Looking to the future.
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Ramsey Farm Fun-Fly Weekend - 6th & 7th March
Metcheck is showing wall-to-wall sunshine for the weekend at the moment (9pm Thursday) though it might be a tad chilly in the easterly wind.
We expect to have a few fun flying challenges during the day - limbo for certain, and any others we think of - and a couple of rounds of glider flying to the BARCS Electric and/or Open rules.
The barbecue will be fired up serving burgers and hotdogs, drinks will also be available.
Please remember that the portaloo is now out of commission.
New flying fields
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Having lost the use of Ramsey Farm, we will very soon have access to two flying fields. The final details are being set but hopefully from early March, quite likely before we can no longer use Ramsey Farm, we shall be able to fly again at RAF Wattisham and also at a new site at Great Oakley Airfield. Great Oakley is close to Harwich and Dovercourt - see map right. Before we can fly at either site there are a few things that have got to be arranged. As both sites are active full-size airfields it is likely that when flying our models we will have to have an airband radio so that we can hear when aircraft are approaching the airfield to land. At the Great Oakley site we are not so far away from the Harwich & Dovercourt Model Club's field. We expect to arrange some form of frequency sharing, this is currently being discussed with the H&DMC committee. Getting to Great Oakley from Ipswich can be done one of two ways - the longer, easier route via the A12 and A120 - 25miles and 30 minutes approx. from the A14/A12 junction at Copdock or the shorter, twistyer route through Manningtree - 16miles and still around 30 minutes from the A14/A137 junction near the ski-slope. More details will follow soon. Web address of Great Oakley Airfield - www.greatoakleyairfield.co.uk/ |
View Great Oakley Airfield in a larger map |
Indoor Flying At Woodbridge CC Hall - Thursday 25th February
Note - its Thursday night - NOT Friday!
6.00pm to 7.30pm Lightweight Rubber Powered only.
7.30pm to 9.30pm Radio and infra red controlled electric powered Fixed/Flapping wing and Electric powered helicopters up to 45cm wingspan or rotor diameter in half hour slots.
9.30pm to 11.00pm Radio controlled electric powered fixed wing models above 45 cm wingspan.
Here's a Flycam of Ramsey field.
Here's a Flycam of Ramsey field.
Electric Glider competition - 11th October
Location - Ramsey Farm, Hadleigh, Suffolk.
Start time - 1pm. Entry is free.
Please send your entry by 6pm Saturday 10th Oct. with with your prefered frequency and a reserve or two if possible if flying on 35MHz to Tony Merritt - email 
or telephone 01206 393198
C/L Vintage Team Race finalists
Submitted by Tony Merritt on Mon, 14/09/2009 - 19:56
John Long (3rd from right) in Portugal. John and his team mate took 1st in A, 2nd in B and 2nd in 1/2A. Way to go John!
Electric Glider competition
To encourage more entries I will try a handicap system to even out some of the differences in model and motor performance. Entry list is available at http://www.flyquiet.co.uk/smf/index.php?topic=1823.0 Location - Ramsey Farm, Hadleigh, Suffolk. Start time - 1pm. Entry is free. Please send your entry by 6pm Saturday 5th Sept. with three frequencies if flying on 35MHz to Tony Merritt - email
Ipswich club members at the 2009 BMFA Nationals
For people visiting the BMFA Nationals look out for these members taking part in competitions at Barkston Heath and Spitalgate Barracks (5 miles south from Barkston, look out for SF Nats. signs).
Control Line - main Barkston Heath site
| John Long | Vintage Team Race (VTR) - "1/2A" (1.5cc) | 2nd place |
| John Long | Vintage Team Race (VTR) - "A" (2.5cc) | 3rd place |
| John Long | Vintage Team Race (VTR) - "B" (5cc) | 1st place |
| John Long | Team Race - Barton "B" (5cc) | |
| John Long | Team Race - Open Goodyear (2.5cc) |
John may also compete in the speed 10cc (.61cu in) & 5cc (.29 cu in) if time allows.
Silent Flight - Spitalgate Barracks, Grantham
| Paul Wainwright | 100S | Results: Paul 9th |
| Paul Wainwright & Tony Merritt | eSoaring 2metre | Results: Paul 11th, Tony DNF |
| Tony Merritt | F3K - discus launch gliders | Results: Tony 2nd |
| Paul Wainwright & Tony Merritt | eSoaring Open | Results: Paul 1st, Tony 9th |
For more info. see the BMFA Nationals web page
Welcome to our new look website.
This is the start of the development of the Ipswich Radio Control Model Club's new web presence. As the site builds you will find all the information you need about the club.
Club members should create an account to be able to add information and photos.
If you haven't already, please bookmark this page. I look forward to seeing you creating accounts, posting news, stories, photos, calendar events and more as the site develops.
Tony
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Tony Merritt
Glider Secretary (and now webwrangler!)
