Middle Wallop
Middle Wallop Information
In the attached pdf file you will find information relating to the event at Middle Wallop.
Date – 3rd and 4th July 2010
Time – Gates open at 09:00 / Gates close at 20:00 – Flying to finish at 19:00
Location – Middle Wallop Army Air Corps Training Ground
Sat Nav co ordinates - +51° 8' 59.31", -1° 34' 24.80" / SO20 8DY
Insurance
UK pilots should bring and produce their BMFA insurance card.
Foreign pilots in the FAI event will receive complementary (free) BMFA insurance for the 2 days of the event. Please note this will only cover you to fly at the event itself. You will not be covered for flying at any other sites.
All FAI pilots will need to produce their FAI card for the event.
Other Events
There are 2 other events being held on the same airfield - Please feel free to visit those when not flying.
UK Eurotour - Middle Wallop - 3rd & 4th July 2010 - Initial Details
We have been successful in applying to host one round of the F5B/F5F Eurotour event in the UK. This will be held at Middle Wallop on the 3rd and 4th July.
We are planning on running 3 events - F5B-2 / F5F / F5B - The FAI classes will count towards the Eurotour scores. UK pilots scores will count towards the UK league.
We will be sharing the Middle Wallop field with other two electric disciplines - Speed Cup & International 2 Day Electric Flight Event.
Middle Wallop is a huge grass area and if the weather is kind should be ideal practice for the F5B World Championships (Muncie, USA).
As plans develop for the event they will be posted here. We will need people to run the computer scoring system / judge the bases / time flights / etc.
We would like to get an idea of the numbers who will be attending (competing or helping) - Could you please complete this so we have an idea.
Middle Wallop Speed Event
We were invited to the BEFA event at Middle Wallop over the weekend of the 27th June. Steve and I went to demo F5B to the F5D guys and just to get in some practise on the course. Thanks for BEFA for letting us crash their party.
This is a video Darron took of the B1L flying from Base B.
We got some impressive speeds out of the planes - full details here.
2nd place went to an F5B model flown by Steve Burns also Neu and Extreme power and his run was 184.11 but the return was 138.94 so total of 158.4 but only 1 mph between our first runs. (1512/1D/6.7 - 16x17 slim -5S)
3rd was another F5B flown by Alan Flockhart yet again Neu and Extreme power and his total was 153.1 mph so only 5 mph between them. (1515/1D/6.7 - 17x18 Green +7 -5S)
We didn't expect the 1515 to be anywhere near as quick as the 1512 but there is a heck of a jump in speed when the motor comes on.
Footage put together by Darron showing all the fast planes (except jets) at the event.
