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EDIT: - Only running on Saturday, Sunday is too windy This is a two-day event, competitions will run on both Saturday and Sunday Location: BMFA Buckminster Sewstern Grantham Lincolnshire NG33 5RW Format of the day: 10:45 pilots briefing 11:00 to 15:00 competition window 15:00 fly off if necessary/prize ceremony Entry fee is £15, (£10 to Buckminster and £5 for a prize fund) FxRES is a 2m soaring class with models constructed mainly from wood. Competitions are a variant of the FAI F3L provisional class, that has a simplified format with a 4-hour window where competitors can fly up to 10 timed flights (6 min max), best 6 flights count, no landing bonus. This allows F3L and F5RES to compete alongside each other but have different score sheets. A competitor can fly both classes if they wish. Full set of rules is 7.24 in the SF rule book, BMFA membership is a must. F5RES height limiters set to 100m/30seconds, bungees are provided, please do not use your own? It would help if competitors can express their interest by posting on this thread Please bookmark this post for updates?
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Running on Saturday 7th May. Avoids a clash with f5j on the 8th The format of the day is: 9:30 field opens 10:45 pilots briefing 11:00 to 15:00 competition window 15:00 fly off if necessary/prize ceremony Entry fee is £15, (£10 to the landlord and £5 to the prize fund) Location: Farm Post Code is SY5 8PS The field is diagonally opposite on the other side of the road and has a double steel gate. map ref 52.689417, -2.857333 FxRES is a 2m soaring class with models constructed mainly from wood. Competitions are a variant of the FAI F3L provisional class, that has a simple format with a 4 hour window where competitors can fly up to 10 timed flights (6 min max), best 6 flights count, no landing bonus. This allows F3L and F5RES to compete alongside each other but have different score sheets. A competitor can fly both classes if they wish. Full set of rules is 7.24 in the SF rule book , BMFA membership is a must. F5RES height limiters set to 100m/30seconds, bungees are provided, please do not use your own? With effect from 1st January 2022, BMFA General Rules have changed to require competition models to display of either the owner’s BMFA number or their FAI registration number in UK competitions. The reason is to prove ownership of the model. All entrants in any event must be the owner of the model and must display the owner’s number. All models other than Scale or Indoor Free Flight must be clearly marked with the owner’s membership number on the upper surface of the wing in letters at least 19 mm high (Note - The FAI requirement is that the alpha/numeric characters are at least 25 mm high) More about FxRES can be found here fxres.co.uk It would help if competitors can express their interest by posting on this thread Weather might play a part so please bookmark this post for updates?
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FxRES competitions will be run on both the bank holiday Friday and Saturday The format of the day is: 10:45 pilots briefing 11:00 to 15:00 competition window 15:00 fly off if necessary/prize ceremony Entry fee is £15, (£10 to Buckminster and £5 for a prize fund) Location: BMFA Buckminster Sewstern Grantham Lincolnshire, NG33 5RW More details on directions HERE FxRES is a 2m soaring class with models constructed mainly from wood. Competitions are a variant of the FAI F3L provisional class, that has a simple format with a 4 hour window where competitors can fly up to 10 timed flights (6 min max), best 6 flights count, no landing bonus. This allows F3L and F5RES to compete alongside each other but have different score sheets. A competitor can fly both classes if they wish. Full set of rules is 7.24 in the SF rule book , BMFA membership is a must. F5RES height limiters set to 100m/30seconds, bungees are provided, please do not use your own? With effect from 1st January 2022, BMFA General Rules have changed to require competition models to display of either the owner’s BMFA number or their FAI registration number in UK competitions. The reason is to prove ownership of the model. All entrants in any event must be the owner of the model and must display the owner’s number. All models other than Scale or Indoor Free Flight must be clearly marked with the owner’s membership number on the upper surface of the wing in letters at least 19 mm high (Note - The FAI requirement is that the alpha/numeric characters are at least 25 mm high) More about FxRES can be found here fxres.co.uk Please post here your interest in participation, stating your name and the class you will fly (F3L / F5RES) and which days you will attend (ie. Fri, Sat or both)? Weather might play a part so bookmark this post for updates. Competitor list to gauge numbers, not definitive. Rob Craddock F5RES Bob Goodenough F5RES/F3L Lawrence Drennan F3L Martin Oldershaw F3L Gordon B F3L/F5RES
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I stole this off Zagnut on RC Groups. Not exactly like his but pretty close. I will be putting ply triangles or balsa triangular stock between it and the inner fus sides for extra security. It is intended for soft bungee launches (F3RES) of about 4kg pull. All you need is a 3mm ply base, piano wire and a set of "chocolate block" connectors. Carbon tube of suitable sized inner diameter and a small piece of balsa or ply as a plinth for the carbon tube both coming from the scrap box. I have fibreglassed over these parts to tie it even further together. I used cyano throughout. I have mounted the whole lot on a piece of crossgrain balsa identical to the bottom sheeting if the model. The ply base is as wide as the fus opening, the balsa as wide as the fus sides. A couple of pictures that should explain what I mean.