Hello button-pushers!
We have a date for the third Single Channel fly-in at Pontefract Park, with hosts PANDAS!
PANDAS is the Pontefract And District Aeromodellers Society and the club website is www.pandasaero.co.uk where all the coming seasons events are listed.

The meeting is on Sunday June 8th 2014 so please make a note in your diaries.
Last year’s event was held in perfect conditions and was a huge success with 120+ visitors and with 40+ actually flying
and having a great time, it was perfect for Single-Channel!
There was a tremendous range of models, and also the variety of old and resurrected radio gear was fascinating.
Since then, dozens more have become Single Channel enthusiasts and have been asking if another meeting could
be organised, so we’re expecting an even bigger turnout with even more flying!
The format will once again be a friendly fun day rather than anything too formal, maybe a spot landing comp
thrown in, and a few prizes for best this, that or the other to be decided.
Our sincere thanks to Andrew Boddington, the new 'Aeromodeller' editor and son of Boddo himself, who has very kindly donated a CS 1.3 Boddo Diesel engine for a prize!
This is wonderful news and a lovely gesture of support, and of course it's ideally suited to a single-channel model! What a fantastic prize!

The main objective is to get everyone interested in retro-R/C flying together for equal amounts of banter, burgers and button-bashing!

On the day we will be sharing the field with SAM35, PANDAS are hosting one of their meetings and they have expressed an interest in what we're doing, and conversely the SAM35 people and models will be of great interest to any vintage or retro R/C enthusiast.

The rules are the same as previous years, ie simple and few! Safety is of course paramount and PANDAS is a BMFA affiliated club so procedures will follow the BMFA rulebook and the CAP658 responsibility statement with which of course we're all familiar.

Eligibility for the Single-Channel event isnt hard and fast but I'd suggest that models ought to have either:

1) A single control on the transmitter, ie a button, or one single axis stick, basically a recognisable 'single channel' transmitter, with no limit on 'compound' control surfaces.
or
2) A single controlled surface, ie a rudder, no other control surfaces. This accommodates anyone with a rudder-only model using one channel of a conventional, modern proportional radio set.
Ailerons-only is ok of course - remember the fantastic 'X-Craft' aileron-only aerobatic display last year?!

Electrics or IC engines are ok, but a throttle control or a means of remotely cutting the engine of a wayward model is desireable.
I'd also suggest that 27mhz superhets should be used with caution as we are 600 metres from the M62 with CB-equipped lorries passing all the time, and obviously super-regen equipped models would be very welcome for display purposes only, but for safety reasons not to fly, sorry. Other bands, ie 35, UHF & 2.4 are fine at Ponty.

Alongside the main Single-Channel event, Reeds, Galloping Ghost, & pulse propo sets will be very welcome as they will fit in with the general retro theme.

Updates and further information will be posted on the PANDAS website www.pandasaero.co.uk and also on www.singlechannel.co.uk as the plans develop. So, we have a date, we just need the weather!

This year the PANDAS committee have devolved event organisation to members, so any queries regarding location,
facilities & organisation, to Shaun AND Phil (please cc both). This will ensure you get a reply (or two!):

museum@garritys.net
philg@talk21.com

As before, please could we ask for email confirmations or just an indication of a probable attendance please to Phil on philg@talk21.com so we get a vague idea of numbers.

Pontefract Park is located in the southwest corner of junction 32 of the M62. Access is via a huge white gate 1/4 mile south towards Pontefract. Please refer to the map provided on www.pandasaero.co.uk and for satnav the post-code is WF8 4QD.

The recent mailshot included international contacts in case anyone happens to be over in the UK at the time. Lets see who qualifies for the 'furthest travelled' award!!!
We're very much looking forward to seeing as many of you as possible on the day, its going to be brilliant again!

SAM35 rules for 2014 are here

Best regards
Phil & Shaun
(pp PANDAS Committee)



Join the Single Channel Revolution!

Phil Green & Shaun Garrity, of the Pontefract PANDAS club

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