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![]() Peter Dennis Any event takes time and planning whether it's new to the calendar or an old favourite. The South Wales Radio Control Society (SWRCS) 'E' Fly In was no exception to this rule. This was a new event never tried before at the Club. With the increasing interest in electric flight throughout the country it was thought that it would be a good time to give this new event a go.
The Club was in luck! After a poor forecast all week Sunday 15th May was blessed with some of the best conditions we had seen all year. And the 'E' flyers of the UK responded! Flyers were arriving from early morning. And many had travel long distances. Three had travelled from 'up North'! Chris and Craig Martindale came down from the Widness Quiet Flyers and Dave Lucas from Chester. Pete Nicholson had travelled from Swindon. There was also a good crowd of guys from the Bath SPARCS and Woodsprings Clubs, who informally became know as the 'Puffin Flyers'. This was because they had brought along a large number of aircraft from the range of Puffin Models. John Emms, the proprietor of Puffin Models was also on hand to advice and, primarily be there to have a good day's flying, away from the rigours of the business and the forthcoming round of shows!
Richard Vale of the Woodsprings club made several valiant attempts to get both his P2 Neptune and P3 Orion into the air, but neither of these spectacular 4 engined scale models managed to break ground. The later suffering from a main wheel, binding on the undercarriage leg. However his Avro Shackleton, powered by four 400 size 6 volt motors to graced the skies several time through the day.
Clive Wyn-Hughes had never, before the day, been to a Fly-In out side of his Lliw Valley (Swansea) club. But after talking with Pete Nicholson, he arranged to meet up and compare notes on each other's Hangar 9 P51 Mustangs! Axi 9130/16 motors turning 15 x 10 props powered both models. And driven by a massive TP653P Lipo battery pack! 22 volts in total!
What a day it turned out to be! Many who attended said that they had a great time and that the turn out was very good, especially as it was the first time the club had staged the event. In fact 21 fliers registered, eight from SWRCS, and a massive of sixty-two models in total were logged in. There wasn't a moment throughout the day when there wasn't a models in the air.
"Huge thanks go to organisers. I had a great day off, and the "Puffin Pilots" also simply came for a great day of flying (there was no three line whip!). Chris
Martindale is the LN fan (responsible for most of the huge number of LN
models lined up!)
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