Highlights of the Wimborne Model Aero Club Annual Scale Day Event. Weather was warm but overcast in the morning with a light crosswind. By late morning and into the afternoon blue skies arrived but the crosswind became much stronger. Crosswinds kept pilots on their toes which meant longer landings but we had no incidents, except some Oops! Tip overs. A Corsair was unable to retract gear unfortunately.
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VE Day Warbird Fly-In – A Day to Remember. The skies above Cashmoor were alive with the sights and sounds of history on Saturday 10th May, as we marked the 80th anniversary of VE Day with our first-ever Warbird Fly-In The club pulled out all the stops for this special occasion. Over 70 scale warbirds took to the field, representing aviation from across the decades.
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Saturday 1 st March 2025. Breezy from the East but down the runway. Full Sun, nearing double figures degrees. Recently purchased from another WMAC member Phil F, Matt's new acquistion a PC21 being test flown by Jon T our popular test pilot. When Phil F bought this this it was half the price it is now (£699 GBP) Factor in a Motor, ESC plus two decent size lipos we are pushing near a £1000 GBP model! Due to the weak original nose leg the PC21 has been modified with a Eflite nose retract and standard wire leg.
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Hawker Typhoon from CY Models China. 84 inch wingspan. Powered by a 3W 55i with a Pitts style muffler. Savox 20kg servos all round. The full size had no problem with C of G balance with the 2000 HP Napier engine but for modellers this entailed lots of lead in the nose mostly in the cowl itself and a big brass propellor lock nut. A scale aluminum spinner all helps too.
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Highlights of the Wimborne MAC annual scale fly-in. Joined by members of Jersey (Channel Islands)MFC, Salisbury MFC, Wincanton MFC & Christchurch & District MFC. Flight line length was full and the car park was too for spectators. Wind conditions made taking off and landing challenging due to a crosswind of 12 mph and sudden gusts but gradually subsided by late afternoon. All due credit to the pilots on the day and no "land outs", although a few "bunny hops".
There were many more models on display and their flights not captured on the day.
One pilot managed to win both the best Scale Model awarded by a judge and the Best Scale Flight award from the pilots choice vote.
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