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10:45 Pilots briefing 11:00 Competition start 15::00 Fly off if necessary and prizes Entry is £15, payment details here Entries close 23rd August 2022 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? More details on the FxRES website https://fxres.co.uk/
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Kent Interclub F5J at Gravesend - 3 April 2022 IS CONFIRMED
Nicholls posted a topic in Kent Interclub
Kent Interclub – F5J at Gravesend 3 April 2022 Important Covid Advice Please do not attend this competition if you are showing any Covid symptoms or have experienced them in the last 7 days. Summary: You are invited to Kent Interclub Electric 1 F5J competition. CD on the day will be Derek Price This is an open competition and non-Kent Interclub club members are very welcome (entry fee £5 for non KIC members). We want to have a full day's flying so please check in 09:30 latest and be ready for Pilots Briefing at 09:45 with the competition starting at 10:00 sharp. To enter, please click on Reply to this topic no later than 6pm Friday 1st April. Please indicate frequency if not using 2.4GHz A final decision to confirm or cancel depending on the weather will be posted here by 6pm Friday 1st April. (Please note that entrants need to check here as you will not be emailed about cancellation.) Rules & Scoring arrangements: This event will run to UK F5J rules and results will count for the BARCS ELG league This event will be using Gliderscore eScoring via smart phones. We will print and issue a score record card for you to record your round scores and set up your phones via QR matrix This notice is issued for and on behalf of the Organiser Bob Ryan Gravesend Aeromodelling Club The field can be as follows. Leaving the M2, follow A289 towards Medway tunnel and then follow signs for B2000 towards Cliffe. Follow B2000 right through Cliffe village until road narrows and then right into Reed Street which then becomes Common Lane. Field is down track on corner of Common lane/ Rye street The nearest postcode is ME3 7UD Using What3Words (phone app) with location fewest.timer.sketching See attached image for field location 14 Entrants Bob Ryan Open (Bromley) Alan Twine Open (Bromley) Ian Nicholls Open (Bloobirds) Eddy Small Open (Canterbury) Terry Letchford Open (SADMAC) David Yale Open (SADMAC) Alan Harris Open (SADMAC) Keith Benton Open (SADMAC) Richard Harris Open (Invicta) Keith Fisher Open (Invicta) Dave Teal Open (Ashford) Pete Mitchell Open (Guest) Garry Matthews Open (Guest) Steve Knowles Open (Guest)
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F5J Towner Trophy (first held 1968) 22nd August 2021
Nicholls posted a topic in Electric Soaring and F5J
This is an early announcement in the hope we can receive more detailed history and any reports from past years from our readers in advance of this years event. The history of the above starts with HAROLD JAMES TOWNER (1893 to ????) engineer. H J Towner was the elder brother of professional artist Donald Towner. They are descended from the Eastbourne (Sussex) branch of the Towner family. He is noted for his particular expertise in the art of scale modelling classic aircraft built to fly. He also possessed considerable skill as a draughtsman. His designs for model aircraft were published in the 1940s and are still much admired and sought after today. Following his death his own high quality scale models (made from his own plans) were acquired by the Royal Air Force museum. Mr Towner still retains a strong following amongst the model aircraft fraternity and the Towner Memorial Trophy is presented to the best entry in (model thermal gliding) competitions. Some of the things said about him (from blog websites) are : - “exquisite drawings” “highly respected and skilful” “he could make almost anything fly” “lifetime of model building admired by many even today” The image is of his publication “Scale model aircraft that fly” (1940) by H J Towner and Howard Boys. The actual Towner Trophy was presented by the family to the South Eastern Area of the SMAE (now known as the BMFA) and was traditionally was held in Eastbourne at Deanland Airfield. Mr Towners daughter Pam Urquhart used to present the trophy. Norman Cooling from the Eastbourne Flying Club ran the competition and after he passed away Keith Miller from the Tonbridge club and now the Kent Interclub are running of the event. The first competition was held in 1968 to early thermal gliding rules and is believed to be the oldest event for Thermal Soaring. 54 years on and the rules have changed firstly to F3J then Multilaunch and finally F5J. It has been held on 47 occasions some years missed for various reasons including bad weather, foot and mouth restrictions and similarly last year COVID. There have only been 29 winners during this time with the all time honours going to Chris Foss with 7 wins, Ricky Shaw and Colin Paddon with 5, Colin Lucas with 3, Geoff Dallimer and Phil Ramsey twice. Entry details will follow nearer the event.
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