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Flight Forum Reports - Contents
1985 Measuring the Stiffness and Predicting the Flutter Characteristics of a Wakefield Wing Ian Kaynes FAI Glider Design with Computer Assistance Martin Gregorie Current Developments in F1C Stafford Screen Ways of Winning Glider Contests Mike Fantham The Development of Russian Wakefields Ron Pollard 1986 Larrabee Propellers - a Design Application for Free-Flight Aircraft Reg Boor Ether-less Diesel Fuels Robert Dulake Performance of Model Aircraft Gliding in the Critical Range of Reynolds Numbers Martyn Presnell Covering Model Aircraft Using Plastic Film John O’Donnell Design and Flight Simulation of Indoor Duration Models Using a Home Computer Bernard Hunt CO2 Duration Techniques Steve Philpott Introduction to the Use of Composite Materials in Free-Flight Model Aircraft Chris Edge Current Developments in F1C - an Up-date on the 1985 Paper Stafford Screen Structures for Free-Flight Models Mike Fantham 1987 The Development of Stepped Turbulators and Thoughts on Wing Profile Aerodynamics John Buskell A Computer Simulation of Wing Structures Under Load Bryan Spooner Development and Testing of Indoor Propellers Bernard Hunt Aluminium Foil Covering of Wing Surfaces Stafford Screen Delayed Propeller Release Systems John O’Donnell Structures for Free-Flight Models (Part 2) Mike Fantham 1988 Use of Hi-Tech Materials Mike Woodhouse Thermal Detection - or Is It? Mike Evatt Blade Element Propeller Simulation Applied to Indoor Competition Flying Dave Pymm Team Selection and Training - an International Comparison Mike Warren The Hand-Launched Glider - History, Construction and Trimming Andrew Crisp 1989 Free-Flight - What, How and Why? Dave Hipperson and Mike Warren A Method for the Qualitative Assessment of Indoor Rubber Motors Bernard Aslett Changing Class Tony Cordes The Physical Behaviour of Rubber Strip Motors to F1B Specification and the Effects of Heat Treatment on Performance Ron New Rubber Model Trim - Right-Right versus Right-Left Mike Woodhouse F1A Up-date Jim Baguley 1990 The Stalling Phenomenon Mike Woodhouse F1A Development Per Findahl How to Win John O’Donnell F1E - an Explanatory Paper Steve Philpott F1B 1965-1990 Jim Baguley RATV - Rudder and Tilt Veering Georges Matherat 1991 Elegy for L‚/100 Peter Michel Coupe d’Hiver - Some Aspects of Design Peter King Free-Flight in Germany and Some Approaches to Wing Structure Bernard Sauter Taming the Bunt Chris Edge Model Retrieval John Carter More Hi-Tech Aeromodelling Mike Woodhouse Weather for Free-Flight Steve Philpott 1992 F1C Motors - Selection, Set-up and Operation Dave Clarkson and Andy Cordes Aeromodellers Can Do It Upside Down Bernard Aslett Coupe d’Hiver Experiences Anselmo Zeri Some French Tips Gerard Nocque Team Preparation for World Championships Michael Warren A Place in the Team - How It Feels Trevor Grey A Plain Man’s Approach to 1/2A Mike Bull Some Throughts on Flying Bunt F1A Per Findahl Radio Tracking of F/F Models Mike Woodhouse Radio Tracker Installation Russell Peers Tail-less Rubber - The Way It’s Done Andrew Longhurst 1993 Shock Waves - A New Problem with F1C Props Dave Clarkson F1C Motor Development Andy Cordes The Thinking Man’s Approach to Contest Flying Trevor Grey Rubber - Use and Abuse Mike Evatt Some Thoughts on F1A Mike Fantham Wing "Wigglers" for F1B Mike Woodhouse Composite Construction Methods for Open Rubber Models Phil Ball 1994 Reflections ‘93 Mike Fantham To Positive Results From Negative Thinking Mick Page F1B Development Mike Woolner Propeller Design Review` John Barker My Way with Gliders Andy Crisp Competition Vintage Chris Strachan The FAI and Free Flight Ian Kaynes 1995 The Cover Story Mike Woodhouse Model Flying - An Introduction to Aviation Mike Colling Pragmatic Procedures for Practical Props John Barker Development of Unbraced F1Ds Bernard Hunt Improvements in Wakefield Climb and Duration Peter King First Impressions Paul Chamberlain Production of ABCA (Aluminium, Balsa, Carbon, Aluminium) Booms for F1C and F1J Models Stafford Screen Electric Free Flight - Some Thoughts Steve Auvache Quicker Composite Structures Chris Edge and Mike Fantham 1996 Indoor Foam Scale Model Peter Smart Indoor Scale Foam - The Norwich Way Richard Crossley Simplicity for Free-Flight Power Keith Hoover A Further Change in Approach Mike Woodhouse My Approach to Power Flying George Fuller Flapped Power Models Phil Ball F1B Development Bob Cheesley and Phil Uden Debate on Builder of the Model Rule Proposed by Martin Dilly
Opposed by John O’Donnell 1997 Slow Open Power - One Man’s View Dave Clarkson Vintage Lightweights Andrew Longhurst Testing Balsa Quality Bernard Hunt and John Taylor Return of an Old Tosser Chris Edge and Mike Fantham Some Rambling Thoughts on Free-Flight Aeromodelling Design Trends Andrew Crisp Electronic Timers - An Overview Chris Edge and Martin Gregorie Selecting Slippery Stuff John Barker 1998 Computer-Aided F1A Fuselage Layout Mike Fantham Fast Track To F1C Flying John Cuthbert Micro-Meteorology and Thermals Mark Gibbs The Latest Thinking in F1B Trimming Peter King F1A Tailplane Structures Mike Fantham Is the Weather Better on Sunday or Monday? Phil Ball A Practical Introduction to Electric Free-Flight John Godden Avionics and the Future of Free-Flight Mike Fantham GPS - A Global Position Paper Julian McCormick Builder of the Model - Where Next? Mike Fantham 1999 F1B Ramblings Bernard Aslett Tip Topics John Barker Ultra-Small Directrional Antennas for Model Location Mike Evatt Ohm on the Range - Flying of Electronic Timer-Equipped F1A's Chris Edge and Paul Chamberlain Climb Simulations and the 20 Minute Open Rubber Model Peter King Where Are We Going To Fly? Paul Masterman Do We Need Balsa? Mike Evatt Discussion on the World Cup Format and International Contests Ian Kaynes To Gear or Not to Gear - That's no Question Martin Hepperle 2000 Open Electric John Thompson Trimming F1Cs John Cuthbert I Think I've solved It, Jim! John Barker A Practical Approach to Propeller Design at Model Scale John Gibbings The Use of Boost-Glide Rocket Structures in Free-Flight Nigel Bathe Two-Stroke Engine Design and Development for Free-Flight Gordon Cornell Prop Picker John Barker Design Implications of the New F1D Rules Bob Bailey Free-Flight Scale Trimming and Trouble Shooting Andrew Hewitt Free-Flight Forum Discussion on FAI Rule Change Proposals Mike Evatt Structures for Open Rubber Phil Ball 2001 The Pleasures of Indoor Model Flying Laurie Barr Rubber Ramblings Bernard Aslett Chucking and Cursing (Hand-launched Gliders) Andy Hewitt Why Fly F1E Magnet? Trevor Faulkner Improving Contest Performance Through Nutrition Paul Chamberlain Binoculars for Timekeepers Dave Clarkson My F1A System - What Can Go Wrong Does Go Wrong Peter Williams 1/2A and F1J Developments Pete Watson Heat It Up Scotty (An Epoxy Curing Oven) Martin Gregory/Chris Edge The Timperley Flight Scoring System Dave Clarkson Free-Flight Tomorrow Mike Woodhouse 2002 Electric Free Flight John Godden The 30 grm F1B Mike Woodhouse Developments in Slow Open Power Dave Clarkson Catapult Gliders Phil Ball Free Flight Diversity - Strength or Weakness ? Chris Strachan Computers in Free Flight Mike Evatt Contests in Restricted Space John Godden Flying the New Rule F1D's Bob Bailey Propeller Pivotting for Flat Folding John Barker Variable Pitch Props for Coupe d'Hiver John Bailey and Mike Evatt 2003 Introducing Data Into Spreadsheets John Barker Compass, Maps and GPS - the Tools of the Retriever Mike Fantham Laminated Sliced Ribs Martin Dilly Flat-Bottomed Sections for Power Models Dave Clarkson Some Aspects of Drag John Barker A New Method of Rubber Testing Bernie Hunt Get Jiggy With It - Cutting Jigs in Composite Structures Chris Edge Sanding Dihedral Joints in Composite Structures Mike Fantham A Christmas Torque - F1G and F1B Torque Meters Joe Flynn 2004 Forward Mike Evatt Catapult-Launched Gliders John Barker Drum Sander Peter Watson F1H Gliders John Cooper Constructing Carbon Fibre Propellers John Cuthbert Accurate Power Model Incidence Setting Jig Stafford Screen Discuss Launched Gliders Phil Ball and
Andrew HewittIs it OK Now, Terry? Chris Edge and
Ray JonesThe Free Flight Auto Pilot - Blunt Leading Edge and Advanced High Point Tailplane Airfoils Gerd Woebbeking HLG's and Boost Gliders - A Comparison Stuart Lodge A History of Geared F1C's John Cuthbert Carbon Spar Jig Russell Peers Findeers Beepers John Worsley Dismantleable Engine Starter Peter Watson Hand - and Catapult - Launched gliders Mark Benns Testing P30 Airfoils and Turbulators in the Cargo Lifter Space Gerd Woebbeking F1B Props Mike Evatt 2005 Further Developments with Discus Launched Gliders Andrew Hewitt György Benedek, 1921-2004 Martin Dilly Update on F/F Discus HLG Developments Phil Ball Electric Shenanigans Joe Flynn Electric Indoor Free Flight and the Me. 323 Peter Smart Groovy Graphics Bob Cheesley Low Aspect Ratio F1A's Andy Crisp The Future of Free-Flight - One Year On Mike Woodhouse Having a Go at Mini-Vintage Phil Ball The Current State of F1D Geoff Lefever Turbulators and Invigorators Peter King Rubber Density Measurement George Waby Buy or Build John Carter Vintage Wakefields in a Modern Context Chris Strachan Better Shell Mouldings Chris Edge Construction and Flying of Indoor Duration Models Clive King Getting More out of Rubber John O'Donnell Propeller Efficiency Revisited Mike Evatt 2006 Amazing Sites Nick Aikman F1Q - International Electric Trevor Grey A Tail Tilt Adjusting Tool Russell Peers Advanced Composites Don't Have To Be Difficult Mike Francis Gadget-Free Discuss Launched Gliders Mark Benns The Effect of Five Airfoils on F1B Duration Peter King British Power Tony Cordes Have You Got the Time Mike Woodhouse Outdoor Free-Flight Scale Bill Dennis Promoting a Technical Sport Nick Bosdet Design and Construction of Indoor Model Propellers Bob Bailey Making F1C Booms Ken Oliver
(presented by Stafford Screen)Predicting ModelFlight Dynamics Ian Kaynes Head for Heights - Recording Altimeters Mike Fantham, Chris Edge and Alan Jack 2007 An indoor initiation by F1D Mark Benns and Nick Aikman Taking the Tension Out of winding - or Does it? Mike Evatt Combined glider - A Truly inclusive Class? Stuart Darmon Rule changes for UK Free Flight for 2007 BMFA FF Technical Committee A Fish-Bone Press for your D-Box Martin Dilly Open Rubber Rules for 2007 Ron Pollard The 50 Gram Open Rubber Model Peter King Gurney Flaps on Free Flight Models George Seyfang Oven Baked Propeller Construction Dave Greaves Practical Rubber Testing Mike Woodhouse Rubber Motor Testing for Indoor Duration Models Clive King Outboard Horizontal Stabiliser Configuration for Model Aircraft George Seyfang BMFA Rubber Models with a 50 Gram Rubber Alowance Phil Ball Variable Pitch Propellers for Indoor Models Bob Bailey The Effect of Stabiliser Sections on Towline Glider Handling Martin Gregorie 2008 Beyond Rubber Stretch Testing Peter King Indoor Wood Selection Bob Bailey Measuring Success Mike Woodhouse Review of the 2007 BMFA and Combined Rubber Contest Season Phil Ball Small Rubber Models as an intro to Free Flight Chris Strachan The Lottery of Winning George Seyfang Aborted Launch Solutions Chris Edge Lutz Schramm's F1D (Carbon and Kevlar Propeller Outlines) Nick Aikman Transportable Wind Tunnels George Seyfang Comments on Thermal Picking and
Related Matters in Odessa '07Alan Jack Balsa for Indoor Models Mark Benns The Zombie Flight Profiler:
Advanced Motor Control for Electric Free FlightJonathan Crossley Thoughts on Safety Manny Williamson Electronic Timers Roger Morrell 2009 The 'Torqueback' Trimming System Roger Wilkes Free Flight Rubber-Powered Scale Models Lindsey Smith Brushing Up – Brushless Motors Trevor Grey Balsa and Carbon Rod Structures Roger Wilkes Free Flight European Championships 2008 - The Team Manager’s Thoughts Mike Woodhouse Sharing Flying Sites with General Aviation Chris Strachan A Brief Look at Contest Entry Trends Over the Last 20 Years Phil Ball Rohacell D-Boxes Mark Croome Production of Carbon F1C and F1J Booms Ray Monks RCDT – the Policy Trevor Grey How to Push the Button - Practical RCDT Chris Edge Producing Carbon-Capped Ribs on a Lathe-Powered Saw Table Phil Ball Laser Cutting for Free Flight Leon Cole
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