Twinwoods Model Aircraft Club
Christmas 2013 Newsletter
Website
http://www.twinwoodsmac.co.uk
Your Committee:
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Chairman
Secretary
Treasurer
Newsletter
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Events
Member
Member
Mick Jamieson 210666
Mark Everett 07982560942
Alison Brasted
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Harry Purser
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Anne &
Harry Purser
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Tony Long
Andy Brasted
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Ian Woodcock
What’s in this Issue?
General ramblings from the secretary ( he must
get out more!)
Hi everyone.
It is that time of the year when everyone can buy themselves that special Christmas present, their
annual TMAC membership! Replicated below are details of 2014 membership fees and
AN IMPORTANT REMINDER OF THE DEADLINE FOR RENEWAL.
Fees for 2014
At the recent TMAC AGM It was agreed that TMAC fees for 2014 should remain unchanged at:
New members joining fee
£25 Adults –
(NO joining fee for juniors)
Members Annual subscription
Adults
£35
Junior
£20
Fees for BMFA for 2014 are as follows: (THE SAME AS LAST YEAR)
Seniors
£32
Junior
£17
Family Partner
£21
Family Junior
£13
As always, the major admin task carried out by any of the committee was that of sorting out the
membership. Alison continued to complete all of the BMFA membership paperwork on behalf of
club members at the time of renewal. This is a somewhat onerous and thankless task further
complicated by the fact that members tend to renew in dribs & drabs from January through to
April.
The BMFA require membership fees for a proportion of club members to be received at BMFA
headquarters by the 16th January in order to confirm and maintain the clubs affiliation for the
year.
Accordingly, similar to the case last year, all existing
members are to renew by the 10th of January.
This is to enable all BMFA membership paperwork to be processed in one batch and submitted
before the 16th Deadline. Failure to do so will mean membership lapsing and a ‘new’ joining fee
being incurred in addition to the annual membership fee
Membership renewal to the Treasurer/membership secretary please. If possible, please renew
with internet banking and transfer the money directly to the TMAC account:
Account Name: Twinwoods Mac
Bank:
Nat West
Account #
70277443
Sort code:
60-02-42
Please ensure that you email the treasurer and let her know that you have done this!
[email protected]
The Website
Those observant ones amongst you may have noticed a few minor changes to the TMAC website
www.twinwoodsmac.co.uk and you should all now be able to view the picture gallery.
Further changes will be forthcoming once I remember which buttons to press!
Changes to the flying field
You may have noticed some changes to the landing strip. A suggestion was made that we change the
layout of the runway to give a different and slightly extended runway which gives a much clearer
approach avoiding all of those nasty tall trees which seem to leap out and catch my planes!
What do you all think? Is it a good idea? Are there any other changes that would be useful?
Anyone for flying?
Some changes in people’s lifestyle, semi or full retirement, changing jobs, moving house, have all
impacted on the amount of time spent flying. The weather has also not helped much. I remember a hot
summer but recently it seems to have been nothing but wet and windy.
This year seems to have been different in some respects. The number of regulars flying at the weekend
appears to have dropped off with more visits being made by individuals during the week. Mick has
started texting when he is intending to go up the field as a way of at least letting people know there will
be a bit of company at the field.
New flyer, Nathan has joined us during the year and is very keen. Has already been signed off for solo
flights and is looking forward to Christmas in the hope of an aeroplane themed present!
Update contact details
It is apparent having e-mailed calling notices for the AGM that my list of contact details is hopelessly
out of date.
I am sending out a hard copy of the newsletter to those e-mails which have bounced back as a way of
reminding people to renew their subs but also check contact details. I would appreciate e-mail and or
mobile contact details in order that we can try to update you all more regularly of any planned
activities.
Things to ponder next time you play with your planes
Murphy's laws of Aeromodelling
Murphy’s Law: If Murphy’s Law can go wrong it will
Murphy’s law of "take off’s"
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The only rabbit hole on the runway will get in your way….Splat
An engine that ran perfectly for months will splutter & die as you lift off.
Murphy’s law of Landings
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If you missed the rabbit hole on take-off it will get you on landing ….Splat
If it's not a tail dragger, it soon will be.
Murphy’s law of fuel
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The fuel mix you have to use is always the most expensive.
If your engine seized it was the "other" blend you should have run
Murphy’s law of Glo Plugs
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The plug you just threw in the bush was "OK" the glo battery was flat.
The new plug in your box is not the one you need for your engine.
A new glow plug will last forever if you have spares, but only about a half-an-hour if
you don't.
Murphy’s law of Engines :
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You will always purchases the "New model" a week before another "New New" model
goes on sale.
The engine on sale is always one size to small, or too big for the model you just built.
After hours of setting, changing pipe lengths, New fuel mixes, and Volumes of
"Colourful adjectives" you bring the settings back to where they were in the first place,
everything works
The probability of an engine stopping is directly proportional to the distance the
airplane is from the landing area
Murphy’s law Transmitters
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The one function your computer radio does not have is the one you desperately need
Murphy’s law of Weather
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On flying days the wind will blow
On Non flying days, no wind
On Public holidays the wind blows
On public holidays you promised to take the wife out, No wind
On perfect days, the mist refuses to lift.
On perfect public holidays, the mist is situated ONLY over the flying field
It never rains at the flying field unless it’s a flying day.
Murphy’s law of Frequency
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When things go wrong, that cannot possibly to go wrong, it’s usually impossible to
repair.
Murphy’s law of Covering
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The right way to cover a certain shape is always found out the day after you just
covered it the wrong way.
Murphy’s law. In general
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The 50-50-90 rule: Anytime you have a 50-50 chance of getting something right,
there's a 90% probability you'll get it wrong.
If your battery can fall out it will,
If you do a great landing
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Nobody’s watching
The runways moved
Your undercarriage collapses
If there is an immovable object near, that is where you will land.
No one has ever collided with the sky.
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The probability of model survival is equal to the angle of arrival.
Weather forecasts are horoscopes with numbers.
When a flight is proceeding incredibly well, something was forgotten.
Only on perfect flying days will you forget your TX at home
If you use a wing joiner, you would have left it at home the week after you left your TX
at home
If you can't go flying tomorrow, the weather will be perfect.
If you need a new prop you will have one either side of the size you need
If your fuel tank leaks, the size of the leak is inversely proportional to how difficult it is
to get to the tank
A smooth landing is mostly luck; two in a row is all luck; three in a row is
prevarication.
Airspeed, altitude or brains: two are always needed to successfully complete the
flight.
An airplane flies because of a principle discovered by Bernoulli, not Marconi. .
Basic Flying Rules: 1. Try to stay in the middle of the air. 2. Do not go near the edges
of it. 3. The edges of the air can be recognized by the appearance of ground,
buildings, sea, trees and interstellar space. It is much more difficult to fly there.
Flying is the second greatest thrill known to man; landing is the first!
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Murphy’s law of Helicopters:
(Actually this is a trick question. Anyone who has tried to fly a model helicopter for the first
time knows full well that helicopters are a law unto themselves!!)
Definitions
RC Helicopter pilot: A person capable of inputting 4 simultaneous inputs to the
helicopter.
RC Helicopter: A machine requiring "5" simultaneous inputs!
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When flying inverted, remember that Down is Up, and Up is Expensive.
A helicopter is a collection of rotating parts going round and round and reciprocating
parts going up and down -- all of them trying to become random in motion.
Helicopters can't really fly -- they're just so ugly that the earth repels them.
If something hasn't broken on your helicopter, it's about to.
It is noise that keeps a helicopter in the air. If the noise is turned off the helicopter will
fall to the ground.