Old Warden July 2024

The Modelair weekend was blessed with some ideal weather with Sunday being pretty much perfect with very light winds and often calm spells. I think most of us flew 'till we dropped
Many thanks to Steve Roberts and John Green for the extra filming
Models shown here include
Ron Johnson's Corben Super Ace
Andy's Rocket powered Jet
My Tomboy
Charlie Jeffreys' Froglet and Ace of Diamonds
Andy Jeffreys' Corker
Richard Saunders BE2e
Gary Law's Rocket glider
Steve Roberts Se5a and Gannet
Nigel Monk's Ebenezer Comper
My Dastardly Ebenzer
Gary Law's Frog Goblin
My Miles Falcon
Richard Crossley's Corranado Flying Boat
Graham Banham's Piper Cub
My Rocketeer
Steve Roberts Dizzy Deisel

[@nicholasbell9017]

Beautiful clouds above.
Free flight. Innocent delight.

[@johncaldwell-wq1hp]

Greetings from ''Tasmania"-I love it !!--more please !!

[@ajj1285]

Great video, thanks for sharing

[@mickthemardy]

Great video, thank you.

[@Droneboy-72]

Bang goes the flight line

[@MrJetexjim]

Cracking flight from Andy, pretty good camera work too keeping it in shot.

[@johnharen9921]

Your Miles and Ebenezzer flew well Chris. Lots of interesting models!

[@michaelsmith7465]

A Magic day for the well attended and positive turn out.

[@johnmartin6178]

That takes me back to the late 50's when I used to fly free flight models on Chingfort Plains and hope they didn't end up in a tree in Epping Forest.

[@jimbo2629]

Great day exellent video

[@weseehowcommiegoogleis3770]

This event must not have been in the US. The FAA and AMA would be having Kittens.

[@patrickray4230]

Lovely looking planes. I take it that was the Miles Falcon at 7:15? Great livery and what a glide! To my eye, it looked perfectly trimmed. Would like to have seen a close up as I might build a Miles Magister or M20 next (from Outerzone plans). Thanks for the video.

[@squirrelnet28]

Thanks Patrick . It is Miles Falcon from the Dave Rees plan with a bit more sheeting round the nose and detachable wings. There are some shots of it here - scroll through to image no30 in the gallery oxfordmfc.bmfa.club/2024-free-flight-scale-fly-in/

[@patrickray4230]

@@squirrelnet28 Thanks for the link. I admit I had to linger at the Miles Magister as well as the Falcon, lovely paint jobs. I'm getting back into the hobby after 50 years away, still learning all these modern techniques.

[@David-fn2fj]

Those were the days…….

[@stevem7868-y4l]

Ive got a brand new Jetex and 100 fuel pelets, also a few small diesels and twin diesels are they worth anything

[@vumba1331]

Really safety concious, people standing all over the place launching aircraft in all sorts of directions! Not a problem with the light rubber powered jobs, but diesel powered?

[@weseehowcommiegoogleis3770]

Hush and go back to your AMA club.

[@CrazyTechLab]

Were they all free flight?

[@squirrelnet28]

There were some RC assist ( 1 or 2 channel) models there but all the ones in the video are free flight

[@lrg3834]

Many of the gas-driven bi-planes are beautifully built and fly nicely. Nevertheless, rubber motor is the way to go from an environmental standpoint.

[@squirrelnet28]

Though to be fair the diesel type engines here run on a mixture of mostly castor oil and ether, only 1/3 is Parafin and they use tiny amounts of fuel maybe 1 - 2cc per flights or less than a thimble full. With silicon rubber lube there's probably not much in it

[@Louis-q8s]

Hi there, if we want to collab with you, how to contact you?

[@squirrelnet28]

Just come and find me at the next event

[@Louis-q8s]

@@squirrelnet28 could u leave me your email?

[@Louis-q8s]

@@squirrelnet28 Could u leave me your email adress?