Nuneaton Aeromodellers Club

What's New

15th December 2024

On Behalf of the Committee of Nuneaton Aeromodellers I would like to take this opportunity to wish all our members a Merry Xmas & a Happy New Year. Wishing you all the best for 2025. Happy Flying & Safe Landings.

OGM Minutes

Please check out the OGM minutes from Monday 09th December 2024 Meeting, these can be found on the Documents page on this web site, Members must log in using Username and Password to view.

If you would like to sell some items or are having difficulty access the page or site, please don't hesitate to contact me, Nigel.

15th November 2024

OGM Minutes

Please check out the OGM minutes from Monday 11th November 2024 Meeting, these can be found on the Documents page on this web site, Members must log in using Username and Password to view.

If you would like to sell some items or are having difficulty access the page or site, please don't hesitate to contact me, Nigel.

21st Sept 2024

Aerobatics Day Competition 2024

16 members turned out on what was a nice sunny but quite a breezy day. Members would attempt to fly a series of manoeuvres from either a Novice or Advanced schedule.

11 Pilots took part & attempted 11 manoeuvres with marks awarded based on position, accuracy and overall presentation,

Take off into wind and climb out. (call Take-off)

Slow Aileron Roll

Half Cuban

Immelmann

4 Point Roll

Half Cuban

Inside Double Loop

Wing Over

Stall Turn With Roll

Touch & go (Roll) Not Bounce

Rectangular Approach & Land (Call Landing)

Overall presentation (Air Space Control).

Novice

1st- Tony B

2nd- Dave B

3rd- David P

Advanced

1st- Adam R

2nd- Lawrence

3rd- Dave DeM

Many thanks to Lawrence, Tony, Mike P & Ian M for their help with scoring the event. Also a big thank you to Angie for her help with the food & drink.

16th September 2024

OGM Minutes

Please check out the OGM minutes from Monday 9th September 2024 Meeting, these can be found on the Documents page on this web site, Members must log in using Username and Password to view.

If you would like to sell some items or are having difficulty access the page or site, please don't hesitate to contact me, Nigel.

31st Aug 2024

Powered Gliding Competition (Roger Price Cup)

Today 14 members attended the power gliding day competition. The weather was good with a slight breeze.

Ten Pilots each flew two rounds, which comprised a 20 second power climb and then glide, aiming for a maximum score of 5 minutes with 10 seconds added for landing on a designated area of the patch.

Times from the first two rounds were added together to give an overall time.

Scores were then levelled & the top five pilots competed in a fly-off for the final three places.

Top 5 were, David P, Adam R, Andy R,

Gordon, Dave Dem.

After some great flying with some challenging landings we had our final 3 pilots.

1st Adam R

2nd Gordon

3rd Dave Dem

A big thank you to Ian, Dave DeM & Harry who helped out with the time keeping & also a big thank you to Angie for suppling all the cakes, sausage rolls, cookies & pork & stuffing batches for the days events, which was very much enjoyed by all.

Top 3 Pilots

Top 5 Pilots

17th August 2024

RC intro day

On Saturday 17th August 4 cadets from 121 Sqn were the guests of the Nuneaton Aeromodellers club for an introduction to radio controlled aircraft flying. The cadets all had the opportunity to have multiple flights on a variety of aircraft owned by the club instructors, and all progressing well with their flying.

Thanks to the Nuneaton Aeromodellers Club for a great day.

Microlight Day 27th July 2024

Absolute fantastic day up the field for the microlight day. 15 members with guests had 19 flights in a selection of aircraft supplied by Nuneaton microlighters.

Big thankyou goes to Barry & his guys for organising the day. See you next year..

15th July 2024

Congratulations to Paul C and Lawrence for achieving their BMFA Examiners status. They are now fully fledged BMFA Examiners and are able to coach and assess club members in attaining their A and B fixed wing certificates.

29th June 2024

Annual Club Fun Day.

On a bright Sunny day, 40 members along with there family & friends turned out for the Annual Club Fun Day.

As in previous years there will be a competition element to the day. & it was All for the Haribo's

Events this yr were....

New for 2024) ((Dead-Stick))

Landing closest to the plate competition

Fastest take off, loop, touch & go, roll and landing competition.

Limbo competition.

"Dead-Stick": Fly one circuit climb up to a safe height, call Dead-stick & land within the fastest time. This was won by John Cooper
Landing closest to the plate: The winner is the pilot who has the lowest total of penalty points of seconds over or under the 60 second target time PLUS the number of feet away from the spot added together. Won by Len.
Fastest take off, loop, touch & go, roll and landing, The timer was started once the plane was rolling, pilots had to take off, loop, touch & go, roll and landing in the fastest time. Time started when planes rolling or launched & ends when plane comes to a complete stop on Patch.- this was won by Ian Hammerton.
Limbo competition fly under the pole: Pilots take in turns to fly under a length of streamer or tape mounted on poles, the height is decrease after each round until the last pilot standing wins simples,,,, this was Won by (glue master Mr Andy R)

A big thank to Ian may helping with the scoring and everyone else who helped throughout the day.

Also big thanks goes to Angie for supplying and cooking all the food and keeping the club feed & watered throughout the day..

It's not the individuals that make the club its the members

19th May 2024

Scale Day

26 members turned out for the Scale Day yesterday. A cloudy start turned into a bright and sunny day with lots of flying, good company and a super spread of food provided, once again, by Angie

Members voted for the best static and flying scale model

The scale cup was awarded to Chris B for his Corsair and Ian H was awarded the best static aircraft for his Spitfire, which unfortunately had technical issues and so didn't fly.

Thank you to all for attending and to Angie & Nigel for the catering and event organisation.

20th April 2024

Bungee Day Competition

Today 25 members along, with friends turned out for the 2024 Bungee Gliding Competition and the Dave Perrett Cup. With a Northerly breeze straight across the crosswind runway, it made for an interesting setup for the Bungee Launch.

The event comprised of 2 rounds, with both times from each round totalled to see which of the top 5 pilots would go through to round 3 for the fly-off.

17 members took part and times would start once the bungee was released from the glider. Pilots aimed to max out at 6 mins with a 10sec bonus if they made it back to the designated area of the patch denoted by the cones. The wind made it difficult to get back & finding lift was challenging at times.

5 pilots were made it through: Ian H, Adam R, Dave B, Gordon B & Andy R made it through with scores now reset, everything was to play for..

1st- Gordon 5m 41secs

2nd- Ian 3m 33secs

3rd- Adam 2m 19secs

Many thanks goes to Dave DeM for assistance with time keeping, all those who retrieved the bungee.

Chris & Harry Richards for assistance with Bbq & Angie Richards for supplying all the food & refreshments.

Another fantastic event & day.

11^th April 2024

April saw the WINTER BUILD COMPETITION. After the OGM Meeting the 2024 winter build competition took place. 8 models from members were displayed for the judges. As each year, aircraft were judged on 3 category's I) Build Complexity, ii) Construction Quality and iii) Finish. Judges this year were N Richards, David Berry & Lawrence Stretton. This year's winner was Dave Marriot with his 48" Chilli Breeze. Model designed to incorporate two different power plant options IC or Elc Motor. Runners up where 2nd place Alan P with his 58" Prestwick Pioneer, 3rd place was Tony Boucher with both his North American P51 Mustang & English Electric Canberra B2, as always the build quality was exceptional and points were again very tight.