This is the Club's 33rd year; established by a small group
of enthusiasts led by Dave Ellis (who ran the local model shop which sadly
closed some years ago but good to see a local model shop opening though in
Salfords, Red Baron Models) and a few others. Like most Clubs there is a small
group who have been "playing with toy aeroplanes" for this whole
period and many new faces over the years. It is good to see novices join,
get trained, pass their "A" test, become competent flyers and join
the Committee to help put something back.
Much
has happened during those 33 years, the fantastic advance of electric power,
the effective silencing of I/C engines and the introduction of interference
free 2.4 Ghz radio to name a few. Many of the old "nitro heads" have
converted to electric and with the new Li-Po batteries which provide good duration
and light weight. We now have electric ducted fan models producing around 4Kg
of thrust approaching 3 Kw of power consumption. We have also found that the
less expensive LiPo batteries are equal in performance to the expensive ones
and often superior in capacity retention. Don’t let a high price tag fool
you into thinking they are necessarily better.
We
are a fixed wing group and the ethos of the Club is very much flying for fun
and enjoying ourselves safely and creating minimum disturbance to our neighbours.
Our sites and location dictate that certain types of models cannot safely be
operated. For example gas turbine powered
aircraft are not permitted nor are models exceeding 7kg in weight. If competition
aerobatic flying, large models or fast and furious is where your interest lays
then our Club facilities will not match your requirements
Felbridge
Flyers Radio Model Flying Club operates near East Grinstead in West Sussex,
UK. Our members come from a large radius: Crawley in the west, Croydon to the
north, Edenbridge to the east and Brighton to the south.
The Club promotes quiet and safe operation. We learnt many
years ago that to maintain the use of flying fields we must fly quietly and
minimize annoyance. Quiet operation has had little effect on the performance
of sport and scale models. Many members are surprised on how much better the
models performed with the slower revving and more efficient props: it is thrust
you need, not rpm
We
operate from mown grass runways on the Surrey / Sussex border and operate i/c
and electric powered sport and scale models
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