Sat, 16 Aug 2008 20:20:32 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/ PostNuke Powered Site en-us http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/images/logo.gif http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/ webmaster@corbymodelflying.co.uk http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article74.html The 2 day event this year was unfortunatly disrupted by the weather, we had drizzly rain on Saturday and high winds on the Sunday, so the competitions and display flying were all cancelled on the Sunday. The only good thing about that is we still have the trophys !!. However all was not lost, as on the Saturday the drizzly rain stopped mid afternoon allowing a few hours for flying. We had YT International display team put on a good display with their warbirds ME 109s, myself and Mark Owen went up after they came down and flew our Spitfires to the Battle of Britain music and Franny also flew his new Extra. YT also displayed a variety of other models, unfortunatly their september sea fury was damaged due to technical problems. Imac team displayed their models to their usual high standerds. The lads from Wellingborough club Lee Waples and Brian Cooper also put their models through their paces, remembering the weather was not good for flying we also had very low visibility, 100 feet up and your model would vanish so the standered of flying had to be good. Malcolm flew his YT International Tiger Cat which looked superb and had a real presence in the air, unfortunatly on his second flight one of the engines stopped causing it to come down in the field which did some damage to the aircraft. Dispite the weather we had a good turn out of people and the burger stall did a good trade so i would like to say thanks to Richard Russell as he was very busy through out the day.Thanks also go out to the trade stands who turned up,YT International, Imac flyers, the lads from Wellingbourough flying club and everyone who flew trying to make the most of a damp / dull day and the spectators who turned up. Thanks also must go to the following members of the corby flying club as without their help the event would not get off the ground. Daimon, Jim, Mick Bailey, Chris Harle, Franny, Carl Ward, Martin Scott, Paul Webb, R Russell, Frank Seymore who could not attend, Mark Owen and the 2 young lads which i have forgotten their names. If i have missed anyone out please accept my apologies. Lets hope next year the weather will be kinder for us. Thank you all again Graham Boycott Jim has uploaded a number of photos taken from the event here. Feel free to add your own photos. Fri, 27 Jun 2008 11:56:55 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article73.html Mick Manning has offered to arrange a minibus/coach to goto this years LMA Cosford show on the 19th & 20th of July. If you are interested then please reply to this post with your preferred day. Further details LMA Cosford 2008 Sun, 22 Jun 2008 22:05:43 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article72.html June Funday Results Climb & Glide This time the climb and glide was done a little differently. Due to the low clouds the climb time was reduced to prevent the loss of any models. We also has a mass launch. Everyone lined up on the patch and headed skywards together, when the time was up everyone had to stop thier engines and glide to the patch as slow as possible. Below are the results. Note that despite not competely stopping his engine Daimon still managed to come last! Name Model Time Carl Ward Cougar 2:23 Darren Ward Cougar 1:43 Mick Hannant Extreme 1:37 Malcolm Harle ? 1:06 Daimon McMaster Ultra Stick 1:02 Touch & Goes This event had the pilots flying one at a time. The goal to complete as many circuits as possible where each circuit includes a touch down on the patch. Nearly all the contestants for this one decided to fly the circuits with them in the center. Both Frannys and Daimons flights included a number of 'interesting' moments. Name Model Circuits Darren Ward Cougar 11 Carl Ward Cougar 10 Daimon McMaster Ultra Stick 10 Malcolm Harle ? 10 Mick Hannant Extreme 10 Francis Eady Trainer 7 Congratulations to the winners and thankyou to everyone that took part. Thu, 12 Jun 2008 18:00:15 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article70.html Don't forget Sunday 1st June for a club funday. There will be a BBQ and all the normal events ... Climb and Glide. Spot Landing. Touch and Goes Loops. Tue, 13 May 2008 22:29:52 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article65.html Tue, 19 Feb 2008 19:55:16 +0000 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article60.html Sun, 11 Nov 2007 21:42:09 +0000 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article55.html The links to each of the A, B & C Achievement certificate documents have been updated to point to the correct location. This should make brushing up for your next acheivement much easier! The link can be found in the Club info area in the top left or you can follow this Link. Wed, 25 Jul 2007 15:52:34 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article52.html Corby & District Model Aircraft Club 2 day event results 2007 A Competition Position Name Model 1st Lee Wananski . 2nd Matthew Eady Diablo 3rd Bradley Hayles . B Competition Position Name Model 1st Brian Cooper . 2nd Lee Waples . 3rd Antony Boycott . Scale Competition Position Name Model 1st Lee Waples . 2nd Graham Boycott Spitfire mk14 3rd Roy Swan Mustang P51 Scale Competition Position Name Model 1st Lee Waples . 2nd Brian Cooper Black Horse 55" Ultimate biplane 3rd Antony Boycott . Mon, 25 Jun 2007 18:31:52 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article47.html The weather stayed fine for us over the 2 days, we had some good pilots turn up and put a show on for us on the Saturday,competitors were going through their routines and there was some fun flying as well on Saturday. Sunday started with the A and B comp together, where we saw some good flying from all entrants, the set manoeuvres were easy ones but hard to do well.The Scale Comp followed after a short break, once again there was some nice flying by all, we had a variety of planes,Mustang, Me 109, Spitfire, By Plane and a Yak some competitors flew to music which was a nice touch.This was followed by the Aerobatic Freestyle comp which again some pilots flew to music and some brilliant displays were performed. To round off i think we all had a good 2 days pilots and spectators alike, the burger stall was busy as was the officials. I would like to thank everyone for their help and support, the sponsors for the cups which looked a treat, and for all of the pilots from all clubs for taking part in the competitions. We hope to have the 2 day event again next year and an exciting time again, (and hope fully to win back some of the Trophys). Graham Boycott. Tue, 19 Jun 2007 11:55:05 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article46.html Warbird Competition Competitor to perform thier schedule for 4 minutes. Points will be given for :- Scale like manner of the manouver Scale speed of the model Take off and Landings Height of manouver Overall Impression The manouvers can be flown to music. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:39:28 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article45.html Free Style Competition Competitor to perform thier schedule for 4 minutes. The manouvers can be flown to music. Points will be given for :- Difficulty of manouvers Height of Manouvers Smoothness of manouvers Content If flown to music, synchronisation to the music Overall Impression Entrants can fly to music Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:34:25 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article44.html B Flying Schedule 1) Take off and trim model. (call when ready to start) 2) 1st Manouver - 2 Consecutive rolls. Height 30-40 feet 3) 2nd Manouver - 2 Consecutive (inside) Loops. Exit to be same height as entry. 4) 3rd Manouver - 1 outside loop to finish at the same height as entry. 5) 4th Manouver - 3 turn spin. To be performed on center line. Scoring: Best of 2 rounds, maximum 25 points per manouver. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:26:16 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article43.html A Competition Flying Schedule Take off and trim model, say when ready to start. 1) Fly straight and level for 5 seconds. 2)1 inside loop. 3)1 continuous left or right hand roll. 5) 1 continous circle. Points out of 25 will be given for each manouver. Best score out of 2 rounds. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 11:18:40 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article41.html Thu, 24 May 2007 21:49:41 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article40.html Climb and Glide Competitor Time Comment Darren Ward 3:17 Daimon McMaster 2:50 Carl Ward 2:45 Mick Hannant 2:32 Chris Harle 2:27 Martin Scott 1:02 Clive 0:52 Touch and Go Competitor Number Darren Ward 11 Carl Ward 10 Daimon McMaster 9 Mick Hannant 8 Matthew Eady 7 Consecutive Loops Competitor Number Carl Ward 44 Darren Ward 42 Chris Harle 25 Mick Hannant 25 Daimon McMaster 25 Mon, 21 May 2007 00:15:18 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article38.html CORBY AND DISTRICT MODEL FLYING CLUB TWO DAY EVENT 21ST and 22ND JUNE 2008 The event will be for R/C powered aircraft The gate will be open at 8 am Saturday. Demonstration fights by model distributors. Toilet facilities will be available. Please bring your own drinking water. Free camping overnight on Saturday. Barbeque throughout the weekend and Swap meet on Saturday lunch time. Trophies and plaques for each of the 4 competitions. Saturday Schedule Saturday will be set aside for flying for fun, competition practice and demonstration flying. Transmitter control will be in force through out the weekend so please hand your TX,s in and label them with your name and frequency. Helicopters will be allowed to fly on Saturday but not Sunday. Pilots meeting will be at 10.30 am. Sat. 1 hr break lunch, flying to finish at 7.0pm ish. Swap meet to start at 12.0pm to finish at 3pm. Sunday Schedule Sunday we plan to hold some fixed wing flying competitions. See List below. There will be an entry fee of 5.00 pounds per person at TX control. Freestyle aerobatics unlimited size of aircraft max. 20kg. Flying time approx 4 mins. See Freestyle schedule. An (A) Class comp. Unlimited size of aircraft. Max. 20 kg. Flying time approx 4 mins. See (A) Comp. Schedule. A (B) Class comp. Unlimited size of aircraft max. 20 kg. Flying time approx 4 mins. See (B) comp. Schedule. Freestyle scale comp. Using commercial civilian or warbird scale aircraft unlimited size of aircraft. Pre 1955 excluding sports models max.20kg.See comp. schedule Pilots meeting 9.0 am. Presentation of the prizes to the winners of the competitions. 4.00 pm. Flying to start at 9.30am.and finish at 7pm. Thu, 17 May 2007 21:55:46 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article36.html Sun, 29 Apr 2007 23:49:00 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article35.html Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:39:10 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article34.html There are a limited number of baseball caps and polo shirts now available. Check the Club Merchandise link in the top left block for details. Hurry as once these are gone you may have to wait for the next order! Wed, 25 Apr 2007 22:32:45 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article33.html Fri, 20 Apr 2007 22:18:41 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article32.html Fri, 20 Apr 2007 01:57:48 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article30.html If you would like to have your funday video uploaded contact Daimon. Mon, 16 Apr 2007 20:25:18 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article29.html The lastest version of the club rules have been updated on the site. Check them out on the block to the left or follow this link Sun, 15 Apr 2007 22:06:59 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article28.html Thankyou to everyone the took part and attended this years easter funday. It was a great day helped by some lovely weather. We had 3 events along with free flight time. Below are the results from the events. Climb and Glide Competitor Time Comment Mick Hannant 4:16.96 Mark 2:49.47 Chris Tyler 2:42.80 Carl Ward 2:40.58 2nd Attempt Darren Ward 2:25.17 Paul Ellingham 2:02.86 Francis Eady 1:50.89 Graham 2:34.80 Off the patch Chris Harle 2:32.37 Off the patch Daimon McMaster 1:49.99 Off the patch   Touch and Go Competitor Number Darren Ward 11 Mick Hannant 8 Carl Ward 7 Chris Tyler 5 Chris Harle 5 Graham Boycott 3 Mark 3 Daimon McMaster 3 Francis Eady 0   Balloon Popping Competitor Number Mark 4 Carl 1 Francis Eady 0 Daimon McMaster 0 Darren Ward 0 Mick Hannant 0 Mark 0 If you have any phots please add them to the gallery Mon, 09 Apr 2007 00:05:59 +0100 http://www.corbymodelflying.co.uk/Article27.html Dont forget that this sunday (April 8th) is our Easter Fun Day! There will be the usual events along with barbecue and an easter egg hunt for the kids. Come along and enjoy a fun day out. Sat, 07 Apr 2007 02:23:27 +0100