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Welcome
Welcome to the Official MHMAC website.
The main interest of club members is radio controlled model aeroplanes, but members also have interests
in helicopters, free flight, gliding, control line and electric. To fly at
any of our fields you must be a club member and have a valid CAA operators
licence - you can learn more
here on the CAA website.
Our Committee
Our committee are elected by the members to run the club and are
always interested in members opinions and ideas for improvements.
Committee members are:
Chairman: Eric Bradley
Secretary: Dave Ginns Treasurer: Dave Ginns Comp. Sec.: Pete Baldwin
Newsletter Editor/Librarian: Derrick Ward
P.R.O.: vacant
Our Flying Fields
We are based in Market Harborough, Leicestershire Our club has three fields available for flying.
1) The main field is situated in Welham Lane near
Great Bowden.
Flying is 7days 11am until dusk.
2) A larger field suitable for R/C gliders and free flight models
at East Carlton.
3) A slope soaring sight at Jurassic Way, Honey Hill
near Cold Ashby. The last two are also used by other model
fliers.
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Sunday
11th September 2022 club event 11 RC pattern. Take off,
execute 5 aerobatic manoeuvres of your choice then land. Landing on the patch
gives 5 bonus points.
Event
11 .......pilot - bonus points
1st= |
Ken Brown - 5 |
54 points |
1st= |
Dave Ginns - 0 |
54 points |
2nd= |
Tim Smith - 5 |
53 points |
2nd= |
Peter Baldwin - 0 |
53 points |
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7th August 2022 club event 10: Glider duration and spot
landing. 1 second penalty per metre away from the spot.
Event
10.......pilot - glider name - penalty
1st |
Dave Morris - non descript 17foot - 2sec
penalty |
6min 02sec |
2nd |
Dave Ginns - lightning - 10sec penalty |
5min 05sec |
3rd |
Tim Smith - greensleeves - 37sec penalty |
4min 28sec |
4th |
Ken Brown - walrus - 8sec penalty |
2min 57sec |
5th |
Roger Jayes - nebula - 9sec penalty |
2min 53sec |
6th |
Dave Lloyd - diamond - 36sec
penalty |
2min 06sec |
7th |
Steve Randall - haven't got a clue - 16sec
penalty |
1min 24sec |
retired |
Mick Cave and Peter Baldwin with technical
problems |
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_________________________________________________________________________________________ Thursday
28th July 2022 club event 9: Good conditions for the BMFA
Dart competition.
Event 9 (BMFA Dart competition) final results, total
flight time from best 3 of 5 flights:
1st |
Derrick Ward |
2min 10.47sec |
2nd |
Pete Baldwin |
1min 39.00sec |
3rd |
Dave Ginns |
1min 38.26sec |
4th |
Dave Morris |
1min 14.00sec |
5th |
Mick Cave |
0min 59.00sec |
6th |
Roger Jayes |
0min 46.35sec |
7th |
Steve Randall |
0min 19.71sec |
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Tuesday
14th June 2022 club events 6 and 7 results: Great weather
for the GRP and Senator events. Broken rubber motors dogged the flights -
we'll be looking for better quality rubber for next year. Perhaps this
"bible" of rubber motor design may help.
Event 6 (Free flight GRP) final results:
1st |
Dave Ginns (2 flights) |
3min 22.78sec |
2nd |
Sue Johnson (3 flights) |
1min 22.00sec |
3rd |
Roger Jayes (3 flights) |
0min 50.97sec |
4th |
Derrick Ward (2 flights dropped out due to
broken rubber motor) |
0min 18.11sec |
Event 7 (Senator) final results:
1st |
Sue Johnson (3 flights) |
2min 44.35sec |
2nd |
Dave Ginns (2 flights dropped out due to
broken rubber motor) |
0min 51.75sec |
3rd |
Roger Jayes (2 flights dropped out due to
broken rubber motor) |
0min 18.04sec |
4th |
Derrick Ward (1 flight dropped out due to
broken rubber motor) |
0min 13.44sec |
________________________________________________________________________________________ Sunday
12th June 2022 club event 8 results: In spite of the windy conditions the outdoor
chuck glider went ahead. Derrick was first off the starting grid and achieved
>2minutes - yes I kid not. Derrick's chuck glider was last seen heading upwards in
the direction of Sutton Bassett having been caught in a thermal!
Event 8 (Outdoor chuck glider) final results:
1st |
Derrick Ward balsa glider |
1min 30.19sec |
2nd |
Dave Ginns balsa glider |
0min 51.22sec |
3rd |
Dave Lloyd balsa glider |
0min 37.81sec |
4th |
Dave Morris balsa glider |
0min 34.47sec |
5th |
Pete Baldwin balsa glider |
0min 32.78sec |
6th |
Tim Smith balsa glider |
0min 29.96sec |
7th |
Mick Cave balsa glider |
0min 22.14sec |
8th |
Sue Johnson balsa glider |
0min 21.59sec |
9th |
Roger Jayes foamy black bullet jet fighter |
0min 15.26sec |
Who remembers Frog kits? There is a nice website with plans and pictures all
about Frog gliders here.
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Sunday 15th May 2022 - BMFA mass fly: The BMFA mass flying event resulted in 3109 RC aircraft in the air at 12 noon. Click
here for further
details of the MHMAC entrants seen below with their aircraft:

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