Cheshire Falcons Model Flying Club

Cheshire Falcons
Model Flying Club

When model fliers get together a new club is formed!

Steve Webb Models of Frodsham is our local model shop.

Paul, (the boss man) tells us:
Based in Chester, in the North West of England (UK), we are a small business aiming to provide a quality and hassle-free service.
We specialise in brushless power sets for radio controlled model aeroplanes and aim to offer quality
and reliable products from specialist manufacturers to help you get the most from your spare time.

Try Component Shop for RC accessories
and particularly for rechargables.

or have a look around the
Hobby Pit site.

The CAA offer a G-Info database search facility, both current and historical. You have a G-XXXX Registration Number?- find out if she still flies!

You can even search for info by type, some registrations have photos.
But beware, I discovered that a 'Mosquito' today is either an elderly autogiro or a sailplane,
Not exactly what I expected!.

Virtual Aircraft Museum.
The A to Z of Aircraft manufacturers and their planes, listed by Country.
I wonder if you would recognise even 50% of those in the UK listings!

Parent body for UK Aeromodellers

Large Model Association

Complete listing of Military Airshows around the UK.
You can also go to their 'Live Aviation' page to eavesdrop ATC conversations
and see Videos & airport webcams.

The Red Arrows display programme can be found here.

Simple concept..? A motorcycle with extending wings
Well you can dream!

James May with the 1950s Sky Car

Remember James May demonstrating the 1950s Taylor Aerocar
Well new technology has now been applied to the design.
The Terrafugia Transition first flew on March 6th '09, watch the maiden flight here,
the manufacturer is now accepting deposits for early delivery.

The Moller M400 Skycar

and dont forget that the long overdue Moller M400 Skycar might just be with us soon.

The Chech Aeromobil

or the Czech Aeromobil, watch one of its first ( slightly unsteady) flights.

Due for launch in 2014 ( subject to suitable investment) is the Pal-V gyrocopter
you can read all about it and see flight videos here

or again
You could design your own...........
The Fiat Skycar....

All your battery questions answered.

modelflying.co.uk the web home of RCME

In 1937 Ettore Bugatti designed and built his innovative Bugatti Racer 100P aeroplane.
With a rigid , single seat, ply and balsa fuselage, wings swept forwards and butterfy tailfeathers
One Bugatti 4.9litre blown engine

this was nothing short of revolutionary. Propulsion was to be by
two mid mounted 8 cylinder, 4.9 litre Turbocharged engines driving contrarotating props, with drive shafts through the cockpit. She never flew ( Herr Hitler saw to that) but the only prototype is on display today at Oshkosh.

A group of enthusiasts set about rebuilding a full scale 'prototype' from scant details and few plans available, you can find several web references.

A large RC model has now flown proving that Bugatti knew something about aerodynamics as well!
Following the successful flight of a large scale model, the Group have actually flown their full scale prototype , the subject of several YouTube Videos, lots of links on their web pages.
however the development stopped following the fatal crash of this prototype.

Mark Jayne is not only a radio control enthusiast but an avid plane spotter and photographer who spends many a cold day on a hillside in Mid Wales awaiting the arrival of military aircraft flying The Mach Loop,
often at 450mph less than 100' from the ground.
Stunning photography.

UK orientated information pages just for aeromodellers

Detailed information about all those WW1 biplanes
and the aces who flew them.

Airfield Models, a great information resource for modellers

Considering Radio Control as a hobby?,
there is no better place to start surfing.

Electromagnetic levitation and thrust..
the way forward?
Make your own model and find out!

All things that fly- another podcast site.

     Have you explored the 'newsgroups'?
uk.rec.models.radio-control.air
rec.models.scale
rec.models.rc.soaring
rec.models.rc.misc
rec.models.rc.air
rec.aviation.simulators
alt.games.microsoft.flight-sim
alt.games.microsoft.combat-flight
alt.binaries.pictures.radio.control.models
alt.binaries.radio-control

Not forgetting the Forum groups offered by :
Yahoo,
Google
and others...

Three US discussion forums:

www.rcgroups.com

www.rcuniverse.com

www.wattflyer.com

Ken's Strutter