Scale Day
A date for your diary … more details to follow, but if all goes well we are hoping to hold our annual Scale Day on Sunday 12th September.
Articles by James Penman
Article 16 update
BMFA issued with an updated Article 16 Authorisation Following a ‘strategic review of model flying’ which the CAA completed earlier this year, they took the decision that each model flying Association would be issued with…
Lock the gate
There have been reports of unwanted guests around the farm site and we have been asked to always lock the gate by the main entrance off the A338. Please don’t ask someone to leave the…
Rule 11 update
Rule 11 now reads: ‘Neither members nor visitors are permitted to fly any model that weighs over 7.5 kilograms, maximum take-off mass (including batteries and fuel), unless that person holds a relevant BMFA ‘B’ certificate. …
Update to Club Handbook and Rules
With the new flying season under way it is a good time for us all to remind ourselves of the club site rules, pages 9-12 of the Handbook. The latest version can be found here:…
Return to the Skies Monday 29th March
Unless there is contrary advice from the BFMA, flying at NBRMAS will resume from Monday 29th March. Please continue to respect social distancing rules and adhere to government guidance, and sign in and out using…
Good advice from the BMFA:
At BMFA HQ we feel like young children waiting for Christmas morning to arrive… how many more days, minutes, hours and seconds until we’re allowed out to play once again? Why not spend these next…
Club Night and a return to the skies
On Thursday 4th March we held a successful online Club Night. Topics for discussion ranged from trying to demystify the complexities of electric motor classification (what exactly does 2822/27 1200KV mean and how does it…
CAA Operator IDs
You may have noticed that your CAA operator ID has changed, despite us being told that they would remain the same. I have been on the phone to the CAA this morning (Friday 12th Feb)…
Simple, but effective …
Hope you’re all keeping well! For those fed up with carrying heavy 12v batteries to power their starters Tim can help … He’s converted his JP Power Torque to work with a 3S 2200mah pack…