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(Shameless copy & paste, with edits, from last year's thread) Arrangements have got to be started sometime, so here we go. Weekend of 11th & 12th May 2019 Location - Little Bentley, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8SN. We had another great event last year - 2018 thread I will create an event on the F3X Vault website - pre-payment is a requirement for registration. A list of entrants will be kept here but actual entry is to be made on the F3X Vault site please. UK entrants pay direct to me to avoid conversion fees from GBP-EURO-GBP Entry fees are Senior £25 and
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Now that winter testing is fully underway, I can see the benefit of a telemetry receiver in gauging practice launch heights. I recall at last April's try it day at Buckminster that someone was using a Lemon telemetry receiver. I assume it was a Lemon LM0051. Question is will it work safely on a single Lipo? 3.7v-4.02v. Literature for an LM0051 suggests not - 4.5v min. I currently use a Lemon RX6 which runs fine for over an hour on a 1s lipo.
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Arrangements have got to be started sometime, so here we go. Weekend of 12th & 13th May 2018 Location - Little Bentley, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8SN. We had another great event last year - 2017 thread - can even more pilots be persuaded to come? I have created the event on the F3X Vault website - pre-payment is a requirement for registration. A list of entrants will be kept here but actual entry is to be made on the F3X Vault site please. UK entrants pay direct to me to avoid conversion fees from GBP-EURO-GBP Entry fees are Senior £25 and Junior £10, pre-paym
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Is there a separate competition / league for 1m class DLG’s? Apologies if I’ve missed it, but cannot find any posts on the forum.
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Contest time again! Fingers crossed for weather like today! All are welcome, but BMFA insurance is a necessity. New contest pilots especially welcome, no experience necessary - well, you need to be able to launch and land. This F3K league event is to be held at Twywell - not far from Kettering. This is a farm field and is normally grazed by sheep. The start time will be 10:00 - please aim to arrive by 09:30 at the latest. Entries close at 18:00 on Friday 27 April. Please bring your BMFA Membership card to show for proof of insurance. An entry fee of £10 per head w
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For those that remember Ollie
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BMFA F3K League event - ISA Field Hockliffe 23/09/2017
cirrusRC posted a topic in F3K and Handlaunch
All pilots are welcome but BMFA insurance is a necessity. New contest pilots especially welcome. This F3K league event is to be held at Hockliffe, north of Dunstable on the A5. This is a private club site and a farm field, normally grazed by sheep. The start time will be 10:00 - please aim to arrive in time for a pilots briefing at 9:45am Entries close at 18:00 on Friday 22nd Sept. Please bring your BMFA Membership card to show for proof of insurance. An entry fee of £10 per head will be charged for this event - please be ready to pay on the day - juniors free. -
So the journey begins to the 2017 F3k model glider world champion ships. An early start from the frozen north leaving my house at 00:15. Now at Heathrow waiting for the other mikes. Thanks to all that have helped me get here and a special thanks to Neil lhttps://www.superfly.online/ Denis http://www.ds-composites.eu/ and Richard at bowing for their support. For those interested in keeping up to date with the result they will be at http://wch2017.f3k.in.ua/
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COMPETITION CANCELLED. FORECAST TO BE TOO WINDY. BMFA F3K League 10 June 2017 Malvern. At the Malvern Soaring Association field in Upton on Severn. This is a great venue for gliding with plenty of space and apparently the weather is going to be brilliant! PM me or post here to enter with name, freq and BMFA number. Deadline for entries 1900 Thursday 8 June. I will make a call on the weather 1200 09 June and post here. BMFA membership required. £10 on the day. As always, first time competition pilots very welcome. Please arrive by 0930 latest for the first round to start at 1000. Dire
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Radioglide 2017 F3K Report and Results
mikef posted a F3K article event or Report in Contest Reports
Entries were well up this time on the past few years at 18 - we only had 8 in 2016. This trend has been there for all of the first three F3K events this season and is a very welcome sign. Not just more entries but an improving standard of flying across the board with several new names coming in and already flying at a good standard. We were all keen to see and try the new BMFA National Centre field and we were not disappointed. Driving up from London I met increasingly overcast conditions and a fair breeze from the west. The sky cleared during the day and the wind dropped off giving idea -
Hi guys, Bit of a long shot but anyone in the Midlands/Worcestershire area up for having a fly with me? I have my new Snipe together but my flying is terrible, i thought i was getting there when i had my Blaster 3.5 but since switching to the Snipe i'm really having a difficult time and feeling like quitting dlg. I read you have to keep the speed up with these models, but since i always fly alone i have no idea what the optimal speed looks like. I'm also losing a lot of height in turns. And then there is my launch height, i don't know if it's not accurate as i can't get it to z
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It's Radioglide time again and this year we get our first taste of the field at the BMFA National Flying Centre! Please get your entries in ASAP. Unlike our normal events late entries can be tricky (sorry for highlighting this so late). Entries close on Friday 19th, this Friday! As usual, new entrants are very welcome and we will do our best to take care of you. Online entry link: https://www.barcs.co.uk/store/category/5-radioglide-entry/ Start time is 10am, so please aim to get there by about 9am to get yourselves set up to be ready. Please post below once you have ente
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So, over on RC Groups they are discussing the quality and life of the KST 08 servos and they seem really hit and miss. But there are a lot more USA dlg fliers than there are UK fliers so naturally problems may show up with more of them being used over there. You guys here in the UK using them, how are you finding them? i had 4 in Blaster 3 but i didn't own that for very long and have 4 for my Vortex. But, if they are becoming a bit hit or miss, i would rather not finish the build with them and use something else, i'd rather go to something not as well spec'd but that's going to last, rath
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Its snowing outside so what better way to spend the evening than sorting out stuff for May :-) Weekend of 13th & 14th May 2017 We had a great event last year, let's see if we can encourage a few more entries and make 2017 a fantastic one! Location for the event - Little Bentley, Colchester, Essex, CO7 8SN. I have created the event on the F3XVault website - pre-payment is a requirement for registration. A list of entrants will be kept here but actual entry is to be made on the F3XVault site please. Entry fees are Senior £25 and Junior £10, pre-payment is required
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Planning a trip to Switzerland next year to visit family. Anyone know if they have any restrictions or requirements to flying there? Don't want to get on the wrong side of the Swiss! I'll be mostly flying DLG & hopefully some sloping from the hillsides.
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Sorry - cancelled! This F3K league event is to be held near Bracknell, courtesy of the Thames Valley Silent Flyers. This is a private club field and is normally 'members only'. Spectators please PM me first for confirmation. The start time will be 10:30 - please arrive by 10:00 at the latest. The entry fee is £10 payable on the day - juniors free. Entries close at 18:00 on Friday 30th September. Please PM your entry to me, giving:- Name BMFA number 1st and 2nd choices of 35MHz frequency or state 2.4GHz. I'll update this list as the entries come in. 1 Mike
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RESERVE DATE for BMFA F3K Team Selection Contest Will only be used if required! Entry via a post in the F3K section of the Forum from about 2 weeks before the event.
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Cancelled - BMFA F3K League event - ISA Field Hockliffe 24/09/2015 (reserve date 25/09)
MikeDLG posted a topic in F3K and Handlaunch
All pilots are welcome but BMFA insurance is a necessity. New contest pilots especially welcome. This F3K league event is to be held at Hockliffe, north of Dunstable on the A5. This is a private club site and a farm field, normally grazed by sheep. The start time will be 10:00 - please aim to arrive by 09:30 at the latest. Entries close at 18:00 on Friday 23th Sept. Please bring your BMFA Membership card to show for proof of insurance. An entry fee of £10 per head will be charged for this event - please be ready to pay on the day - juniors free. We have the opti -
Cancelled RESERVE DATE for BMFA F3K event ISA Hockliffe
mikef posted a calendar event in Event Calendar
Cancelled RESERVE DATE for BMFA F3K Team Selection Contest near Hockliffe BEDS THIS WILL ONLY TAKE PLACE IF REQUIRED - WATCH THE FORUM! Entry via a post in the F3K section of the Forum from about 2 weeks before the event. -
Hey everyone! A question most likely for F3x competitors, what type of boxes do you use to get your models on a plane, or what have you seen in use? I've been trying to find something big enough to take a few F3K size planes, but not dramatically expensive neither. I looked at the type of transport box Hyperflight is selling, though it doesn't fill me with confidence as to the strength of one (selling a damaged box at half price now). I thought of adapting one of the Ski plastic boxes that can accommodate up to 4/5 sets of skis, but getting one big enough in UK, not to mention the pr
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BMFA F3K Team Selection Contest near Hockliffe, Beds Entry via a post in the F3K section of the Forum from about 2 weeks before the event.
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Contest is cancelled due to weather not cooperating. All are welcome, but BMFA insurance is a necessity. New contest pilots especially welcome. This F3K league event is to be held at Twywell - not far from Kettering. This is a farm field and is normally grazed by sheep. The start time will be 10:00 - please aim to arrive by 09:30 at the latest. Entries close at 18:00 on Friday 9th Sept. Please bring your BMFA Membership card to show for proof of insurance. An entry fee of £10 per head will be charged for this event - please be ready to pay on the day - juniors fr
