Google hits from our US friends. 

Another good day at the field. See gallery for pictures.

The club constitution is now available as a pdf under admin.

The club put on a stall at Kilham's 'Fun Day' event this Sunday to promote interest in the club. See gallery for pictures.

See gallery for pictures.

In May our chairman Ian and club member Pete were invited by a local junior school in Bridlington to give a talk on WW2 aircraft to help with the kids understanding of that period of history. The visit went very well and afterwards we were very happy to receive this letter from the children :- Letter from Bay Primary School

The runway now includes a circular area for control line flying. See gallery for video.

This Saturday saw our first spot landing competition in which members competed to land as close as possible to a target. The worthy winner was Duncan who landed only 1.4m from the centre. See gallery for pictures.

A bit of variety on the field for the first day of June.See gallery for pictures.

Some of our model flying is "FPV" (First Person View) where the model is flown through an onboard camera.One FPV plane at the club is a Tundra fitted with an EagleTree Vector flight controller and a Mobius camera on a pan & tilt mount.Plane weighs in at 1.8kg – as compared to a more normal weight for a Tundra of around 1.2kg – so a bit more throttle and care in cornering is necessary compared to an average “floaty” Tundra.Battery is a 3S 2700mAh giving a safe 8 mins of flight (plus a number of minutes to spare).See gallery for pictures.