National Free Flight Society

SEN 2072

Table of Contents – SEN 2072

  1. F1C Rules Ideas
  2. F1As for Sale
  3. Bill Davis
  4. New Sidus F1B timer

F1C Rules ideas
From: Leo Reynders

Hello Roger,
I ‘m considering to issue the following safety related rule changes.

Comments?

1) Delete the 20 seconds rule for F1C (Sporting Code Section 4, 3.3.5.
c).

Argumentation:
In combination with Radio DT, the 20 s rule provokes unsafe flying. In order
to stay below the 20 s limit, competitors might be tempted to:
postpone to the very last moment RDT on a rapidly descending model,
increasing the risk in case of malfunction or misjudgment
shorten a bad but safe flight by RDT, possibly resulting in a
high-risk landing, too close to the starting line.
Dropping the 20 s rule will reward the competitors that fly reliable and
thus safer models and will stimulate the construction of such models.

2) New rule: The starting poles for F1C shall be at least 50 m
separated from the starting poles of other FF classes (often F1B)

Argumentation:
For obvious safety reasons.

Kind regards,
Leo Reynders


J CARTER HAS FOR SALE SURPLUS MODELS

LONG MECHANICAL F1A M&K GOOD CONDITION £475 OR 640 EURO PLUS PAND PE

LONG F1A M&K SINGLE SERVO NORMAL HOOK V GOOD LITTLE USE COMPLETE WITH PALM PILOT £975 1280 EURO PLUS PAND P

CONTACT J CARTER carterbuild@yahoo.co.uk
cheers jc
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Bill Davis

A new one above us
Northern Californian Bill Davis passed away October 25,2015.He was a good craftsmen of building free flight airplanes and enjoyed a long retrieval chase on motorcycles. Was known to drink a little beer along the way too. He cherished his F1G designed model receiving model of the year (2004).

Bill passed his passion of modeling to his son Michael and grandson Troy.


New generation SIDUS G2 F1B e-timer now available

From:ffelectronics

Hello Roger,
would you please publish the following announcement on SEN noticeboard when possible.
Thank you in advance.
Massimo

New generation SIDUS G2 F1B e-timer now available!

Outstanding new feature is the integration of a high accuracy altimeter/variometer. Flight data stored in the e-timer control board can be promptly analyzed after landing through the SIDUS G2 programmer.
Wireless programming, built in long range RDT, 1 servo and 3 servo versions available.
Built in 10cm resolution altimeter/variometer displaying top altitude, climb/sink rate, expected flight time along with the full set of sampled data.
External LED flasher and GPS tracker supply and control.
Assisted retrieval function through RDT button.
Old programmers upgradable to handle the G2 timer and keep working with the old timers.
For further information and details please email info@ffelectronics.com
Pictures available at https://www.facebook.com/ffelectronics

……………..
Roger Morrell