Indoor Flying  Dec 04

Everybody had a really enjoyable evening in a cool but ideal location at a local Ipswich school. Electric powered radio controlled monoplanes as well as helicopters were flown without major incidents although helicopter downdrafts caused some turbulence to the lighter rubber powered models so it is better if these are flown at separate ends of the hall.

Amongst the rubber powered models was an ornithopter which performed remarkably well, super fast ME 109’s, Spitfires and all kinds of semi scale models designed and built from scratch. Some were completely original designs and the smallest wingspan was approx 120mm with a weight of less than a gram. Speeds were really down to “floating” in some cases.    Hardly any damage was caused by collisions with walls and beams due to low speeds and relatively high strength factors although high reach equipment was needed to retrieve models, which got caught aloft.  

Anyone who enjoys a technical challenge of weight, thrust, lift and drag coefficients and duration in the high and low tech areas of our sport should have a go and the next meeting is on 12^th Feb at the Woodbridge venue.