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2. Entry - Entry to the field is by a hand gate with a combination padlock.
The last person leaving the field must ensure the gate is locked.
Always keep the gate shut to prevent any of the farmer's animals from escaping.
3. Your Membership
Car(Key Fob) is your authority to fly at this site.
Hook it
against your chosen vacant frequency number on the peg board.
4. All pilots must
adhere to the designated flying zones as shown on
the site plan.
Always fly in front of you at all times.
Do not fly beyond the pylons to your left or over the road to your right
5. NO FLYING WHATSOEVER IN THE RED NO FLY ZONE.
6. When Flying ALL pilots must stand in the pilot's box on the flight line.
7. Only four power flyers to be in the air at one time.
8. Start your engines in the pits area with your propeller facing outwards towards the field.
9. Where possible
always carry your aircraft to and from the mown take
off and landing area along the
mown pathway.
10. Failsafe - All power models (when fitted with a receiver with a failsafe function) must be set to a minimum of throttle to idle on the loss of the radio link, regardless of the model's weight. Models over 7kg must have a working and set failsafe.
11. Read, Learn and Follow the safety rules and the BMFA Codes of Practice for Model Flying.
12. No Mobile Phones to be used in the pits area.
13. Please take all litter home.
14. All engines must be adequately and sensibly silenced.
15. Members are not allowed to fly alone unless they have passed their BMFA "A" test.
16. A First Aid Box is located inside the mower shed.
Melton Airfield Flying Site Rules
1. Access to the airfield is off the B6047 via a double gate. The last person leaving the airfield must ensure the gate is secured. Do not reverse out on the main road when leaving.
2. Park your vehicle on the left side only of the access lane in a herringbone stack. Please ensure the wheels of your vehicle remain on the concrete surface and noton the grass verge and definitely not on the farmer's crops. No vehicles are allowed on the runway.
3. Your Membership Card is your authority to fly at this site. Hook it against your chosen vacant frequency number on the peg board,
4. All pilots must
adhere to the designated flying zones as shown on
the site layout. Always fly in front of you at all times.
5. NO FLYING WHATSOEVER IN THE RED NO FLY ZONE. (See Map Below)
6. When Flying ALL pilots must stand in the pilot's box on the flight line.
7. Only four power flyers to be in the air at one time.
8. Start your engines in the pits area with your propeller facing outwards.
9. Where possible always carry your aircraft to and from the landing area.
10. Failsafe - All power models (when fitted with a receiver with a failsafe function) must be set to a minimum of throttle to idle on the loss of the radio link, regardless of the model's weight. Models over 7kg must have a working and set failsafe.
11. Read, Learn and Follow the safety rules and the BMFA Codes of Practice for Model Flying.
12. No Mobile Phones to be used in the pits area.
13. Please take all litter home.
14. All engines must be adequately and sensibly silenced.
15. Members are not allowed to fly alone unless they have passed their BMFA "A" test.
16. Permitted Model Flying Times:
For Electric Power and Gliders
9am - 10pm (or dusk) whichever is the sooner in any one day Monday to Sunday.
For Models powered by IC
12 noon - 8pm (or dusk) whichever is the sooner in any one day Monday to Saturday and
10am - 4pm on Sundays or Bank Holidays.
Model Glider Flying Rules (Burrough Hill)
1.
The
licence only applies to bona fide paid up members of the Club and such
members
will produce a valid membership card when requested to do so by the
Ranger or
other duly authorised officers of the Leicestershire County Council.
2.
All
members using the car park at Burrough Hill shall pay the current
parking
charge and display a valid car park ticket.
3.
No
gliders are to be allowed to land on adjoining land not leased to the
County
Council
4.
Under
no
circumstances is any interference whatsoever to be caused to members of
the
general public visiting Burrough Hill or to licensees of or tenants of
the
County Council.
5. Club members
are at all times to comply with any reasonable request made by the
County
Councils Ranger regarding the flying of gliders.
6. Club
members agree to comply with the byelaws of
7. Club
members must abide by the condition of the Licence.
8. Club
members must show consideration and respect to other users of the
flying site
at all times.
Model
Cleaning - submitted by
David Peet
Looking for
something to help clean the oily residue from your model? Then try
this- "fresh
and
green"
KITCHEN AND HOB DEGREASER. I bought mine from ASDA
but I guess most supermarkets will stock it. I use it after every
flight and find it very effective on Solarfilm covered models. It even
works on older models with dried on and dirty oily residues. It's in a
spray bottle so it's easy to use and carry. For those of you who are
environmentally concious it's made from plant extracts and so
is safe for the environment.
Fitting Engine Mounts - submitted by Trevor Main
This tip is particularly useful if you are replacing an engine mount on an existing model and the fixing holes on the replacement mount do not line up with the original fixing holes on the model's plywood engine firewall. The technique also applies to any model where you are unable to reach the firewall from within the fuselage in order to place nuts on to the engine mount fixing bolts.
What you need:
| Powered
by a Laser 200 V-Twin glow engine and turning an 18x6 prop at
9600rpm, Mick constructed this 18lb model to fly as a member of TEAM
GB. TEAM GB was established to recreate the pylon racing era of the
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Many
MDMC members will be aware of Trevor Main's ME109E project which he
started in December 2006. So, after 2 years what progress has been
made?
The accompanying photographs show airframe construction to be almost
complete and build quality to
an exceptionally high
standard. As is customary with Trevor's projects, keeping model weight
to a minimum is a high priority. His construction techniques
enable him
to achieve this without any sacrifice to strength or scale detail. The model is being built from a Brian Taylor plan which Trevor has had scaled-up from its original 68" wingspan to 97", giving a true 1/4 scale model. Trevor has also calculated that when complete it just fits inside his car! Estimated finished weight is 25lbs and powered by a MOKI 210 turning a 20x10 prop, performance is expected to be true to scale. To ensure a scale finish Trevor has had to overcome several technical problems. Wheels, tyres, canopy and spinner were commercially unavailable to acceptable scale and weight criteria, so all of these have been designed by Trevor for construction from conventional materials. Also, to achieve a completely enclosed engine installation, yet still retain easy access to the engine bay, a manifold and silencer system had to be "scratch" built. Wheel details.
The tyres are 6-3/8" diameter x 1.5"
wide shaped from foam blanks by Alan Odom.
The two piece hubs were
turned from plywood also by Alan Odom.
Manifold and Silencer
details.
Manifold flange is mild steel with the
rigid and flexible pipe work being stainless steel and all
silver soldered. The silencer is 1/16" thick alum. and has one internal
baffle all tig welded by Simon Askew.
The cockpit interior is very impressive with all instruments and controls custom built based on photographs of the original full size aircraft. Trevor anticipates having airframe construction complete before this summer, leaving next winter to finish covering and painting. So, Spring 2010 should see the first test flight, and knowing Trevor as we do, no doubt it will be faultless. No pressure then Trevor!
May 2010 - Update Over the winter steady progress has been made mainly in adding detail to the basic airfrme and completing installation of servo and undercarriage "plumbing". The engine bay has been painted and fuel proofed. Preparation for airframe painting has now been started with the application of sanding sealer and some paint primer The photos below give you some indication of the level of detail and the scale of this project. It is worth remembering that this model is completely scratch built.
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First Test Flight
31st August 2011 -
the day finally dawned and it couldn't be put off any longer,
Trevor had to give this model its first test flight. I say day, in
actual fact it was a rather grey and gloomy evening but the conditions
were calm. Ideal for the test flight but not for the photos.
As we all expected Trevor's consumate modelling skills had resulted in a model which just had to fly. Following the usually preliminaries Trevor taxyed out on to the runway at Barkston Heath. With little hesitation the model was lined up for take off and the throttle opened. After approximately 10m the tail came up, acceleration continued on the main wheels and then away it climbed. As Trev himself would say..... Bootiful! A couple of circuits and it was time to test the retracts. One leg came up ok but the port leg seemed a little reluctant. However with the U/C finally tucked away some high speed passes were executed. Now for the landing. Undercart down and half flaps selected the downwind leg was without incident. Turning finals and on a curved approach all looked well, albeit a tad fast. An early flare sorted the speed out and the model touched down with just a single bounce. A little correction for the slight crosswind prevented any runway rash to the port wing but Trev's ME109 had done it! Trevor's verdict after 4 years of construction - it flies! Well done Herman! What an understatement.     With
everything appearing satisfactory after the first flight the ME109 was
refuelled in readiness for a second test. The usually reliable MOKI 210
was a little reluctant to start but once running the taxy and take off
were normal. A couple of rolls and a loop were executed all without
drama. Time to think about the landing when......the engine cut! The
downwind leg was immediately shortened in readiness for a "deadstick".
Flaps and undercarriage down Trevor executed a perfect touch
down...Phew!
However on inspection the Moki engine had obviously been stressed as turning the prop over resulted a graunching sound. For some reason the engine had leaned out considerably during the fight - but why? Post Mortem Subsequent investigation has revealed there was a problem with the fuel. So once repairs are carried out to the engine and the retracts overhauled we can expect Trevor to be demonstrating his ME109 to club members at our flying site. |
| Mark's near half scale
biplane has been finished in a very striking colour scheme which Mark
designed himself. The photo below does not to justice to the superb
finish and the model really needs to be viewed "close up" to appreciate
the excellent workmanship. All control arms, servo arms, fuel and smoke fillers (fuel dots) have been custom made as you can see from the photographs. Mark has also designed and manufactured the on board smoke system which delivers a really dense smoke trail to compliment the amazing aerobatic manouvers that Mark can demonstrate. If you want to view a video clip of this "monster" being put through it's paces by Mark, click in the box below the photographs. For the technically minded here is the full specification of this model: %
TOC Ultimate 10-300 Designed by Mike McConville RADIO PowerBox
40/24 Professional
powered by 2x 4600 NiMH sub C batteries ENGINE DA-150cc
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