SLOPING OFF...

...the Newsletter of Christchurch and District Model Flying Club for...June 2025

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NOSES

01 Antonov An30 (no-one got that!)

02 Boeing B17 Flying Fortress

03 Curtiss P40 Warhawk

04 De Havilland Tiger Moth

05 Fairchild Republic A10 Thunderbolt II

06 Max Thrust Riot

07 Messerschmitt Bf109E

08 North American B25 Mitchell

09 North American P51 Mustang

10 Republic P47 Thunderbolt

11 Rockwell B1 Lancer

12 Supermarine Spitfire MkXIV

SLOPING OFF AND CLUB BUSINESS (35 points)

• Name any five of the Club fliers who flew most often at Oldfield in 2024 (five points)

• Rob Jones, Paul Johnson, Farhad Kahtir, Alex Bush, Andy Slightam, Sean Playford, Jon Coudridge, Nigel Salter, Frank Bayes, Geoff Harris

OR Longham Mike Roach, David Bintcliffe, Trevor Hewson, Roly Nix, Mark Loveder, Colin Low, George Worley, Jan Bassett, Phil Burton

OR Slopes Brian Brockway, Trevor Hewson, David Bicker, Andy Slightam, Mke Weeden, BNick Whittaker, Barry Hawkins, Colin Dean, Frank Bayes, Geoff Harris, John Couldridge, Kevin Ross, Martin Burr, Jim Saunders, John Loader, Nick Funell, Richard Docketty, Richard Hussey, Ina Rose, Martin Delaney.

2. What is the name of David and Josie Bintcliffe’s dog? (one point)

Rowland

• Which team ran the Quiz Night in 2024? Then please name all four members (Five points)

• The Three Amigos, Richard, Peter, Trevor and Ruth

• In “The Doctor will see you now” in the June Sloping Off, how does the Diogenes Syndrome manifest itself?

• An urge to collect things

• Also in the July Sloping Off, to the nearest 3, how many Club members were pictured at the D Day event? (one point)

18, so between 16 and 21

• Colin Dean’s favourite model was his Miles Sparrowhawk. What was Alex Bush’s favourite, with a nominal link to the Miles aircraft?

• His Buzzard

• In the September issue, where was Brian Brockway flying his Gentle Lady? (One point)

• Win Green

• Also in this issue, who won the Construction and Finish Comp, and with what model? (Two points)

• Mike Roach, Hawker Sea Fury

• As well as flying indoors at Durlston Court School, where else do we fly indoors? (one point)

• Broadstone Leisure Centre

• September S Off again, in 2009, Trevor flew the maiden of which model at Howards Field? (one point)

• Avro Lancaster

• Finally in September, who is our Slope Correspondent, and where was he taking the long walk back up? (two points)

• David Bicker, Win Green

• What was the crop that caused so much unintentional fun at Oldfield this year? (one point)

• Maize

• John Levelle had a number of successful flights last year, the slowest of which was a Curtiss Jenny – this was a kit model, by which manufacturer? (one point)

• Flite Test

• The Editor made an EDF model of the Avro 707: which kit was it based on and what was the enlargement? What was its limiting factor at Oldfield? (three points)

• Kiel Kraft Avro 707, times 2, noise

• We had a very successful Open Day at Longham last year. But whose Grumman Albatross had to rescued by the owner, and what RC blog does he author? (two points)

• Dominic Mitchell, Essential RC

• At the recent Club AGM, what was the membership fee increased to? (one point)

• £45

• In “Heads Up” #5, who wrote about flying safety? (One point)

• Martin Delaney

• What change did the Club Website hosts make to the http part of our web address to ensure the site was secure? (one point)

• Added an “s”

• On the Club website front page, what full-size aircraft manufacturer is represented in the Scale Flying picture? (one point)

• De Havilland

• At the Club Fun-Fly events, what was the name of the ground-only part of the competition? (one point)

• Chariot racing

• According to Sloping Off in December, which two slopes are mostly used by Club fliers? (two points)

• East Creech and Win Green

MEMBERS WITH MODELS (32 points)

01 Alan Edgington
02 Andy Donovan
03 Andy Slightam
04 Brian Jackson
05 Chad Mofford
06 David Bintcliffe
07 Farhad Khatir
08 Frank Bayes
09 Geoff Harris
10 Guy Montrose
11 John Campkin
12 John Levell
13  John Macklin
14 John Taylor
15 Kevin Ross
16 Mark Loveder
17 Martin Delaney
18 Mike Andrews
19 Nick Funnell
20  Nigel Salter
21 Paul Johnson
22 Peter Aldous
23 Pater Chaldeott
24 Phil Hubble
25 Piers Bowlan
26 Richard Docketty
27 Richard Husssey
28 Roly Nix
29 Scott Hughes
30 Shaun Harris
31 Trevor and Peter
32 Trevor Hewson

CDMFC QUIZ 2025 – AIRPORT CODES

ABZ 1 Aberdeen

BFS 1 Belfast

LPA 2 Las Palmas

SOU 1 Southampton

MAN 1 Manchester

LGW 1 London Gatwick

LHR 1 London Heathrow

EMA 1 East Midlands

STN 1 London Stanstead

DEL 2 Delhi

GLA 1 Glasgow

CFU 2 Corfu

IST 2 Istanbul

HND 3 Tokyo International

TRUE OR FALSE?

Over half the Club members did not fly at Oldfield in the 2024 season

False, over half the membership flew at OF in 2024

The nominal voltage of a 4s Lipo pack is 11.1 volts

False – it’s 14.8V

The height limit for flying at Oldfield and Longham is 400ft

True

Sopley Farm is outside the New Forest National Park

True

Sopley Farm is entirely in Dorset

False – the Dorset/Hampshire border runs through it (north of our patch)

If someone is picking fruit on the farm, we must make sure we fly more than 30m away from them.

True

If we chat to a visitor and show them the models in the pits, this distance can be reduced to 15m

True

The highest scoring pilot in the Battle of Britain was Flt Lt Eric Lock with 21 kills

False – the highest scorer was Adolf Galland, with 57 kills

When Slope Soaring, you must keep your model below 400ft above ground level

False – it’s 400ft above the launch site

The longest flight time for a paper aeroplane in still air is nearly 30 seconds

True – it’s 29.2 seconds by a Japanese flyer

The Dorset and Hampshire Air Ambulance is fully funded by the Government

False – it is entirely funded by contributions from the public (like all air ambulances in UK)

When replacing a 3s pack with a 4s, a larger propeller is necessary to use the increased power

False – a smaller prop will prevent overloading the SC

Watts = Volts x Amps, so Amps = Watts/Volts

True

A lightly built slow flying model will have a higher stalling speed than a heavy fast model

False – it’s the other way round

Thermals in New Zealand rotate in the opposite direction to those in UK

Probably false – full size glider pilots think it depends on topography rather than corolis effect (BUT EITHER ANSWER ACCEPTED)

• “TECHNICAL” ANSWERS-:
  
  1 Circuit, Fig 8, Circuit to land, Take off and circuit, Opposite hand circuit, Dead stick landing
  2 – “No”(ALTHOUGH YES WAS ACCEPTABLE)
  3 - CAA , Civil Aviation Authority
  4 - SWEETS - Sun, Wind, Eventualities, Emergency, Transmitter Control, Site Rules
  5 - 1922 , Society of Model Aeronautical Engineers, SMAE
  6 - 400 ft
  7 – a, 8 – b, 9 - a

CLUB QUIZ NIGHT 2025 – NAME THE MANUFACTURER (THIS IS WHERE  THE ABSENT FRIENDS TEAM HAD THE PROBLEM!)

Avro Vulcan

Supermarine Attacker

Supermarine Spiteful

De Havilland Tiger Moth

Bristol Brigand

Veron Verosonic

Keil Kraft Ladybird

Vought Cutlass

North American Sabre

Hawker Typhoon (1)

Eurofighter Typhoon (2)

Dassault Etandard

Douglas C47 Skytrain

Folland Gnat

Gloster Gnatsnapper

General Dynamics F 111

Sopwith Scooter

Sopwith Camel

Westland Pterodactyl

Wright Flyer Model A

THE GLUES ROUND WAS PROBABLY THE LAST STRAW FOR A RAPIDLY TIRING AUDIENCE AND SHOULD PROBABLY HAVE BEEN DROPPED.

FOR THOSE WHO HAVE GOT THIS FAR, THE ANSWERS WERE:

HOT MELT

POLYURETHENE

EPOXY

CYANO

CASEIN (NO-ONE GOT THIS)

PVA

ALIPHATIC

CONTACT

AND THE LINKS WERE:

A/5, B/6, C/4, D/3, E/2, F/8, G/1, H/7