Bank holiday shelter refurbishment.
The weather today was no good for flying on Saturday, co congratulations to Craig, Joe, John, Jason and Bob, for refreshing the sheeting on the shelter. Better weather on the way, we hope.
News on a lovely DH.9A build by Steve Mansell
Steve Mansell has been kind enough to send some pictures of his 1/4 scale DH.9A: Wing span 128 inchesTotal wing area 30.25 sq ftAll up weight including 1 kg (2.2 lb) of lead and 4x 5s 5800mah lipos 15.21 kg (33.51 lb)Wing loading 0.5 kg (1.11 lb) per sq ftRotomax 50 brushless180 amp yep esc24×8 […]
Weekend rubbish at the field
A number of beer/cider cans and bottles have been left at the field from the weekend. Needless to say, this is less than ideal. Please remember to take your rubbish home with you!
An interesting build by Steve Jarman
Steve Jarman has been kind enough to provide us with an update on an interesting build: I always fancied building a twin, but really wanted it to be my own design. I decided to both adapt an existing wing, and design the rest! The wing is in fact from a WOT Trainer, reinforced and re-sheeted. […]
Ken Mitchell
One of our long-time members Ken Mitchell sadly passed away on Sunday 5th July 2020. He had been in poor health for several years but had maintained contact with all his old friends at the Bickley MFC. He had been a member for more than 40 years and was an active BMFA examiner until very […]
Further summer 2020 event cancellations.
Due to the continuing COVID-19 situation, several more summer 2020 events have been cancelled. This leaves the only currently scheduled event as Mr Mark Smith’s Victoria Cross presentation on 8th December 2020. Regular member flying activities following the previously published COVID-19 guidance remain in place and unchanged.
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Mick Abrahams
Members of the committee are helping Mick’s widow Berta Abrahams dispose of his modelling gear. As items are sorted out, separate posts advertising the items will be posted. They will also be put on the clubs Facebook page and circulated by email. If you are interested in any item(s), please contact Bob Ryan. If you […]
Back in the air. Additional rules for the field during Covid-19 Pandemic
The first person to arrive at the flying field is to leave the middle gate open provided that the outer gate is locked but leave the middle gate padlock locked onto the gate post. The last person to leave the flying field is to lock the middle gate and the outer gate. All members should […]
Field Closure
As you will have seen in the email circulated on 28/3/2020 the committee have come to the decision that with immediate effect the Bickley MFC flying site is closed. This is in response to the Governments new restrictions and the recommendations of the BMFA. The BMFA’s reasoning can be seen on their website bmfa.org . There was a suggestion […]