To ALL MEMBERS of MMFC.
Medway Model Flying Club (MMFC) is a model flying club, based in Kent, for enthusiasts of building and flying radio control, free flight and control line models. Established 1974 we have a flying field near Iwade at Stickfast Lane. Please note: Solar Farm Is a NO-FLY Zone Do not overfly this area - Thank you
GATES LEFT UNLOCKED AGAIN
MMFC SEPTEMBER SWAPMEET
11th September
2022
At Medway Model Flying Club Field
Gate open 9am, Selling Starts 10am
Sellers - £7 per boot
Buyers - £1 per person
Tea, coffee, biscuits and cake stall
(all profits to Air Ambulance)
How to find us:
Address: School Lane, Iwade,
Sittingbourne
ME9 8QE
(Field entrance is 200yds on the
right from junction with Stickfast Lane)
What 3 words: fall.badminton.prep
Map ref: 51.371203, 0.697778
Ring Gary on 07910 958008 for further
details
Bills Funeral tomorrow
No flowers .please and any donations to be made to the KSS Air Ambulance .
MMFC have donated £50 in Bills memory and will include it in our annual Collection.
Low Attendance at club meetings
At the last monthly club meeting (un minuted) the attendance was veru low , only 12 members inc the committe . Some of the committee had other duties they had to attend to and sent their appologies .
Attendance has been going down over the years but has it seems hit an all time low .
The meetings are I feel an essential part of the clubs activities and allow the members to bring up any concerns about the club, exchange ideas and info regarding models , building etc and have a drink while getting to know other members.
The club spirit is feel very low at the moment if not broken . Am I just imagining this ? Or is it still just a hangover of the lockdown periods we have had to endure ? Please let me know your feelings .
We have to pay per session for the use of the Walnut Tree Club . At times this seems a bit of awaste with so few comming along each month
Can we get back to being a" proper club " or have times moved on ?
Regards
Phil
Obituary :- Bill Lampard 1940 to 2022
Bill Lampard 1940 to 2022
MMFC Subs 2022
AGM 2021 and Stuff
As all MMFC members hould be aware the AGM was held last Wednesday at the Walnut tree Club Gillingham . The meeting was not as well attended as AGM's usually are but we decided to go ahead anyway as we missed last years AGM altogether . No changes to the committee ,they had another year added to their sentence ! No change to annual subs they remain the same at £61 a year . A few things were discussed and will be forwarded to members in an email by our sectretary Ade later . Subs can now be paid for 2022 . Please use the bank transfer where possible . so Subs and BMFA membership will cost £101 a year (BMFA went up by £2 ) . If you need to know bank transfer details or arrange alternative type of payment then please contact me by email or see me at the field . Subs can be paid to me in cash or by cheque as a last resort . as Usual pleasearrange your own CAA either through the BMFA or direct with the CAA.
Reminder about Dodgy cheap servos on sale on line .
Hi all . As per title , it a reminder for older members and a warning for newer flyers NOT to buy any dodgy cheap servos sold on line on well known auction site . If the price looks too good to be true it will be . A fellow club mate who has just come back to model flying after some years off fell foul of these dangerous servos and it cost him his model !
They are often sold as Futaba or Tower Pro but there are copies of other makes out there. The priceis a giveaway . £10 for 4 posted ! You will losea model if you use these or could injure yourself or someone else .
The actual servos at a glance look like Futaba or TowerPro but on closer inspection have hard shiny cheap plastic cases with very poor detail like CE marks and "Made in Tiawan " very badly molded. The sticker are often on crooked . Internals are rubbish and apart from crashng your model could catch fire .
DONT BE TEMPTED.
Complaints at club meeting And AGM Notice Wednesday 24th November
Hi all . I dont like to do our dirty washing in public but I feel I have no choice this time as the culprit needs to know we are after them .
At last nights meeting I had a couple of complaints re the field facilities !!!
Individual Christmas cakes . Proceeds to macmillan Nurses and Air Ambulance
Hi all. As some of you know my wife Jane makes individual Christmas cakes and each year she does a different design. last year was supposed to be the last year as it has taken over our kitchen and part of the house some years. Due to quite a few requests she has decided to make some for this year .
Pic below .
They cost £4 each and all the profits will be shared beteen the macmilan Nurses and the Air Ambulance .
If interested then please contact me asap so she has idea of numbers and designs wanted.
Regards
Phil Fearn